Mount Isa: The First 100 Years and Outlook for the Future

Описание: We are proud to introduce Dr. Richard Lilly, FSEG, MAusIMM, MAIG the Program Leader and co-founder of the National Exploration Undercover School (NExUS), which aims to prepare Australia’s most promising geoscientists for a career in the minerals industry. Between 2007-2015 Richard worked for Mount Isa Mines exploration, and since 2015, as an industry-funded economic geology researcher and lecturer at the University of Adelaide. In 2022 Richard was named the STEMM Educator of the Year (University or RTO) at the South Australian Science Excellence and Innovation Awards for his work with NExUS. Richard is passionate about rocks, ore systems, exploration, and teaching/mentoring the next generation of geoscientists.

Richard will was interviewed by Damian Kelly. An internationally-experienced petroleum geophysicist, with experience working in New Zealand, India, Egypt, Argentine, Ghana and Ireland. Damian’s key focus is onshore and offshore 2D and 3D seismic data interpretation (seismic stratigraphy), structural model building, and reservoir characterisation (QI); and managing key in- and out-sourced geo-technical projects.

This presentation considered how Mount Isa has become one of the great Cu-Pb-Zn ore deposits of the world and how it has driven economic development of the NW Queensland minerals province. This talk looked at the discovery and first 100 years of mining at the deposit, and the outlook for the future.

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