World R & D

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="04dd4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Link and Look</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>   </B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scientific Issues"><U><I><B>Scientific Issues</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Research Mission"><U><I><B>Research Mission</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact "><U><I><B>Contact </B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Invitation "><U><I><B>Invitation </B></I></U></A></div> <div> <I><B>World  R & D </B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="World Strategy"><U><I><B>World Strategy</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="World of Gold"><U><I><B>World of Gold</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TOUCHSTONESGOLD® Collaborative Design"><U><I><B>Home</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>TOUCHSTONES-GOLD® Collaborative Design</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Arial" > </FONT> </div> <div> <B>World  R & D </B><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> Newer, well-funded or planned R & D on predictive or fundamental modeling efforts of major gold producers (some with Archean exposures) has been given renewed emphasis (local currencies or otherwise indicated, years as available).</div> <div> Browse for "Archean gold"  or visit the sites below to find out more.  For physicochemical approaches to resolving geological system behaviour browse for "Physicochemical geology" or "Physicochemical metallogeny" .  Send along your links by e-mail.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>AUSTRALIA:</B>  </div> <bR> <div> AMIRA International</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.amira.com.au" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amira.com.au"><U>http://www.amira.com.au</U></A>  /Project Portfolio/Geoscience</div> <bR> <div> Geoscience R & D  ($1.8 million, 2006; $0.8 million, 2007; $2.9 million, 2008-2010, commits $6.8 million 2008, $8.02 million 2009; latest $7.3 million of projects 2009-2012 listed below)</div> <bR> <div> Spectral IP for 3D mineral discrimination: Phase 1 ($0.4 million, July 2011-December 2012)</div> <div> Predictive Geochemistry in Areas of Transported Overburden II ($1.4 million, November 2010-November 2013; 1.4 million, May 2006-May 2009)</div> <div> West African Exploration Initiative - Stage 2 ($2.9 million, March 2010-March 2011)</div> <div> Application of New Technologies to Gold Deposits ($0.6 million, February 2010-February 2013)</div> <div> Mineral Chemistry Applied to the Characterization and Exploration of Ore Deposits ($0.6 million, January 2009-January 2012)</div> <bR> <div> Cooperative Research Centre for Predictive Mineral Discovery ($107.6 million, 2001/2 - 2007/8)</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.pmdcrc.com.au" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.pmdcrc.com.au"><U>http://www.pmdcrc.com.au</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> CSIRO</div> <bR> <div> -Minerals Down Under Flagship (CSIRO research in exploration, mining, mineral processing, minerals-related sustainability and metal production is now managed by the Minerals Down Under Flagship Program with combined research expenditure 2009–10: $77.5 million)</div> <bR> <div> -Manufacturing, Materials and Minerals Group expenditure (excluding Flagships) 2009–10: $113.6 million</div> <bR> <div> -CSIRO remains the largest single participant in the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) program (including Deep Exploration Technologies CRC, see below)</div> <bR> <div> Source: CSIRO Annual Report 2009–10 http://www.csiro.au/resources/Annual-Report-2009-10.html</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.csiro.au/science/Minerals-Exploration.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.csiro.au/science/Minerals-Exp"><U>http://www.csiro.au/science/Minerals-Exploration.html</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Computation geoscience, Geology and geochemistry, Mineral and environmental sensing:</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.csiro.au/science/mineral-system-science.html " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.csiro.au/science/mineral-syst"><U>http://www.csiro.au/science/mineral-system-science.html</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Hyperspectral logging of geological materials</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.csiro.au/science/hylogging-systems.html " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.csiro.au/science/hylogging-sy"><U>http://www.csiro.au/science/hylogging-systems.html</U></A></div> <bR> <div> National geoscience data infrastructure</div> <div> 3D to 4D mapping and modelling platforms</div> <div> New detection tools</div> <div> Mineral systems and targeting</div> <div> Education training, technology transfer and collaboration</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.csiro.au/science/Discovering-mineral-resources.html " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.csiro.au/science/Discovering-"><U>http://www.csiro.au/science/Discovering-mineral-resources.html  </U></A></div> <bR> <div> GEMOC, ARC National Key Centre for Geochemical Evolution and Metallogeny of Continents, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University ($2.6 million, 2009; $2.96 million, 2008; $2.4 million, 2006, as total GEMOC income)</div> <div> Research</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.gemoc.mq.edu.au/Research.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.gemoc.mq.edu.au/Research.html"><U>http://www.gemoc.mq.edu.au/Research.html</U></A></div> <bR> <div> GEMOC EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES EXPERIMENTAL PETROLOGY/ROCK DEFORMATION GROUP</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.gemoc.mq.edu.au/ExperimentalPetrol/ExperimentalPetrol.html " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.gemoc.mq.edu.au/ExperimentalP"><U>http://www.gemoc.mq.edu.au/ExperimentalPetrol/ExperimentalPetrol.html</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA - Concluded Projects</div> <div> Mineral Potential of Australia Project (This project concluded on 30 June 2006)</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ga.gov.au/minerals/projects/concluded-projects/mineral-potential.html " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ga.gov.au/minerals/projects/c"><U>http://www.ga.gov.au/minerals/projects/concluded-projects/mineral-potential.html</U></A></div> <bR> <div> JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY- ECONOMIC GEOLOGY RESEARCH UNIT /Research/PhD Research Opportunities</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.jcu.edu.au/egru " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jcu.edu.au/egru "><U>http://www.jcu.edu.au/egru</U></A></div> <bR> <div> MONASH UNIVERSITY,  AUSTRALIAN CRUSTAL RESEARCH CENTRE</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.geosci.monash.edu.au/research/ore/index.html " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.geosci.monash.edu.au/research"><U>http://www.geosci.monash.edu.au/research/ore/index.html</U></A></div> <bR> <div> UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, CENTRE FOR GLOBAL METALLOGENY, CENTRE FOR EXPLORATION TARGETING ($2 million,  2006-)</div> <div> http://www.cet.uwa.edu.au/</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.cet.uwa.edu.au/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cet.uwa.edu.au/"><U>http://www.cet.uwa.edu.au/</U></A></div> <div> Gold Mineral Systems</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.cet.uwa.edu.au/research/gold-mineral-systems" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cet.uwa.edu.au/research/gold-"><U>http://www.cet.uwa.edu.au/research/gold-mineral-systems</U></A></div> <div> Progressive Risk and Value Assessment</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.cet.uwa.edu.au/research/prog-risk-value" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cet.uwa.edu.au/research/prog-"><U>http://www.cet.uwa.edu.au/research/prog-risk-value</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>CANADA</B></div> <bR> <div>  NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA, Earth Sciences Sector (ESS), Geological Survey of Canada, Mineral Resources Division, </div> <div> Targeted Geoscience Initiative-4: Increasing Deep Exploration Effectiveness ($25-million, 2011-2015) </div> <div> <A HREF="http://ess.nrcan.gc.ca/tgi/index_e.php " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://ess.nrcan.gc.ca/tgi/index_e.php "><U>http://ess.nrcan.gc.ca/tgi/index_e.php</U></A></div> <bR> <div> EXTECH III project ($0.5 million, 1999-2001) </div> <div> <A HREF="http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/extech/extech3_e.php " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/extech/extech3_e."><U>http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/extech/extech3_e.php</U></A></div> <bR> <div> THE CANADIAN MINING INNOVATION COUNCIL </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.cmic-ccim.org/en/about/canada_mining_innovation_council.asp" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cmic-ccim.org/en/about/canada"><U>http://www.cmic-ccim.org/en/about/canada_mining_innovation_council.asp</U></A></div> <bR> <div> CANADIAN MINING INDUSTRY RESEACH ORGANIZATION (CAMIRO)</div> <div> Geology Projects, Current & Completed</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.camiro.org/exploration_projects.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.camiro.org/exploration_projec"><U>http://www.camiro.org/exploration_projects.htm</U></A></div> <div> Proposals Being Circulated</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.camiro.org/exploration_proposals.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.camiro.org/exploration_propos"><U>http://www.camiro.org/exploration_proposals.htm</U></A></div> <div> Survey</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.camiro.org/exploration_survey.htm " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.camiro.org/exploration_survey"><U>http://www.camiro.org/exploration_survey.htm</U></A></div> <bR> <div> MANITOBA  INDUSTRY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND MINES,  MANITOBA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, Operation Superior  (1996-2002)</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.gov.mb.ca/itm/mrd/geo/superior/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.gov.mb.ca/itm/mrd/geo/superio"><U>http://www.gov.mb.ca/itm/mrd/geo/superior/index.html</U></A></div> <bR> <div> ONTARIO </div> <div> MINISTRY OF NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT AND MINES (MNDM), Ontario Mineral Exploration Technologies "OMET" Program ($8 million, 2001-2004)</div> <div> (Completed)</div> <bR> <div> DISCOVER ABITIBI INITIATIVE ($12 million, 2003-2006; $148 million proprietary data value to 2004) </div> <div> <A HREF="http://discoverabitibi.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://discoverabitibi.com"><U>http://discoverabitibi.com</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY, MINERAL EXPLORATION RESEARCH CENTRE (MERC)</div> <div> <A HREF="http://142.51.14.1/Laurentian/Home/Departments/MERC/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://142.51.14.1/Laurentian/Home/Depar"><U>http://142.51.14.1/Laurentian/Home/Departments/MERC/</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> BRITISH COLUMBIA</div> <div> UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, MINERAL DEPOSITS REEARCH UNIT  (MDRU, $1.8 million, 2008)- </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.mdru.ubc.ca/home/research/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mdru.ubc.ca/home/research/"><U>http://www.mdru.ubc.ca/home/research/</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>RUSSIA</B></div> <bR> <div> INSTITUTE OF ORE DEPOSITS GEOLOGY, PETROGRAPHY, MINERALOGY & GEOCHEMISTRY </div> <div> Korzhinskii Laboratory of Physico-Chemical Analysis of Endogenic Processes</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.igem.ru/site/index_eng.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.igem.ru/site/index_eng.html"><U>http://www.igem.ru/site/index_eng.html</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Scientific Projects and Grants</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.igem.ru/site/isled_eng.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.igem.ru/site/isled_eng.html"><U>http://www.igem.ru/site/isled_eng.html</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>SOUTH AFRICA</B></div> <div> <B>  </B></div> <div> UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wits.ac.za/academic/science/geosciences/6478/research.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wits.ac.za/academic/science/g"><U>http://www.wits.ac.za/academic/science/geosciences/6478/research.html</U></A></div> <div> Centre for Applied Mining and Exploration Geology</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wits.ac.za/academic/science/geosciences/research/cameg/6481/centreappliedminingandexpgeology.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wits.ac.za/academic/science/g"><U>http://www.wits.ac.za/academic/science/geosciences/research/cameg/6481/centreappliedminingandexpgeology.html</U></A></div> <div> Economic Geology Research Institute</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.wits.ac.za/academic/science/geosciences/research/egri/6552/home.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wits.ac.za/academic/science/g"><U>http://www.wits.ac.za/academic/science/geosciences/research/egri/6552/home.html</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : </B></div> <bR> <div> US Geological Survey, Department of the Interior</div> <div> Quantitative Assessment, Undiscovered Mineral Deposits ($12.1-11.7 million per annum, FY 2006-2010)</div> <div> <A HREF="http://minerals.usgs.gov/plan/2006-2010/budget.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://minerals.usgs.gov/plan/2006-2010/"><U>http://minerals.usgs.gov/plan/2006-2010/budget.html</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Mineral Resources External Research Program MRERP</div> <div> Assessment Techniques for Concealed Mineral Resources  (1.0 million, FY2007)</div> <div> <A HREF="http://minerals.usgs.gov/west/projects/conminres.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://minerals.usgs.gov/west/projects/c"><U>http://minerals.usgs.gov/west/projects/conminres.htm</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.usgs.gov/contracts/Minerals/07MineralsAnn.doc" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.usgs.gov/contracts/Minerals/0"><U>http://www.usgs.gov/contracts/Minerals/07MineralsAnn.doc</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Advanced Resource Assessment Methods</div> <div> <A HREF="http://minerals.usgs.gov/west/projects/aram.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://minerals.usgs.gov/west/projects/a"><U>http://minerals.usgs.gov/west/projects/aram.htm</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Probabalistic Mineral Assessment Research & Development</div> <div> <A HREF="http://minerals.usgs.gov/west/projects/probminassmnt.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://minerals.usgs.gov/west/projects/p"><U>http://minerals.usgs.gov/west/projects/probminassmnt.htm</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Western Region Gold Deposits (Paleozoic-Mesozoic-Tertiary, Devonian; Carlin-type systems, Great Basin)</div> <div> <A HREF="http://minerals.usgs.gov/west/projects/nngd.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://minerals.usgs.gov/west/projects/n"><U>http://minerals.usgs.gov/west/projects/nngd.htm</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Mineral Systems of Siberia, Mongolia, Northeastern China, South Korea, and Japan (Northeast Asia); A Collaborative Project by Russian Academy of Sciences, </div> <div> Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Changchun University of Earth Sciences, the Geological Survey of Japan, and the U.S. Geological Survey</div> <div> <A HREF="http://minerals.usgs.gov/west/projects/minres.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://minerals.usgs.gov/west/projects/m"><U>http://minerals.usgs.gov/west/projects/minres.htm</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Uncertainty and Risk Analysis in Mineral Resources</div> <div> <A HREF="http://minerals.usgs.gov/west/projects/risk.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://minerals.usgs.gov/west/projects/r"><U>http://minerals.usgs.gov/west/projects/risk.htm</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>International:  </B></div> <bR> <div> Data Metallogenica</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.datametallogenica.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.datametallogenica.com/"><U>http://www.datametallogenica.com/</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Selected Journals and Publications</div> <bR> <div> Here, recent abstracts and publications are regularly reviewed on the basis of relevance to important components and processes of Archean silicate systems and gold metallogeny. </div> <div> These themes may be focused, regular or occasional in the respective journals:</div> <bR> <div> <B>Chemical Geology</B></div> <div> Occasional articles on important components and processes of Archean (and other) silicate systems can found at:</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00092541 " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/jou"><U><U>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00092541 </U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Chemical Physics</B></div> <div> Occasional articles on silicate (polymer) systems and regular articles on other polymer system modelling:</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03010104" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/jou"><U><U>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03010104</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Computers & Geosciences</B></div> <div> Occasional articles on computational methods (for example equlibrium gas speciation in volcanic and laboratory conditions; stress-induced fault slip; 3-D modeling) add a quantitative focus and may have direct application to Archean silicate systems research:</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00983004" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/jou"><U><U>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00983004</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>G-Cubed</B> , Electronic Journal of the Earth Sciences</div> <div> G3 publications focus on Earth as a system, including physics and chemistry of the solid Earth, its hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere; Earth's relationships to other planets, and to the solar system . The journal also highlights advances in modeling for the earth sciences generally. </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.agu.org/journals/gc/ " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.agu.org/journals/gc/ "><U><U>http://www.agu.org/journals/gc/</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta</B></div> <div> Occasional theoretical and laboratory treatments of silicate systems (e.g. mineral surface complexation, charge density distribution, monomer- Me---O - oxide surface protonation, related models; e.g. silicate behaviour in presence of specific volatiles to magmatic temperatures); </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00167037 " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/jou"><U><U>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00167037</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Geology of Ore Deposits (Geologiya Rudnykh Mestorozhdenii)</B></div> <div> Articles on metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources with some special interests in conditions of their formation and distribution; distribution pattern of metallogenic zones and mineral deposits; localization conditions; physicochemical parameters, evolution of oreforming systems; economic problems of ore districts and deposits development.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.maik.ru/cgi-perl/journal.pl?lang-eng&name=georud" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.maik.ru/cgi-perl/journal.pl?l"><U><U>http://www.maik.ru/cgi-perl/journal.pl?lang-eng&name=georud</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Journal of Geochemical Exploration</B> </div> <div> Among other themes, occasional articles dealing with alteration (and related indices) in gold-bearing districts can be found in this journal:</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03756742" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/jou"><U><U>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03756742</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Precambrian Research</B></div> <div> Publications on Archean tectonics, structural geology, geochemistry and petrology are regularly featured in this journal along with others on Proterozoic geology. </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03019268" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/jou"><U><U>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03019268</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications</B> </div> <div> Regular articles on polymer, polymer solution theory with some implication for (polymerized ) silicate systems. Occasional themes of interest may include entropy flux-heat flux modeling (e.g. far-from-equilibrium systems); coupled complex amplitude oscillator behaviour in lattices:</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03784371" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/jou"><U><U>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03784371</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Last updated: August 19, 2011</div> </td> </tr></table></body>