Program New

Tuesday 15 October 2024

10am-12:30pm

Sponsors C Exhibitors bump in

12 noon

Registration Desk open

1pm –1:30pm

Trade Exhibition Open

Exhibition Foyer

1:30pm –3pm

Workshop 1

Forward Stratigraphic Modelling and Geophysical Inverse Models

Cedric Griffiths, StrataMod Pty Ltd.

Workshop 2

Electrical Geophysics Case Studies and New Developments

Daniel Eremenco, Gap Geophysics Australia; Mr Ronny Stolz, Jonathan Rudd, Dias Geophysical and Dias Airborne; Christopher Parker, IPHT

Workshop 3

Towed time domain electromagnetic and direct current electrical resistivity surveying

Dr David Allen, Groundwater Imaging Pty Ltd

Workshop 4

DAS, Machine Learning, Interferometry G Beyond: A Tour of Modern Geophysical Buzzwords

Tjaart de Wit, Institute of Mine Seismology

Workshop 5

Passive Seismic – a tool for early stage exploration

Dr Richard Lynch, Dr Sophie Beaupretre, Sisprobe

3pm –3:30pm

Afternoon Refreshments and Trade Exhibition

Exhibition Foyer

3:30pm – 5pm

Workshop 1: continuation

Workshop 2: continuation

Workshop 3: continuation

Workshop 4: continuation

Workshop 5: continuation

5pm-7pm

Welcome Event, Wrest Point Exhibition Foyer

With thanks to our Sponsor

Wednesday 16 October 2024

8am –8:30am

Registration and Trade Exhibition Open + Arrival Tea and Coffee

Exhibition Foyer

8:30am – 10am

Workshop 6

SIMPEG open source modelling and inversion with Geoscience ANALYST Pro Geophysics

– Session 1

Dr James Reid, Glenn Pears, Mira Geoscience

Workshop 7

ǪGIS for Exploration Geophysics

Thomas Schaap, Mark Grujic, Dr Thomas Ostersen, Datarock

Workshop 8

Using CoFI to experiment with geophysical inversions

Professor Malcolm Sambridge, Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University

Workshop G

Geological interpretation of aeromagnetic data

Dr Teagan Blaikie, Yvonne Wallace, Sharon Lowe, Southern Geoscience Consultants

Workshop 10

NMR: The missing link in hydrogeology that connects other data sets to water in the ground

Mike Hatch, Vista Clara Inc and CSIRO

10am – 10:30am

Morning Refreshments and Trade Exhibition

Exhibition Foyer

10:30am-12pm

Workshop T6: continuation

Workshop T7: continuation

Workshop T8: continuation

Workshop T9: continuation

Workshop T10: continuation

12pm – 1pm

Lunch and Trade Exhibition

Exhibition Foyer

1:00pm –

2:30pm

Workshop 11 SIMPEG open source

modelling and inversion with Geoscience ANALYST Pro Geophysics

– Session 2

Dr James Reid, Glenn Pears, Mira Geoscience

Workshop 12

Teaching Geophysics through Interactive Notebooks and Team-Based Learning

Prof Stuart Clark, Dr. Patrick Makuluni, UNSW Sydney

Workshop 13

D.I.Y. Multiphysics Interpretation

Jarrod Dunne, Tom McNamara, James Parsons, ǪIntegral Pty Ltd

Workshop 14

Adding value to governmental AEM data. The East Isa VTEM case study

Dr Andrea Viezzoli, Emergo, Italy

Workshop 15

Natural Hydrogen Workshop

Frank Glass, Avon Mctyre, Hugo Beldame, Mick Small, Natural Hydrogen Association of Australia

2:30pm – 3pm

Afternoon Refreshments and Trade Exhibition

Exhibition Foyer

3pm – 4:30pm

Workshop T11:

continuation

Workshop T12: continuation

Workshop T13: continuation

Workshop T14: continuation

Workshop T15: continuation

6pm – 8pm

Early Career Networking Event – (ticketed event) Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania

With thanks to our Sponsor

Thursday 17 October 2024

7am – 7:50am

Registration and Trade Exhibition Open + Arrival Tea and Coffee Exhibition Foyer

7:50am-7:55am

Opening Address Plenary Hall

Janelle Kerr, ASEG President

7:55am –8:10am

Welcome to Country

8:10am –8:15am

Dignitary Address – The Hon Madeleine King MP (Pre-recorded)

8:15am –8:25am

Welcome from our Platinum Sponsor

8:25am –8:30am

Welcome Remarks and Introduction to the Symposium Program

Eric Battig, ASEG DISCOVER Chairperson

8:30am –9:00am

Keynote Presentation

Evolution of 3D electromagnetic inversions and their transition to an open-source ecosystem

Lindsey Heagy, University of British Columbia

9:00am –9:20am

1.1.1

Simultaneous three- dimensional inversion of large-scale AEM data for changeability and conductivity using the GEMTIP model and moving sensitivity domain

Leif Cox, TechnoImaging

1.2.1

Efficient imaging aperture criterion for reduction of computational cost of TTI RTM

R Rastogi, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing

1.3.1

TEMConfigurator, a new transient electromagnetic forward modelling interface, and evaluation of AgTEM- Wallaby and AgTEM-Wallaroo towed Transient Electromagnetic Systems capabilities and limitations.

David Allen, Groundwater Imaging

1.4.1

Geophysical response of alteration and mineralisation in the Wafi- Golpu porphyry system, Papua New Guinea

Terry Hoschke, Alterrex

1.5.1

P-wave Travel-Time Tomography for Mineral Exploration

Tjaart de Wit, Institute of Mine Sesimology

9:20am –9:40am

1.1.2

Equivalent circuits for inductive EM and galvanic IP to predict IP sensitivity

James Macnae, CD3D

1.2.2

Tackling rugose seabed, strike- shooting, short offset NAZ data in the Otway Basin with advanced processing technologies

Robert To, Viridien

1.3.2

Towards Efficient Bayesian MASW Analysis using JAX

Jordan Dennis, Velseis

1.4.2

Geophysical Signatures of a

+5.4Moz gold deposit, NE Bankan, Guinea, West Africa

Thomas Harris, Merlin Geophysics

1.5.2

Geological hypothesis testing via inference-mode multiphysics inversion

Gerrit Olivier, Fleet Space Technologies

9:40am –9:50am

1.1.3

Closing the gap between galvanic and inductive methods: EEMverter, a new inversion tool for Electric and Electromagnetic data with focus on Induced Polarization

Gianluca Fiandaca, University of Milano

1.2.3

Accelerating PINN Convergence for Signal Reconstructions

Amarjeet Kumar, Shearwater Geoservices

1.3.3

Seasonal Temperature effect compensation in ERT monitoring without thermal measurements

Alessandro Signora, University of Milan

1.4.3

A Multi-Physics IP Approach to Encuentro Porphyry Deposit

Héctor Verdejo, GRS LTDA Chile

1.5.3

Applications of Advanced Full Physics Based Passive Seismic HVSR Imaging: Insights and Case Studies

Mehdi Tork Ǫashqai, CSIRO

9:50am – 10am

1.5.4

The effect of 1-bit normalization on ANT data, 3D velocity models, and their geological interpretation

Patime Osman, Fleet Space Technologies

10am – 10:30am

Morning Refreshments and Trade Exhibition Exhibition Foyer

10:30am – 11am

Keynote Presentation Plenary Hall

The role of hardrock seismic in the future of copper in South Australia

Jared Townsend, Think & Act Differently, Powered by BHP

11am – 11:20am

2.1.1

Redefining copper exploration at Oak Dam IOCG deposit through high-end hardrock seismic processing

Robert To, Imaging Manager Australia

2.2.1

Joint Inversion of Electrical and Electromagnetic data including IP: a methodological breakthrough

Alessandro Signora, University of Milan

2.3.1

Reaching the Pantheon: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Data Reprocessing and Depth Imaging in the Vulcan Sub- basin

Alexey Artemov, Shearwater Geoservices

2.4.1

Low-Frequency UAV SAM trials at Forrestania Electromagnetics Test Range in Western Australia

Daniel Eremenco, Gap Geophysics Australia

2.5.1

WA Array and MT – Phase 1 and 2 updates

Ruth Murdie, DEMIRS

11:20am –

11:30am

2.1.2

Cosmic-ray Muon Tomography: Applications at Olympic Dam

Doug Schouten, Ideon Technologies

2.2.2

Three-dimensional AEM inversion considering IP effect using Octree mesh

Jian Chen, University of Milan

2.3.2

Effectiveness of Reprocessed Legacy 2D Seismic for Regional Evaluation: Examples from the Southern Browse Basin

Satoshi Ishikawa, Inpex

2.4.2

Three examples of modern exploration for nickel in the Kimberley Region

Tom Harding, IGO

2.5.2

Real-Time Ambient Noise Tomography For Uranium Exploration : Case Study From Roughrider Project In Athabasca Basin, Canada

Laleh Khadangi, Fleet Space Technologies

11:30am –

11:40am

2.5.3

Scale Reduction in Porphyry Cu-Au Exploration using Ambient Noise Tomography

Nick Smith, Fleet Space Technologies

11:40am – 12pm

2.1.3

Integration by design: quantitative mineral system characterisation, and a new framework for evaluation of exploration “near-misses”

James Austin, CSIRO

2.2.3

Airborne IP driven exploration for a green-field research project

Francesco Dauti, Università degli Studi di Milano

2.3.3

Velocity model building of VSP data through Semblance analysis

Javad Khoshnavaz, EPIROC KLS

2.4.3

A review of airborne electromagnetic data over a polymetallic VMS deposit

Hannah Peterson, Condor Consulting

2.5.4

21 Basalt Street: Undercover mineral exploration of the Mount Read Volcanics in north- western Tasmania

George Taylor, Institute of Mine Seismology

12pm – 12:20am

2.1.4

Utilizing DAS VSP for orebody imaging at Oak Dam IOCG

Min Lee Chua, Viridien

2.2.4

Modelling IP in Tempest data: the first preliminary steps and insights

Andrea Viezzoli, Emergo

2.3.4

Stratya2D: Kinematic Backstripping and Decompaction Enhanced by Image-Based 2D Horizon Integration

Harikrishnan Nalinakumar, UNSW

2.4.4

Interpreting airborne electromagnetic data unburdened from induced polarisation effects: an unconventional mineral discovery case study from the eastern Yilgarn region of Western Australia

Regis Neroni, NewGen Geo

2.5.5

A Novel yet Simple Approach to the Interpretation of HVSR Data in Australia – A Data Rich Case Study from the Pilbara

Nathan Tabain, BHP

12:20pm –

12:30pm

2.1.5

Multi-physics imaging of an iron-oxide copper gold (IOCG) deposit under thick cover

Ben Kay, University of Adelaide

2.2.5

Correcting EM responses at Girrilambone for IP effects

James Macnae, CD3D

2.3.5

Seismic velocity analysis – recent experiences using a new approach to ǪC based on integrated geophysical modelling

Jarrod Dunne, ǪIntegral

2.4.5

Geophysical Exploration of Graphite in the Eyre Peninsula

Claire Mortimore, Terra Resources

2.5.6

Passive seismic imaging of Mt Isa Province

Ao Chang, ǪUT/GSǪ

12:30pm –

12:40pm

2.1.6

Australia-wide 3D Density and Magnetic Susceptibility Models: Reducing the search space for IOCG deposits

James Goodwin, Geoscience Australia

2.3.6

Uplift and subsidence history of the Barents Sea Basin: analysis of dynamic topography contribution

Elena Babina, UNSW

2.4.6

Outcomes from characterisation of the Moornambool Metamorphic Complex megaclasts in the Stawell Corridor with potential field modelling and neural network predictive targeting

Tom McNamara, University of Melbourne

2.5.7

Detection of aircraft noise with buried distributed acoustic sensors

Boris Gurevich, Curtin University

12:40pm –

1:40pm

Lunch and Trade Exhibition Exhibition Foyer

1:40pm – 2:10pm

Keynote Presentation Plenary Hall

Integrating geophysical data with mineral systems models from the lithospheric to prospect scale

Dr Kate Selway, Vox Geophysics

2:10pm – 2:30pm

3.1.1

Three-dimensional MobileMT and TMI Data Inversions for Mineral Exploration

Leif Cox, TechnoImaging

3.2.1

How deep is the basement beneath the Otway Basin? Insight from semi-automated magnetic depth estimates

Yvette Poudjom Djomani, Geoscience Australia

3.3.1

Application of pseudo-3D reflection seismic arrays to map mafic-ultramafic intrusions at the Silver Knight Prospect in the Albany Fraser Orogen, Western Australia

Antonio Huizi, IGO

3.4.1

Heterodyne method for sulphide mapping. Latest field data

Steve Collins

3.5.1

Preliminary assessment of an alluvial aquifer system using airborne and ground-based geophysics: Upper Darling River Floodplain, New South Wales

Andrew McPherson, Geoscience Australia

2:30pm – 2:40pm

3.1.2

Interpretation of electromagnetic multifrequency natural field data from Red Setter prospect (Paterson area, Western Australia)

Alexander Prikhodko, Expert Geophysics

3.2.2

A Review of Physics-Based Machine Learning Approaches for Geological Modelling

Vladislav Alekseev, UNSW

3.3.2

Offering new geological insights to the Mawson Ni-Cu- Co prospect via seismic data reprocessing

Alan Meulenbroek, Velseis

3.4.2

Application of 3D Cole-Cole inversion by Offset Pole- Dipole Time-Domain IP data for mineral exploration in South Australia

Takafumi Murakita, Jogmec

3.5.2

Results from three large-area ground TEM surveys over highly salinised floodplains on the River Murray, South Australia

Michael Hatch, University of Adelaide

3.2.3

Enhancing Salt Dome Recovery through Deep Learning Based Gravity Inversion

Aseem Bin Sulaiman, UNSW

2:50pm – 3pm

3.1.3

New insights into the electrical structure of the Mount Isa Province from the Carpentaria Conductivity Anomaly Magnetotelluric Survey

Dominic Brown, Geological Survey of Ǫueensland

3.2.4

A field trial of cross-well seismic with DAS and a high- frequency source: A field trial of cross-well seismic with DAS and a high-frequency source

Nikita Beloborodov, Curtin University

3.3.3

Marrying depth to top of basement mapping from magnetic field data with depth to base of cover mapping from gravity data: an example from the Mulgathing Trough of South Australia

Clive Foss, CSIRO

3.4.3

The impact of geometry on Resistivity/IP surveys

Emilio Rodriguez Nievas, ExploreGeo

3.5.3

Three-Dimensional Mapping of Palaeovalleys in the West Musgrave Region, Central Australia

Joshua Lester, Geoscience Australia

3:00pm – 3:10pm

3.1.4

Innovations in airborne natural field electromagnetics for deep exploration

Alexander Prikhodko, Expert Geophysics Limited

3.2.5

Monitoring underwater sounds using distributed acoustic sensing: a pilot study from Australia’s North West Shelf

Boris Gurevich, Curtin University

3:10pm – 3:40pm

Afternoon Refreshments and Trade Exhibition Exhibition Foyer

3:40pm – 4:10pm

Keynote Presentation Plenary Hall

Using Deep Learning to find impact structures in continental-scale datasets

Mark Grujic, Datarock

4:10pm – 4:20pm

4.1.1

Ambient Noise Tomography (ANT) as a scalable data platform for Machine-Learning driven mineral discovery

Jack Muir, Fleet Space Technologies

4.2.1

Joint inversion of gravity and MT for mineral systems mapping

Stephan Thiel, CSIRO

4.3.1

Geophysical Assessment of Mine Tailings for New- Economy Minerals

Ben Patterson, GHD Pty Ltd

4.4.1

Modernising Australian geophysics datasets to enable National-scale multiphysics computation at Exascale: one size can no longer fit all

Lesley Wyborn, Australian National University

4.5.1

Subsurface Velocity Structure of the Tasmanian Midlands using Ambient Noise Tomography: Implications for Geothermal Potential

Tjaart De Wit, Institute of Mine Sesimology

4:20pm – 4:30pm

4.3.2

MAPRad – A miniaturised magnetic antenna Ground Penetrating Radar

Matthew Auld, RMIT University

4:30pm – 4:50pm

4.1.2

Computer vision tools for geophysicists

Thomas Schaap, Datarock

4.2.2

3D joint inversion of ground and airborne EM

Carsten Scholl, Viridien

4.3.3

Use of Extended spatial autocorrelation (ESAC) method to determine seismic liquefaction potential: a case study

Abid Ali, University of the Punjab

4.4.2

AusLAMP – mapping lithospheric architecture and mineral potential in central and eastern Australia

Josef Holzschuh, Geoscience Australia

4.5.2

Geothermal exploration using SǪUID TEM survey and 3D inversion, Southern Sumatra, Indonesia

Leif Cox, TechnoImaging

4:50pm – 5pm

4.1.3

Leveraging Machine Learning and Geophysical Data for Automated Detection of Interior Structures of Cratons

Hojat Shirmard, The University of Sydney

4.2.3

A decade-long between-system comparison of AEM conductivities at Menindee Lake using deterministic and stochastic inversion

Anandaroop Ray, Geoscience Australia

4.3.4

WA Array Site Characterisation – Enhanced Shear Wave Velocity Profiling from Passive Seismic Data

Reza Ebrahimi, Geological Survey of Western

4.4.3

Tomographic model of the Australian region from seismic full waveform inversion

Josef Holzschuh, Geoscience Australia

4.5.3

Lemont, a blind geothermal power plus lithium project

John Bishop, Mitre Geophysics

5pm – 5:10pm

4.1.4

Integration of Advanced Machine Learning Techniques in Mineral Exploration: Prospectivity Mapping of Porphyry Mineralisation in New South Wales, Australia

Elnaz Heidari, The University Of Sydney

4.4.4

Electrical structure of the Newer Volcanics Province, SE Australia,

from 3-D Magnetotelluric Imaging

Xinpeng Ma, Jilin University

4.5.4

Is there a hotspot under NE Tasmania?

Dave Bennett, Devil Resources

5 :10pm

Day 1 Close

5:10pm – 6:40pm

Free Time

6 :40pm

Meet at the Wrest Point Exhibition Hall for Ferry transport to the Dinner Venue (Exclusive for delegates attending the dinner) Ferry departs at 7:00pm sharp

7:20pm – 10:20pm

Symposium Dinner (ticketed event) Waterline Berthing Deck

Friday 18 October 2024

8am – 8:30am

Registration and Trade Exhibition Open + Arrival Tea and Coffee Exhibition Foyer

8:30am – 8:35am

Welcome Day 2 Plenary Hall

Eric Batting, ASEG DISCOVER Chairperson

8:35am – 9:05am

Keynote Presentation

The Value of Geological Analogues for Unlocking the Subsurface for the Energy Transition

Simon Lang, The University of Western Australia

9:05am – 9:15am

5.1.1

Real-Time Multiphysics Sensors Derived from Space Exploration Technology for Scalable Mineral Exploration

Gerrit Olivier, Fleet Space Technologies

5.2.1

Drill core scale petrophysical zonation of Jupiter and Taurus, Mount Woods, SA

Andreas Bjork, Minex CRC – University of South Australia

5.3.1

Seafloor geophysical mapping: Renewable energy use case and the importance of open access data

Christopher Yule, CSIRO

5.4.1

Capturing high-resolution lithological heterogeneity in geological CO2 storage reservoir models using stochastic seismic inversion

Seyed Ahmad Mortazavi, University of Melbourne

5.5.1

Large geophysical surveys over NSW released in 2024

Astrid Carlton, Geological Survey of NSW

9:15am – 9:25am

5.1.2

Observations from acquisition and processing of deep crustal 2D seismic data over Southwest and Midwest Western Australia

Reece Cunnold, HiSeis

5.5.2

An investigation of wing-tip TMI gradiometry using data from the Yathong Survey near Cobar, NSW

Clive Foss, CSIRO

9:25am – 9:35am

5.1.3

A comparison of 3D active seismic and ambient noise models

Timothy Jones, Fleet Space Technologies

5.2.2

Remanence remembered – an exploration case history from western Tasmania

Mark Duffett, Mineral Resources Tasmania

5.3.2

The Plumes of Maralinga: Mapping nuclear fallout patterns over sixty years after atomic bomb testing

James Cunneen, Eit Pty Ltd

5.4.2

Time-lapse 3D reverse VSP monitoring of a 16.5-tonne CO2 injection into a shallow fault at the Otway site

Roman Isaenkov, Curtin University

5.5.2

Ǫuantitative determination of airborne Mag/Rad survey quality

Sam Matthews, Geological Survey Of NSW

9:35am – 9:45am

5.1.4

3D numerical modelling of the mantle flow during subduction termination: in relation to seismic anisotropy beneath the Cyprus arc

Peigen Luo, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

5.2.3

Geoscience at the Core Scale: A Comparison of Petrophysical Data, Geologic Classifications, and Assay Results for Two South American Porphyry Deposits Using Entry Level Statistics and Cluster Analysis

Blake Cross, Condor Consulting, Inc

9:45am – 9:55am

5.2.4

GSWA petrophysics update: insights from physical property cross plots

Sasha Banaszczyk, DEMIRS – GSWA

5.3.3

Space weather hazard and the Australian resources sector

Liejun Wang, Geoscience Australia

5.4.3

Re-evaluating the Stratigraphy of the Polda Basin: Implications for Underground Hydrogen Storage in Onshore Salt Caverns

Timothy Rady, Geomorph Energy Consulting Pty Ltd

5.5.3

Georgetown AEM survey: Preliminary Results

Sasha Aivazpourporgou, Geological Survey Of Ǫueensland

9:55am – 10:05am

5.5.4

Maximising the Value of Geophysical Data for Mineral Exploration: A Case Study from the Yilgarn Craton

Mosayeb Khademi, Minex CRC/University of South Australia

10:05am – 10:30am

Morning Refreshments and Trade Exhibition Exhibition Foyer

10:30am – 11:00am

Keynote Presentation Plenary Hall

From Skeletons to Pegmatites – Navigating the Hype of GPR

Jan Francke, Groundradar Inc

11am – 12pm

ASEG Awards and Closing Ceremony

12pm – 1pm

Lunch and Trade Exhibition Exhibition Foyer

1:00pm – 4:00pm

Workshop 16

Airborne electromagnetic (AEM) surveying from farm to table — an interactive overview of acquisition, processing and inversion of AEM data

Dr Anandaroop Ray, Dr Yusen Ley-Cooper, Geoscience Australia

Workshop 17

Advances in Geothermal Energy Exploration and Development

Mick Small, AGA

Workshop 18

MT for mineral exploration: Tips, traps and interpretation

Dr Kate Selway, Vox Geophysics and University of Tasmania

Workshop 1G

How ambient noise tomography and AI can solve mineral exploration’s scale reduction problem

Dr Anthony Reid, Dr Gerrit Olivier, Dr Tim Jones, Fleet Space Technologies

4pm – 5pm

Farewell Refreshments Exhibition Foyer