Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Change in Critical Elements and Global Needs
Discussion Leader: Simon Jowitt (University of Nevada Reno, United States)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
Rod Eggert (Colorado School of Mines, United States)
"What Minerals and Materials are Critical for a Low Carbon Society, and Why?"
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:10 pm
Sarah Hayes (US Geological Survey, United States)
"Wrestling With Supply Challenges Related to Critical Materials"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Geochemical Techniques for Prediction
Discussion Leader: Gisela Cobenas (BHP, Canada)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:35 am
Katie McFall (University College London, United Kingdom)
"High Temperature Fluids and the Many Types of Melt: Why Critical Metals Aren’t Always Where Expected in Ore Deposits"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Carl Spandler (The University of Adelaide, Australia)
"Novel In-Situ Geochronology Methods Applied to Ore Deposits: A Game Changer for Resolving the Temporal Evolution of Mineralisation Systems"
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:25 am
Federico Cernuschi (Eclectic Rock , Uruguay)
"The Timing of Hydrothermal Alteration, Veining, and Copper-Molybdenum Mineralization in Porphyry Deposits: Reconciling Hand Lens Observations with Microanalysis"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:05 pm
Daniel Moncada (University of Chile, Chile)
"Application of Fluid Inclusion in Exploration for Precious Metals Deposits"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Anna Bidgood (KoBold metals, United Kingdom) and Mizuki Ishida (Natural History Museum, United Kingdom)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Data Science for Prediction
Discussion Leader: John Carranza (University of the Free State, South Africa)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
Kerstin Lehnert (Columbia University, United States)
"Data Science in Mineralogy Needs a Culture Change Toward FAIR-AR Data (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable, Analysis-Ready)"
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:10 pm
Marshall X Ma (University of Idaho, United States)
"Mineralogy and Mineral Deposits: Data and Data-Driven Approaches"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Metal Anomaly Detection
Discussion Leader: Judith Kinnaird (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Kristopher Darnell (KoBold Metals, United States)
"The Practical Use of Geochemistry-Focused Machine Learning for Mineral Exploration"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
Jeremy Vaughan (Anglo American, United States)
"Estimating Flux, Duration, and Path Length of Hydrothermal Fluids Utilising Geochemistry and Thermochronology"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Jung-Woo Park (Seoul National University, South Korea)
"Crustal Magmatic Controls on the Formation of Porphyry Cu Deposits"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
Matthew Steele-MacInnis (University of Alberta, Canada)
"Fingerprinting the Fluids That Form Magnetite-Apatite Deposits"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Detection of Mineral Systems
Discussion Leader: Alan Kobussen (Rio Tinto Exploration, Australia)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
Daniel Layton-Matthews (Queen's University, Canada)
"Recent Novel Applications of Element and Isotopic Methods Using Surficial Media for Detection of Buried Mineral Deposits"
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:10 pm
Marek Locmelis (Missouri S&T, United States)
"The Search for Lower Crustal Magmatic Sulfide Systems"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Improving Utilisation's Model and Metalogeny Geochemistry
Discussion Leader: Regina Baumgartner (Teck Metals Ltd., Canada)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Kevin Byrne (Teck Resources, Canada)
"Geochemistry for Mining and Processing Engineers"
9:40 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:50 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:20 am
Tamara Diedrich (MineraLogic LLC, United States)
"Using Geochemical Characterization and Modeling to Improve Water Quality and Reduce Net Carbon Emissions on Mine Sites"
11:20 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
Tom Meuzelaar (Life Cycle Geo, LLC., United States)
"Mine Water and Materials Optimization Throughout the Mine Project Life Cycle"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Artificial Intelligence for Future Utilisations and Opportunities
Discussion Leader: Eun-Jung Holden (The University of Western Australia, Australia)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Wei Liu (The University of Western Australia, Australia)
"AI Advances Opportunities with LLMs, NLP and Knowledge Graphs"
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:05 pm
Eun-Jung Holden (The University of Western Australia, Australia)
"Actional AI for Geosciences"
9:05 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Supporting a Low Carbon Industry: Working in Society
Discussion Leader: Philippe Muchez (KU Leuven, Belgium)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Caroline Tiddy (University of South Australia, Australia)
"Sustainability of Technology"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Lingli Zhou (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
"Towards Sustainability in Mineral Resources"
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:50 am
David Zhen Yin (Stanford University, United States)
"Data-Driven Geochemistry for Advanced Critical Mineral Exploration"
11:50 am - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Big Picture: The Whole Value Chain
Discussion Leader: Robert Moritz (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:30 pm
Sarah Gordon (Satarla / Responsible Raw Materials / Critical Productions, United Kingdom)
"A Forward View on the Sector"
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:10 pm
Rory McNab (Monash University, Australia)
"Co-Precipitation of Amorphous Silica and Gold Nanoparticles Contributes to Gold Hyper-Enrichment"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure