EAE5063 · Mineral exploration simulation

Overview

The unit aims to provide you with a work-integrated learning experience that simulates an exploration program for mineral commodities. The unit will be taught as a group project, and you will be working in teams of 3 to 4 within their own level. The project will require identification of a target commodity based geological and geophysical information, justification of the target selection including a literature review, acquisition and synthesis of the appropriate geological, geochemical, and geophysical data, interpretation of the data, developing of an exploration targeting strategy, and an economic analysis of the program. Projects will be designed to prepare you for comparable experiences in the workplace. You will develop skills in data synthesis and analysis, geological interpretation, critical and lateral thinking using diverse geoscientific data.

Areas of study: Masters of Science (Earth Science)

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. You will develop the ability to work in a team environment to achieve project objectives.
2. You will develop their oral presentation skills that enable them to express the concepts they develop, the data required to test the concept, and the outcomes and interpretations of the simulated exploration program.
3. You will construct a geoscientific report outlining the objectives, methodology and data required, and the outcomes and interpretations of the simulated exploration program.
4. You will gain an ability to integrate multiple large datasets to synthesise and interpret geological information.
5. You will gain an ability to use geoscientific data to undertake an economic assessment of a mineral exploration program including the cost of the program and the size of the target required to economically develop a mine.

Workload

The project requires a workload commitment of 144 hours over the semester

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.