1. PetroLogic Inc.
It’s All About the Minerals
Improving Resource Modelling and Extraction
With Mineral and Textural Data
Edward Walker, Ph.D., P.Geo.
2. An Efficient and Accurate Mineral Resource
Development Needs Mineral and Textural Data
It’s All About the Minerals
PetroLogic Inc.
Economic
Assessments
A number of key obstacles get in
the way of efficiency and
accuracy……
Geological
Model
Mineral Resource
Model
Extraction
Methods
.......different technical
requirements, flawed data
verification and project flow
3. These Obstacles Diminish the Efficiency and
Accuracy of an Economic Assessment
It’s All About the Minerals
PetroLogic Inc.
Underutilizing correlations
Poor sample representivity
Unnecessary testwork
Missed beneficiation options
Inefficient processing
Dilution and poor recovery
Too often the source of oversights,
errors and delays.
4. It’s All About the Minerals
PetroLogic Inc.
From discovery, to the making of a concentrate, to it’s tail,
project success is controlled by the minerals and their textures
Delineates units
Discriminates domains
Controls recoveries
Strongly impacts on costs
Can effect project revenue
Identification and Monitoring of Critical Mineral
and Textural Data can Overcome these Obstacles
5. It’s All About the Minerals
PetroLogic Inc.
It is a Process That Utilizes Basic
Mineral and Textural Data
Observed
Properties
Proportion
6. It’s All About the Minerals
PetroLogic Inc.
Domain
Characterization
Drill Core
Observations
Extraction
Results
Directly from the Drill Core Observations,
Domain Characterization, and Extraction Results
7. It’s All About the Minerals
PetroLogic Inc.
Integrated with Geological Modelling, Mineral
Resource Modelling and Extraction Methods
Geological
Model
Mineral Resource
Model
Extraction
Methods
8. It’s All About the Minerals
PetroLogic Inc.
A Process that Improves Preparation Efficiency and
Accuracy of Resource Delineation and Recovery
Extraction
Methods
Geological
Model
Mineral Resource
Model
Targeted
Characterization
Harmonized
Classification
Integrated
Extraction
Economic
Assessment
9. A Process that Meets Best Practice
Requirements for Verification of Data
It’s All About the Minerals
PetroLogic Inc.
A Mineral Hosted Commodity
Needs
A Mineral Based Data Verification Process
10. While at the Same Time Improving the
Economics of the Mineral Resource
It’s All About the Minerals
PetroLogic Inc.
Significant decrease in development cost and time
Identify essential planning and design criteria
Improve mining efficiency
Decrease processing costs
Increase revenue
Reduce capital payback time
11. Systemic Resource Development Obstacles
Need to be Overcome
It’s All About the Minerals
PetroLogic Inc.
Extraction
Methods
Geological
Model
Mineral
Resource
Model
Technical teams working in isolation
Flawed data verification techniques
Absence of an overarching process
12. Size of the resource
Rock
Natural distribution
Strong interpretation
Textures of the rock
Separation and recovery
Particles
Separation procedure
Processing conditions
Texture of particles
It’s All About the Minerals
PetroLogic Inc.
Extraction
Methods
Geological
Model
Mineral
Resource
Model
Confidence level
Chemistry
Geostatistics
Interpolation
Textures minor
Obstacles that Pull in Different Directions,
Making a Single Solution More Beneficial
Different priorities and different mineral and textural measurements
13. It’s All About the Minerals
PetroLogic Inc.
Critical Mineral and Textural Data Fulfills Both
Technical and Data Verification Requirements
Independent of interpretation,
and measurable in drill core
and processed products
Economic
Assessments
Extraction
Methods
Geological
Model
Mineral Resource
Model
Critical Minerals
and Textures
Critical Minerals
and Textures
Critical Minerals
and Textures
Directly relevant to the
success of the project
14. Size of the resource
Rock
Natural distribution
Strong interpretation
Textures of the rock
Separation and recovery
Particles
Separation procedure
Processing conditions
Texture of particles
It’s All About the Minerals
PetroLogic Inc.
Extraction
Methods
Geological
Model
Mineral
Resource
Model
Confidence level
Chemistry
Geostatistics
Interpolation
Textures minor
It Creates A Common Language
Effectively identifying and integrating fundamental constraints
Critical Minerals and Textures
15. It Works Because Mineral Formation Directly
Correlates with Extraction Efficiency
It’s All About the Minerals
PetroLogic Inc.
Aspects of rock formation indicative of specific mineral
and textural data will influence delineation and recovery
It’s a specific mineral and textural signature of the rock
It’s a common denominator throughout development
16. It’s All About the Minerals
PetroLogic Inc.
Realize the Benefits by Overcoming the
Systemic Obstacles with a 3 Staged Process
2. Microscopic connection
between resource domains
and extraction results
Extraction
Methods
Geological
Model
Mineral Resource
Model
Critical Minerals
and Textures
Critical Minerals
and Textures
Critical Minerals
and Textures
1. Macroscopic correlation of
drill core with assay intervals
and resource domains
3. Integration of resource
domains and extraction
results with drill core
17. It’s All About the Minerals
PetroLogic Inc.
Incorporate “Critical” and Improve Modelling
Efficiency and Accuracy by using “Data Pairing”
Critical
Mineral
Correlations
Textural
Correlations
Assay
Intervals
Extraction
Controls
Essential for accurate
delineation and extraction
Effective recursive partitioning
applications with modelling
18. It’s All About the Minerals
PetroLogic Inc.
Keep the Benefits While Continually
Improving Throughout Development
Extraction
Methods
Geological
Model
Mineral Resource
Model
Method Audit
Continuity Audit
Optimization Audit
Critical Minerals
and Textures
Critical Minerals
and Textures
Critical Minerals
and Textures
Consultative auditing provides
a direct, continuous, and
overarching process that can
be maintained through time
19. Design, Plan, and Execute with Greater
Confidence, Efficiency, and Accuracy
Lithological units
Mineral resource domains
Mineral separation
It’s All About the Minerals
PetroLogic Inc.
The most reliable data is direct, integrated, independent of
interpretation and technically relevant
20. Consulting Deliverables
It’s All About the Minerals
PetroLogic Inc.
Critical Mineral and Textural Data
More Precise Modelling Guidelines
Beneficiation Options
A Process that Improves Every Project at Every Stage
More Efficient Mineral
Resource Development
Improved Modelling and
Extraction Methods
More Accurate
Economic Assessments
Benefits to your project
Extraction
Methods
Geological
Model
Mineral Resource
Model
Targeted
Characterization
Harmonized
Classification
Integrated
Extraction
21. Based on 30 Years of Integrated Mineral Resource
Delineation and Recovery Experience
It’s All About the Minerals
PetroLogic Inc.
Characterization and delineation of mineral resources
Design and implementation of separation flowsheets
Outlining the distribution of lithological units
Integration of experimental data with resource distribution
Quality systems design and implementation
Forensic examination of mineral resource data
22. PetroLogic Inc.
It’s All About the Minerals
A Mineral Hosted Commodity Needs
A Mineral Based Data Verification Method
