AIG PGT Workshop 2022 Kate Hine - Electrical Geophysical Methods

Kate Hine – Electrical Geophysical Methods
Electrical Geophysical Methods: Of all of the projects I work on, those involving electrical geophysical methods seem to generate the greatest fear and mystification in the exploration team. I can definitely understand why! The geological team often express their lack of knowledge and resultant fear of wasting their limited budget on ‘black box geophysics’. To help in this area, I have built up over the years, a set of slides explaining the fundamentals of EM and IP for a geologist’s benefit, and a set of good examples where electrical geophysics was effectively integrated into an exploration program. I use these examples to teach not only the concepts and costs behind electrical geophysics, but also how demonstrably successful exploration teams use geophysics strategically.

About Kate Hine (Mitre Geophysics)
Kate is the Principal Consultant for, and a Director of, Mitre Geophysics Pty Ltd which has been advising the mining industry since 1980. Kate is a versatile and successful geophysicist with 20 years’ experience in electrical geophysics. She who has worked on a variety of commodities in a range of different geological settings, with some of the most interesting companies and exciting deposits in Australia and worldwide. She has made several major discoveries using geophysical methods, particularly EM and IP. In Kate’s portfolio of discoveries, several are more than 400m below surface with no surface indications. Her particular specialty is high quality EM and IP processing and interpretation, but she also has unrivalled expertise in MMR methods, used to detect and define weakly conductive mineralisation.