Program Overview
P1245A is a follow-on Amira research program building on outcomes from P1245 Spectral Induced Polarisation (SIP), which concluded on 11 September 2024. The original program demonstrated the strong potential of SIP for mineral exploration, particularly in identifying and distinguishing between different sulphide mineralisation types and textures.
However, limitations in field data quality reduced interpretive confidence and highlighted the need for improvements in survey design, data acquisition, and interpretation. P1245A aims to address these barriers by identifying methods of reliably and affordably acquiring, modelling and interpreting high-quality SIP data. The current concept envisages a staged approach, with the first year aiming to use high-fidelity simulations to solve physics challenges and optimize survey design before field expenditure, followed by a second stage that aims to execute a “state-of-the-art” field campaign to validate that optimized survey designs and refined petrophysical models effectively image complex targets.
Benefits
- Improved ability to distinguish economically relevant sulphide mineralisation from barren anomalies or alteration haloes.
- Enhanced data quality through advances in survey design, noise reduction, and acquisition methodology.
- Better utilisation of low-frequency SIP data for mineral and/or textural discrimination, which P1245 showed to be particularly promising.
- More accurate SIP modelling and inversion (moving from DC approximations to Full EM Physics)
- Prove that advanced data collection and processing can achieve superior resolution while maintaining standard field budgets.
Register Your Interest
Organisations interested in participating in the P1245A Full Physics Spectral IP program are invited to express their interest.
For further information or to discuss involvement, please contact:
Tim Cross
Email: tim.cross@amira.global
