Minerals That Matter is a conceptual Amira program – currently accepting expressions of interest – that aims to accelerate discovery and delineation of hydrothermal Cu, Au, U, Co, REE and magmatic REE deposits, using rapidly collected alteration mineral assemblage data from LIBS, paired with mineral chemistry indicators and advanced visualisation tools, to assess prospectivity and vector toward mineralisation at various scales.
Grounded in over a decade of CSIRO research in Australian Cu and Au deposits (e.g. Carrapateena, Ernest Henry, Eloise, North-Portia, Kalkaroo), this research leverages the principle that Cu hydrothermal systems, despite genetic differences, form metasomatic halos and mappable mineral assemblage gradients that can guide vectoring toward mineralisation. This program has broad applicability across hydrothermal Cu systems and is open to case studies across the spectrum of IOCG-ISCG, sediment-hosted stratiform Cu, and porphyry Cu–Au–Mo deposits.
The program also retains P1364’s original objective of identifying mineral chemistry signatures for prospectivity of intrusive REE systems, hosted in carbonatites and peralkaline intrusions, while extending this workflow to systems like IOCG-ISCG deposits and prospects.
Please contact Tim Cross (tim.cross@amira.global) for further info or to express interest in getting involved
