Publications
QEC Publications & Presentations
The Queensland Exploration Council (QEC) releases a number of monthly, quarterly and annual publications, along with presentations from events. Click below to view.
The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) and the Queensland Exploration Council (QEC) are pleased to present the 2024 QEC Exploration Scorecard. This publication is an important barometer of industry sentiment for future resources sector projects.
This is the 14th edition of the Exploration Scorecard, and we have accumulated a data set that tracks the key issues of concern and areas of opportunity for the exploration sector over this time. It’s the largest data set of its kind in Queensland and provides the trends needed to inform long-term decision-making and policy settings to position Queensland as a resources growth state.
Click here to view the 2024 Scorecard. (this link will be live on 26 November post Scorecard launch)
Click here to view the full data set for the 2024 Scorecard. (this link will be live on 26 November post Scorecard launch)
The QEC Tech Summit was held at the Tattersall’s Club in Brisbane on 31 July. There were 3 sessions across the full-day conference, focused on industry updates, collaborating for successful exploration, and geology and prospecting in the future.
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Presentations from this event can be viewed below:
- A mine ends… then what? Collaboration in action – Pete Whitbread-Abrutat, Managing Director, Future Terrains
- Blue Energy presentation
- CEI and new Collaborative Development Program – Sonia Maunder, Geological Survey of Queensland
- Current challenges for mineral exploration – Sarah Mackenzie, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining
- Critical Minerals Queensland – Paul Holden, Lead CMQ
- Economic Assessment of Secondary Processing for Critical Minerals – Bernadette Currie, Sedgman
- Energy Transition and “the Gas Crisis” – Prof. Em. Andrew (Alf) Garnett, UQ Gas & Energy Transition Research Centre
- Leveraging the R&D Tax Incentive, a guide for Qld explorers – EY
- The Dynamic North West Minerals Province – Maria James, MITEZ CEO
QEC hosts quarterly investment showcase events, designed to showcase the investment potential of Queensland exploration companies. To learn more about the benefits of presenting at the QEC Investment Showcase events, click here.
- May 2023 – Armour Energy – Presented by Christian Lange, CEO – Armour Energy
- May 2023 – Bengal Energy – Presented by Mike Nisbet, Exploration Manager – Bengal Energy (Australia)
- May 2023 – Blue Energy – Presented by John Phillips, CEO & MD – Blue Energy
- May 2023 – Omega Oil & Gas – Presented by Mike Nisbet, Exploration Manager – Bengal Energy (Australia)
- May 2023 – Blue Energy – Presented by John Phillips, CEO & MD – Blue Energy
- May 2023 – Omega Oil & Gas – Presented by Lauren Bennett, CEO & MD – Omega Oil & Gas
- July 2022 – Critical Minerals Group – Presented by Scott Drelincourt, Managing Director – Critical Minerals Group
- July 2022 – Far East Gold – Presented by Paul Walker, Chairman – Far East Gold
- July 2022 – Superior Resources – Presented by Peter Hwang, Managing Director – Superior Resources
- March 2022 – Austex Resource Opportunities – Presented by Rob Murdoch, Director – Austex Resource Opportunities
- March 2022 – Bengal Energy – Presented by Chayan Chakrabarty, President, CEO & Director – Bengal Energy
- October 2021 – EQ Resources – Presented by Kevin MacNeil, Chief Executive Officer & Tony Bainbridge, Chief Geologist – EQ Resources
- July 2021 – Aeris Resources – Presented by Brad Cox, General Manager Geology, Aeris Resources
- July 2021 – Genex Power – Presented by Simon Kidston, Managing Director, Genex Power
- April 2021 – QEM -Presented by Gavin Loyden, Managing Director, QEM
- April 2021 – Hammer Metals – Presented by Daniel Thomas, Managing Director, Hammer Metals
- April 2021 – QRC Economic Outlook – Presented by Andrew Barger, Director, Economics & Infrastructure Policy, QRC
- October 2020 – webinar recording with State Gas, Comet Ridge and EnergyQuest
- August 2020 – webinar recording with New Century Resources, Duke Exploration, Pure Minerals and Austex Resource Opportunities
The QEC Tech Summit was held on 17 August at The Westin Brisbane. There were 4 sessions across the full-day conference, including an industry update, the Collaborative Exploration Initiative, Women in Exploration and Emerging Technologies in Exploration.
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Presentations from this event can be viewed below:
- Keynote Address: Coal royalties and resources sector contribution to QueenslandQRC Chief Executive Ian Macfarlane
- State Government’s new Queensland Resources Industry Development Plan (QRIDP) and what’s in it for explorersPresented by Shaun Ferris, Deputy Director-General Georesources, Department of Resources
- The growing importance of ESG in the resources and exploration sectorPresented by Roger Leaning – Director, Morgans Financial & Chair, QEC ESG Working Group
- Building the North West Mineral Province supply chain and infrastructure corridor for critical mineralsPresented by Maria James – CEO Mount Isa to Townsville Economic Development Zone (MITEZ)
- How industrial manslaughter and other H&S legislation are changing the requirements and responsibilities of Boards & SSEs and what it means for best practice explorationPresented by Gareth Davies – Managing Director, SafeAssure
- From Greenfield to Mine – what it takesPresented by Ryan Welker – Executive Director, Vitrinite Coal
- Collaboration and Innovation; breaking down barriers in geoscience and mineral discoveryPresented by Dr Helen Degeling – Director Minerals Geoscience, Geological Survey of Queensland (GSQ)
- CEI update and how to write a CEI application that meets objectivesPresented by Heather Sparks – CEI Grant Manager, GSQ
- Update on Sunshine Gold project progress and results (presentation coming soon)Presented by Damien Keys Managing Director, Sunshine Gold
- Glencore Zinc Exploration Australia UpdatePresented by Trevor Shaw – Manager Australian Exploration, Glencore Mount Isa Mines
- Deep learning based basement interpretation for Strategic Energy Resource’s Isa North & Canobie projects – CEI Round 5Presented by Michael Rodda – Founder & Data Scientist, Caldera Analytics (on behalf of Strategic Energy Resources)
- Geology for carbon capture and storage – a look into Glencore’s wholly-owned Carbon Transport and Storage Company (CTSCo) ProjectPresented by Darren Greer – Project Director, CTSCo
- Innovative exploration solutions for stranded gas in the Cooper BasinPresented by Michael Nisbet – Exploration Manager, Bengal Energy
- Innovations in drilling and borehole geophysics with application to deep under cover explorationPresented by Andrew Bailey – CEO, MineX CRC
- The Transparency Imperative – ESG and Supply Chains / BlockchainPresented by Rakalene Condon – Head of Product, Everledger
Each year the QEC hosts an annual technical forum. Presentations form the 2021 Technical Forum can be viewed via the link below.
Each year the QEC hosts an annual technical forum. View presentations from this year’s forum below:
- Cannington Discovery History – Making Sure We Have Learnt The Lessons. Presented by Dr Steve Walters – Managing Director, MINOREvation
- Exploration for Giant High Sulfidation Epithermal Gold Deposits in the Chilean –Argentine Andes. Presented by Stephen Nano – Director, Global Ore Discovery
- Porphyry Copper Exploration in Phanerozoic of Eastern Australia. Presented by Professor Daniel (Dan) Wood AO
- Teaching Exploration in 2020 – Queensland University of Technology. Presented by Oliver Gaede – Lecturer, Science and Engineering Faculty, School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences – QUT
- Teaching Exploration in 2020 at the UQ School of Earth & Environmental Science. Presented by Emeritus Professor Sue Golding – School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science – University of Queensland
- Automated Face Mapping in Underground Mining. JCU PhD Student Presentation by Pieter Creus – James Cook University
- Application of the stratigraphic record in testing terrane-boundaries and its implication for identifying mineral deposits. QUT PhD Student Presentation by Joseph Austin, Queensland University of Technology
- Detrital geochronology constraints on sediment provenance and transport distance in the Drummond Basin (central Queensland). QUT former PhD Student Presentation by Dr Kasia Sobczak, now with University of Queensland
- Unlocking Hydrocarbon Resources in Queensland Presented by Prof. Andrew (Alf) Garnett, Director UQ Centre for Natural Gas, Director UQ Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Program, Non Exec Director National Energy Resource Australia (NERA).
- Hydraulic fracturing to improve coal drainage. Presented by Prof Raymond L. Johnson, Jr. School of Chemical Engineering and UQ Centre for Natural Gas, University of Queensland
- Optimisation of Gas Wells using Advanced Data Analytics. Presented by Dr Mahshid Firouzi, Advance Queensland Fellow, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland
- Sustainable enhancement of coal seam gas production in Queensland Development of new technologies for upgrading the return on what is currently uneconomic or marginally economic. Presented by Dr Christopher Leonardi – Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow, UQ School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
Each year the QEC hosts an annual technical forum, see presentations from last year below:
- Keynote Address: Professor Sue Golding – Director, Centre for Geoanalytical Mass Spectrometry, UQ “Past, present and future application of isotope geochemistry in resources exploration and environment”
- Jon Lorraine – Neuchatel Partners “Queensland minerals research – barriers and priorities”
- Dr Helen Degeling – Director Minerals Geoscience DNRME “GSQ’s new discovery program; enabling data driven exploration in the North-West Minerals Province”
- Professor Joan Esterle – Chair, Vale-UQ Coal Geoscience Program “Supermodels, bugs and gas”
- Professor Suzanne Hurter- Centre for Coal Seam Gas, UQ “Integrated Reservoir Modelling, Quo Vadis?”
- Dr Luke Connell – Group Leader, Reservoir Characterisation and Modelling, CSIRO “Stimulating in-situ biogenic methane generation within coal seam reservoirs”
- Dr Patrick Hayman – Lecturer, Science and Engineering Faculty QUT “Application of volcanic stratigraphy to mineral exploration”
- Professor Gordon Southam – UQ SEES “Biochemistry – reactivity of gold”
- Dr Matthias Klawitter – Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sustainable Minerals Institute, UQ “Automated logging of drill core”
View submissions made by the Queensland Exploration Council.
- Advancing Queensland Exploration – Key Initiatives for Industry Development: 2024-25 Industry Budget Submission to the Queensland Government
- Advancing Queensland Exploration – Five Key Initiatives for Exploration Industry Development: 2023-24 Budget Submission to the Queensland Government
- Advancing Queensland Exploration – Five Initiatives for Exploration Industry Development: 2022-23 Budget Submission to the Queensland Government
- Advancing Queensland Exploration Initiative: 2021-22 QEC Budget Submission to the Queensland Government
- Advancing Queensland Exploration Initiative: 2019-20 QEC Budget Submission to the Queensland Government
In May 2018, the QEC introduced a new event aimed at bringing members together and highlighting the next generation of exploration. The event theme was “reducing the cost profile of exploration through technology” and attendees heard from Dr Rob Hough presenting on the topic. Dr Hough is a geologist with over 20 years of experience in research with industry and a passionate advocate for innovation that can support industry to explore for our future mines. Dr Hough is the Research Program Director for Discovery in CSIRO Mineral Resources, based in Perth.
Thanks to the generous support of our corporate partner and event host Ernst & Young, the event proved popular with more than 90 attendees.
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Each year the QEC hosts an annual technical forum, see presentations from 2018 below:
- Tony Knight – Chief Government Geologist, Department of Natural Resources and Mines
- Professor Rick Valenta – Program Leader, Geology, Sustainable Minerals Institute, UQ
- Richard Lilly – University Research Fellow, The University of Adelaide
- Jonathan Loraine – Chairman, CRC ORE
- Greg Turner – Principal Geophysicist, HiSeis
- Karol Czarnota – Senior Geoscientist, Geoscience Australia
- Associate Professor Mark Hinman – Sustainable Minerals Institute, UQ
- June Hill – Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO
- Tim Rawling – CEO, Auscope
- Thomas Carmichael – Director, Solve Geosolutions
- Lesley Wyborn – Adjunct Fellow, Australian National University
View presentations from the QEC technical forum 2017, below:
Relevant industry or Government publications available for download.
- Entrepreneurship in the Australian Mining Industry: Pull the plug or take the plunge
- Queensland Government Mining and Resources updates
- Geoscience Australia Minerals Alert
- Putting Queensland on the Map – The life of Robert Logan Jack, geologist and explorer By Felicity Jack
- The Hope Factor – Mineral Discoveries Australia, Papua New Guinea & the Philippines, by Anthony R. Hope (published 2011)
- Shaping a Nation – a geology of Australia
