This Thursday, March 26th, 18:00, there will be 2 short talks, each of about 15 – 20 minutes, with time for socialising before, between and after, at the usual venue, the Royal Cambrian Academy, Crown Lane, Conwy, LL32 8AN.
The first talk will be:
Leveraging Remote Sensing and AI-Driven Analysis for Mineral Prospectivity in Oman (Alexandra Scarlet, MSc, Project Exploration Geologist – Viridien Group UK)
Bringing a grounded perspective and real field experience to the world of data science and technology, Alex began her career as a graduate mining geologist working on polymetallic, copper‑rich deposits in Romania before joining Viridien’s Minerals and Mining team. Over the past four years at Viridien (formerly CGG), she has worked as an exploration geologist in a fast‑moving environment, integrating multidisciplinary datasets to evaluate mineral potential and developing practical classification workflows for mining‑related challenges across a range of jurisdictions.
Her presentation focuses on a challenge we’re all familiar with: finding new ore deposits in remote, underexplored, and often topographically difficult terrains. Remote sensing gives us the ability to cover large areas without the access constraints of traditional fieldwork, but the sheer volume and diversity of data being acquired today demand more efficient, scalable approaches to extract meaningful geological insight. Alex will outline how her team tackled this by combining advanced AI and machine learning techniques with geological knowledge and remote sensing expertise applied to one of the world’s best exposed fragments of oceanic lithosphere The Oman Ophiolites.
The second talk will be given by Barrie Wells, who may be known to some of you as the person who writes these posts, and who is currently trying to decide whether to refer to himself in the first or the third person. He/I will give a talk on
Putting the ‘geo’ back into geostatistics: another new development in its 75 year history.
This talk will be a preview of a presentation at a forthcoming meeting of the GeolSoc and I/he really would appreciate feedback.
