Not just tonnes and grades anymore: BHP's Kerry Turnock rallies mineral estimators to embrace character, complexity — and the waste we’d rather ignore

Kerry Turnock presents at MREC2025, urging mining professionals to elevate characterisation, embrace uncertainty, and drive interdisciplinary collaboration in resource modelling.
Jamie Wade
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Content By Jamie Wade on May 7, 2025
ESG, Waste Management, Stakeholder Communication, Sustainable Practices, Environmental Stewardship, Mine Closure Planning, Extraction, Resource Sustainability, Reserve Estimation, Innovation, Technology Adoption, Process Innovation, Risk, Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation, Mines & Projects, Case Studies, Exploration, Geological exploration and resource modelling, Geoscience data visualisation and analytics, Exploration technologies and methodologies
Australia, Western Australia
Iron ore, Copper, Nickel, Potash, Coal (Thermal and Metallurgical), Lithium

In a compelling keynote that set the tone for AusIMM’s 2025 Mineral Resource Estimation Conference in Perth, BHP’s Head of Re...

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