Mines & Projects

When gold doesn’t follow the rules, machine learning finds the clues and a folded dome reveals why your domains were lying to you all along

At the 2025 AusIMM Mineral Resource Estimation Conference in Perth, geologist Jordan McDivitt delivered a sharp, technically grounded presentation on how machine learning and structural geology can work hand in hand to model complexity in orogenic gold systems.

AMEC boss urges WA bureaucracy to catch up before the critical minerals boom leaves it in the dust

Speaking with characteristic frankness at the 2025 WA Environmental Regulatory Forum, Warren Pearce , CEO of AMEC (Association of Mining and Exploration Companies), set the tone not just for the day’s discussions—but for the resource sector’s expectations of government in the months ahead.

From rocks to risks: How underground planners can master ESG (without the drama)

“Manage your own destiny” - That was the central message Bruce Harvey delivered to a packed audience at the AusIMM Underground Operators Conference 2025.

Mark Cutifani to miners: Stop apologising. We don’t just dig rocks—we make modern life possible. Time to own it, say it, and lead like it.

For underground mining professionals, the AusIMM Underground Operators Conference in Adelaide delivered no shortage of technical insights—but it was a keynote from one of the industry’s most accomplished leaders that left the deepest impression.