EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT

Industry leader calls for major exploration overhaul

Australia’s mineral exploration sector must radically overhaul the way it operates if it is to make the Tier 1 greenfield discoveries that are needed, according to one of the country’s most respected explorers and chairman of the Australian Geoscience Council, Jon Hronsky.

David Upton in Adelaide
'One of the things the petroleum industry has been really good at is progressively front-end loading the area selection process to target new search spaces'

'One of the things the petroleum industry has been really good at is progressively front-end loading the area selection process to target new search spaces'

Addressing the inaugural four-day Australian Geoscience Council Convention in Adelaide, Western Mining Services principal Dr Hronsky said major changes to the industry's exploration, financing and training...

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