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December 2006 QG Newsletter
[December 2006] The latest newsletter can be downloaded. Articles on Scott Dunham, Mike Job and Chris De-Vitry, geometallurgy, reconciliation, upcoming Master Classes with Clayton Deutsch and more. [download][top]
QG renamed as 'Quantitative Group'
[October 2006] With the broadening of the services of QG to include strategic mine planning, reconciliation and geometallurgical modelling, the name 'Quantitative Geoscience' did not seem to capture who we are. So in November 2006, our company was renamed to 'Quantitative Group'.
Quantitative Group (QG) is a specialist mining industry consulting organisation with skills in helping out clients to unlock hidden value in their business. We assist mining operations in extracting the full potential of their biggest assets - the ore body and their people - by focusing on fundamental geological and mine planning practices. We believe while there are a great many similarities, every operation is unique and that this must be reflected in the way the business operates in order to deliver the best business outcome.
QG’s approach is based on our motto “Our Skills on Your Team”. We believe that a core part of our service is to work closely with your people and ensure they have a sound understanding and ownership of the issues. We work as business and technical coaches and mentors with the aim of transferring knowledge and skills in the workplace. This partnership approach is designed to deliver on-going and sustainable benefits. To read more about how we can do this, click here... [more][top]
Scott Dunham joins QG
[September 2006] QG are very pleased to announce that Scott Dunham
joined QG in September 2006. Scott is a geologist who
has spent much of the last decade in management
positions on large mining operations, most recently as
Technical Services Manager at Cadia Valley (Newcrest)
and prior to that in the same role at Mount Keith
(WMC, now BHP Billiton). Scott brings a new suite of
technical and managerial skills to our company, and the
focus of the company will broaden accordingly. To
reflect this widening of our scope Quantitative
Geoscience has been renamed to Quantitative Group
– ‘the new QG’.
Scott has particular skills and interest in the areas of strategic mine planning, reconciliation and geometallurgy. For a full CV click here...
More on geometallurgy and reconciliation can be found in the December 2006 QG newsletter. [top]
Mike Job joins QG
[June 2006] Mike Job joined QG in June 2007. He is a geologist with a background in mining,
exploration and resource geology.
Mike has held positions as Senior Mine Geologist and
Resource Geologist for both large and small mining
companies, and was the Geology Manager at BHP
Billiton’s Leinster Nickel Operation before joining QG
in June 2006. Mike’s professional interests include
geological data gathering and interpretation and is
passionate about geological resource estimates that are
practical, robust and auditable.
Mike has been working on nickel, iron, gold and copper
projects since joining QG. In 2007 Mike will be
seconded to the University of Alberta to complete a
Masters degree in Geostatistics with Prof. Clayton
Deutsch. For Mike’s full CV click here... [download][top]
Chris De-Vitry joins QG
[January 2006] In January 2006 Chris joined Quantitative
Geoscience as a Principal Consultant.
Chris has experience in porphyry copper, nickel laterite,
stratiform copper-lead-zinc, numerous styles of gold
mineralisation, massive and disseminated nickel, talc and
iron-ore. He has strong skills in data-validation,
geological modelling and in integrating geology and
geostatistics into the mining process. He also has
advanced skills in numerous mining software packages
especially Isatis, of which he is a long time user.
Chris has an M.Sc. (Ore deposit Geology and
Evaluation) from UWA and is undertaking an M.Sc.
(Geostatistics by research) at the University of
Adelaide, Department of Engineering, Computer and
Mathematical Studies, supervised by Prof. Peter Dowd.
Chris’s research focuses on non-linear estimation and
simulation of correlated variables. For Chris’s full CV click here... [download][top]
World Conference on Sampling and Blending 3
[December 2005] WCSB1 was run in Denmark in 2003, and was a great success. A decision was taken to run the next conference [WCSB2] in Queensland, Australia in early 2005. The next conference will be 23-25 October 2007 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. [more][top]
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Scott Jackson (left), Scott Dunham (centre), and John Vann (right) are the Directors of Quantitative Group
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