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SRK Consulting: Over 50 Years of Global Excellence

Coring Magazine - April 30, 2026

This article highlights SRK Consulting’s global mining expertise, showcasing multidisciplinary solutions, major projects, and innovations in exploration and mine development.

TAGS: Mining consulting, Mineral exploration, Mine engineering, Resource development
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Favourable outlook for the mining sector in Zambia

Visvanathan Reddy, Desmond Mossop, Paul Aucamp, Hennie Booyens, Charmaine Mafa, Able Tunono, Rory Bush - February 1, 2026

With its well-established copper mining sector and the bulk of the country’s mineral wealth unexplored, Zambia is poised for a period of substantial growth and expansion its mining industry.

TAGS: copper mining sector, mineral wealth, Zambia, expansion, Zambian Government, Legislation, Lobito Corridor, Angola, Critical Minerals
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Absolute Prospectivity

Niall Tomlinson - December 18, 2025

This challenge is best addressed through the development of an absolute prospectivity model that quantifies the estimated probability of undiscovered mineralisation at the cell level.

TAGS: Bayesian models, exploration maturity, target ranking, exploration capital allocation
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Discovery at Depth: Modern Workflow for Mineral Exploration Beneath Surface Cover

Oliver Bayley - December 18, 2025

Updating models is key to ultimate success, and an ongoing cycle of mapping, modelling, predicting, and validating ensures that interpretations remain grounded in reality—even as exploration pushes into deeper terranes.

TAGS: geological model, field mapping, deposit mineral systems, machine learning
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Complimentary Approaches to Mineral Prospectivity Mapping

Daniel Marsh - December 18, 2025

For prospectivity analysis, SRK typically uses a hybrid approach or develops both model types for comparison. The approaches are considered complementary, as demonstrated in a recent prospectivity- mapping project across Western Australia (WA).

TAGS: Data-driven models, machine-learning algorithm, mineral-system model, lithium-caesium-tantalum pegmatites
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