Uranium (U) is of enormous global importance because of its use in energy generation,
albeit with potential environmental legacies. While naturally occurring U is widespread in the …

Predictive modelling of mineral prospectivity using GIS is a valid and progressively more
accepted tool for delineating reproducible mineral exploration targets. In this study, machine …

The advent of modern data collection and storage technologies has brought about a huge
increase in data volumes with both traditional and machine learning tools struggling to …

To aid conceptual targeting, the past two decades have seen the emergence of the mineral
systems concept, whereby ore deposits are viewed as small-scale expressions of a range of …

The rare-earth elements (REE) are a group of seventeen speciality metals that have unique
and diverse chemical, magnetic, and luminescent properties that make them strategically …

The concept of a mineral system was first formally introduced in 1994, two decades after the
analogous petroleum system concept had been developed. Mineral systems involve:(1) …

Introduction to the Special Issue: GIS-based mineral potential modelling and geological
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A major challenge for mineral exploration geologists is the development of a transparent
and reproducible approach to targeting exploration efforts, particularly at the regional to …

Ore deposits are diverse with much of their diversity attributable to the complex interplay of
ore-forming processes with a variety of geological environments, over a range of scales and …

A Mamdani-type fuzzy inference system for prospectivity modeling of mineral systems is
described. The system is a type of knowledge-driven symbolic artificial intelligence that is …