Price
$200
Event date and time
Thursday 12 Feb 2026
8.30am to 6.30pm AWST
Location
Fraser's State Reception Centre
60 Fraser Ave, Kings Park, PERTH WA
Join us at CSIRO's annual Discovery Innovation Minerals Exploration seminar (DIME) for Australia's minerals industry. Showcasing the latest scientific and technological advances in mineral exploration and ore deposits understanding, hear how innovative R&D is redefining how we discover and develop Australia's resources.
As global demand for minerals accelerates, Australia has a unique opportunity to lead. By developing cutting-edge exploration tools tailored to Australia's complex geology, we can grow and diversify our resource base and emerge as a global leader in resource exploration technologies.
DIME acts as a catalyst, bringing together industry, government and academia, to enable accessible solutions to lift success rates in minerals discovery to meet our resource demand for a high-tech and sustainable future.
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Registration
$200
Dates and Times
Event date: Feb 2026
Thursday 12 Feb 2026
Fraser's State Reception Centre
8.30am to 6.30pm AWST
60 Fraser Ave, Kings Park, PERTH WA
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The #DIME2026 program introduces CSIRO's new research portfolio, Sustaining Australia's Mineral Resources.
Across a series of themed sessions, you'll hear from our leading scientists on
- advances in critical and strategic metal deposit research,
- innovations in geophysics capability and exploration in cover
- progress in analytical and experimental techniques
- data-driven approaches mineral systems understanding, and
- opportunities for SME engagement and collaboration.
Your attendance at #DIME26 isn’t just about staying informed. It's about influencing the direction of R&D in mineral exploration at CSIRO. Engage directly with our researcher, share your insights and help shape the future of exploration science.
Space is limited, so register soon to secure your place.
Agenda
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Start |
Finish |
Duration |
Title / Agenda item |
Speaker |
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8:30 |
8:45 |
15 |
Arrival |
Chair: Tobias Schlegel |
|
8:45 |
8:55 |
10 |
Welcome to Country |
Freda Ogilie |
|
8:55 |
9:10 |
15 |
CSIRO's new Portfolio of research: Sustaining Australia's Mineral Resources - What is our purpose and operating model |
Sandra Occhipinti |
|
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Session 1: Critical and strategic metals |
Chair: Shirly Hu |
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9:10 |
9:30 |
20 |
Indicator minerals research for critical metals - update on project plans and tool developments |
Margaux Le Vaillant |
|
9:30 |
9:50 |
20 |
Utilising mineral alteration mapping at deposit scale: Insights from IOCG districts across Australia |
Tobias Schlegel |
|
9:50 |
10:10 |
20 |
Application of isotope and fluid inclusion geochemistry to fingerprint ore-forming processes in mineral systems |
Marta Sosnicka |
|
10:10 |
10:30 |
20 |
Linking mineral signatures and numerical modelling to advance pegmatite exploration |
Rosa Didonna |
|
10:30 |
11:00 |
30 |
Morning Tea |
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Session 2: Geophysics & remote sensing |
Chair: Marta Sosnicka |
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11:00 |
11:20 |
20 |
Our Geophysics capability and strategy, with some examples |
Stephan Thiel |
|
11:20 |
11:40 |
20 |
Petrophysics, geophysics and finding critical minerals - what's possible, and what's fantasy? |
Sarath Samaya Manthri Patabendi Gedara |
|
11:40 |
12:00 |
20 |
Good vibrations - riding the new wave of hyperspectral remote and proximal sensing technologies |
Carsten Laukamp |
|
12:00 |
12:20 |
20 |
Process modelling for mineral exploration: a quantitative approach to understanding mineral systems |
Thomas Poulet |
|
12:20 |
13:20 |
60 |
Lunch |
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|
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Session 3: Exploration in cover |
Chair: Erick Ramanaidou |
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13:20 |
13:40 |
20 |
Context is everything - How soil properties help us understand soil geochemistry and regolith processes |
Anicia Henne |
|
13:40 |
13:50 |
10 |
White fields = green fields for the gold fields |
Ryan Noble |
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13:50 |
14:00 |
10 |
LEME AI: Developing an on-premise AI system to accelerate exploration in regolith terranes |
Jens Klump |
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14:00 |
14:20 |
20 |
Case Study: Putting it all together - Mineral systems and targeting in the Yeneena Basin using mineralogical mapping and thermodynamic modelling |
Fariba Kohan Pour |
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14:20 |
14:40 |
20 |
Tackling Today's Challenges for Tomorrow's Opportunities: The Future of Iron Ore |
Yoram Teitler |
|
14:40 |
15:00 |
20 |
Afternoon Tea |
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Session 4: Tools, technology & collaboration |
Chair: Helen McFarlane |
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|
15:00 |
15:20 |
20 |
Going beyond chemical buffers: lithological controls on fluid flow in the Kalkaroo sediment-hosted Cu-Au-(Co) deposit |
Gabriel Valentim Berni |
|
15:20 |
15:35 |
15 |
Developing a Scalable LIBS-ML Workflow for Multi-Commodity Mineral Systems: Progress, Integration, and Future Direction |
Ruixue Wang |
|
15:35 |
15:50 |
15 |
Rapid Mineral Phase Mapping via LIBS: Vision, Insight, and Geometallurgical Application |
Ryan Manton |
|
15:50 |
16:00 |
10 |
TBC |
Industry presenter, to be confirmed |
|
16:00 |
16:10 |
10 |
Transitioning Innovation through SME engagement, with CSIRO in-house R&D and financial support |
Liz Crompton |
|
16:10 |
16:25 |
15 |
Characterizing Australia's flake graphite potential: Insights from the contact-metamorphic Leliyn deposit, Northern Territory |
Raphael Baumgartner |
|
16:25 |
16:40 |
15 |
Experiments & Geochemical Models: How Mineral Deposits Form (Au, Base Metals, Critical Minerals) - An Introduction to ECGL |
Yanlu Xing |
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16:40 |
16:50 |
10 |
Closing remarks |
Sandra Occhipinti |
|
16:40 |
18:30 |
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Sundowner, all welcome |
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