Research Mission

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="04dd4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Collaborative R& D</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>TOUCHSTONES-GOLD® Collaborative Design</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TOUCHSTONESGOLD® Collaborative Design"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scientific Issues"><U>Scientific Issues</U></A>   |   <B>Research Mission</B>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact "><U>Contact </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Your Participation"><U>Your Participation</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="World R D "><U>World R & D </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="World Strategy"><U>World Strategy</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gold Sector Economics"><U>Gold Sector Economics</U></A></div> <div> Research Mission</div> <bR> <div> <B>Collaborative, Cooperative and Participatory Research and Design for :</B></div> <div>   </div> <div> Large-scale, Archean silicate systems/ zone-scale gold distributions; related technical exploration risk, quality control, feasibility and economic analyses.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Related issues of interest:</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">regional to zone-scale predictive capability for mineral exploration</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">controlled, quantitative estimation of mineralization efficiency;</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">measurement and control of explicit technical risks and biases in exploration;</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">industrial nomenclature and classification systems, industry adaptations; structure and organization of data, data collection, software systems</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">mineral exploration productivity, optimization, strategic alignment, portfolio structure;</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">central and other natural distribution tendencies for silicate components; standard, blank and quality control samples; integration of whole rock analytical, petrographic and petrofabric (matrix, structural) controls</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">geophysical, remote sensing; other geochemical, geological, thermobarometric data integration - controls, constraints and optimization;</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">thermodynamics (equilibrium, nonequilibrium; reversible, irreversible; linear, nonlinear; classical / CIT, rational or extended /EIT; continuum) of large- scale silicate systems</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Current research: </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Five, gold- independent, controlled, estimators predict efficiency (0/1) of large- scale silicate systems and aggregated segments/ zones for gold deposit potential (independently-ranked); circular ("gold is where you find it"), lithogeochemical input bias is constrained to 5 ppb or less;</div> <bR> <div> The derived, constitutive physicochemical estimators characterize critical regional- to zone- scale features of efficient systems for R & D and for field evaluations.  Regional-scale to zone-scale order of characterization and estimation establishes control for predictions at varying scales.  Licensing available.</div> <bR> <div> Parameters, controls, characteristics and data from system maps and geological maps (regional to < 1 sq. km resolution); from independently classified deposit population; from regional lithogeochemical database and from related data (basis, N. Ontario, Canada, Archean exposures); selective application to comparable systems, to underexposed systems possible; 0.02 level of significance and 0.91 power of test design was revised in 2004 (previously 0.05 sig./0.90 pwr.).  Under-explored / poorly understood system potential (highest) is indicated at 9% of the total population ("discrete" design improvement over the existing state-of-knowledge).</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Derived point estimates (partly from experimental values), analogous to controlled system estimators, indicate order-of-magnitude, expected efficiencies for individual zones or system segments (or related, pre- specified search/ dimensional/ economic design-exogenous parameters ) e.g. volatiles %CO2-km, %S-100m, gold-ppm-20m; other thermodynamic estimators, point estimates and system constraints specified for general research.  Zone-scale or multiple-zone tests for continuity and relative efficiency are available for property-scale or multiple prospect evaluations on a consulting basis.</div> <bR> <div> Design includes C++ algorithm, executable software, derivation, definitions, references; data compilations; digital maps; work-in-progress (WIP); application and field manuals; supporting IP  and documents.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Status </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Independent researcher (1987-) seeks international collaborations with specific stakes in the derivation of predictive geological system models.  An integrated approach to R & D; to continuous technical/ business process improvement; or to controlled prediction at zone-scale would be advantageous. Active, cooperatively-funded, institutional/ major/ junior corporate R & D, exploration plans or regional resource evaluation imperatives; related business, joint-venture, management/ management consulting, business quality (e.g. ISO); cost-effective / risk management strategies would be focal.</div> <bR> <div> Division of pre- competitive (system, population- based) and competitive (single system/ zone) research is indicated. Senior company, supportive organizational funding and technical inputs are possible particularly with participation of regionally-focused, exploration companies.  Critical, comparative and practical inputs are invited from specialist researchers and  practitioners. </div> <bR> <div> Unpublished. Inquiries, proposals, collaborations welcome from focused institutions, companies, researchers, qualified practitioners (QP) and collaborations.  Proposal, business plan and cost schedules are available.  Leveraged design participation is possible with <I>bona fide</I> (measurable) design improvements (e.g. significance, power of test).  Inquiries on benchmarking, co-development or  mergers with advanced, proprietary or regional predictive designs would also be welcome. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Additional Experience, Expertise and Service* </B></div> <bR> <div>                    </div> <div> Exploration Geologist: 6 years ( gold, VMS -associated Cu-Zn, nickel-copper, tin-tungsten-molybdenum, uranium; prospective PGM-group settings; Archean, Proterozoic, Paleozoic )</div> <bR> <div> Mineral Sector Analyst:  5 years Energy Mines and Resources Canada.</div> <bR> <div> *Professional geoscience services are provided exclusively by Julius Hava P.Geo. 2004 (Ontario S.O. 2000, c 13)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Future Research </B></div> <bR> <div>   </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Large-scale physicochemical systems simulation, wider Archean and younger composite system, gold-volatile efficiencies;</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Archean and younger, large-scale, physicochemical systems simulation for sulphide distribution (Volcanic-sedimentary-alteration pipe-associated; volcanogenic massive sulphides "VMS - associated "; copper-zinc, zinc-lead-copper, pyritic deposits)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Archean and younger, medium-scale physicochemical systems simulation for sulphide distribution (nickel, copper; associated platinum, PGM)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Constraint of structural and physicochemical parameters; distribution and propagation of discrete or clustered, crustal-piped or -sheeted systems with Archean and younger associations (e.g. Proterozoic to Eocene diatremes, kimberlites, lamproites and related diamond occurrences); model development and system simulation</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Integrated geostatistical and visualization algorithm development</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Integrated economic and feasibility modeling and visualization- static and dynamic (real-time) analyses</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Industrial Relevance </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">a predictive and quantitative design for identification and estimator-by-estimator ranking of efficient systems/ zones for gold deposits; fixed or variable sensitivities; for matching of generally known and mineralized systems/ zones with under-explored, under-exposed, sparsely-sampled, glacially-dispersed or weathered systems/ zones; </div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">to successively screen, locate, prioritize prospects/targets, composite-system-wide (Archean, N. Ont. Canada basis) to (e.g.) 10's of km to 10's of m or zone- scale with design-exogenous, search parameters (grade, tonnage, width; 'world- class' or other); to do so at all stages of target selection, evaluation, sampling; to do so in a repeatable, verifiable manner; to conform to pre-specified R & D and exploration requirements; conversely, to screen areas of lower mineral potential for policy decisions on reserved land, park alternatives;</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">the design is based on a "world class" (over half a million square kilometres) exposure of Archean Era (granitic-metavolcanic-metasedimentary) rocks - a large sample of  Earth's earliest (and arguably simplest, least weathered, least disturbed, best preserved) geological records/ processes.  It is also based on a highly characterized (if not entirely understood) and gold prolific portion of the (larger) Superior Province of the Canadian Shield.  From a comparative point-of-view this is strategic window and "test lab" on geological history, for Canada, for Canada's mineral exploration industry and- internationally- for any applied predictive geological research and related business ventures.  In short, the exposure presents "acid-test" challenges and a "touchstone" for methodology and for geoscientists.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">design uses data generally available, observed, gathered and variously interpreted by practitioners; adaptable to varying, regional- to zone-scale data sets, as available;</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">for controlled, quantitative evaluation of specific exploration risks and biases at an explicit level of uncertainty (e.g. 2%); sensitivities adjustable with independently- specified risk criteria or preferences; for portfolio- style matching/ balancing/ control of general technical risk;</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">for control, constraint and optimization of geophysical or remote-sensing methods (attenuation of geological parameters, generally indirect methods); for integration with other geological approaches or specializations (geochemistry; structural and economic geology; igneous, metamorphic petrology and thermobarometry); for technology benchmarking;</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">to improve upon other approaches, namely, the use of </div> <bR> <div> a) commonly qualitative, or selectively quantitative indicators/ correlations (uncontrolled, elicited); commonly qualitative, genetic-generic models; computer data (only) compilations and related visualization;</div> <bR> <div> b) narrowly-based fractional or trace, mineral-fluid-element-rare earth element-isotopic indicators; (partial) alteration, lithological and structural indicators;</div> <bR> <div> c) uncontrolled, quantitative/ statistical, parametric/ non-parametric methods; spurious correlation; spatially-modelled/ spatially-biased or "weighted, weight-of-evidence" estimators or visualization methods;  uncontrolled extrapolation, interpolation, optimization or smoothing methods; uncontrolled elicited (prior) specifications (subjective probability, expert, neural network); </div> <bR> <div> d) particularly speculative methods that do not quantify any level of uncertainty nor qualify any sources of systematic biases; </div> <bR> <div> e) high-density or extensive sampling,  data compilations and broader acquisition practices with unknown predictive capability/ productivity.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">to participate in existing research/ corporate/ government and resource community-initiated collaborations for predictive, quantitative methods, mineral potential mapping and continuous improvement in mineral exploration methods;</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">to improve exploration efficiency, effectiveness, transparency; to integrate geological, geophysical, remote sensing, engineering, financial, economic, market parameters/ estimations/ risk/ bias measures; to integrate quality and business processes,  environmental parameters, socioeconomic and resource community needs;  to improve public disclosure and related securities market efficiencies;</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">to support focused innovation, technology design, exploration productivity gains; to promote modern IP management,  technology transfer and commercialization of R & D in a "high-tech" resource sector.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Affiliations </B></div> <div> Julius Hava P.Geo. (ON), APGO, 2004 (Ont. S.O. 2000 c 13)</div> <bR> <div> Last Updated: September 14, 2007</div> </td> </tr></table></body>