Multiphysics for Mineral Exploration

• Automated Identification of Exploration Targets with Geophysical Patterns Matching Known Economic Deposits (PDAC 2025 Award winner, 1st place in PhD category)

Sofia Mantilla Salas, PhD student, with Xcalibur and Ero Copper 

• Optimizing Drilling Plans for Porphyry Copper Deposits Using Sequential Efficacy of Information and Ambient Noise Tomography

Peng Li, Postdoctoral Fellow, with Fleet

• 3D Multiphysics Inversion at Country-Scale (Geo3D)

Juan Pablo Daza, Jonas Kloeckner, Peng Li, and David Zhen Yin, with Xcalibur 

• Exploratory Drill Targeting Based on Similarity Measurement with Known Economic Deposits Using Multivariate Geophysical Data

Adel Asadi, Postdoctoral Fellow, with Ero Copper

• MultiGrid Interpolation: Artifact-Free Stochastic Interpolation of Geophysical Flightline Data for Decision-Making

Josh Rines, PhD student, with KoBold and Xcalibur