Summary This report outlines the findings of a MERIWA sponsored two and a half year study which researched smoke stimulated germination of native species and developed methods for application of…
Summary This report sets out methods developed to: Increase accuracy of identification of species of Phytophthora; Increase sensitivity of detecting species of Phytophthora in samples retrieved from exploration tenements; Determine…
Summary The aim of the research was to define the extent of existing subsidence features and to assess common investigation techniques used for defining the controls on the formation of…
Summary This AMIRA project was intended to decrease cyanide plant operating costs and maintain or increase gold recovery at the same time. The report includes a literature review and a…
Summary The aim of the project was to measure the effectiveness of a pelletised by-product from mineral sands processing as a sulfur fertiliser in high rainfall sandy areas. The by-product…
Summary The following methods were developed: the design and optimisation of slope monitoring networks to determine optimum locations of survey instruments and prisms, through computer simulations; deformation mechanism of slopes,…
Full report title: Primary geochemical and isotopic dispersion haloes in Archaean lode-gold systems: Assessment of alteration indices for use in district and mine-scale exploration Summary The objective was to assess…
Summary A systematic palaeomagnetic/rock magnetic investigation involving detailed palaeomagnetic and petrophysical analysis of 578 oriented samples was done in the late Archaean-Palaeoproterozoic rocks in situ iron deposits of the Hamersley…
Summary This project aimed to improve understanding of the consolidation behaviour of saline and non-saline mine tailings. Particular objectives included: investigating the consolidation of tailings in the Western Australian gold…
Summary This is the first extensive U-Pb geochronological study of volcanics from the greenstone belts of the Archaean Yilgarn Block. Twenty three felsic samples of about 50 kg were processed…
Full report title: Assessment of base-metal prospectivity in sedimentary basins based on the association between hydrocarbon and metalliferous brine migration: A feasibility study based on the Fitzroy Trough/Lennard Shelf, Western…
Summary Mycorrhizal fungi in undisturbed ecosystems in the Eastern Goldfields region were studied in this project to better understand their role and importance to the revegetation of disturbed mine soils.…
