Mineral Exploration : Principles and Applications for a Sustainable Future

Mineral Exploration: Principles and Applications for a Sustainable Future, Third Edition presents the current state of mineral exploration along with the innovations that will power our sustainable journey into the future. This comprehensive text covers a wealth of topics within mineral exploration. To begin, the author looks closely at economic mineral deposits, photogeology, remote sensing, and geographic information system in mineral exploration. This followed by a review of exploration geology, geochemistry, and geophysics. Next, from a more practical perspective, are chapters on sampling methods, mineral resource and ore reserve estimation, and statistical and geostatistical applications. Other topics include exploration modeling, mineral economics, and mineral processing. Looking ahead towards a sustainable future, the author closes with chapters on environmental system management for green energy and machine learning and artificial intelligence in mineral exploration. This leading text offers researchers and engineers the latest knowledge and understanding in mineral exploration with ample resources for sustainable development efforts.

1. Academic qualification: B. Sc (Hons) 1963, and M. Sc (Geology) 1965, Calcutta University, D. Sc, 1983, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.

2. Professional Affiliation: Life Member of Mining Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India, Indian Geological Congress and Indian Society of Earth Sciences.

3. Work Experiences: 50 Yrs Professional and Academic Experience in oil and base-noble metal exploration and mining at various capacities at ESSO, Hindustan Copper Ltd, Hindustan Zinc Ltd, Anglo American (P) Ltd, Gold Stream Mining NL/ IMX Resource Ltd, Australia and BIL Infratech Ltd, Guest Faculty Sukhadia University Udaipur.

4. Exploration Projects and Mines visited abroad:

His profession has often required visits and interaction with experts of zinc, lead, gold, tin, chromium, nickel and platinum mines and exploration camps of Australia-Tasmania, Canada, USA, Germany, Portugal, UK, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bangladesh and Nepal.

5. Research Projects as Principal Investigator

(i) DST project in Geostatistical Applications, numerical processing, software development and derivation of parameters for mine planning of base metal deposits at IIT Kharagpur (1979-80) leading to PhD Degree (1983).

(ii) DST project: HR/UR/22/2002 on "Exploration modeling for base / noble metals with special reference to sediment hosted Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag deposits in the northwestern Indian Shield" at Presidency College Kolkata (2003-06).

(iii) DST Project: HR/UR/29/2007 on "Geology of Platinum-Nickel-Chromium mineralization: Resource evaluation and future potential", at Presidency College, Kolkata (2008-2010).

6. Examination conducted:

(i) Regular question papers for Mineral Exploration, Geo-statistics and Mining Geology for M. Sc Applies Geology of Sukharia University, Udaipur, Presidency University, Calcutta University, Indian School of Mines and Institution of Engineers.

(ii) Examined 4 M. Sc Thesis of Delhi and Calcutta University.

(iii) Examined including Viva of 5 PhD Thesis in Geostatistical Applications of Mineral Deposits at Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, IIT Mumbai and Kharagpur.

7. Current Assignments:

Since 2003, Emeritus Scientist, Post Graduate Applied Geology teaching of Mineral Exploration at Presidency and Calcutta University, Kolkata, and industry related teaching at Indian school of Mines, Dhanbad.

8. Recipient: Dr. J. Coggin Brown Memorial (Gold) Medal for Geological Sciences (1993-94) by Mining Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India.

9. Authored 3 books and 40 publications:

1. Haldar, SK. Exploration Modeling of Base Metal Deposits, Elsevier Publication; 2007, p. 227.

2. Haldar, SK, Mineral Exploration - Principles and Applications, Elsevier Publication; 2013, p. 374.

3. Haldar, SK and Josip Tisljar, Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology, Elsevier Publication; 2013, p. 356.

Dr Haldar has a unique professional blend of mineral exploration, evaluation and mineral economics with an essence of classroom teaching of postgraduate students of two celebrity Universities over the last 1 decade.

Annexure- I

1. Haldar, S. K., 2011, Platinum-Nickel-Chromium: Resource Evaluation and Future Potential Targets, IGC International Congress on New Paradigms of Exploration and Sustainable Mineral Development on Vision 2050, p. 67 - 82.

2. Haldar. S. K., 2010, Geostatistical Applications in Base Metal Deposits - A case Study, Science and Economics of Rocks - A Primer on Mineral geostatiscs, ed: Sarkar, B. C., pp. 95-109.

3. Haldar, S. K., 2009, The First Fifty Year's Record and A New Beginning in Mineral Discovery in India with special Reference to Base Metals, in Shrivastava, K. L., eds., Economic Mineralization, Scientific Publisher (India), Jodhpur, pp. 442-450.

4. Haldar, S. K., 2008, Resource prediction model - Application of Zipf's Law, National Seminar, Ore Body Modeling for Genesis, Predictive Metallogeny and Resource Analysis", Udaipur, (Abstract), pp. 10-11

5. Haldar, S. K., 2008, Investment, Risk and Sensitivity Analyses in Exploration Regime, Executive Development Program, ISM University, Dhanbad.

6. Haldar, S. K., 2008, Base and noble metals in northwestern Indian Shield: Essence of stratigraphy and tectonics in mineral search, International conference on tectonics of the Indian Subcontinent (TOIS), Indian Association for Gondwana Research Conference Series 5, Institute of Technology, Mumbai, (Abstract Volume, pp 90-91.

7. Haldar, S. K., 2007, Exploration Optimisation Using Geostatistics - A Case Study of Sequential Evaluation, Indian School of Mines University, Dhanbad, pp 88-94.

8. Haldar, S. K., 2007, Orebody Modelling: Geostatistical assessment of Mine sub-block and grade forecast system - A case study, Indian School of Mines University, Dhanbad, pp.80-87,

9. Haldar, S. K., 2006, Concepts of deposit - orebody modelling with case study of Zn-Pb-Ag deposits, Rajasthan, (Abstract), National Seminar on "Evaluation of Mineral Resources of India", 8th National Convention of Association of Economic Geologists, at Visakapatnam in March '06, pp. 2.

10. Haldar, S. K., 2005c, Exploration Modeling for Base and Noble Metals with special reference to Sediment hosted lead-zinc-copper gold Deposits in the Northwestern Indian Shield, DST Project HR/ UR/2002,176p.

11. Haldar, S. K., 2005b, Exploration Modeling for sediment hosted Lead-Zinc Deposits in the Northwestern Indian shield - A logical dynamic approach, National seminar on "Mineral exploration, mining and mineral beneficiation: A road map to VISION 2020", Mining Engineers' Association of India, Tamilnadu Chapter, pp. 66-84.

12. Haldar, S. K., 2005a, Exploration Mode