[HTML][HTML] The minerals industry in the era of digital transition: An energy-efficient and environmentally conscious approach

GT Nwaila, HE Frimmel, SE Zhang, JE Bourdeau… - Resources Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
The concept of the 4th industrial revolution is becoming a strategic determinant of
sustainability, success and competitiveness in the modern mining sector. The importance of …

The Not-So-Boring Billion: A metallogenic conundrum during the evolution from Columbia to Rodinia supercontinents

M Santosh, DI Groves - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Following the commencement of assembly of Columbia at ca. 2.0 to 1.8 Ga with its normal
convergent margin metallogeny rich in orogenic gold and VMS Cu-Zn-Pb systems, the Earth …

An underexploited invisible gold resource in the Archean sulphides of the Witwatersrand tailings dumps

SJ Chingwaru, B Von der Heyden, M Tadie - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The tailings dumps originating from gold mining in South Africa's Witwatersrand still contain
notable gold endowments. Most tailings reprocessing operations target a native gold fraction …

Detrital zircon ages from Archaean conglomerates in the Singhbhum Craton, eastern India: implications on economic Au-U potential

HE Frimmel, R Chakravarti, MAS Basei - Mineralium Deposita, 2022 - Springer
New U–Pb age and Hf isotope data obtained on detrital zircon grains from Au-and U-
bearing Archaean quartz-pebble conglomerates in the Singhbhum Craton, eastern India …

[HTML][HTML] Origin and evolution of gold-bearing fluids in a carbon-rich sedimentary basin: A case study of the Algamarca epithermal gold-silver-copper deposit, northern …

R Galdos, J Vallance, P Baby, S Salvi, M Schirra… - Ore Geology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sediment-hosted gold deposits account for the major part of economic gold in the Earth's
crust. However, the origin of the gold-bearing fluid and its evolution in sedimentary basins in …

Fire and water: geometallurgy and extractive metallurgy

D Chetty, GT Nwaila, B Xakalashe - Elements, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
There is no doubt that mineralogy, texture, and microfabric, as primary characteristics of an
ore, affect mineral processing operations. Their direct effects on extractive metallurgical …

Muruntau, Uzbekistan: The world's largest epigenetic gold deposit

R Seltmann, RJ Goldfarb, B Zu, RA Creaser… - 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Muruntau in the Central Kyzylkum desert of the South Tien Shan, western
Uzbekistan, with past production of~ 3,000 metric tons (t) Au since 1967, present annual …

Machine learning-based delineation of geodomain boundaries: A proof-of-concept study using data from the Witwatersrand Goldfields

SE Zhang, GT Nwaila, JE Bourdeau… - Natural Resources …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Machine-aided geological interpretation provides an opportunity for rapid and data-
driven decision-making. In disciplines such as geostatistics, the integration of machine …

[HTML][HTML] Critical metals: Their mineral systems and exploration

D Müller, DI Groves, M Santosh, CX Yang - Geosystems and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Complex geological formation processes under a variety of tectonic regimes have led to a
heterogeneous global distribution of the critical metal resources that will be increasingly in …

Geometallurgical approach for implications of ore blending on cyanide leaching and adsorption behavior of witwatersrand gold ores, South Africa

GT Nwaila, Y Ghorbani, M Becker, HE Frimmel… - Natural Resources …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Gold production in South Africa is projected to continue its decline in future, and
prospects for discovery of new high-grade deposits are limited. Many of the mining …