Fractures within rocks create a pathway for fluid flow and gold mineralisation.  Research has highlighted positive correlations between the distribution of mineralisation and the distribution of fracture damage around a fault zone caused by ancient earthquakes.  A technique called Stress Transfer is used to predict where damage zones occur around major faults.

University of Tasmania researchers have developed Gold-Link—a proprietary software application that provides a rapid, new method to interpret mining data to help predict zones of mineralisation more effectively.

• Commercial partner for further 3D software development