Brett K. Davis

BSc (Hons), PhD
FSEG, MAIG, MGSAust
Principal Structural Geologist

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Brett is widely regarded in the exploration and mining industry for his application of applied structural geology to numerous commodity types and mineral deposit styles. The approach Brett has brought to understanding mineralising environments globally is a product of the integration of modern structural geology and techniques married with several decades of applied research. Brett’s work with exploration and mining companies in numerous tectonic terranes revealed a need for a comprehensive structural geological training program that could demonstrate the practical application of procedures and skills at all experience levels. This has resulted in the compilation of a benchmark training course that is typically delivered on-site over several days and that has been conducted in numerous countries. The course demonstrates the pragmatic use of structural geology skills for mining and exploration at all scales, and includes some ongoing mentoring.

Brett received a BSc (Hons Class I) from James Cook University (1986) and then worked as a production geologist at Mt Isa Mines before completing a structural geology PhD (1992) at James Cook University. This was followed by six years of applied structural geological postgraduate research before returning to the minerals industry in 1998. Brett currently holds an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow position at the University of Western Australia.


E. Jun Cowan

BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD
FSEG, FAusIMM, MAIG
Director, Principal Structural Geologist

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Jun is the conceptual founder of Leapfrog software. In 2001, Jun introduced a completely new modelling experience to the mineral industry by adopting a 3D interpolation method only used outside the mining industry as the basis for a new geological modelling process. Leapfrog was designed so that geologists could model deposits rapidly so that a structural understanding of deposits could be realised in a very short time. Jun views this as an essential process for accurate understanding of mineral deposit geometry to maximise benefit to the mineral exploration and mining industry.

A decade later, Jun's insight from modelling more than 500 deposits world-wide, has resulted in Orefind's 3D modelling workflows, which are based on structural analytical heuristics that allow rapid interpretation of deposits in record time. This approach contrasts with traditional methods of modelling that ignore structural geometry during modelling (such as modelling for resource estimation). Jun teaches these methods to Orefind's clients world-wide and applies them daily in his consulting work.

Jun Cowan received a BSc (Hons Class I) from Macquarie University (1985), and a MSc (1990) and PhD (1996) from the University of Toronto. He specialised in structural geology, basin analysis, and sedimentology. He currently holds an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow position at the School of Geosciences, Monash University where he is involved in the research of structural characterisations of mineral deposits using modelling methods he helped to develop.

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