SHORT COURSES

Introduction to Machine Learning and its Application across the Mine Project Life Cycle  

Level: Introductory 

Facilitators:  

Tom Meuzelaar, Life Cycle Geo, LLC  
Jim Jonas, Life Cycle Geo, LLC. 

An introductory workshop designed for professionals working at all stages of the mine project life cycle. The participants will be introduced to machine learning methods that can be applied to exploration, mine to mill optimization, and environmental planning. Practical demonstrations using python will be performed using a variety of datasets such as geochemical assay, groundwater monitoring, remote sensing (satellite/drone), and equipment sensors. 

 Short Course Objectives:  

To provide participants with hands on examples of employing machine learning techniques across a mine project life cycle. 

 Target Audience:  

• Mining professionals of all backgrounds and experience levels 

• Students 

  About the instructors:  

Tom Meuzelaar founded Life Cycle Geo (LCG) in 2018. LCG specializes in providing innovative geoscience solutions to the mining sector across the project life cycle. LCG currently employs advanced statistical workflows to help its mining clients optimize site-wide water/rock management. Tom specializes in applied geology, geochemistry and data science and has more than twenty years of industry experience. He has supported the mining industry in solving numerous challenging water/rock related problems through all project life cycle stages, including complex mine materials characterization and predictive water quality projects with frequent extension into mine planning and adaptive management. 

Tom has a Ph.D. in geology from the Colorado School of Mines. He has two sons ages 14 and 12, a daughter aged 7, and loves spending time outdoors with his family.  

Jim Jonas is a Principal Geochemist at Life Cycle Geo with over twenty years of experience in mine site characterization, remediation, and water treatment. Jim has been evaluating pit lakes since the late-1990s and has supported various evaluations of the Berkeley Pit, and other legacy Anaconda sites, for the past fifteen years. Jim has been a commercial UAV pilot since 2016 and has flown various types of missions such as hyperspectral, heavy-lift sling loads, and first-person-view in adits not safe for human entry. Jim is a certified flight instructor and teaches people from all walks of life how to fly sailplanes in the mountains of Montana in his spare time.