News – Magmatic Sulfide Systems

Indicator Minerals for Nickel Sulfide Exploration – DIME seminar [video]

We recently completed a large, collaborative project that found that trace elements in indicator minerals are a useful tool for […]

Indicator Minerals in Northwest Botswana – Vacation Student Project

Mineral exploration in weathered and covered terrains has traditionally relied on geochemical and geophysical methods, with less emphasis on mineralogical […]

Role of volatiles in intrusion emplacement and sulfide deposition in the supergiant Norilsk-Talnakh Ni-Cu-PGE ore deposits [Publication]

We have recently published a new summary on the formation of the Supergiant Norilsk-Talnakh orebodies. Read the full publication here: […]

The supergiant Norilsk-Talnakh nickel-copper-platinum deposits: the exploding orebodies that changed the world [video]

This talk was given by Dr. Stephen Barnes to Monash University on 29th March 2023   Abstract: The Norilsk-Talnakh ore […]

Dynamics of Magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE Sulfide Deposits in Sill-Dyke Networks [Video]

Career Journey – Coralie [video]

Coralie Siegel shares her career journey to the WOMEESA (Women in Earth and Environmental Sciences in Australasia) community “Reflection on a […]

Exploration for intrusion-hosted magmatic Ni-Cu-Co using whole-rock geochemistry [publication]

Nickel, copper and cobalt are hot targets for today’s explorers. Demand is projected to rise and keep rising withthe expected […]

Interpreting sulfide textures – workshop [presentation]

The biennial International Platinum Symposium was held virtually in May 2022. The following workshops, presented by Steve Barnes are available […]

PMGs in the Low-Sulfur Regions of the Giant Norilsk Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit, Sibera [presentation]

This presentation was delivered as a keynote presentation at the International Platinum Symposium Online in May of 2022.  The talk […]

Nickel in olivine as an exploration indicator for magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide deposits [Publication][Presentation]

Nickel content of olivine has been found to be a useful additional tool for the exploration of magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide […]