Dr Oliver Kreuzer

MAIG RPGeo, MAusIMM

Oliver has spent most of his career trying to better understand why ore deposits form where they do, and how we can use this knowledge to make exploration smarter, faster and more reliable. Along the way he has worked with excellent teams, mapped some challenging terrain, and helped turn geological ideas into real-world exploration outcomes. His consulting practice centers on predictive targeting, combining mineral systems analysis, structural geology, geochemistry, geophysics and remote sensing. Increasingly, he incorporates AI and intelligent analytical workflows, not to replace expertise, but to amplify it where data are sparse or systems are poorly understood. Research remains an important part of Oliver’s work. Publishing pushes his thinking forward, and helps advance conversations about what the next generation of exploration tools and approaches should look like. More than anything, he enjoys helping teams see new possibilities in their projects, often in places that have been overlooked for decades.

Core skills: Predictive targeting, project generation, structural geology, interpretation and integration of geological, geophysical and remote sensing data at all scales

Experience: >25 years

Key commodities: Au, Ag, Cu, Li, Ni, Pb, Zn, Sn, W, U, REE

Main deposit styles: Orogenic, intrusion-related, epithermal and Carlin-type gold-(silver) deposits; iron-oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposits; porphyry copper-(gold, molybdenum) deposits; copper-lead-zinc-gold-silver volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits; hydrothermal and orthomagmatic nickel deposits; sediment-hosted stratiform copper-(cobalt, silver) deposits, tin-tungsten-iron-(copper, lead, zinc) skarn and tin-(copper, lithium, molybdenum, bismuth) greisen deposits; lithium-ceasium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatite deposits; unconformity-related and calcrete-, sandstone-hosted and volcanic-hosted uranium deposits; and carbonatite-related rare earth elements (REE) deposits

Focus regions: Australia (Yilgarn Craton, Gawler Craton, Mt Isa Inlier, Tasman Fold Belt), North America (Superior Craton, Great Basin, Colorado Plateau, Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, Wyoming Basins, Black Hills), Europe (Bohemian Massif, Iberian Massif, Alps) and Africa (West African Craton, Central African Copperbelt, Karoo Basins)

Dr Kris Butera

MAIG, MAusIMM

Kris is an exploration geologist with a passion for, and successful record of, discovery, exploration management, corporate geology, executive leadership and building strategies and visions for companies and projects. With experience across a broad range of gold, base, and strategic metal systems, Kris’ key contributions are conceptualising opportunities, generating and testing targets and developing discovery and corporate strategies. Kris has held senior management and board positions for a number of companies and is recognised as an astute ore finder, executive geologist and corporate strategist.