Peer-Reviewed Articles in International Scientific Journals
1. Bruce, M., Kreuzer, O.P., Wilde, A., Buckingham, A.J., Butera, K., Bierlein, F., 2020. Unconformity-type uranium systems: A comparative review and predictive modelling of critical genetic factors. Minerals, 10(9), 738.
2. Chudasama, B., Porwal, A.K., Kreuzer, O.P., Butera, K., 2016. Geology, geodynamics and orogenic gold prospectivity modelling of the Paleoproterozoic Kumasi Basin, Ghana, West Africa. Ore Geology Reviews, 78, 692-711.
3. Ghasemzadeh, S., Maghsoudi, A., Yousefi, M., Kreuzer, O.P., 2023. Spatially weighted singularity mapping in conjunction with random forest algorithm for mineral prospectivity modelling. International Journal of Mining and Geo-Engineering, 57(4), 455-460.
4. Ghasemzadeh, S., Yousefi, M., Kreuzer, O.P., 2025. Accumulation coefficient for exploration feature selection: A tool for ranking geochemical indicators and use in prospectivity mapping. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1144/geochem2025-050.
5. Hronsky, J.M.A., Kreuzer, O.P., 2019. Applying spatial prospectivity mapping to exploration targeting: Fundamental practical issues and suggested solutions for the future. Ore Geology Reviews, 107, 647-653.
6. Koek, M., Kreuzer, O.P., Maier, W.D., Porwal, A.K., Thompson, M., Guj, P., 2010. A review of the PGM industry, deposit models and exploration practices: Implications for Australia's PGM potential. Resources Policy, 35(1), 20-35.
7. Kreuzer, O.P., 2004. How to resolve the controls on mesothermal vein systems in a goldfield characterized by sparse kinematic information and fault reactivation—a structural and graphical approach. Journal of Structural Geology, 26(6), 1043-1065.
8. Kreuzer, O.P., 2005. Intrusion-hosted mineralization in the Charters Towers Goldfield, North Queensland: New isotopic and fluid inclusion constraints on the timing and origin of the auriferous veins. Economic Geology, 100(8), 1583-1603.
9. Kreuzer, O.P., 2006. Textures, paragenesis and wall-rock alteration of lode-gold deposits in the Charters Towers district, north Queensland: Implications for the conditions of ore formation Mineralium Deposita, 40(6), 639-663.
10. Kreuzer, O.P., Blenkinsop, T.G., Morrison, R.J., Peters, S.G., 2007. Ore controls in the Charters Towers goldfield, NE Australia: Constraints from geological, geophysical and numerical analyses. Ore Geology Reviews, 32(1), 37-80.
11. Kreuzer, O.P. Etheridge, M.A., Guj, P., 2007. Australian junior exploration floats, 2001-06, and their implications for IPOs. Resources Policy, 32(4), 159-182.
12. Kreuzer, O.P., Etheridge, M.A., Guj, P., McMahon, M.E., Holden, D.J., 2008. Linking mineral systems models to quantitative risk analysis and decision-making in exploration. Economic Geology, 103(4), 829-850.
13. Kreuzer, O.P., Markwitz, V., Porwal, A.K., McCuaig, T.C., 2010. A continent-wide study of Australia's uranium potential: Part I: GIS-assisted manual prospectivity analysis. Ore Geology Reviews, 38(4), 334-366.
14. Kreuzer, O.P., Miller, A., Peters, K., Payne, C., Wildman, C., Partington, G.A., Puccioni, E., McMahon, M.E., Etheridge, M.A., 2015. Comparing prospectivity modelling results and past exploration data: A case study of porphyry Cu-Au mineral systems in the Macquarie Arc, Lachlan Fold Belt, New South Wales. Ore Geology Reviews, 71, 516-544.
15. Kreuzer, O.P., Buckingham, A.J., Mortimer, J., Walker, G., Wilde, A., Appiah, K., 2019. An integrated approach to the search for gold in a mature, data-rich brownfields environment: A case study from Sigma-Lamaque, Quebec. Ore Geology Reviews, 111, 102977.
16. Kreuzer, O.P.; Yousefi, M., Nykänen, V., 2020. Introduction to the special issue on spatial modelling and analysis of ore-forming processes in mineral exploration targeting. Ore Geology Reviews, 119, 103391.
17. Kreuzer, O.P., Roshanravan, B., 2025. Transforming LCT pegmatite targeting models into AI-powered predictive maps of lithium potential for Western Australia and Ontario: Approach, results and implications. Minerals, 15(4), 397.
18. Kreuzer, O.P., Roshanravan, B., Buckingham, A.J., Core, D.P., Konecke, B.A., McDwyer, D., Mustard, R., 2025. Controls, expressions and discovery potential of gold mineralization in the central-eastern Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: New insights from an integrated targeting study. Minerals, 15(12), 1255.
19. Mamuse, A., Porwal, A.K., Kreuzer, O.P., Beresford, S., 2009. A new method for spatial centrographic analysis of mineral deposit clusters. Ore Geology Reviews, 36(4), 293-305.
20. Mamuse, A., Porwal, A.K., Kreuzer, O.P.; Beresford, S., 2010. Spatial statistical analysis of the distribution of komatiite-hosted nickel sulfide deposits in the Kalgoorlie terrane, Western Australia: Clustered or not? Economic Geology, 105(1), 229-242.
21. Mamuse, A., Beresford, S., Porwal, A.K., Kreuzer, O.P., 2010. Assessment of undiscovered nickel sulphide resources, Kalgoorlie Terrane, Western Australia: Part 1. Deposit and endowment density models. Ore Geology Reviews, 37(3), 141-157.
22. Mostafaei, K., Yousefi, M., Kreuzer, O.P., Kianpour, M.N., 2025. Simulation-based mineral prospectivity modeling and Gray Wolf optimization algorithm for delimiting exploration targets. Ore Geology Reviews, 177, 106458.
23. Porwal, A.K., Kreuzer, O.P., 2010. Introduction to the special issue: mineral prospectivity analysis and quantitative resource estimation. Ore Geology Reviews, 38(3), 121-127.
24. Porwal, A.K., Deb Das, R., Chaudhary, B., Gonzalez-Alvarez, I., Kreuzer, O.P., 2015. Fuzzy inference systems for prospectivity modeling of mineral systems and a case-study for prospectivity mapping of surficial uranium in Yeelirrie Area, Western Australia. Ore Geology Reviews, 71, 839-852.
25. Roshanravan, B., Aghajani, H., Yousefi, M., Kreuzer, O.P., 2019. Particle swarm optimization algorithm for neuro-fuzzy prospectivity analysis using continuously weighted spatial exploration data. Natural Resources Research, 28(2), 309-325.
26. Roshanravan, B., Aghajani, H., Yousefi, M., Kreuzer, O.P., 2019. An improved prediction-area plot for prospectivity analysis of mineral deposits. Natural Resources Research, 28(3), 1089-1105.
27. Roshanravan, B., Aghajani, H., Yousefi, M., Kreuzer, O.P., 2019. Mineral prospectivity mapping for podiform chromite deposits using continuously-weighted evidence maps in Sabzevar Ophiolitic Belt. Journal of Mineral Resources Engineering, 4(1), 1-19.
28. Roshanravan, B., Kreuzer, O.P., Bruce, M., Davis, J., Briggs, M., 2020. Modelling gold potential in the Granites-Tanami Orogen, NT, Australia: A comparative study using continuous and data-driven techniques. Ore Geology Reviews, 125, 103661.
29. Roshanravan, B., Tabatabaei, S.H., Kreuzer, O.P., Moini, H., Parsa, M., 2020. Structural and non-structural statistical methods: Implications for delineating geochemical anomalies. Applied Earth Science, 129(3), 111-121.
30. Roshanravan, B., Kreuzer, O.P., Mohammadi, S., Bruce, M., Davis, J., Briggs, M., 2021. Cuckoo optimization algorithm for support vector regression potential analysis: An example from the Granites-Tanami Orogen, Australia. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 230, 106858.
31. Roshanravan, B., Kreuzer, O.P., Buckingham, A.J., Keykhay-Hosseinpoor, M., Keys, E., 2023. Mineral potential modelling of orogenic gold systems in the Granites-Tanami Orogen, Northern Territory, Australia: A multi-technique approach. Ore Geology Reviews, 152, 105224.
32. Roshanravan, B., Kreuzer, O.P., Buckingham, A.J., 2025. BWM-MARCOS: A new hybrid MCDM approach for mineral potential modelling. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 269, 107639.
33. Tourigny, G., Tranos, M.D., Masurel, Q., Kreuzer, O.P., Brammer, S., Owusu-Ansah, K., Yao, D., Hayford, T., 2019. Structural controls on granitoid-hosted gold mineralization and paleostress history of the Edikan gold deposits, Kumasi Basin, southwestern Ghana. Mineralium Deposita, 54(7), 1033-1052.
34. Uchôa, J.C.F., Toledo, C.L.B., Silva, A.M., Mendonça, A.F., Hagemann, S.G., Kreuzer, O.P., Carmelo, A.C., 2020. Multi-process and multi-scale spatial predictive analysis of an orogenic Archean gold system, Rio das Velhas Greenstone Belt, Brazil. Ore Geology Reviews, 122, 103442.
35. Wang, B., Zuo, R., Kreuzer, O.P., 2025. Uncovering the mineral assemblages of six major gold deposit types—a machine learning approach to big data analytics of a global mineralogical database. American Mineralogist (https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2025-9777).
36. Wang, B., Zuo, R., Kreuzer, O.P., 2025. Global Copper Deposit Dataset: A new open-source database for advanced data analysis and exploration targeting. Geoscience Data Journal (https://doi.org/10.1002/gdj3.70040).
37. Wang, Z., Zuo, R., Kreuzer, O.P., 2025. Uncertainty quantification of deep learning algorithms for lithological mapping. Mathematical Geosciences (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11004-025-10235-z).
38. Xiong, Y., Zuo, R., Kreuzer, O.P., 2024. Effects of fluid pressure development on hydrothermal mineralization via cellular automaton simulation. Mathematical Geosciences, 56(8), 1721-1737.
39. Xu, Y., Zuo, R., Chen, Z., Shi, Z., Kreuzer, O.P., 2025. Recent advances and future research directions in deep learning as applied to geochemical mapping. Earth-Science Reviews, 270, 105209.
40. Yang, F., Zuo, R., Kreuzer, O.P., 2025. Interpretable regional-scale geological mapping using a contrastive graph attention network for multimodal data fusion and recognition of controlling factors. Engineering Geology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2025.108508.
41. Yang, F., Zuo, R., Kreuzer, O.P., 2024. Artificial intelligence for mineral exploration: A review and perspectives on future directions from data science. Earth-Science Reviews, 258, 104941.
42. Yousefi, M., Kreuzer, O.P., Nykänen, V., Hronsky, J.M.A., 2019. Exploration information systems—a proposal for the future use of GIS in mineral exploration targeting. Ore Geology Reviews, 111, 103005.
43. Yousefi, M., Carranza, E.J.M., Kreuzer, O.P., Nykänen, V., Hronsky, J.M.A., Mihalasky, M.J., 2021. Data analysis methods for prospectivity modelling as applied to mineral exploration targeting: State-of-the-art and outlook. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 229, 106839.
44. Yousefi, M., Kreuzer, O.P., 2024. Towards an effective exploration information system—new concepts and ideas aimed at improving mineral exploration targeting. Applied Geochemistry, 169, 106053.
45. Yousefi, M., Lindsay, M.D., Kreuzer, O.P., 2024. Mitigating uncertainties in mineral exploration targeting: Majority voting and confidence index approaches in the context of an exploration information system (EIS). Ore Geology Reviews, 165, 105930.
46. Yousefi, M., Nykänen, V., Harris, J., Hronsky, J.M.A., Kreuzer, O.P., Bertrand, G., Lindsay, M., 2024. Overcoming survival bias in targeting mineral deposits of the future: Towards null and negative tests of the exploration search space, accounting for lack of visibility. Ore Geology Reviews, 172, 106214.
47. Zhao, J., Zuo, R., Chen, S., Kreuzer, O.P., 2015. Application of the tectono-geochemistry method to mineral prospectivity mapping: A case study of the Gaosong tin-polymetallic deposit, Gejiu district, SW China. Ore Geology Reviews, 71, 719-734.
48. Zuo, R., Kreuzer, O.P., Wang, J., Xiong, Y., Zhang, Z., Wang, Z., 2021. Uncertainties in GIS-based mineral prospectivity mapping: Key types, potential impacts and possible solutions. Natural Resources Research, 30(5), 3059-3079.
49. Zuo, R., Xiong, Y., Wang, Z., Wang, J., Kreuzer, Kreuzer, O.P., 2023. A new generation of artificial intelligence algorithms for mineral prospectivity mapping. Natural Resources Research, 32(5), 1859-1869.
50. Zuo, R., Cheng, Q., Xu, Y., Yang, F., Xiong, Y., Wang, Z., Kreuzer, O.P., 2014. Explainable artificial intelligence models for mineral prospectivity mapping. Science China Earth Sciences, 67(9), 2864-2875.
51. Zuo, R., Yang, F., Cheng, Q., Kreuzer, O.P., 2025. A novel data-knowledge dual-driven model coupling artificial intelligence with a mineral systems approach for mineral prospectivity mapping. Geology, 53(3), 284-288.
Peer-Reviewed Books & Book Chapters
1. Chudasama, B., Kreuzer, O.P., Thakur, S., Porwal, A.K., Buckingham, A.J., 2018. Surficial uranium mineral systems in Western Australia: Geologically-permissive tracts and undiscovered endowment. In: Qualitative and spatial evaluations of undiscovered uranium resources. TECDOC Series, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, v. 1861, pp. 446-614.
2. Kreuzer, O.P., Fairclough, M., Bruce, M., Jaireth, S., Mihalasky, M.J., Poliakovska, K., 2020. Descriptive uranium deposit and mineral system models. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, ISBN 978-92-0-109220-5, 313 p.
Newsletter & Media Articles
1. Kreuzer, O.P., Etheridge, M.A., 2010. Risk and uncertainty in mineral exploration: Implications for valuing mineral exploration properties. Australian Institute of Geoscientists, Quarterly Newsletter, v. 100, pp. 20-28.
2. Wilde, A., Kreuzer, O.P., 2016a. Rush to find gold in data. Mining Journal, March 25-April 7, 2016, pp. 45-46.
3. Wilde, A., Kreuzer, O.P., 2016b. The role of crowdsourcing in mineral exploration. Australian Institute of Geoscientists, AIG News, v. 124, pp. 38-43.
Conference Articles & Presentations
1. Etheridge, M.A., Kreuzer, O.P., 2009. The black art of valuing mineral properties. AIG Mineral Asset Reporting and Valuation Seminar, East Perth, Australia, October 19, 2009.
2. Etheridge, M.A., Kreuzer, O.P., McMahon, M.E., Compton, R., McAneney, K.J., 2006. Making better decisions and generating greater value in mineral exploration. In: Proceedings of the SEG 2006 Conference – Wealth Creation in the Minerals Industry: Integrating Science, Business, and Education, Keystone, USA, May 14-16, 2006, pp. 21-23.
3. Lord, D., Williams, P.R., Kreuzer, O.P., Etheridge, M.A., 2012. Meaningful market based valuation of exploration assets. In: Proceedings of the VALMIN Seminar Series 2011-12, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Publication Series, v. 3/2012, pp. 75-84.
4. Mamuse, A., Beresford, S., Porwal, A.K., Kreuzer, O.P., 2010. Nickel deposit density and endowment density models, Kalgoorlie Terrane, Western Australia. In: Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, May 2-7, 2010, 11308, pp. 1.
5. McCuaig, T.C., Kreuzer, O.P., Brown, W.M., 2007. Fooling ourselves—dealing with model uncertainty in a mineral systems approach to exploration. In: Proceedings of the 9th Biennial SGA Meeting, Mineral Exploration and Research: Digging Deeper, Dublin, Ireland, August 20-23, 2007, pp. 1435-1438.
6. Miller, A.V.M., Partington, G.A., Kreuzer, O.P., McMahon, M.E., Etheridge, M.A., 2015. Quantifying exploration effectiveness in the Lachlan Fold Belt, New South Wales. In: Proceedings of the AusIMM New Zealand Branch Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand, August 30-September 2, 2015, pp. 275-285.
7. Kreuzer, O.P., Porwal, A.K., Markwitz, V., McCuaig, T.C., 2009. A continent-wide study of Australia’s uranium potential. Australian Uranium Conference, Fremantle, Australia, July 22-23, 2009.
8. Kreuzer, O.P., 2007: Risk modelling—increasing the effectiveness of our exploration investments. In: Bierlein, F.P., Knox-Robinson, C.M., eds., Proceedings of the Geoconferences (WA) Inc Kalgoorlie’07 Conference, Kalgoorlie, Australia, September 25-27, 2007, Geoscience Australia Record, v. 2007/14, pp. 226-230.
9. Kreuzer, O.P., Etheridge, M.A., McMahon, M.E., Holden, D.J., 2007. Probabilistic ore systems modeling: A new tool for quantitative risk analysis and decision-making in mineral exploration. In: Proceedings of the 9th Biennial SGA Meeting, Mineral Exploration and Research: Digging Deeper, Dublin, Ireland, August 20-23, 2007, pp. 1475-1478.
10. Markwitz, V., Porwal, A.K., Kreuzer, O.P., McCuaig, T.C., 2010. Uranium mineralization and unconformities: How do they correlate? A look beyond the classic unconformity-type deposit model. In: Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, May 2-7, 2010, p. 15435.
11. Porwal, A.K., Chudasama, B., Deb Das, R., Kreuzer, O.P., 2015. Surficial uranium targeting model and prospectivity mapping of the Yeelirrie area, Western Australia. In: Proceedings of the 13th Biennial SGA Meeting, Mineral Resources in a Sustainable World, Nancy, France, v. 5, pp. 1871-1874.
12. Roshanravan, B., Kreuzer, O.P., 2025. An optimized XGBoost approach to prospectivity modelling of orogenic gold systems in the Granites-Tanami Orogen, Australia. In: Proceedings of the 86th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, Toulouse, France, June 2-5, 2025, pp. 1-5.
13. Roshanravan, B., Kreuzer, O.P., Buckingham, A.J., Keys, E., 2023. On data quality in mineral potential modelling: A case study using random forest and fractal techniques. In: Proceedings of the 84th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, Vienna, Austria, June 5-8, 2023, pp. 1-5.
14. Roshanravan, B., Agajani, H., Yousefi., M., Kreuzer, O.P., 2018. Generation of a geochemical model to prospect podiform chromite deposits in north of Iran. In: Proceedings of the 80th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 11-14, 2018, pp. 1-5.
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