Hyperspectral mineralogy is a field in which for the last 50 years, Australia has been a world leader in developing novel technologies and applications for the resources industry, however to many, it remains a black box method whose applications are not well understood.

This webinar will provide a brief introduction to hyperspectral mineralogy and explore the role that it can play across the resources value chain as a cost-effective sensing method using real-world examples. It will also provide an overview of recent advances in spectral instrumentation and data processing and highlight CSIRO’s work on the integration of hyperspectral data with other geoscience datasets, and on improving our understanding of new regions of the infra-red spectrum. Participants will gain an understanding of the current state of the art in hyperspectral mineralogy, some of the challenges and limitations associated with its application, and the opportunities that exist across the resources value chain.