Where research meets the decisions made in the field.

The idea grew from my own experience as an exploration geologist. Scientific papers often contained valuable observations, methods and ideas, but identifying what was most relevant to an active exploration programme could be difficult when decisions had to be made quickly. I have been in that position, and I understand the challenge of extracting practical insights from a large and rapidly expanding scientific literature.

The Economic Geochemist examines how geological research, analytical data and mineral-systems thinking can improve the understanding, discovery and evaluation of mineral deposits. Its content covers ore-forming processes, critical minerals, exploration methods, geochemical tools, geological modelling and developments across the mining industry.

The aim is not to simplify the science at the expense of its complexity, but to make its significance clearer and more accessible. For industry professionals, this means identifying the concepts, evidence and methods that may inform real exploration and project decisions. For the scientific community, it provides another route for research findings to reach the practitioners, datasets and geological problems they were designed to inform.

The Economic Geochemist seeks to strengthen the connection between research and practice—helping scientific discoveries travel further while bringing the questions and challenges encountered in industry back into the wider geoscience conversation.