Mineral exploration campaigns are financially risky. Several state-of-the-art methods have been developed to mitigate the risk, including predictive modelling of mineral prospectivity using principal component analysis (PCA) and geographic information systems (GIS). The PCA and GIS approach is currently considered acceptable for generating mineral exploration targets. However, some of its limit…
In this study, we present a machine learning-based method to predict trace element concentrations from major and minor element concentration data using a legacy lithogeochemical database of magmatic rocks from the Karoo large igneous province (Gondwana Supercontinent). Wedemonstrate that a variety of trace elements, including most of the lanthanides, chalcophile, lithophile, and siderophile ele…