International Fault Slip Control Research Initiative

R&D Program Director

CEMI is hosting a series of Experimental Design Workshops for its proposed International Fault Slip Control Research Initiative (IFSCRI), a multi-million dollar multi-year program with a vision to develop a globally-recognized research initiative to improve fault slip control techniques in underground mines. Involving the input of research and industry leaders in seismicity, geophysics, structural geology, data integration and modeling as well as mine engineering, these multidisciplinary roundtable sessions are intended to provide valuable insights into the novel research and technology R&D projects needed to better understand how to control the energy release associated with fault slip in underground high stress ore bodies. In so doing, this CEMI-led collaboration is helping to develop safer, more sustainable mines for the future.