Babak Ghane

Babak Ghane completed his BSc in Mineral Exploration at University of Yazd, Iran, in 2013. His undergraduate thesis, supervised by Dr. Farhad Mohammad Torab, focused on the processing and mapping of stream sediment geochemical data. Driven by a deep interest in mineral exploration, he pursued an MSc at the University of Tehran, where he completed a thesis on geostatistical modeling of the Surry Gunay epithermal gold deposit under the supervision of Dr. Omid Asghari, graduating in 2016.

Following his graduate studies, Babak entered the mining industry as a resource geologist, contributing to multiple exploration projects at both regional and deposit scales in Iran. In January 2023, he began his PhD at the University of New Brunswick, Canada, under the supervision of Dr. David Lentz. His research focuses on mineral prospectivity mapping for gold and polymetallic deposits across a 1,500 km² area in southwestern New Brunswick.

His PhD research is structured around four main objectives: (1) identifying major ore-forming systems in the study area; (2) evaluating known mineral occurrences and identifying potential new sites through fieldwork, sample collection, and portable XRF (pXRF) geochemical analysis; (3) acquiring in situ petrophysical measurements, including Magnetic Susceptibility (MS) and Gamma Ray Spectrometry (GRS); and (4) integrating geological, geochemical, and geophysical datasets using advanced machine learning techniques to generate reliable mineral prospectivity maps for gold and polymetallic mineralization. This approach not only identifies high-potential areas but also provides insights into the controlling factors of mineralization, such as host rocks, alterations, and structural features.