Associates.

Mr Siebe Breed

Siebe Breed holds a BSc degree in Geology from the VU University Amsterdam and an MSc in Geological Resources from Universidad de Oviedo (Spain). After graduating he worked at NPA Satellite Mapping (first part of Fugro, then part of CGG), where his focus was on geological mapping projects. His worldwide satellite mapping experience includes SE Asia, East Africa, Myanmar, the Zagros Mountains, Mexico, the Lesser Caucasus, the Andes, the Carpathians, the Canadian Arctic, Spain and the Afghan-Tajik Basin, covering a broad range of tectonic and climatic settings. Siebe works with a combination of optical imagery, digital elevation models and radar data, acquired by satellite, airplane or drone, depending on the most appropriate data for a specific region.

Siebe’s interests lie in applying geological mapping to natural resource exploration (O&G, minerals, water). He quickly recognizes opportunities to integrate satellite data with geophysical datasets (gravity, magnetic, seismic, etc), to combine the strengths of each dataset and build more accurate subsurface geological models. At CGG, Siebe drove the integration of satellite data into the seismic processing workflow. Siebe has recently joined Marc Goossens at the geological remote sensing consultancy Geosense.

Dr Chris Yeomans

Chris Yeomans holds a PhD in Geology and MSc in Mining Geology from the Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and sits on their Advisory Council.

He is an expert in integrating varied datasets for geological interpretation with a strong understanding of geology, geophysics, and geochemical data and experience using historic mining data in his interpretations. Chris also has extensive experience creating machine learning workflows and strategies for exploration programmes. He has worked on projects across West Africa and Europe looking at gold, lithium, tin, copper, tungsten, coltan, uranium, antimony and diamonds as well as geothermal energy exploration.

Previously, he has led a multidisciplinary team of >10 geologists, data scientists, data engineers, archivists and GIS technicians for a grass-roots exploration company. Having overseen the compilation of Cornwall’s largest digital mining heritage archive, he believes in good data management practices as the foundation of data valorisation. Chris now works as an independent consultant helping clients to extract value from their multi-faceted datasets.