Measured #27- Dick Minnitt

Now retired, Dick Minnitt still remains one of the prominent minds in the field of geostatistics. Dick joins Rene to discuss moving forward in the sampling space, what Dick has been working on in his "retirement' and what SHOULD be done in the lab.Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.Please enjoy, and don't forget to follow RSC on all our social media platforms!Video: https://youtu.be/7NhFfVbeoQ0LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rsc-...Instagram: rsc_gramTikTok: rsc_tiktok#measuredpodcastTimestamps2:32 Introducing Dick4:45 Is the sampling space moving forward?8:11 What work needs to be done to grapple with the challenges?11:52 The counter arguments to Dick's paper17:40 Who is going to make the change?23:35 The grouping and segregation error32:00 The rice experiment and proving Dick's theory35:51 Ripple versus Core splitter40:50 Introducing additional variance49:20 What Dick has been working on58:15 What is on Dick's mind?Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces. Please enjoy, and don't forget to follow RSC on all our social media platforms!YouTube: @rscyoutubeLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rsc-mme-ltd Instagram: rsc_gram TikTok: rsc_tiktok #measuredpodcast