Geological Ranking Engines

Abstract

Exploration programs routinely generate more targets than available capital, personnel, or drilling capacity can evaluate.

The central challenge becomes ranking.

This paper evaluates ranking engines designed to prioritize opportunities through geological evidence and constraint convergence.

Ranking Variables

• Structural continuity
• Resource concentration
• District persistence
• Geochemical support
• Geophysical support
• Reservoir quality
• Economic viability
• Discovery clustering

Ranking Principle

The most attractive opportunities are frequently those supported by the largest number of independent constraints.