About Jun Cowan

Who is Jun Cowan?

I am the conceptual founder of Leapfrog software, which is now the most popular software used by mineral exploration and mining companies worldwide. This software resulted from lateral thinking that transformed a technology developed for one scientific field into technology for the mining industry.

One of the most experienced structural mineral deposit interpreter in the world using drilling data. I’ve examined and over 600 drilling datasets over the past 20 years. In that time, I’ve encountered most mineralisation patterns and understand them in terms of their structural controls.

  • PhD in structural geology from the University of Toronto
  • Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM)
  • Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG)
  • Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG)
  • Member of the Society Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA)
  • Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at Monash University
  • I write popular series of articles on LinkedIn on topics relating to economic geology, as well as publish in academic journals and industry publications of AusIMM and AIG
  • Present papers at relevant conferences and online talks such as Ore Deposits Hub
  • Instructor for applied structural geology the National Exploration Undercover School (NExUS), University of Adelaide
  • I continue to expand my knowledge and experience and programming new methods to enhance the interpretation process