SMEDG – OLD NOTICES ARCHIVE 2014

Date: 8 to 11 September, 2014
Venue: Mineral Resources Tasmania (MRT) facilities, Hobart.
Who should attend: Exploration geologists, mine geologists, geotechnical staff, exploration managers, and other mining industry professionals.

This intensive four-day program provides attendees with a thorough understanding of the latest logging techniques and how they can be used to improve geo-investigation, planning, and reduce risk, costs and uncertainty within the mining environment. The course is designed and presented by CODES and GHD Pty Ltd, with support and facilities provided by MRT.

May 2014: Integrating Rock Magnetic Studies with Automated Techniques to Identify Prospective Nickel Sulphide Systems in the Musgrave Ranges, SA – by Dean Hillan (with an Introduction by James Austin).

August 2014: Advantages and Limitations of Magnetic and Gravity Data for Mineral Exploration Undercover – James Austin and Dean Hillan.

Many classes of ore deposits (e.g., Porphyry, IOCG and Magmatic Nickel Sulphide deposits) have characteristic magnetic, gravity and EM signatures. However, recognition of these signatures is more difficult when deposits are undercover. Simplified rock property models were constructed of different deposit types to illustrate exploration scenarios and the advantages and limitations of magnetic and gravity methods for exploration undercover.

Check ASEG web site for details.

Jeff Hedenquist, Antonio Arribas and Zhaoshan Chan will supervise a PhD project on the Far Southeast porphyry deposit (FSE, Philippines) at EGRU, James Cook University, Australia. Interested candidates are invited to review the project details.

FSE is the type locality that proved the genetic link between porphyry and high-sulfidation epithermal deposits. It is also the site where mineral vectors in lithocaps indicating proximity to porphyry roots were discovered. Gold Fields has carried out more than 100km of drilling at Far Southeast, providing a three-dimensional picture of the system from the porphyry roots through to the mineralised lithocap.

Date: 8th August 2014, 9am (registration from 8.30am) to 5pm.
Venue: Rugby Club – off 31 Pitt Street, Sydney.
Price: $180 non-AIG attendees, $140 AIG members, $60 students and unemployed.

Date: Friday, 8th August, from 2pm – 6pm.
Venue: Sunset Lounge, Kirribilli Ex-Services Club.

Please contact Don Nicholson or Lindsay (0419 636 568) if you will be attending.

Information available here: www.aig.org.au/australian-geoscientist-employment

Date: Friday July 4th.

Rosman Ferries kindly provided their best boat, the “Proclaim”, as a dry boat where attendees supplied their own drinks at less than half their bar prices. A great day was had by all.

Photo links:

Photos by RS-K & Photos by KS-C

EGRU Professional Development Courses 2014

All courses will be presented at James Cook University, School of Earth & Environmental Science, Townsville.

Ore Textures and Breccias in Mineralised Systems: Porphyry Deposits and Skarn Deposits
16th – 20th June.
Presenters: Dr. Roger Taylor & Dr. Zhaoshan Chang.

Gossans and Leached Cappings
21st June.
Presenter: Dr. Roger Taylor.

Registration: EGRU Registration. Further details are available in the brochure above and on the EGRU website.

Thanks to Wendy Corbett, SMEDG was proud to host the two Student Bursary Winners from NSW and ACT to give presentations at the SMEDG meeting on Thursday, 26th June.

Alex Cherry – “Paragenesis of gold sulphide mineralisation at the Tomingley gold deposits, NSW”

Jennifer Prichard – “The geochemistry and geochronology of cassiterite from the Mole Granite, NSW”

Jennifer won the Symposium Bursary and Kerry Stevenson from Symposium presented the award.

Volcanoes, salt and copper: a traverse of the Atacama Desert, northern Argentina and Chile

Speaker: Paul Ashley
Petrographic and Geological Services, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Earth Sciences, University of New England.

Date: Tuesday 3rd June 2014 (note the change of date from 27th May).
Venue: McIntyre Theatrette, Newcastle Museum.

Drinks and nibbles at the bar from 6pm, with the presentation commencing at 6.30pm.

Flyer with details & map here

Please RSVP to Phil Gilmore: Phil Gilmore by 2nd June 2014.

Resources Investment Symposium Broken Hill Flyer

Date: 25th to 28th May 2014.

A great event in the Mining Industry calendar.

Register now at symposium.net.au/brokenhill or call +61 2 9299 4350.

Exploration in the House and NSW Minerals Council – Exploration Forum Information & Registration

Venue: Parliament House Theatrette, Tuesday 20th May and Level 47, MLC Centre, Martin Place, Wednesday 21st May 2014.

These events are free to attend but registration is required.

A dinner was held at Thai on 1, NSW Leagues Club, 165 Phillip Street on the 20th. Cost $25. See Registration Form.

This was a 5-day course of lectures, practical sessions and a field trip devoted to the Geology of Gold.