NOTICE OF MEETING

With GSA New South Wales Division & Geodiversity Research Centre This will also be a great opportunity to wish Al Dunlop all the best as he heads for retirement

DATE: Thursday 20th February 2004 – 5.30pm for 6pm

VENUE: The Rugby Club – Rugby Place – Sydney

SPEAKER: Associate Professor W. D. Maier

TOPIC: “Magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE Sulfide Deposits in southern Africa”

The first focus of the talk will be on PGE deposits, including reef-type and basal PGE mineralization in the Bushveld Complex (Merensky, UG2, Platreef), its satellite intrusions (Uitkomst Complex), and the recently discovered reef-type mineralization in magnetites and magnetite gabbros of the 3 Ga Stella intrusion.

The second focus will be on Ni sulfide deposits, notably the Kabanga deposit of Tanzania which bear similarities to the Petchega deposits in Russia. Exploration efforts in other igneous bodies, notably the Tete gabbro-anorthosite complex of Mozambique, the Karoo-basalt related Insizwa Complex of SA, and the Morokweng impact crater in SA will be reviewed.

Future To be announced – be patient! meetings:

Organising Committee:

Steve Collins 9489 6836

Vicki Diemar 9488 7573

Lindsay Gilligan 9901 8301

Phil Hellman 9858 3863

Cay Mims 0403 043 642

Kim Stanton-Cook 0411 504 512

Chris Torrey 9482 8833