SMEDG – PREVIOUS MEETING

DATE: Monday January 25 1993 at 5.15pm

VENUE: Rugby Club, Crane Place, Sydney

SPEAKERS: Jack Di Marchi

TOPIC: “An Overview of the Geology of Alaska including the More Important Mines and Mineral Deposits” Alaska is the United States’ largest zinc and silver producer, contains the world’s largest zinc and molybdenum resources and several large-scale advanced exploration and developments promise to strengthen that position. Projects to be discussed include: Red Dog SEDEX Pb-Zn, Quartz Hill Mo and Pebble Cu, Cominco’s Green’s Creek and Arctic volcanogenic massive sulphide Ag-Pb-Zn-Au, Kennecott’s Fort Knox granite-hosted Au, Amax Gold’s Alaska-Juneau and Kensington Au, Echo Bay Mines.

An extended abstract was included with the Notice of Meeting and we’re looking for it. Any bower birds out there with a copy? Or any SMEDG historical stuff? Oh, the clue’s down there.