SMEDG Activities, History, Committee and Web Site Information

SMEDG holds monthly meetings, free and open to anyone interested in mineral exploration and related topics. Attendance is usually about 40, occasionally 80 -100. SMEDG is a non-profit organisation*, run by a volunteer committee and funded by the proceeds of its now biennial Symposia, Mines and Wines. Funding of events is as close to 'at-cost' as we can make it, with sufficient left over to pay for 10 Club York (95 - 97 York Street) Meetings per year and to underwrite the next Symposium.
SMEDG also organises two Sydney Harbour Cruises each year for the Sydney Mining and Exploration community to get together.
This web site was originally created, by Steve Collins in July 1999, to provide news of meetings for the SMEDG community.
It has evolved, somewhat haphazardly into an information resource with hundreds of extended abstracts and papers, many with .ppt/.pdf files attached.

A diligent review of these, in the Symposia pages and Past Meetings list, will reveal a treasure trove of information relating to mineral exploration and, in particular, to discovery case histories. The SMEDG web site is unique in providing, for free, so much detailed information for the curious mineral explorer. There is a certain haphazard element to the site. Whilst not deliberate, it does mean that, like mineral exploration, making discoveries on SMEDG can be challenging. Skill and persistence is required but will be rewarded.
We have also created a major web portal, and several hundred hyperlinks are scattered throughout the pages within. The site now contains over 776 'pages'.