SMEDG - OLD NOTICES ARCHIVE 2003






SMEDG-AIG Christmas Sydney Harbour Cruise

Friday, 19th December, 2003
12.50 p.m. from McMahons Point,1.00 p.m. Opera House - until 5 p.m.

Thanks to our Sponsors......
Placer Dome Asia Pacific...ALS Chemex...ENCOM
                                                                                           


The Booking Form click here. Book early for the Xmas 2003 Sydney Harbour Cruise
Early Bird over - now $55.00 per person. Preference will be given to SMEDG'ers, AIG & SMC members.



St Barbara’s Day
at the Saigon Pearl, West Street, North Sydney
Friday, 5 December 2003 at 12.15 pm
This event attracts an eclectic collection of your industry's finest!
Details Here



Sydney Mining Club Lunch
Professor Geoffrey Blainey
speaks on
"Mining and the Outback Reflections & the Future"
Tattersalls Club, 12.15 p.m. Thursday 4th December, 2003 BOOKING FORM




Exploration NSW Information Release - Forum & Event
10.00am, Theatrette, Parliament House, Wednesday, 3rd December
Forum Flyer .pdf
LUNCHEON
RSVP & details from Mick May & 'Phone: +61 2 9901 8491

It's not just the data presentations - it's a great time to catch up with colleagues.


UNSW Mining Research Centre
School of Mining Engineering
University of New South Wales
5-day short courses


MINERAL ECONOMICS AND COMMODITY MARKETING
10 – 14 November, 2003
     Details - click here






SMEDG - MIGNS - GODC
Lunch Meeting in Memory of Paul Riddell
Collaroy - Sunday, 26th October 2003
E-mail to send me your P.A.R. anecdotes and reminiscences

Sig's Memories              Obituary
Mineral Industry Group North Sydney - Getty Oil Development Company



Geological Society of Australia
Public Lecture series, 2003
The Australian Museum - 6 College Street, Sydney
Monday, 20th October, 6pm


MAKING AUSTRALIA: landscape, climate and tectonics
          Click here for .pdf




"Exploration In Asia - Put a Tiger in your Tenement"
The SMEDG-AIG Symposium 2003
Friday, October 10th 2003 at Shore, North Sydney
Speakers and their Papers, Sponsors, Trade Displays, Posters
Symposium Programme - Speakers and Papers
Committee Chairman Phil Hellman Phone: +61 2 9858 3863



"Weathering - It Happens, Like it or Not!"

Prof Graham Taylor (University of Canberra)

Geological Society of Australia - NSW Division - J.J. Frankel Lecture
Wednesday, 17th September 2003, 6pm
UNSW - School of BEES
Details from Geological Society of Australia - NSW Division




AIMEX Mining Equipment Exhibition
You could have registered online or call 61 2 9211 7455 for FREE entry to the largest mining equipment exhibition in Australia - AIMEX. It was held at the Showground at Homebush, 9 - 12 September and entry was free.
The AusIMM Mining Risk Management Conference was run in parallel with this major event.



Sydney Mining Club
LionOre MD - Mark Ashley
Thursday, September 4th at 12.30pm - Tattersalls Club



* Geoff Derrick has organised another of his excellent Mount Isa Geotours for 2003.
August 21st to 27th
All the geology and mine visits Geoff can organise.


Details on the Flyer - Click here

and email Geoff Derrick for details

Geoff's Keynote Paper for the Mount Isa Symposium - 1993.





Paul A. Riddell
1922 - 2003

Paul Riddell passed away in Salt Lake City in August 2003. Paul will be remembered fondly in Australia as a most delightful and capable head of Getty Oil Development Company based in Sydney. Paul and Jackie lived here from 1972 until 1979, made many friends and were missed by all of us when they returned to Salt Lake City.

Paul Riddell
Sig's Memories              Obituary
E-mail to send your P.A.R. anecdotes and reminiscences




Submission by
The Australian Geoscience Council
Senate Inquiry into Higher Education Funding .pdf - click here

ASEG, in conjunction with SMEDG, AIG & AusIMM present:
Nick Sheard
soon to be late of MIM & Xstrata
Rugby Club, Wednesday 20th August, 5.30 p.m.
"Your Chance to Assist the Recovery of Mineral Exploration in Australia"
Minerals Exploration Action Agenda (MEAA) - A Discussion



SYDNEY MINING CLUB
Ballarat Goldfields' CEO Richard Laufmann
Tattersalls Club - Thursday 14th August, 2003.




Magmas to Mineralisation - Granites and Associated Metallogenesis
THE ISHIHARA SYMPOSIUM

July 22nd to 24th, 2003
GEMOC
Macquarie University
Click
Here



Broken Hill Exploration Initiative Conference 2003

Broken Hill Entertainment Centre

July 7-9, 2003


2003 Mid-Year Harbour Cruise

Click Here to open Booking Form .pdf

Mid Year 2003 CRUISE Photos (1-28)
Mid Year 2003 CRUISE Photos (29-38)



CSIRO
Seabed Hydrothermal Systems of the Western Pacific
Current Research and New Directions
25th - 26th June 2003
CSIRO Riverside Auditorium
Riverside Corporate Park
North Ryde 2113

Click here for Details and Registration - or visit the CSIRO WEB SITE



The SMEDG-Exploration NSW Data Release
for the Cargelligo, Goulburn and Lachlan Fold Belt Projects

Meeting Details - Click Here
Thursday 19th June 2003 from 4:30 to 7pm.
to be held at the Anzac Club, Cammeray

RSVP to Lynne Fletcher Ph: +61 2 9901 8214
More information? Contact Lindsay Gilligan Ph: +61 2 9901 8301
The event was presented at no cost to registrants. Thanks from SMEDG and the 60+ attendees to NSW DMR for the excellent presentations and refreshments.


AIG - Queensland Branch
AIG AGM and dinner for 11th June 2003
Guest Speaker – Ian Morrison – Kagara Zinc & Lantana Exploration
"Kagara Zinc Ltd ---- From Float to Production and Beyond"
e-mail: aig_qld@gil.com.au       Meeting Notice


MIGNS
LUNCH AT THE KUALI MALAYSIAN RESTAURANT,
1ST FLOOR, 115 LONGUEVILLE ROAD, LANE COVE
1 p.m. Friday, 6th June, 2003
Convenor: 0418 440 838

Mineral Industry Group North Sydney



SYDNEY MINING CLUB
Newmont's Australian MD John Dow
Thursday, June 5th




Upcoming Australian Geographic Lecture
Mount Everest Revisited

3 June, 7.30 p.m. Terrey Hills, Sydney.
Greg Mortimer, mountaineer and geologist


On the 50th anniversary of Edmund Hillary's ascent of Mt Everest, the first Australian to this summit, Greg Mortimer, relives his historic climb of 1984 and many adventures since. This will be an evening of sheer inspiration with one of Australia's greatest - and most modest - adventurers. Join us at the Australian Geographic Centre Theatre, 321 Mona Vale Rd, Terrey Hills at 7.30 p.m. Tickets $15.
All proceeds to the non-profit Australian Geographic Society.
Click here to book directly online or phone 1300 555 176






AIG Annual General Meeting
The speaker was Dr. David Denham on "Future of Geoscience in Australia"

Rugby Club at 5:30 on Thursday 29th May - Drinks and Buffet provided
AIG Web Site


NSW MINERAL EXPLORATION & INVESTMENT 2003 CONFERENCE
Thurs 22 & Fri 23 May 2003
Four Seasons Hotel (former Regent), 199 George Street, Sydney


The Department of Mineral Resources hosted its major biennial conference
"NSW Mineral Exploration & Investment 2003" on 22-23 May 2003.
Here's a Link to the Conference Website with an overview of the conference, preliminary program for both days and registration.


GAC-MAC-SEG Joint Meeting May 2003 (Vancouver, Canada)
Full details of this meeting, entitled
"Vancouver 2003 - On the Edge: Earth Science at North America's Western Margin"
can be viewed via this hyperlink. The Technical Program, from May 25-28, 2003, covered all major aspects of the earth sciences and emphasized the construction and evolution of the North American Cordillera and its geological resources.


"The Bottom of the Harbour and Bass Canyon Revealed Using Swath-Mapping Data and Fledermaus Visualization”
Jock Keene, Associate Professor, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney

AusIMM Meeting
14th May 2003 - The Rugby Club, Rugby Place, off 31A Pitt Street, CBD
5.30 for 6.00 pm
Abstract


Mineral Exploration Action Agenda - Draft Recommendations
Prepared by the Strategic Leaders Group - Comments sought from Industry



SMEDG COMPETITION NUMBER 5
A COPY OF GEOFF DERRICK'S
CENTURY ZINC MINE ATLAS HAS BEEN WON!
Bret Ferris of Ferris Metals Pty Ltd, currently in Bombala drilling at Quidong, was able to tell us that Geoff would like to see the term "Kokkalukkernurker Duplex" EXPUNGED! Stephen Perkins at Northparkes was a close second - you'll get a bottle of red to share with Jerry.
For those of you who didn't win - buy a copy! Corporate, Educational and Struggling Geo's Prices - very reasonable and extraordinary value for this monster volume.



NEXT MEETING - click logo for details - with a link to order copies of the book:
Monday May 12th 2003
12:30pm for Lunch at Tattersalls Club
SPEAKERS:    Ron Manners and Trevor Sykes
The Launch of Ron's new book "Never a Dull Moment"






Tribute to Ilmars "Bill" Gemuts - March 30 1939 - April 25 2003.






Russell Barwick at the Sydney Mining Club
Thursday 1st May 2003




Decrypting Martian Geology with the
Columbia River Basalt Group Code


Dr Graziella Caprarelli

Geological Society of Australia - NSW Division
At the Annual General Meeting
Wednesday, 16th April 2003, 6pm
Main Theatrette - AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM
Geological Society of Australia - NSW Division


Sydney Mining Club
Centennial Coal CEO Bob Cameron
12.30 p.m. Thursday 3rd April 2003 - Tattersalls


The ASEG and SMEDG are pleased to support and recommend the next Victorian Institute of Earth and Planetary Sciences (VIEPS)/ Mineral Council of Australia (MCA) Geophysical Field Camp and Software Workshop, to be hosted by Monash University from 31 March - 11 April 2003. The "Field Camp and Workshop" is the third in an ongoing series of annual events developed as part of the National Geoscience Teaching Network (NGTN) initiative. Please view the attached PDF file for more information.
Or, contact:
Glenn Loughrey, ASEG - Secretariat
PO Box 42, Everton Park QLD 4053
Telephone: 07 3855 8144 Facsimile: 07 3855 8177
secretary@aseg.org.au



SYDNEY MINING CLUB
Lion Selection’s Story.....Lafayette Mining & Gallery Gold
Thursday, 6th March 2003


THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN NATURALISTS' CLUB

AN ILLUSTRATED PUBLIC TALK ON DINOSAUR DISCOVERIES
by Mark Thompson

A DINOSAUR TALE:  DISCOVERING MONTANA'S NATURAL TREASURES


WEDNESDAY 12 FEBRUARY
Time: 7.30 p.m. (be early)

Ross Lecture Theatre in the Physics building

University of Western Australia
Nedlands


Notice of Meeting
The proposed 2003 JORC Code
What does it mean for you, the Competent Person, and others?

Presentation by Norman Miskelly, OAM and Phillip Hellman
with discussion from the floor

Rugby Club - Rugby Place
Wednesday 12 February 2003, 5.30 for 6.00pm


SYDNEY MINING CLUB
MPI Mines - Managing Director Brian Phillips
"MPI Mines - the IPO Hit - Gold with a Nickel Chaser "

Tattersalls Club - Thursday, 6th February at 12.30 p.m.


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