SMEDG - OLD NOTICES ARCHIVE 2009





2009 SMEDG-AIG Christmas Sydney Harbour Cruise Photos

and, more photos!

160 on boardGreat timehad by all
Thanks, especially to David Timms and our Sponsors......
...Resources Legal...
ALS Laboratory Group.....Innov-X Systems.....Hellman & Schofield
                                             AMEC
                                                                
                                        


SMEDG-MIGNS proudly announce
Sydney's only St. Barbara's Day Lunch
Bangkok Sidewalk Restaurant (BYOG)
Cnr. Broughton & Fitzroy Streets, Kirribilli
12:15 pm, Friday, 4 December 2009






Cobar Branch - AusIMM
Annual General Meeting - "Garrulous Geos"
& End-of-Year BBQ
Speakers: Dick Glen - NSWGS, Eliseo Apaza - CSA Mine, Martin Lenard - CCR
Carl Clark - Straits, Manfred Wimberger and Barry Taylor - PGM
Click here for details

5:00 p.m. 13th November, 2009
Cobar Bowling Club - All Welcome - BBQ at 7:30pm







AIG - SMEDG WORKSHOP
HAND-HELD XRF USERS' WORKSHOP AND DISCUSSION FORUM

Friday 6 November 2009
10AM – 4PM + Happy Hour
Rugby Club,Rugby Place,Sydney
The New South Wales Branch of the AIG and SMEDG hosted a practical workshop on the use of handheld XRF instruments for mineral exploration, mining and environmental monitoring.


XRF Workshop Presentations - click here   Registration Form    Details here in the Flyer




BHEI 2009 conference - Discovering the Future
The BHEI 2009 conference was held at the Broken Hill Entertainment Centre, 29 September - 1 October, 2009.
The conference showcased new insights into exploration geoscience in the Curnamona Province and adjacent areas.
This conference brought together geoscientists from government, industry and academia with an interest in the Broken Hill environs, the Curnamona Province, and adjacent regions. Details of the conference here, evolving program and related excursions will be posted as they become available.


For further information see
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/minerals/geological/bhei2009

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SMEDG/AIG Symposium 2009
New Exploration Technologies

RECENT PRACTICAL ADVANCES IN MINERAL EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES

Kirribilli Club, Milsons Point, on
Friday 11th September
only $250, Students $40

Evening Harbour Cruise Food & Drinks ($65, Students $30)
on the MV Proclaim.
Program and other details here     Papers and .pdf's of .ppt presentations coming soon

Many thanks to our Major Sponsors New Technology Symposium 2009

Gold Sponsor: Innov-X
Bronze Sponsors:   Eastern Iron    Hellman & Schofield    
NSWDPI    Rangott Mineral Exploration

Morning Tea: ALS Chemex     Dinner: Golden Cross Resources

Exhibitors:    NSWDPI   CSIRO   Fugro   Alpha Geoscience   Geomole   Innov-X
PBBI ~ Pitney Bowes Business Insight (formerly Encom and Mapinfo)


Dinner $65 Finger Food & Drinks on a four-hour Sydney Harbour Cruise
on board Rosman Ferries' delightful M.V. Proclaim. Students: $30


Kirribilli Club and Cruise Wharf Location and Directions







Hunter Earth Sciences Discussion Group (HEDG)
The next HEDG presentation is on Tuesday 25th August 2009, at Customs House, Newcastle and will have a special focus on the mineral sequestration of CO2.
There will be six presentations on different aspects of current research within the Priority Research Centre for Energy at the University of Newcastle. Drinks and nibbles at the bar from 6pm, with the presentations commencing at 6.30pm


DETAILS HERE




SMEDG-AIG Winter Harbour Cruise
Resources Legal
Hellman & Schofield     ~     Fugro Airborne Surveys     ~     ALS

An excellent time was had by all - Bookings Here, practice for the next one....
Students only $20!
See photos 2008 - click here


NSW DPI - Information Event for the Exploration Industry*
Exploration in the House
Location: Parliament House Theatrette, Sydney
Date: Thursday 18th June 2009
Time: 1.00 pm

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Complimentary but registration, available here, was required. Same again next year - it's a very worthwhile event.



Hunter Earth Sciences Discussion Group (HEDG)
John F. Dewey is known for his seminal work applying plate tectonics to explain modern and ancient orogenic events.
Customs House, Newcastle on Thursday 30th April 2009. Drinks and nibbles at the bar from 6pm, with the presentation at 6.30pm


DETAILS HERE



The January to April 2009 Issue of the SGEG Newsletter is now available online in the News area at SGEG Newsletter Here
Content:
· Message from the Chair
· Lead article I: Geological models in epithermal-porphyry exploration (by Greg Corbett)
· Lead article II: Detailed structural analysis of magnetic data – done quickly and objectively (by Dan Core et al)
· Winner of the AB Edwards Medal 2008
· SGEG 2009 Student Bursaries
· 10th Biennial Meeting of the SGA
From Dr Oliver Kreuzer



Check out Dick Glen's Macquarie Arc Conference
an International Conference on Island Arc - Continent Collisions
to be held in Orange, NSW from 13 to 21 April, 2009.
PROGRAM

Key Sponsor - New South Wales Department of Primary Industry New Frontiers Initiative.

Hunter Earth Sciences Discussion Group (HEDG)
Warren Potma and Jamie Robinson - "Down Under National Research Flagship"
&
Dr Glen Phillips "A 3 billion year record of continental evolution - evidence for continent building and break-up in Antarctica"


Thursday 10th March, 2009
DETAILS HERE






SMEDG - AIG TERRY LEACH SYMPOSIUM
Presentations as .pdf's
Our thanks to Barrick Gold Corporation
Newmont Australia, AngloGold Ashanti

Silver Standard - Terra Search - Geos Mining - Encom - Australian X-Ray Tubes - Austpac Resources - CSIRO - Innov-X Systems Australia
Symposium details, Links to Sponsors and Terry Leach Memorabilia





Ian Plimer's New Book - "HEAVEN & EARTH"
Book Cover Notes Pre-Publication Order Offer
Ian's presentation
"Human Induced Climate Change: A Load of Hot Air"
at the Sydney Mining Club, November 2008.


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