SMEDG GeoMatch supports connection and collaboration between students, industry and academia as well as encouraging students to take up an Honours projects in economic geology. Companies and university supervisors are encouraged to promote economic geology projects, preferably in NSW, to potential Honours students and University supervisors, as well as vacation work on this page as well as the annual SMEDG GeoMatch event to ‘pitch’ to potential students. This initiative is provided at no cost to participants.
Expressions of Interest are now open – Companies or university supervisors with potential student projects or vacation work in NSW need to complete the EOI form below to be included in this SMEDG GeoMatch webpage. SMEDG GeoMatch was officially launched on 24 September 2026 at the monthly Technical Meeting that featured short ‘pitch’ presentations from companies and academics as well as a Q&A session for students.
SMEDG GeoMatch Guideline and EOI Sep26
Companies and universities supporting SMEDG GeoMatch with potential Honours projects and vacation work are detailed below
Aurelia Metals owns the Peak Mine in Cobar, and the newly discovered Federation Mine in Nymagee in the Cobar Basin, along with the Queen Bee, Nymagee and Hera historic mines.
Depositional thermal gradient of the Federation Deposit, or the stratigraphy of the Stones Tank volcanics, several others including stratigraphic, volcanogenic, structural, geochemical or geophysical assessments
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SKY Metals Ltd (ASX: SKY) is an Australian resources company focused on discovering and developing tin deposits in central-west New South Wales. Its flagship Tallebung tin-tungsten-silver Project, near Condobolin, hosts a large and strategic tin-tungsten-silver resource, while the Doradilla Tin Project, near Bourke, has the potential to become a large-scale tin development. SKY is aiming to grow and develop Australian tin, tungsten and silver projects that can help provide a stable supply of the metals needed for electronics (including use in data centres), renewable energy, defense technology and modern manufacturing.
Collaborative honours projects with SKY will investigate two of Australia’s significant emerging deposits. At the Tallebung Project, SKY is interested in examination of the geological, geochemical and structural controls on mineralisation to develop vectors towards higher-grade tin, silver and tungsten zones and improve understanding of the larger mineralising system. At the Doradilla Tin Project, the focus will be on understanding the origin and evolution of an exceptinally large metals system, including the role of magmatic sources, fluid pathways and mineralising events. Both projects will study drill core, petrography, geochemistry as well as other datasets to generate new insights into the deposits and support future exploration and resource development across both projects.
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I am a petrologist, microstructural geologist and structural geologist interesting in how chemical and physical processes interact to induce change in the Earth's crust. My interested extend to ore deposits and am open to projects ideas to support industry.
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