Julian Vearncombe is to be presenting “Structural Paradigms for Gold – do they help us find a mine” in Dunedin, Christchurch, Nelson, Waihi and Auckland in September.  For further information please click here.

The Nelson Discussion Group Meeting is to be held from 5 pm Friday 19 August 2016 and will feature visiting speaker Warwick Prebble presenting ‘Building with the Earth; Learning to engineer in the Taupo volcanic Zone. Reflections and Lessons from Tongariro, Tokaanu, Te Kopia, and from the Bay of Plenty and Auckland’.

The Westport Discussion Group July Technical Meeting is to be held on Thursday 28th July and will feature guest speaker John Barry presenting “A Visit to “The Land of Pay”. Gold dredging sites of the Nome Region in Alaska”.

The Auckland Discussion Group July Technical Meeting is to be held from 5.30 pm Thursday 28 July 2016 and will feature guest speaker Ryan Lee who will be presenting “Carbonate alteration of the Sams Creek Gold Deposit”.

The Nelson Discussion Group Meeting is to be held from 5 pm Friday 8 July 2016 and will feature speaker John Taylor presenting ‘Hidden Treasures in New Zealand’s Mining Archives’.

The Auckland Group Meeting is to be held from 5.30 pm Tuesday 28 June 2016 and will feature guest speaker Kerry Stanaway FAusIMM(CP) presenting “Thirty years exploring the world for titanium and zircon”

A short course featuring guest speaker René Sterk MSc MAusIMM(CP), MAIG presenting on an “Introduction to Mineral Resource Estimation and Public Reporting” is to be held on Tuesday 21 June 2016.  The short course will be followed by an AusIMM social networking function.

The Nelson Discussion Group – June Meeting is to be held from 5 pm Friday 10 June 2016 and will feature guest speaker Francesca Ghisetti on the structural traps and potential of the Taranaki Oilfields.

Hayden Mackenzie, MAusIMM, Director, Antipodes Resource Assessments, will be presenting the topic “Anthracite Exploration in British Columbia, Canada”.