The first AusIMM NZ Branch Central Otago Discussion Group meeting is to be held in Cromwell this Friday 27th November 2015.
Speaker: Noel Becker
Topic: Waikaia Alluvial Gold Mine
When: 6 pm, Friday 27th November 2015
Light refreshments will be provided.
Please RSVP to Damian Spring, Premier Mining Consultants Limited.
Graeme Corlet will talk on “Five years in Inner Mongolia: a geologist’s journey”. His talk will be more about people and places with some geology thrown in as encountered during mainly a grassroots campaign of mineral exploration from 2002 to 2007 across the length and breadth of Inner Mongolia.
At present Graeme is a consulting petrologist to mineral exploration and mining companies. He was previously exploration geologist for Ivanhoe Mines for seven years in China and Queensland. Previous to that was senior petrologist for seven years with Terry Leach and Associates in Auckland.
He graduated with a BSc Hons from the University of Auckland in 1984. His thesis was on the Eruption products of Mt Tarawera, 1886.
When: Tuesday 24 November 2015, 5:30 pm (drinks) for a 6 pm presentation followed by 7 pm dinner at a nearby restaurant.
For catering purposes please email Roger Gregg if you wish to attend. This will be the final Auckland presentation for the year.
The November AusIMM Nelson Discussion Group Meeting is to be held from 5 pm, Friday 13 November 2015. The discussion group welcomes all persons with engineering, geoscience and environmental interests to learn from each other through friendly, relaxed round-table discussion.
Speaker and discussion leader: Khan Wyman, Consultant Wellsite Geologist
Topic: Oilfield Exploration & Technology – Aspects from a Wellsite Geologist
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Lecture by Steve Micklethwaite: Can drones save the earth and our industry?
Steve’s talk, the first in Auckland in the AusIMM New Zealand Visiting Lecturer Series, will consider the breathtaking use of drones in mineral exploration. Take advantage of this Visiting Lecturer opportunity.
When: Wednesday 4 November 2015, 5:30 pm (drinks) for a 6 pm presentation followed by 7 pm dinner at a nearby restaurant.
For catering purposes please email Roger Gregg if you wish to attend.
An additional AusIMM Nelson Discussion Group Meeting is to be held from 5 pm, Friday 30 October 2015. The discussion group welcomes all persons with engineering, geoscience and environmental interests to learn from each other through friendly, relaxed round-table discussion.
Speaker and discussion leader: Steve Micklethwaite
Topic: Can drones save the Earth and our industry?
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The third in the series of 2015 AusIMM New Zealand Branch Visiting Lecturers is Associate Professor Steven Micklethwaite from the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Steve will present a short course and lectures on the use of drones in exploration and mapping at several centres during October and November 2015.
Further details and programme are available here.
Registration for the short courses can be completed online.
The speaker is Dr John Allen with a presentation on Asian adventures: mineral exploration for junior companies in Mongolia, China, Tibet and Borneo
When: 5:30 pm (drinks) for a 6 pm lecture followed by 7 pm dinner at a nearby restaurant.
For catering purposes please email Roger Gregg (roger.gregg@ihug.co.nz) if you wish to attend.
The October AusIMM Nelson Discussion Group Meeting is to be held from 5 pm, Friday 9 October 2015. The discussion group welcomes all persons with engineering, geoscience and environmental interests to learn from each other through friendly, relaxed round-table discussion.
Speaker and discussion leader: Glenn Stephens, Resource Scientist
Topic: Natural hazards in the Tasman District
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The September AusIMM Nelson Discussion Group Meeting is to be held from 5 pm, Friday 11 September 2015. The discussion group welcomes all persons with engineering, geoscience and environmental interests to learn from each other through friendly, relaxed round-table discussion.
Speaker and discussion leader: James Macdonald
Topic: Ice diamonds in the Canadian Arctic
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The August AusIMM Nelson Discussion Group Meeting is to be held from 5 pm, Friday 14 August 2015. The discussion group welcomes all persons with engineering, geoscience and environmental interests to learn from each other through friendly, relaxed round-table discussion.
Speaker and discussion leader: Mark Rattenbury
Topic: Making geological and exploration sense of new, high resolution West Coast airborne geophysical datasets
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