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SEG eNews May 2007

Welcome to the latest edition of SEG eNews which you receive as a member benefit.  The aim is to highlight specific events and provide information that is complementary to the quarterly printed SEG Newsletter.

SEG-related Events in 2007

1. SEG-Dalhousie-St. Mary’s Student Chap. Uranium Geochem. Course May (Canada)

2. SEG Gold Workshop pre-ProExplo May (Peru)

3. 43^rd Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals May (USA)

4. Tectonics and Metallogeny Conference June (Far East Russia)

5. UNESCO-SEG-SGA Latin American Metallogeny Course June-July (Mexico)

6. SEG at GeoForum 2007 Annual General Meeting July (South Africa)

7. SEG-CODES Student Chapter Field Trip to Kyushu July (Japan)

8. SEG at the 9^th SGA Biennial Conference August (Ireland)

9. SEG at Diamonds in Kimberley Conference August (South Africa)

10. SEG-Queen’s University Student Chapter Field Trip Aug.-Sept. (Brazil)

11. SEG at AGS 2007 Ores & Orogenesis Symposium September (USA)

12. SEG Gold Workshop pre-World Gold Conference October (Australia)

13. SEG Nickel Workshop pre-GSA Conference October (USA)

14. SEG at the GSA Annual Meeting October (USA)

SEG-Dalhousie-St.Mary’s Student Chapter Uranium Geochemistry Course May 17-18, 2007 (Dalhousie University, Canada)

The SEG-Dalhousie University-St. Mary’s University Student Chapter is presenting a short course entitled “Uranium Geochemistry: Drinking Water, Environment, Exploration and Mining” for geoscience students and professionals.  The lead presenter is Joel Kronfeld and the course takes place over two days at Dalhousie University.  Space is limited, so please register soon by contacting the Chapter President, Tony Barresi, at TBarresi@dal.ca.  Please go to www.segweb.org/UraniumShortCourseMay2007.pdf for further details.

SEG Gold Workshop pre-ProExplo Conference May 21-22, 2007 (Lima, Peru)

Registration for the English/Spanish “Gold deposits: New Developments and Exploration” workshop is approaching 200 and you will need to act soon if you wish to attend.  Speakers include Rich Goldfarb, Noel White, Craig Hart, and Steve Garwin.  Please see details at www.segweb.org/GoldDepositsWkshopMay2007.pdf and download the registration form at www.segweb.org/GoldwkshopRegFormLima.pdf.

43^rd Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals May 20-25, 2007 (Boulder, Colorado, USA)

SEG will be present at the Geology of Industrial Minerals forum that is hosted by the Colorado Geological Survey – we are offering a complimentary registration to any member who will run the SEG exhibit booth: first-come, first-served.  If interested, please contact us at seg@segweb.org.  The program includes technical and poster sessions, field and guest trips, and a silent auction.  For more information, please visit http://imforum2007.crmca.org.

Tectonics and Metallogeny Conference June 11-16, 2007 (Khabarovsk, Far East Russia)

The SEG Regional VP Lecturer, Nikolai Goryachev, will present a keynote lecture at the Leonid Parfenov Memorial Conference entitled “Tectonics and Metallogeny of the Circum-North Pacific and Eastern Asia.”  For details, please visit http://itig.as.khb.ru/conf/parfenov-2007/parf_en_00_conf_2007.html.  

UNESCO-SEG-SGA Latin American Metallogeny Course June 25-July 7, 2007 (Mexico City)

The course this year is devoted to Active and Fossil Hydrothermal Systems and Related Ore Deposits.  For more details and to see the list of instructors, please visit www.unige.ch/sciences/terre/mineral/seminars/latinometal.html.

SEG at GeoForum 2007 Targeting the Future July 11-13, 2007 (Halfway House, South Africa)

SEG will be exhibiting and sponsoring a student event at GeoForum 2007 entitled Targeting the Future and set against the backdrop of depleting mineral reserves and the increasing need for sophisticated exploration, evaluation, and mining technologies.  For more details on the Student Geocongress, GeoForum, and Trade Show, please contact the secretariat at geoforum@rca.co.za.

SEG-CODES Student Chapter Field Trip to Kyushu District July 21-26, 2007 (Kyushu, Japan)

The SEG-CODES Student Chapter is organizing a field trip to the Kyushu District of southern Japan to study epithermal gold mineralization, hydrothermal analogs, and associated volcanic activity – see www.geol.utas.edu.au/studentchapter for details.

SEG at the 9^th SGA Biennial Conference August 20-24, 2007 (Dublin, Ireland)

SEG will be organizing a technical session entitled "Compressional Tectonics, Expanding Resources: Exploration Advances in the Tethyan Belt" within the overall theme of the conference theme “Mineral Exploration and Research: Digging Deeper”.  This conference will have over 340 papers being presented in 22 thematic sessions and 58 posters.  Papers will be presented on a number of major new discoveries and there will be four parallel sessions each day.  All of the papers will be published in a pre-Conference volume available exclusively to registrants.  More information available at www.conferencepartners.ie/sga2007/index.html.

SEG at GSSA Diamonds in Kimberley Symposium August 23-25, 2007 (Kimberley, South Africa)

SEG will be exhibiting at the Geological Society of South Africa’s “Diamonds in Kimberley” Symposium in Kimberley, South Africa, on August 23-24.  Considerable exploration and mining activity in the past 12 months around Kimberley has resulted in the recovery of some exceptional and large diamonds from the alluvial deposits.  This symposium is a tribute to the diggers and diamonds of Kimberley and will be marked by a number of activities including technical sessions and field trips to classic mines and dumps.  Details and information on how to register and/or exhibit are available at http://www.gssa.org.za/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=94 or you can download the brochure (1 MB) by clicking on http://www.gssa.org.za/archive/Diamonds-Kimberley-Information.pdf.  

SEG-Queen’s University Student Chapter Field Trip August 25-September 8, 2007 (Brazil)

The SEG-Queen’s University Student Chapter in Kingston, Ontario, Canada is organizing a field trip to visit the diverse metallogenic districts of Minas Gerais, Brazil.  Industry participation and sponsorship is being sought – please contact Steve Beyer (beyer@geoladm.geol.queensu.ca).  Additional information is available at http://geol.queensu.ca/societies/seg/.

SEG at AGS 2007 Ores & Orogenesis Symposium September 24-30, 2007 (Tucson, USA)

In conjunction with Ores & Orogenesis (Circum-Pacific Tectonics, Geologic Evolution, and Ore Deposits – a symposium in honor of William R. Dickinson), SEG will be presenting a symposium on “Advances in the Understanding of Supergene Processes” as well as a pre-symposium field trip to classic porphyry copper occurrences of the American southwest.  See http://azgssymposium.org/pages/seg-activities.php for details on SEG events and go to www.agssymposium.org/ for full details on the symposium.

SEG Gold Workshop pre-World Gold Conference October 20-21, 2007 (Cairns, Australia)

Now being presented in Australia for the first time, the workshop on "Gold Deposits: Geology, New Developments, and Exploration" will take place prior to the AusIMM World Gold 2007 conference in Cairns, Australia on October 20-21.  While attendees need not be registered for the conference to participate in the course, registration for the course is through the conference website at www.ausimm.com/gold2007/workshops.asp.  Speakers include Richard Goldfarb (Orogenic gold deposits), Craig Hart (Intrusion-related gold systems), Noel White (Epithermal gold deposits), and Steve Garwin (Carlin-type gold deposits).  Materials presented will be rich in geological descriptions of some of the world's best examples of these deposit-types, and include sections on tectonic- and structural-settings, geochemical and geophysical signatures, and exploration methods.  This workshop will be of interest to all geologists, particularly those involved in the exploration for gold resources.

SEG Nickel Workshop pre-GSA Conference October 27, 2007 (Littleton, Colorado, USA)

This one-day workshop entitled "Nickel sulfide deposits associated with komatiite and komatiitic basalt magmas” is planned to take place at the new SEG Course Center that is currently under construction in the SEG Headquarters building.  The workshop will be presented by CSIRO’s Stephen J. Barnes (Editor of the recent SEG Special Publication “Nickel Deposits of the Yilgarn Craton”) and Mike Lesher from Laurentian University.  The workshop will introduce attendees to komatiites (petrology, volcanology, and geochemistry) and discuss essential characteristics and classification of komatiite-hosted deposits.  Ore genesis discussions and exploration strategies will focus on deposits in Western Australia (Yilgarn Craton) and Canada (the Raglan and Thompson Belts).  We estimate that seating will limit participation to 50 participants, so please stay tuned for a formal registration announcement.

GSA Annual Meeting October 28-31, 2007 (Denver, Colorado, USA)

SEG will be organizing a number of topical sessions at the GSA meeting entitled “Earth Sciences for Society – Beginning of the International Year of the Planet Earth” – the SEG meeting coordinator is Paul Bartos (pbartos@esperanzasilver.com).  There will also be a field trip (in conjunction with IGCP 486 on Au-Ag-telluride-selenide deposits) to the Cripple Creek gold mine – this is being organized by Paul Spry (pgspry@iastate.edu).  The following sessions are being sponsored by SEG: “The Environmental Geology and Geochemistry of Mineral Deposits: Best Practices for Effective Prediction, Mitigation, Closure, and Remediation”, “Metallogeny and Isotope Geochemistry—New Approaches, New Perceptions, New Paradigms”, “Understanding Mineral Resources: Educating the Public for Sustainable Mineral Resource Development”, “Magmatic Nickel Sulfide Deposits: Geology, Geochemistry, and Genesis”, “Au-Ag-Te Se Deposits and Other Precious Metal Deposits”, “Diversity in Crustal Fluid Compositions: Geological Origins and Consequences”, and “Geologic Structures, Fluid Flow, and Ore Deposits.”   For details on the GSA conference, please go to www.geosociety.org/meetings/2007/. The abstract submission deadline is July 10, 2007. 

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