Facets of Exploration Webinar Series

Facets of Exploration is a monthly series of online talks from industry professionals covering many aspects of exploration including carbonatites, exploration in mineral sands, regolith geochemistry in exploration and structural insights during exploration.

Registration is open to GSA members for free and non-members for just $10.00. Following registration, you will receive a Zoom link to watch the webinar.

Webinar Times:

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 WA  12.00pm WST  12.00pm WST
 NT  1.30pm ACST  1.30pm ACST
 SA  1.30pm ACST  2.30pm ACDT
 QLD  2.00pm AEST  2.00pm AEST
 ACT, NSW, TAS, VIC  2.00pm AEST  3.00pm AEDT

Upcoming Webinars
9 August 2023 – GSA SGEG Facets of Exploration Webinar
Speaker: Anna Petts (Geological Survey of South Australia)
Topic: What can regolith reveal about the rocks below us?
Time:
WA: 12.00pm AWST
NT & SA: 1.30pm ACST
ACT, NSW, QLD, Tas, Vic: 2.00pm AEST
Abstract: When it comes to understanding the cover, you’d expect most geoscientists in Australia and any country with well developed regolith would have a great handle on how to observe, name and map these characteristic units. Yet, regolith teaching in undergraduate is almost non-existent, despite the epic push in the 1990s and 2000s by CRCLEME, including CSIRO and Geoscience Australia. With more critical commodities known to be found near surface and in weathered and transported materials, it is even more vital that geoscientists are able to confidently identify, study and sample the regolith. The Geological Survey of South Australia has prioritised regolith and cover characterisation in its work structure, and this talk will outline the advantages of being a ‘cover lover’ in a region that is covered by 75% regolith!
Register: Click here. Following registration, you will receive a link to watch the webinar on Zoom

Past Webinars
12 July 2023 - SGEG Facets of Exploration Webinar
Speaker: Carl Spandler (University of Adelaide)
Topic: Rare Earth Element potential of phosphorites of the Georgina Basin
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14 June 2023 - SGEG Facets of Exploration Webinar

Speaker: Brenton Crawford (Datarock)
Topic: Teaching computers how to see geology - extracting geological information from drill core imagery using machine learning
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10 May 2023 - SGEG Facets of Exploration Webinar

Speaker: Andy Wilde
Topic: Uranium, palaeochannels and climate change
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12 October 2022 - SGEG Facets of Exploration Webinar

Speaker: Ryan Noble (CSIRO)
Topic: Why fine soils are a fine approach to improve exploration through cover
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14 September 2022 - SGEG Facets of Exploration Webinar

Speaker: David Nixon (Iceni Gold)
Topic: The Golden Mile – Adventures Within a Mineral System
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10 August 2022 - SGEG Facets of Exploration Webinar
Speaker: John Walshe (CSIRO)
Topic: Journey to the Dark Side": A Search for the "DNA" of  Mineral Systems
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13 July 2022 - SGEG Facets of Exploration Webinar

Speaker: Amanda Buckingham (Fathom Geophysics)
Topic: Potential fields filtering is fun and fruitful for finding…
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8 June 2022 - GSA SGEG Facets of Exploration Webinar
Speaker: Ned Howard (Principal Geologist - Technical at Evolution Mining)
Topic: Introduction to Multi-Element Geochemistry in Exploration
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11 May 2022 - SGEG Facets of Exploration Webinar
Speaker: Andrew Scogings (consultant)
Topic: 'Natural Graphite 101'
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19 April 2022 - SGEG Facets of Exploration Webinar

Speaker: Dennis Arne (Telemark Geosciences)
Topic: Gold Exploration in Victoria: Renaissance, Resurrection, Replay?
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10 November 2021 - SGEG Facets of Exploration Webinar

Speaker: Steve Beresford (Chairman, CET)
Topic: Putting the poly in polymetallic Ni-Cu-PGE deposits
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15 September 2021 - SGEG Facets of Exploration Webinar

Speaker: Chris Voisey (PGN)
Topic: Geochemical Modelling for Orogenic Gold: The Centrefold for Ore Genesis and Prospectivity
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11 August 2021 - SGEG Facets of Exploration Webinar
Speaker: Jessica Stromberg, CSIRO
Topic: Hyperspectral mineralogy for exploration: More than white mica and chlorite
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14 July 2021 - SGEG Facets of Exploration Webinar

Speaker: Felicity Hughes (Principal Consultant, CSA Global)
Topic: Ore Control - Improving Economic Efficiency and Sustainability in Mining
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16 June 2021 - SGEG Facets of Exploration Webinar
Speaker: Franco Pirajno (Centre for Exploration Targeting, The University of Western Australia)
Topic: Alkaline complexes and carbonatites
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12 May 2021 - SGEG Facets of Exploration Webinar

Speaker: Walter Witt (The Walter Witt Experience)
Topic: Syenite-associated gold in the Kurnalpi Terrane, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia
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10 March 2021 - SGEG Facets of Exploration Webinar
Speaker: Caroline Perring (Principal Geologist, BHP’s WA Iron Ore Division
Topic: South Flank: Anatomy of a BIF-hosted Martite-Goethite Ore System from the Hamersley Basin


3 February 2021 - SGEG Facets of Exploration Webinar
Speaker: Ravi Anand (CSIRO)
Topic: Exploration through in situ and transported cover in regolith-dominated terrains: my journey at CSIRO


2 December 2020 - SGEG Facets of Exploration Webinar
Speaker: Andrew Cook (Iluka)
Topic: Exploration in mineral sands
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4 November 2020 - SGEG Facets of Exploration Webinar
Speaker: Sarah Jones (SJGeology Ltd)
Topic: Structural geology for ore deposit exploration
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