The Specialist Group in Economic Geology (SGEG) is for economic geologists working in Australia and abroad with interests in all aspects of economic geology across industry, academia and government, hard rock and soft rock, from exploring mineral deposits through to mining and extraction.
Key objectives:
- Advocate and promote sound science in the area of economic geology.
- Facilitate the exchange and cross-fertilisation of knowledge and information.
- Be a forum to provide education and mentoring in economic geology.
What we do:
- Networking for early career, industry, academic and government geoscientists.
- Provide opportunities for mentoring and collaboration.
- Host and sponsor periodic economic geology talks/workshops with an emphasis on new ideas and technology to encourage discussion and sharing of knowledge, including hands-on activities such as rock exhibitions and technology demonstrations.
- Host a biennial conference with field component.
- Provide practical training courses for early career geoscientists.
- Travel sponsorship for early career geoscientists and keynote speakers to present at conferences.
- Award the A.B. Edwards medal for best economic geology paper in AJES (annually).
- Thematic issues of Australian Journal of Earth Sciences.
SGEG AESC 2023 Student Bursaries
Are you an undergraduate or postgraduate student attending the AESC 2023 in Perth?
The Specialist Group in Economic Geology (SGEG) will be supplying 10x student bursary of $500 to be awarded to an outstanding undergraduate or postgraduate students studying Geoscience at an Australian university.
To be eligible for the student bursary, applicants must be a member of both the Geological Society of Australia (GSA) and the SGEG. SGEG requires a brief justification from each applicant on why they are deserving and should attend the conference. The bursary is to be used to assist with costs associated with attending the conference.
The deadline for applications is 14 June 2023. Please send your application to [email protected]
How to join SGEG?
If you would like to join SGEG, you must become a GSA member. If you're not a GSA member, click here to submit an online membership application.
Instructions for current GSA Members to join SGEG online
1. Go to http://www.gsa.org.au/and click Sign In at the top of the homepage.
2. Enter your sign in details (your username will be your email address)
3. Click Cart at the top of the homepage.
4. Click Continue Shopping
5. Scroll down the page and select ECONOMIC GEOLOGY
6. Click Add to Cart
7. Click Proceed to Checkout to make your payment