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JULY 2012 NUMBER 90 

A Radical Approach to Exploration: 

Let the Data Speak for Themselves! 

Colin T. Barnett † (SEG 2006), BW Mining, 424 Mapleton Ave., Boulder, Colorado 80304, 

and Peter M. Williams, † BW Mining, 28 Eaton Place, Brighton, Sussex, BN2 1EG, United Kingdom 

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ABSTRACT 

The most critical decision in exploration is deciding where to look. This decision is 

often based on partial information rather than quantitative analysis of all the data. 

We need to put more effort into ob jective targeting in order to im prove the discovery 

rate. The best way to do this, in sufficiently mature districts, is to use statistical data 

mining techniques, allowing the data to speak for themselves. The targets generated 

by this objective approach are highly focused, so that only limited budgets are 

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Those who seek gold dig much earth and find little. — Heraclitus, c. 500 BC 

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The last 10 to 15 years have seen a significant decline in the rate of new discoveries 

of valuable mineral deposits. This has happened despite increasing exploration 

budgets over the same period. Exist ing gold reserves are being depleted 

even while the potential profitability of new discoveries is increasing. As Enders 

and Saunders (2011) point out in their recent thought-provoking article in this 

news letter, a radical approach to exploration is urgently needed to offset the 

falling discovery rate. 

The most critical decision in exploration is deciding where to look in the 

first place. If a good team is put in the right place with modern exploration 

tools, it will generally succeed and hit the target; in the wrong place, the team 

will never find anything and simply wastes time and money. Unfortunately, 

the decision about where to look is too often based on an informal interpretation 

of partial information rather than quantitative analysis of all the available 

data. Time and time again, hasty decisions have committed 

companies to years of wasted effort. If we are to improve the to page 12 ... 

† E-mail: colin@bwmining.com, peter@bwmining.com 

Courtesy of Government of Western Australia, 1998 

FIGURE 1. Geological map of Western Australia 

showing the outline of the Eastern Goldfields North 

study area. (see p. 12). 

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NEWSLETTER 

Nº 90 — JULY 2012 

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Contents 

FEATURE ARTICLE 

1 A Radical Approach to Exploration: Let the Data Speak for Themselves! 

NEWSLETTER COLUMNS 

4 From the Executive Director: SEG Council Actions 

6 Presidential Perspective: See you in Lima! Nos vemos en Lima! 

8 SEGF Presidential Perspective: Turbulent Times 

SEG NEWS 

9 Contributions – SEG, SEG Foundation, and SEG Canada Foundation 

20 2012 Distinguished Lecturer Dan Wood — and Distinguished Guests 

20 Field Methods in Economic Geology, I and II 

21 SIMEXMIN 2012: The 5th Brazilian Symposium on Mineral Exploration 

22 SEG Geometallurgy Forum 

24-26 Candidates for SEG Officers: Profiles and Vision Statements 

24 Vote Now for 2013 SEG Officers 

SEG STUDENT NEWS 

32 Welcome New SEG Student Chapters • Announcements • Annual Reports 

33 Student-Dedicated Field Course – Iberian Pyrite Belt 

35 University of British Columbia Student Chapter Philippines Field Trip 

36 CODES Student Chapter Field Trip South Africa and Botswana 

36 CODES Student Chapter Short Courses 

37 Colorado School of Mines Student Chapter Abitibi Field Course 

38 IGGCAS Student Chapter Field Trip to Jiaodong Peninsula 

38 Leicester Student Chapter Second Annual SEG Student Chapter Symposium 

39 Dalhousie University Student Chapter Field Trip to the PotashCorp and Xstrata Mines 

39 The University of Nevada, Reno Student Chapter Field Trip to Turkey 

40 2012 Student Research Grant Awards 

42 SEG Foundation 2012 Graduate Student Fellowship Awards 

EXPLORATION REVIEWS 

43– Alaska · 43– Australasia · 44– Europe · 44– South America · 

45– Mexico · 45– Northern Eurasia · 46– Contiguous United States 

MEMBERSHIP 

48-51 SEG Membership: Candidates and New Fellows, Members, and Student Members 

52 SEG Announcements & Deadlines 

54-55 Personal Notes & News 

56-57 Publications Order Form 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

7 Announcing Economic Geology through your e-mail or mobile device 

8 Thank You SEG 2012 Corporate Sponsors 

9 SEG at GSA: 2012 GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition 

10 SEG-Midland Valley Structural Evolution Course — Registration open! 

18 Rio Tinto — SEG Special Publication: A Tribute to Richard Sillitoe 

19 NWMA 118 th Annual Meeting, Exposition & Short Courses 

27 Diamonds and their Primary and Secondary Sources Course 

28-29 SEG–Western Mining Services — Senior Exploration Management Course 

30-31 Lima 2012, XVI Peruvian Geological Congress & SEG 2012 Conference 

32 Round II 2012 Student Chapter Funding Proposal – deadline October 31, 2012 

34 Mineral Deposits Studies Group (MDSG) 36 th Annual Winter Meeting 

46 AIG with Geoscientists Symposia present Structural Geology and Resources 2012 

47 46 th Brazilian Geological Congress 

53 XX Bolivian Geological Congress – Golden Jubilee 

53 34 th International Geological Congress 

60 SEG-SEG Canada Foundation Whistler 2013: Geoscience for Discovery (back cover) 

60 SEG Contact Information (back cover) 

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4 SEG NEWSLETTER No 90 • JULY 2012 

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 

SEG Council Actions – Toronto, Canada • March 3, 2012 

The SEG Council held a regularly scheduled 

meeting at the Radisson Admiral 

Harbourfront Hotel in Toronto, Canada. 

Members of the Council present were L. 

Fontboté (Chair), P.K.M. Megaw (Presi - 

dent of Foundation), A. Arribas, R., G.M. 

Brown, M. Cardozo, M.S. Enders, R.J. 

Goldfarb, J. Gutzmer, B.G. Hoal, K.D. 

Kelley, J.A. Kinnaird, T.C. McCuaig, G.R. 

Olivo, M.T. Smith, Y. Watanabe, and 

A.S. Yakubchuk. G.G. Carlson (President 

of Canada Foundation), C.A. Horrigan 

(SEG Executive Assistant) and E.R. 

Sharman (Chair of Students’ Committee) 

also attended. Apologies were received 

from A.C. Harris and H.J. Noyes. Presi - 

dent Fontboté called the meeting to 

order at 8:03 a.m. 

After self-introductions, President 

Fontboté summarized some of the im - 

portant initiatives that had been undertaken 

by the SEG including the timeliness 

of the journal, changing the version 

of record for the journal to electronic, 

implementing a new membership dues 

structure, formalization of the Education 

and Training Committee, and moving 

the computing environment at the SEG 

office into the cloud. He also welcomed 

the two new members of the Publications 

Board, John Thompson and Zhaoshan 

Chang. Fontboté then noted a change 

in the regular agenda to allow for earlier 

discussion of reports from the Education 

and Training Committee and Publica - 

tions Board. 

The following actions were taken at 

the meeting: 

 

 

Approved a motion from Enders to 

accept the minutes of the meeting 

held on October 8, 2011, with an 

amended date of 2014 for the Key - 

stone conference. 

Approved a motion from McCuaig to 

ratify the following actions taken by 

the Executive Committee since its 

meeting on October 7, 2011: 

— Approved on November 1, 2011, 

the draft Executive Committee 

minutes for the October 7, 2011, 

meeting held at the Hilton Min - 

neapolis Hotel in Minneapolis, 

Minnesota, USA. 

— Approved Fellowship List No. 11- 

04 on December 9, 2011, thereby 

admitting the following 23 candidates 

to SEG Fellowship: Ciceron 

Angeles, John E. Black, Christopher 

D. Bowden, Warick M. Brown, 

Michael D. Campbell, Jeffrey I. 

Carroll, Huayong Chen, Maria 

Eugenia Cisternas, Leo S. Deiparine, 

Michael D. Doggett, Robin ‘Jock’ 

E. Harmer, Lyal B. Harris, Michael 

Henrichsen, Stephen M. McIntosh, 

Prosper M. Nude, Stephen Roberts, 

Hernulfo ‘Nonoy’ Ruelo, Michael 

P. Sheehan, Armando A. Simon, 

Michael J. Spadafora, Kenneth M. 

Tainton, Jose Ramon Taningco, 

and Mei-Fu Zhou. 

— Approved on February 7, 2012, 

the slate of members for the 2012 

Committee on Committees. The 

members are Rael D. Lipson (Chair), 

Regina Baumgartner, Zhaoshan 

Chang, Johan Arif, T. Michael 

Porter, and Michel Jebrak. 

— Approved on February 9, 2012, 

the slate of members for the 2012 

Nominating Committee as follows: 

M. Stephen Enders (Chair), Jeffrey 

W. Hedenquist, Jens Gutzmer, 

Douglas J. Kirwin, J. Bruce 

Gemmell, Nicolas J. Beukes, and 

Moira T. Smith. 

The following actions were taken by 

the Council since its meeting on 

October 8, 2011: 


the draft Council minutes for the 

October 8, 2011, meeting held at 

the Hilton Minneapolis Hotel in 

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. 

— Ratified on November 1, 2011, the 

appointments of two new members 

to the SEG Publications Board 

to serve for the term 2012-2014. 

The new members are Zhaoshan 

Chang (Fellow 2004, James Cook 

University, Australia) and John F. 

H. Thompson (Fellow 1983, Teck 

Resources, Canada). 


the new student chapter application 

from the University Comenius, 

Bratislava, Slovak Republic. 

Academic Advisor: Peter Kodera. 

Industry Advisor: Pavel Reichl. 

— Approved on January 27, 2012, 

the establishment in the SEG 

Bylaws of a standing Education 

and Training Committee. This 

2012 committee reports to Council 

and is made up of the President- 

Elect as Chair (Antonio Arribas, R.), 

President (Lluís Fontboté), Past 

President (M. Stephen Enders), 

Publications Board representative 

(Richard J. Goldfarb), Field Trip 

Coordinator (William X. Chávez, 

Jr.), two Members-at-Large (T. 

 

 

 

 

Campbell 

McCuaig, 

Thomas 

Monecke), 

Executive 

Director 

(Brian G. 

Hoal), and 

the non-voting 

Program 

Coordinator (TBD). 

BRIAN G. HOAL 

SEG Executive Director 

and Editor 

Passed a motion from Enders accepting 

the report of the Executive 

Director. Key highlights were the 

increased membership, ending the 

year up 11% at 6,710 (22% being 

students), continuing growth in 

membership and activities outside 

North America, including a number 

of new student chapters, migration 

of the SEG computing environment 

into the cloud, and completion of 

the classroom environment in the 

lower level of the SEG building in 

Littleton, Colorado. 

Passed a motion from Watanabe 

accepting the report of the Founda - 

tion President, Megaw. Despite the 

decline of about 6% in the financial 

assets due mainly to market conditions, 

the Foundation had received 

contributions above budget and its 

ability to provide grants had grown. 

In 2011, the Foundation awarded 

US$257,000 in fellowships and 

grants to 65 students. 

Passed a motion from Enders accepting 

the report of the Canada Founda - 

tion President, Carlson. Noted the 

successful fund-raising of C$200,000 

during 2011 and the important role 

that the Canada Foundation was 

playing in the funding of both student 

grants and fellowships as part 

of the overall SEG Foundation program, 

and their initiative to provide 

student grants at the upper undergraduate 

level. In 2011, the Canada 

Foundation awarded almost 

C$70,000 in fellowships and grants 

to 14 students. 

Passed a motion from Kinnaird accepting 

the report of the Chair of the 

Education and Training Committee, 

Arribas. Discussion ensued on the 

various course types, the current 

focus on the training of young professionals 

and experienced students, 

and the need to offer courses in all 

regions of the world. It was agreed 

that companies, especially juniors, 

should continue to be approached


 

 

 

 

 

 

for input on course topics and that 

online courses would follow at a 

much later stage. 

Passed a motion from Megaw accepting 

the report of the Chair of the 

Publications Board, Goldfarb. Noted 

significant journal achievements in 

the areas of timeliness and moving 

to an electronic version of record. A 

number of new publications were in 

the pipeline as well as new initiatives 

to summarize journal articles in the 

final issue of the Newsletter, move 

books onto DVDs, and market publications 

through journal subscribers, 

book reviews, and improved visibility 

via web media such as Google, 

Amazon, and Web of Science. 

On a motion from Enders, approved 

the recommendation of the Publica - 

tions Board, as presented by Goldfarb 

(Chair of Publications Board) and en - 

dorsed by the Executive Committee, 

that the budget be amended in the 

amount of $50,000 to address 

improved marketing of publications 

and courses. Discussion on marketing 

possibilities included hiring of an 

intern or part-time employee, bilingual 

ability (English and Spanish), 

and the possibility that Foundation 

might contribute toward the costs of 

this function. 

Passed a motion from Arribas to 

approve the Treasurer’s Report, 

noting that the Auditor’s report 

would be finalized and distributed 

to Council after review by the 

Foundation Board of Trustees of the 

new GAAP requirement to record 

“Promises to Give” for 2011. 

Passed a motion from Enders to 

approve the Amended Budget for 

2012, noting a correction in the budgeted 

dividends and interest and 

investment management fees for the 

Wallace Fund. 

Passed a motion from Enders to 

accept the report of the Investment 

Committee and ratify its members as 

G. Ireland (Chair), D. Baker, R. Hall, 

C. Herald, B. Putnam, B. Suchomel, 

H. Noyes, and B. Hoal. 

Passed a motion from Gutzmer to 

accept the report of the Program 

Committee Chair (Enders). Short 

presentations were made on three of 

the upcoming meetings: 

— Discussion on SEG 2012 conference 

in Lima, Peru was led by Miguel 

Cardozo, SEG Meeting Coordinator. 

He distributed the latest conference 

brochure and explained the 

joint nature of the meeting with 

the Geological Society of Peru and 

the key deadlines of March 31 

 

 

 

and April 30 for student abstracts 

and other abstracts, respectively. 

— Gerry Carlson, President of Canada 

Foundation, provided a color flyer 

on the joint SEG-SEG Canada 

Foundation meeting in 2013 in 

Whistler, Canada. He noted that 

progress was on track with the 

venue and meeting planning contracts 

in place, the budget finalized, 

and work proceeding on the 

technical program. 

— Brian Hoal reported on SEG 2014 

in the absence of the organizing 

committee chair, Bart Suchomel. 

The committee was now largely in 

place and would soon begin its 

work in formulating a theme and 

planning fund-raising. 

Other key conferences that were 

noted included IMA 2014 (August 

30 th ) in South Africa (Judith Kinnaird 

will be organizing field trips), the 

125 th Anniversary Meeting of GSA 

(27–30 October, 2013) in Denver, 

Colorado, and SEG 2015 (late 

September) in Hobart, Tasmania. 

Passed a motion from Arribas to 

accept the report of the Vice President 

for Regional Affairs, Watanabe, and 

recommend his budget (to include 

an additional US$1,500 for the Scott 

workshop in China) for approval by 

the SEG Foundation Board of Trustees. 

Further noted that Regional Vice 

Presidents needed guidance on the 

purpose and amount of the expenditures 

in their respective budgets. 

Discussed the verbal presentation of 

the Chair of the Students’ Committee, 

Sharman, noting the following: 

— The need for a successor to 

Sharman as chair of the committee 

and that she would investigate 

this and report back on a recommended 

candidate to the VP for 

Student Affairs and Council. 

— As per the committee charge, 

there needs to be a mechanism to 

establish a past-Chair and Chairelect 

to ensure continuity. 

— The importance of a student 

alumni network to ensure retention 

of students in the Society, ongoing 

communication among Student 

Chapters, and improved visibility. 

— The Students’ Committee should 

be represented at the Council 

meeting in Lima, Peru. 

Passed a motion from Kinnaird to 

accept the report of the Student Affairs 

Committee submitted by the Chair, 

Harris, and noted the following: 

— There are currently 61 Student 

Chapters located in 24 countries, 

 

 

 

 

 

reflecting a growth of almost 20% 

since 2010. 

— The Foundation distributed 

$39,363 to 39 Student Chapters in 

2011, with chapter grants ranging 

from $500 to about $2,500. 

It was further noted that Student 

Chapter field trips would, from 2012, 

be funded by the SEG Wallace Fund 

but continue to be administered by 

the Student Affairs Committee. 

Passed a motion from Cardozo to 

approve the following recommendations 

from the Executive Committee 

on Honorary Fellowships as presented 

by Enders: 

— No change to the SEG Bylaws. 

— Extraordinary service by senior 

economic geologists was a key criterion, 

especially where the nominee 

had not already been recognized 

with another award from 

SEG. 

— Nominations, accompanied by letters 

of support from at least three 

SEG Fellows, to be approved by a 

majority of the SEG Executive 

Committee. 

— The Past President would chair the 

committee to review and evaluate 

candidates on an annual basis. 

— Maintain the prestigious nature of 

the award by limiting the number 

of Honorary Fellows to a maximum 

of 1% of the overall Fellow 

numbers. 

— Honorary Fellows should be recognized 

as part of the regular SEG 

Awards procedure and at Awards 

ceremonies where possible. 

— Nominations for Honorary Fellow - 

ship to be called for from the general 

membership as well as from 

the SEG Council and SEG Founda - 

tion Board of Trustees. 

Referred to the Executive Committee 

for discussion the topic on how best 

to utilize the linkages between different 

geoscience and engineering disciplines 

in large corporations that were 

engaged in mineral exploration and 

mining. 

President Fontboté thanked the SEG 

staff for their support of the Council 

and asked that members of Council 

help increase efficiency by responding 

promptly to requests from the 

Littleton office. 

Agreed to schedule the next meeting 

of the Council on Saturday, Septem - 

ber 22 nd , 2012, at the Westin Hotel 

in Lima, Peru. 

Adjourned the meeting at 12:50 p.m. 

on a motion from Fontboté. 1


PRESIDENTIAL PERSPECTIVE 

See you in Lima! Nos vemos en Lima! 

The next SEG Conference takes place in 

Lima, Peru, from September 23 to 26, in 

conjunction with the XVI Congreso 

Peruano de Geología, a conference organized 

by the Sociedad Geológica del 

Perú (online registration for events is 

available at http://www.lima2012.com). 

More than 160 contributions that 

cover the Andes as well as explora tion 

and research involving the rest of the 

world will be presented during the SEG 

segment of the Confer ence. Three plenary 

speeches (F. Camus, R. Sillitoe, and 

D. Wood), one day of invited talks that 

update major porphyry discoveries in 

the Andes, organized by R. Sillitoe, J. 

Perelló, and R. Baumgartner, plus an 

additional 39 talks will make up the 

oral session. Professionals and students 

plan to exhibit more than 110 posters. 

To ensure good interaction between 

authors and attendees, a total of over 

five hours of formal poster sessions are 

planned for the midafternoons, during 

the period prior to the final plenary talk 

of each day. More than 70 research students 

from around the world, benefiting 

from various levels of corporate 

sponsorship, will give oral and poster 

presentations. In addition, a group of 

sponsored Peruvian undergraduate students 

will attend. 

Also on the agenda are pre- and 

post-conference field trips (four in Peru, 

and one each to Chile and Colombia) 

and short courses. As I write these lines, 

more than three months before the 

Conference, some of the activities are 

already fully booked. It is essential to 

reserve a place soon to avoid disappointment! 

The high number of early 

registrations suggests a very good attendance 

for the SEG 2012 Conference in 

South America. 

Peru and the SEG 

There are good reasons to hold this meeting 

in South America, especially in Peru. 

The ties that the Society of Economic 

Geologists has with Peru are deep and 

long. Waldemar Lindgren, Alan Mara 

Bateman, and Louis Cary Graton, three 

of the founders of the Society, worked 

and published seminal studies on the 

extraordinary ore deposits of the Peru - 

vian Andes during the first third of the 

20th century. Peru also has provided 

many distinguished SEG members, in - 

cluding a President (1988), a Penrose 

Gold Medalist (2000), and a Brian 

Skinner awardee (2010). At the beginning 

of 2012, Peru, with 359 members, 

ranked fourth in its SEG member count, 

just behind the United States, Canada, 

and Australia. 

The phenomenal economic growth of 

Peru in the last decade is clearly driven 

by the mining sector. The outlook for 

the future is also excellent, as investments 

totaling several tens of billions of 

US dollars are foreseen and the potential 

for new discoveries in Peru is high. 

Education and research in geology: 

Additional effort is needed 

A potential and probable benefit of holding 

the SEG 2012 Conference in Peru will 

be the increase in international research 

groups working on the fascinating geology 

and mineral resources of the Central 

Andes. Perhaps more young geologists 

will join the several dozens of Peruvian 

geologists carrying out graduate education 

overseas and elsewhere in Latin 

America. Al though 

this is very important 

for the 

future, it will not 

be enough. The 

results of a study 

that were presented 

at the 

LLUÍS FONTBOTÉ 

SEG President 2012 

PROEXPLO meeting 

in February 

2011 showed that there is a serious 

need in Peru for solid educational programs 

and research groups in economic 

geology and also in geology in general. 

A panel at the meeting concluded that 

only with high quality education and 

research can the profession meet future 

challenges, including changing the perception 

of exploration and mining 

activities within Peruvian society. SEG, 

with its recently established education 

and training curricula and ongoing support 

of research in the field of ore 

deposit geology, can play an important 

role in such local initiatives. 1 

ONGOING COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS 

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FOUNDATION PRESIDENTIAL PERSPECTIVE 

Turbulent Times 

World metals and equity markets have 

become a rollercoaster, whipsawing 

from one extreme to another in a matter 

of days…or hours…with constant 

fear that the car will come off the rails 

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but one that reflects the shortterm 

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What is most important is that we 

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The reality remains that our profession 

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A Radical Approach to Exploration: Let the Data Speak for Themselves! (Continued) 

discovery rate, we need to put more 

effort into targeting, or deciding where 

to look. 

These same 10 to 15 years have seen 

a significant growth in the volume of 

accessible exploration data. To stimulate 

exploration and mining, regional 

and national governments are releasing 

non-proprietary data sets, including 

geophysics and geochemistry, and compiling 

databases of known mineral 

deposits, such as MINEDEX for Western 

Australia or FINGOLD for Finland. This 

ever increasing quantity of information 

is overwhelming to the unaided human 

interpreter. In future, conventional 

approaches to exploration will be able 

to sample only an ever-diminishing 

fraction of the available information. 

Two other relevant developments 

have taken place over the same period. 

First, the costs of storage, transfer, and 

processing of even very large quantities 

of data have been reduced to a level at 

which they are no longer significant. 

Secondly, advances in data mining and 

statistical pattern recognition now make 

it possible to extract almost all the relevant 

information from this wealth of 

data. In sufficiently mature districts, 

multivariate correlations between exploration 

data and known deposits can be 

used to determine the statistical probabilities 

of similar economic mineral 

occurrences at any location in the region. 

The targets generated by this 

approach are based only on measurable 

exploration data. While such data sets 

include geology—both lithology and 

structure—they do not include geological 

accounts of the ore genesis process. 

The advantage of the data mining 

approach, however, is that initial targets 

are based only on known facts, although 

insights into the underlying mineralization 

process can still inform later stages 

of target ranking or screening. A further 

advantage of the approach is that, in 

places where there are good quality data 

sets, targets are very tightly defined, and 

they can be assigned probabilities, relative 

to the available data, from which 

numerical estimates of expected economic 

costs and rewards can be derived. 

For example, integrating the probability 

field over the target area, with respect 

to a monetary measure, provides the 

expected value of a target, relative to the 

available data. Follow-up exploration 

costs can be roughly estimated from a 

target’s spatial extent. Since targets are 

usually no more than a few square kilometers 

in area, large expected returns 

on investment can be achieved. 

To explain how statistical data mining 

works in more detail, we now discuss 

a particular case study in Western 

Australia which serves to illustrate all 

aspects of the approach. 

EASTERN GOLDFIELDS NORTH 

The Yilgarn craton is so extensive that 

we chose to limit this study to an area 

that we call the Eastern Goldfields North 

(EGN) (see Fig. 1, p. 1). This area falls 

between longitudes 120°–123°E and latitudes 

25°–30°, and extends 300 km 

east-west by 550 km north-south, making 

a total of 165,000 km 2 (to put this 

in perspective, this is roughly equal to 

the landmass of the country of Uruguay 

or the state of Wisconsin). The choice 

of this particular area was based on various 

factors—notably, the high concentration 

of known deposits, the availability 

of modern exploration data sets, and 

a stable political environment in which 

mineral exploration and mining are 

actively encouraged. 

We also deliberately chose to exclude 

the Super Pit at Kalgoorlie as this deposit 

is almost 10 times larger than any other 

deposit in the district. This might dominate 

the study and overshadow the patterns 

of some of the smaller but still 

very significant deposits that occur, and 

which remain more likely to be found, 

in this mature district. The EGN contains 

a known gold endowment of 70 

Moz and also provides a large collection 

of modern exploration data sets. These 

two critical ingredients make the EGN 

an excellent candidate for a successful 

data mining study. 

The data sets incorporated in this 

study were the known gold deposits, 

regolith mapping, Landsat TM, SRTM 

elevation, digital geology (lithology and 

structure), gravity, airborne magnetics 

and radiometrics, and biogeochemistry. 

The raw material for all these data sets 

are in the public domain, so no private 

or proprietary corporate data sets were 

used for this data mining study. 

Geologic setting 

The Eastern Goldfields of Western 

Australia cover an area of Archean rocks 

which form part of the Yilgarn craton 

(see Fig. 1). The major deposits are generally 

hosted in the greenstone part of 

granite-greenstone terrane, particularly 

in linear belts. They occur in areas of 

subgreenschist to granulite facies metamorphism, 

although most significant 

deposits are in areas of greenschist 

facies. They occupy diverse structural 

settings, but are common near major 

regional shear zones, in secondary 

faults, and near hinge areas of gently 

plunging upright antiforms (Cassidy 

and Hagemann, 2001). 

The regolith 

A serious impediment to exploration in 

Western Australia is the regolith, a layer 

of weathered rock that covers most of 

the Yilgarn and in particular the EGN 

study area. It is derived from the chemical 

and physical weathering of the 

bedrock over many millions of years, 

and it can vary from zero or only a few 

meters to over 150 m thick. 

The Geological Survey of Western 

Australia has produced a seamless 

regolith map encompassing the entire 

state (Marnham and Morris, 2003). 

There are six divisions, ranging from 

exposed rock to lacustrine deposits. The 

outcrop areas in the EGN amount to 

less than 10% of the surface area, so 

there is little direct geological evidence 

of the bedrock. However, where the 

soils appear to be residual rather than 

widely transported, it is possible to use 

careful and selective geochemical methods, 

as we shall see below, to detect 

mineralization beneath the regolith. 

Eastern 

Goldfields 

North 

Solid 

Geology 

Subcrop geology 

interpreted largely 

from geophysics 

and Landsat data. 

Map published by 

Liu et al., 2000, 

Geoscience 

Australia 

100 km 

100 km 

FIGURE 2. Interpreted solid geology (refer to 

Fig. 1; inset).


Gold endowment 

The known gold endowment for the 

EGN study area is over 70 Moz, while 

within the Eastern Goldfields as a whole 

it is around 200 Moz. Several world-class 

deposits lie outside to the south of the 

EGN study area. By far the largest is the 

Super Pit at Kalgoorlie, which alone contains 

more than 68 Moz. Other notable 

deposits not covered by this study are 

St Ives, Norseman, Kanowna Belle, New 

Celebration, and Mt Charlotte. The EGN 

study area nonetheless contains 15 

known gold deposits with over one Moz 

of gold, including among them Sunrise 

Dam, Wallaby, Sons of Gwalia, Agnew, 

Jundee, Granny Smith, and Tarmoola; 

and there are another 50 deposits with 

recorded production of over 30,000 oz. 

EXPLORATION DATA 

Before commencing the data mining 

study, we first had to assemble and 

carefully collimate all the available 

exploration data sets covering the EGN 

at a common grid interval. As the data 

were generally of very high quality, a 

grid interval of 100 m was chosen for 

this purpose. 

Geology 

The geological map that was used for this 

study came from Geoscience Australia 

and was published by Liu et al. (2000). 

This is a 1:500,000 scale solid geology 

map based on historic 1:100,000 and 

1:250,000 scale outcrop mapping combined 

with interpretation of recent airborne 

geophysical, gravity, and Landsat 

TM data. Although this map has only 

been released in paper form and as an 

Adobe pdf document, the authors (Alan 

Whitaker, pers. commun., 2007) were 

kind enough to provide the map in a 

digital GIS format that could be input 

to our data mining study. 

This was found to be a highly suitable 

map for the purposes of this study. 

In addition to lithology, the map shows 

structures in the form of faults (major 

and minor), shear zones (containing 

strongly deformed rocks), and folds 

(antiforms and synforms). The lithologic 

information was represented in a form 

that captured both individual formations 

and proximity to contacts between 

the various formations. The five distinct 

forms of structure were all separately 

represented to our data mining study. 

Magnetic surveys 

Figure 3 shows the aeromagnetic map of 

the area, which was also obtained from 

FIGURE 3. Magnetic intensity image. 

Eastern 

Goldfields 

North 

Magnetics 

RTP 

nanoteslas 

100 km 

Geoscience Australia (Percival, 2010). 

This map was compiled from about 10 

modern surveys that had been flown 

since the early 1990s. The line spacing of 

these surveys ranged from 200 to 400 m, 

and the flying height ranged from 60 to 

100 m. The data quality is therefore 

extremely good—in fact, much better 

than in many other parts of the world. 

Data were reduced to the pole to 

center the anomalies over any causative 

magnetic bodies. The data range of the 

map shown in Figure 3 is over 10,000 

nanoteslas, which is unusually high but 

not too surprising considering the number 

of banded iron formations and 

granitic intrusions present in this area. 

Gravity 

Figure 4 shows the gravity map of the 

area, which was produced from a grid 

provided by Geoscience Australia 

(Wynne and Bacchin, 2009). The data 

range for this map is 800 gravity units 

(or 80 milligals). These data had been 

collected in many small ground surveys, 

starting in the 1950s when sensitive 

gravimeters first became available. The 

average station spacing in the EGN is 

around 4 km, which is adequate for our 

purposes. In the next few years, no doubt 

a modern airborne gravity survey will be 

carried out, which should provide even 

better data with more uniform coverage. 

Radiometric studies 

The radiometric data used for this project 

came from Geoscience Australia, 

and were collected in the last 20 years 

in conjunction with the aeromagnetic 

FIGURE 4. Bouguer gravity image. 

Eastern 

Goldfields 

North 

Bouguer 

Gravity 

gravity-units 

100 km 

data described above. The data came 

from 10 different surveys (Percival, 

2010), which have been blended into 

separate grids of potassium, uranium, 

and thorium counts. 

Figure 5 shows a ternary K-U-Th 

image of the radiometric data. It can be 

seen that this image correlates nicely 

with the geology shown in Figure 2. The 

granites are typically high in potassium 

and therefore generally map as reddish 

colors. And, despite the regolith cover, 

the greenstone belts stand out as bluishgreen 

zones trending NNW across the 

area. This is very encouraging 

as it means the 14 to page ... 

FIGURE 5. Radiometric ternary image. 

Eastern 

Goldfields 

North 

Radiometric 

Composite 

U 

K 

Ternary Image 

100 km 

Th


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radiometrics, which are normally considered 

a shallow-penetrating tool, are 

clearly reflecting the bedrock geology 

and geochemistry through the surface 

weathering. Presumably the regolith has 

been in place without much change for 

millions of years, which has allowed 

time for key elements to trickle up to 

the surface. 

Geochemistry 

Various forms of geochemistry were 

considered for inclusion in the study. 

These included lithogeochemistry from 

the Australian National Geochemistry 

Database (Budd et al., 2002), as well as 

hydrogeochemistry and biogeochemistry 

from two recent Minerals and 

Energy Research Institute of Western 

Australia (MERIWA) projects (Gray et 

al., 2009; Reid et al., 2010). 

Lithogeochemistry was found to be 

too sparsely sampled to be useful. Also, 

the samples tended to be concentrated 

in and around the pits of the gold and 

nickel deposits with big (50 km) gaps in 

between. This resulted in a strong correlation 

with the known mineralization 

but made the data of little practical use 

as a predictor. The hydrogeochemistry 

was more evenly sampled from the 

numerous water bores in this area, but 

it had a very weak correlation with the 

known gold deposits. This may be due 

to transport of elements in the groundwater, 

reportedly as much as 10 km in 

the direction of flow, and also perhaps 

because of the extremely low analytic 

levels of the various elements. 

The biogeochemistry, on the other 

hand, which was based on sampling the 

leaves of mulga trees close to the boreholes 

tested in the hydrogeochemistry 

survey, proved to have a very good correlation 

with the known gold deposits. 

A total of 56 elements, of which just 

one example (gold) is shown in Figure 

6, were gridded and passed to the data 

mining process. The only limitation of 

the biogeochemistry is that the survey 

did not cover the entire area of our 

EGN study. This meant, of course, that 

target predictions incorporating these 

data could only be made where there 

was complete data coverage. 

Landsat 

A data set that is readily obtainable in 

any part of the world is the Landsat 

Thematic Mapper (TM). In some arid 

terranes, like the Walker Lane of Nevada 

No data 

collected 

Mulga trees 

Eastern 

Goldfields 

North 

Biogeochem 

Gold 

ppb Au 

1 of 56 elements 

100 km 

FIGURE 6. Biogeochemistry gold image. 

and the Altiplano of Chile, these data 

are highly useful for directly mapping 

mineral alteration systems. We therefore 

acquired these data in the hope that they 

might also be helpful in the Eastern 

Goldfields. In this region, however, the 

TM data were found to be merely reflecting 

the regolith. Furthermore, the TM 

data are extremely sensitive to man-made 

disturbances. The known gold (and nickel) 

mines and their associated waste dumps 

stand out very conspicuously in all the 

TM bands. Experiments quickly showed 

that these data were not discriminating 

at detecting mineralization and therefore 

could not be used for this purpose 

in the EGN. 

Topography 

Another data set that is widely available 

is the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission 

(SRTM) global elevation data. These data 

were collected during a single 11-day 

space mission in February 2000, and now 

provide high-resolution coverage of 80% 

of the earth’s surface. In many parts of 

the world the terrain map can be a useful 

indicator of local structure and lithology. 

Linear ridge crest and drainage patterns 

may indicate faults, while circular 

patterns may indicate diapirs. Siliceous 

rocks tend to resist weathering and form 

high ground. In this area, however, the 

terrain is largely reflecting the regolith 

and does not tell us much about the 

bedrock geology. Also, the pits tend to 

form distinctive, conical-shaped holes in 

the terrain. When trained to correlate 

the known gold deposits with the SRTM 

data, the data mining process promptly 

picked out all the nickel pits! Although 

this was a convincing demonstration of 

the power of the data mining process, it 

was hardly useful in predicting other, as 

yet undisturbed, gold deposits. 

Known deposits 

The Geological Survey of Western 

Australia produces an annually updated 

map of all the known deposits in the 

state (Cooper et al., 2007). However, in 

common with the data in the national 

OZMIN database (Ewers et al., 2002), it 

is not sufficiently accurate for data mining 

purposes. Many of the deposits are 

located only approximately, sometimes 

up to a couple of kilometers away from 

the actual mine site. In order to work at 

a 100 m grid interval, it is necessary to 

know the precise location or actual 

footprints of the deposits. 

Fortunately, most of the major listed 

deposits are shallow enough to have 

been exploited by open pit. In this semiarid 

terrain with its minimal, shrubby 

vegetation, the open pits show up very 

clearly from space. The pits thus reveal 

the precise location of the gold mineralization 

as the miners were generally 

careful not to move much barren rock 

except as necessary laybacks to the pits. 

Figure 7 shows a satellite image of 

the Bronzewing gold mine downloaded 

from Google Earth. The scene is dominated 

by the tailings to the east, but 

two open pits can clearly be seen on 

the western side of this image. The 

Discovery Pit is to the south and the 

smaller Central Pit is to the north. 

Such Google Earth (GE) images represent 

a mosaic of many small images 

tied together by control points on the 

ground. Most of these were found to be 

quite accurate, but one was conspicuously 

misregistered by several hundred 

meters. Another way of mapping the pits 

is to use the SRTM elevation data, which 

are precisely positioned. We therefore 

primarily used the SRTM data, supplemented 

by the GE data in the case of a 

few recent discoveries that postdate the 

Shuttle Mission in 2000. 

We also drew on company reports 

for the locations of a few underground 

de posits, such as the Darlot Centenary 

mine, which did not commence operations 

as open pits. In this fashion, it 

was possible to locate and digitize the 

surface projections of 240 discrete gold


deposits in the EGN. These accurate 

footprints were then used to train the 

neural networks as described in the 

next section. 

There are, of course, also thousands of 

old workings with little or no recorded 

production. However, these were not 

used for training purposes since the aim 

is only to discover further economic 

deposits. A study such as this should be 

able to distinguish the two. It happens 

that several of our high ranking targets 

lie near abandoned shafts or small diggings; 

but the majority of such old 

workings are not found to be favorable. 

DATA MINING 

Contour 

interval 

20 m 

Eastern 

Goldfields 

North 

Bronzewing 

Gold Mine 

Most of the known 

deposits are open 

pit and are visible 

from space. 

The upper image is 

from Google Earth. 

The lower image is 

from SRTM Radar. 

600 m 

FIGURE 7. Google Earth image of Bronzewing 

gold mine. 

The data mining process used for this 

study is based on probabilistic modeling 

with neural networks and is described in 

greater detail in Barnett and Williams 

(2006, 2008). 

The primary layers of exploration data 

used as input to the neural networks 

were gravity and magnetics, lithology 

and structure, radiometrics and biogeochemistry. 

However, there is little meaning 

in a single-point geophysical, or for 

that matter, geological reading. It is the 

pattern around a given station that is 

important. Such patterns can be represented 

by taking the derivatives of the 

primary data—for example, gravity—and 

inputting these as well to the neural 

networks. For completeness, it is necessary 

to take the horizontal, vertical, and 

cross-derivatives, and to include both 

first-and second-order terms. This results 

in nine extra secondary layers derived 

from each primary layer. Similarly, it is 

necessary to take account of proximity 

to geological contacts and structures, 

and of their strikes. The total number of 

layers assembled for this project came 

to over 250, representing about 15 Gb 

of gridded data files. 

Before embarking on a full integration 

of the data, it can be instructive to 

examine individual data sets, to help de - 

termine which are contributing most to 

the final target map. Some data sets are 

evidently more informative than others 

in relation to economic gold occurrence, 

and the statistical approach allows such 

differences to be quantified. In the EGN 

study, biogeochemistry and geological 

structure prove, individually, to be the 

most relevant data sets, followed closely 

by gravity and lithology. Radiometric 

data come next, with magnetic data 

being the least relevant. Nonetheless, a 

data set may be only moderately relevant 

on its own, but can make a worthwhile 

contribution in combination with 

others. The results shown below are 

based on a combination of all the data. 

Discussion of results 

Figure 8 shows a close-up of a typical 

target resulting from our data mining 

study. Note that the scale bar now represents 

5 km, which is a 20-fold zoom 

on the 100 km scale shown in all the 

previous figures. In this particular area, 

there are five historic workings which 

produced over 500,000 oz of gold. The 

process suggests that there is still more 

gold to be found close to one of the old 

FIGURE 8. Closeup of a typical target. 

Eastern 

Goldfields 

North 

Target 

Detail 

W-Score 

5 km 

workings on the east side of this map. 

The main red target zone is about 500 

m wide and about 2,500 m long, which 

could represent a significant deposit. 

Figure 9 shows the corresponding geological 

map of this area. It can be seen 

that the target occurs in mafic greenstone 

rocks close to a shear zone containing 

granite gneiss. Four of the five 

historic workings lie on regional structures, 

while the fifth occurs within an 

ultramafic unit. The new target indicated 

by the neural network also coincides 

with an ultramafic unit. It would 

be a relatively straightforward matter to 

follow up this target in the field with 

geologic mapping, regolith geochemistry, 

and exploratory drilling, if the 

results are positive. 

The EGN study produced more than 

a dozen such high priority targets which 

merit further follow-up work. While some 

are genuinely new, separate, and sizeable 

areas of high favorability, the majority 

of these targets occur in established 

camps within a few kilometers of operating 

or historic gold mines. The odds 

are high that several of these targets will 

prove to be economic deposits of gold. 

STATISTICAL ISSUES 

Eastern 

Goldfields 

North 

Geology 

Detail 

Granite 

Gneiss 

Felsics 

Mafics 

Diorite 

Gabbro 

Ultramafics 

Historic mines, 

past-production 

500,000 oz. 

5 km 

FIGURE 9. Closeup of the target geology. 

The EGN study used nonlinear statistical 

models known as artificial neural 

networks. Neural networks can be used 

to model arbitrarily complex relations 

between inputs and outputs. A suitably 

fitted model takes, as input, the exploration 

data surrounding 

any given location— 

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represented, in our case, by up to 250 

numbers—and generates, as output, the 

favorability at that location. 

If the network is fitted using equal 

numbers of gold and non-gold occurrences, 

and minimizes a suitable error 

function, subject to regularization such 

as Williams (1995), its output approximates 

the weight of evidence W in favor 

of an economic gold occurrence at any 

given location. This is the log ratio of 

its posterior odds to its prior odds: 

p p 0 

W = log 

{ ———– / ———– } 

(1) 

(1 − p) (1 − p 0 ) 

where p 0 is the prior probability of the 

event and p is its posterior probability. 1 

The posterior odds p/(1 − p) are based on 

the local exploration data. The prior 

odds p 0 /(1 − p 0 ) are the odds of finding 

gold at a random location; by throwing 

a dart at the map, for example. 

Probability 

In our approach, W is modeled directly 

without making assumptions about the 

prior p 0 . This is an important feature 

since only the W-scores are needed to 

define exploration targets. Economic 

analysis, however, needs probabilities. 

That means assuming a value for p 0 and 

then solving (1) for p in terms of W. 

The economic analysis below assumes 

that there is one-quarter as much gold 

still to be found as has already been 

found. In support of this, a recent study 

(Guj et al., 2011) concluded that 75% 

of the gold endowment of the whole 

Yilgarn craton had probably been discovered 

by 2008. If the same holds for 

the EGN, then the assumption that 80% 

has now been found—so that a quarter 

of the existing inventory remains to be 

found—is not overly optimistic. Com - 

paring the total area of deposit footprints 

to the total area of the region, 

this leads to a prior p 0 = 0.000625. 

1 This concept and terminology date back 

to Alan Turing’s cryptanalytic work during 

the Second World War. The exploration community 

may know the term better through 

the more recent work of writers such as 

Graeme Bonham-Carter. It is important, 

however, not to confuse the concept with 

the way it is calculated. In our view, the usual 

so-called “weights of evidence” approach to 

calculating this quantity has serious shortcomings 

compared with the present approach, 

arising from its restricted forms of data representation 

and its need for exploration data 

sets to be statistically independent. 

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 

The statistical data mining approach 

not only identifies targets, it provides 

estimates of quantities needed for economic 

analysis. These include the ideas 

of cost, risk, and reward (Mackenzie, 

1998; Singer and Kouda, 1999; Lord et 

al., 2001). For example, the expected 

value of a target can be defined as the 

product of the target value and the 

probability of success, less the cost of 

advancing the project to the next stage 

of exploration (Mackenzie, 1998). 

Target ranking 

Targets were identified by selecting 

regions where the weight of evidence 

W exceeds 5, when using logarithms to 

base 2. The top 10 targets are shown in 

Table 1. The W-max columns show the 

peak values achieved over each target. 

The extent of each target is defined as 

the area, within 700 m of the peak, 

where W exceeds 5. The area column 

shows this extent measured in hectares— 

in other words, in terms of the number 

of 100 m grid cells it contains. For ex - 

ample, Target 1 has an area of 1.44 km 2 . 

The quantity in the size column is 

defined as follows. The local weight of 

evidence W determines the probability 

that a location lies within the footprint 

of a mineable economic deposit. The 

quantity displayed in the size column 

of Table 1 is the sum of these posterior 

probabilities over the 100 m grid points 

included in the target area. 

Target value 

The size column in Table 1 can be used 

to calculate the expected monetary value 

of a target as follows. The present known 

gold endowment of the study area, the 

EGN, is more than 70 Moz. The total 

TABLE 1. The Top Ten Targets of the Data 

Mining Study* 

Target no. Size Area (ha) W-max 

1 11.77 144 8.69 

2 8.15 136 7.93 

3 7.50 148 7.30 

4 6.83 134 6.74 

5 6.67 133 6.98 

6 6.46 134 7.53 

7 5.81 146 7.24 

8 4.10 90 7.21 

9 4.03 86 7.98 

10 3.94 90 7.33 

*See text for explanation of size, area, and 

W-max calculations 

area of the footprints of the pits or 

underground operations from which this 

resource has been, or will be, extracted is 

approximately 15 km 2 . This means that, 

where economic gold deposits occur in 

the EGN, they occur on average with an 

abundance of approximately 5 Moz per 

km 2 , or 50 Koz per hectare. Assuming 

that future discoveries will have the same 

average abundance, the probability that 

a 100 m grid point is within the footprint 

of a mineable economic deposit is 

the probability that the cell it represents 

has a resource of 50 Koz. By summing 

these probabilities over the target area, 

to obtain the size values shown in Table 

1, and then multiplying by 50,000, we 

obtain the expected value of the target 

in ounces. If this is multiplied by the 

net dollar return per ounce, we obtain 

the expected value in dollars. This is 

shown in the value column of Table 2 

assuming, for illustration, a net return of 

$500 per oz. Using these figures, the 

highest ranking target, for example, has 

an expected value of $294M. 

It should be emphasized that figures 

in the value column of Table 2 are not 

estimates of actual resources, assuming 

they exist, but expected values, in the sense 

of products of possible rewards and the 

probabilities of obtaining them. Further - 

more, these expectations are based only 

on regional exploration data. They would 

change with the addition of further 

information such as might be obtained 

from drilling or, ultimately, mining. At 

the initial exploration stage, however, 

that information is not available, so 

that these are the relevant figures when 

making initial decisions. 

TABLE 2. Table Showing Expected Values and 

Costs Associated with the Ten Highest Ranked 

Targets* 

Target Value Cost Prob 

no. $M $K % 

1 294 720 20.6 

2 204 680 13.3 

3 187 740 8.9 

4 171 670 11.3 

5 167 665 10.2 

6 161 670 10.4 

7 145 730 8.7 

8 103 450 8.5 

9 101 430 13.7 

10 99 450 9.1 

Total $1.6B $6.2M 

*See text for explanation of value, cost, and 

probability (Prob) calculations


Target cost 

It is difficult to estimate the cost of in - 

vestigating a target in advance. Limited 

low cost investigations may be enough to 

exclude a target. Otherwise, investigation 

will be a sequential process of increasing 

cost, possibly involving geochemistry, 

geophysics, rotary air blast and core drill - 

ing. Despite this, we shall assume for 

definiteness that the cost per target is 

proportional to its area; specifically, that 

the cost is $500K per km 2 , or $5K per 

hectare. Using the target areas shown in 

Table 1, the resulting cost estimates for 

the top 10 targets are shown in the cost 

column of Table 2. 

Target probability 

The concepts of Value and Cost are 

already enough for initial economic 

decisions. For example, in the case of 

Target 1, the ROI (return on investment 

= expected gain divided by cost) exceeds 

400. It is natural, nonetheless, to ask for 

the probability of success for each target 

as a whole. The present study, however, 

does not directly model the probability 

that an extended area hosts a deposit; 

rather, it models the probability that a 

given location is within the footprint of 

a mineable economic deposit. All the 

same, the peak probability over the target 

area is a lower bound on the probability 

of success for the target as a whole; 

so that this is shown in the probability 

column of Table 2, on the understanding 

that it may be an underestimate. For 

example, there is at least a 20% chance 

that the highest ranked target hosts an 

economic deposit. 

Multiple targets 

The rows of Table 2 relate to the risks 

and rewards for individual targets. But 

clearly an exploration strategy that 

tested multiple targets, consecutively or 

concurrently, would improve the overall 

chance of a discovery. For example, 

if the top 10 targets are tested, the 

probability of making at least one discovery 

is at least 70%; for at least two 

discoveries, it is at least 32%. 

As the totals in Table 2 show, the budget 

needed to investigate the top 10 targets 

is a little over $6.2M. The expected 

gain—that is to say, the sum of possible 

rewards multiplied by their probabilities 

—is $1.6 billion. The return on investment 

for a program that follows up just 

the top 10 targets is therefore greater 

than 250. 



CONCLUSIONS 

As Enders and Saunders (2011) have 

pointed out, a new approach to exploration 

is needed to offset the falling discovery 

rate. We believe that one way to 

address this problem is to put more effort 

into the targeting process. The probability 

of making a discovery is the product 

of the probability p that a deposit exists 

and the probability q of finding it, assuming 

that it exists. Much effort in recent 

years has gone into improving q, resulting 

in great strides in modern explora - 

tion tools. However, there has been scant 

change in the targeting process, which 

can strongly impact probability p. 

In this article, we have proposed a 

data mining process which takes advantage 

of all the available data in a given 

area. A critical aspect of this approach is 

its proper and complete representation 

of the data. The statistical process can 

then integrate hundreds of possibly 

interdependent data layers, with each 

making its own appropriate statistically 

determined contribution. The outcome 

is a sharply focused target map that 

assigns numerical probabilities of making 

an economic discovery. This map can 

then be used for systematically ranking 

and rating targets and planning a costeffective 

followup program. 

This approach will naturally work best 

in mature districts like the EGN where 

there is a wealth of known deposits and 

multidisciplinary data. In other parts of 

the world where there may be less data, 

the data mining approach will still provide 

benefits although it may not produce 

such sharply focused targets. For - 

tunately, there is now an encouraging 

trend to produce more such comprehensive 

data sets as governments globally 

around the world increasingly 

appreciate that this is the best way to 

stimulate exploration and mineral 

development in their own countries. 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

The authors would like to thank Greg 

Hall and Noel White for their helpful 

and critical readings of earlier drafts of 

this article. 

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Rio Tinto – SEG Special Publication 

Geology and Genesis of 

Major Copper Deposits and Districts of the World: 

A TRIBUTE TO RICHARD SILLITOE 

(Publication in late 2012) 

Major deposits 



Geology and exploration progress at the 

Resolution porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, 

Arizona: C. Hehnke (Rio Tinto) et al. 

Updated geology of the Bingham Canyon 

porphyry Cu-Au-Mo system, Utah: 

J. Porter (Rio Tinto) et al. 

Geology, alteration and metal deportment of 

the Pebble porphyry Cu-Au-Mo deposit, 

Alaska: J. Lang (HDI Mining) et al. 

Updating the geologic setting 

and Cu-Mo mineralization features of the Chuquicamata district, 

northern Chile: S. Rivera (CODELCO) et al. 

Geologic overview of the Escondida porphyry copper district, 

northern Chile: M. Hervé (Minera Escondida Ltda.) et al. 

Regional tectonic setting and evolution of the Los Pelambres 

porphyry Cu-Mo and Cu-Au deposits, central Chile: J. Perelló 

(Antofagasta Minerals) et al. 

Protracted magmatic-hydrothermal history of the Rio Blanco-Los Bronces district, central Chile: Development of world’s greatest 

known concentration of copper: J.C. Toro (Anglo American), P. Cuadra (CODELCO) et al. 

Geologic overview of the Oyu Tolgoi porphyry Cu-Au-Mo deposits, Mongolia: D. Crane (Ivanhoe Mining) et al. 

Ertsberg/Grasberg porphyry copper-gold system: History of discovery 

and the magmatic and structural evolution: M. Cloos (University of 

Texas) et al. 

Geology and geochemical zonation of the Olympic Dam iron oxide 

Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia: K. Ehrig (BHP Billiton) et al. 

Geology of the Tenke-Fungurume sediment-hosted stratabound Cu-Co 

district, DR Congo: W. Schuh (Freeport) et al. 

Dzhezkazgan and associated sandstone copper deposits in Kazakhstan: 

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C. Mpodozis (Antofagasta Minerals) et al. 

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Cu province, southwestern North America: R. Leveille (Freeport) et al. 

Tectonomagmatic settings, architecture, and metallogeny of the Central Asian Cu 

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(Colorado School of Mines) et al. 

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Photos courtesy of Rio Tinto.


Northwest Mining Association’s 

118 th Annual Meeting, 

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2012 Distinguished Lecturer Dan Wood—and Distinguished Guests 

Left, Dan Wood (SEG 2009 F), SEG 2012 Distinguished 

Lecturer, speaks to students at James Cook University 

about careers in geology. During his recent visits, Dan 

also spoke at the University of Papua New Guinea 

(above). In attendance were the Deputy Vice-Chancellor 

of UPNG (a mathematician) as well as the Director of the 

Papua New Guinea Geological Survey. 

Over two weeks this spring, SEG held 

the inaugural courses in its “Field 

Methods in Economic Geology” training 

program. Participants came from 

around the globe to attend the courses, 

held at the Littleton, Colorado, headquarters 

course center. Both courses 

were fully booked. Sixteen volunteers 

from industry and academia donated 

considerable time and energy in giving 

lectures, organizing hands-on exercises, 

and mentoring the participants. 

During the first week, “Exploration 

and Drilling” provided an introduction 

to drilling, mining, and mineral processing 

methods for geoscientists new 

to economic geology. Participants were 

introduced to the conceptual framework 

and the basic techniques employed in 

exploration and mining. The course in - 

cluded hands-on opportunities to practice 

logging, sampling, and interpreting 

RC drilling results and drill core. Partic - 

ipants particularly benefitted from the 

high instructor-to-student ratios, the 

mentoring given by course instructors, 

and exposure to “tried-and-true” as well 

as state-of-the-art exploration techniques. 

During the second week, “Mineral 

Exploration Methods” was designed for 

recently hired professionals seeking to 

*SEG Education and Training Committee, 

Program Coordinator 

Field Methods in Economic Geology, I and II 

Littleton, Colorado · May–June 2012 

Contributed by ELIZABETH HOLLEY* (SEG 2010) and KEN PAUL (SEG 1992 F) 

enrich their understanding 

of the concepts 

and techniques 

integral to mineral 

exploration. Course 

topics included ore 

deposit formation, analytical 

techniques and 

quality control, geochemical 

and geophysical 

techniques for mineral 

exploration, and 

the integration of data 

sets to generate exploration 

targets. For participants, 

this was a 

chance to rapidly gain 

needed exploration 

knowledge in a week. 

The two spring courses were an 

overall success: 80% of the participants 

would recommend these classes to a 

friend. Next year’s course will retain 

the most effective components as well 

as improvements generated by participant 

feedback. The classroom component 

will be condensed into a single, 

six-day course, entitled “Practical 

Methods in Economic Geology.” This 

course will target geoscientists with 0 to 

3 years of experience in industry, as well 

as those seeking exposure to a wider 

range of deposit styles and exploration 

methods. Featured will be introductions 

Participants review core-logging techniques. 

to exploration and analytical and 

drilling techniques within the conceptual 

framework of ore deposit genesis. 

More emphasis will be given to handson 

exercises and breakout sessions so 

that attendees can practice applying 

concepts, with the same mentoring and 

high instructor-to-student ratios as in 

this year’s courses. 

The field component of the training 

curriculum, “Field Methods in 

Economic Geology: Mapping,” will take 

place in Arizona for the first time in 

early December 2012. Registration will 

open in September. We look forward to 

seeing you there! 1


SIMEXMIN 2012: The 5th Brazilian Symposium on Mineral Exploration 

Ouro Preto, Brazil · May 20–23, 2012 

Contributed by ALVARO P. CRÓSTA (SEG 2008 F) 


The 5 th Brazilian Symposium on 

Mineral Exploration (SIMEXMIN 2012, 

http://www.adimb.com.br/simexmin20 

12/English ) was held in the old mining 

town of Ouro Preto, in the Iron Quad - 

rangle of Minas Gerais state, Brazil, on 

May 20 to 23. The conference was promoted 

by the Agency for the Technolog - 

ical Development of the Brazilian 

Mineral Industry (ADIMB), and copromoted 

by SEG. 

More than 1,000 participants attended 

the event, which covered a variety of 

themes: government policies for the 

Brazilian mining sector; recent exploration 

and discoveries of base and precious 

metals; Brazilian corporate exploration 

programs; metallogeny of the 

Brazilian, Canadian, and African shields; 

world commodities market; Tapajós and 

Xingu gold provinces; potential of rare 

earths, including vanadium, chromium, 

thallium, and tantalum; new exploration 

techniques; new deposits and largescale 

iron projects in Brazil; new worldclass 

mineral deposits; metallogenetic 

periods and phases of Brazilian ore 

provinces. 

The SEG organized a technical session 

and a short course as part SIMEXMIN. 

The session “Base and Precious Metals: 

New Exploration and Discoveries” was 

chaired by Alvaro Crósta (SEG) and 

Francisco I. (Chico) de Azevedo (Gold- 

Fields) with the following program: 

Canahuire Au-Cu-Ag Deposit, Peru - 

Chico de Azevedo (Gold Fields) 

Discovery and Development of the 

Caspiche Au-Cu Deposit, Maricunga Dis - 

trict, Chile - Justin Tol man (Exeter 

Resources) 

Discovery of Colosa Gold-Rich Porphyry 

Deposit, Cajamarca, Colombia - 

Timoleon Garzon (AngloGold 

Ashanti) 

Neoarchaen and Palaeoproterozoic Ni- 

Cu-EGP, Cr, Fe-Ti-V–bearing Magmatic 

Ore Systems of the Sao Francisco Craton 

- Reinaldo Brito (CPRM-Brazilian 

Geological Survey) 

Recent Advances in Genetic Concepts for 

Sedimentary-Hosted Copper Mineraliza - 

tion - Alexander Brown (École Poly - 

technique de Montreal) 

SEG members and student members pause during networking for a group photo. Among them, in the 

back row, are Chico de Azevedo, Jr., second from the left; Alvaro Crósta and Rich Goldfarb are second 

and third from the top right. 

Presenters for the SEG technical session listen as co-chair Alvaro Crósta (holding microphone) takes 

questions from the audience. Shown, left to right: Alexander C. Brown (SEG 1976 SF), Past SEG 

Lindgren awardee and Thayer Lindsley Lecturer – Canada (far left); Timo L. Garzon Guzman (SEG 

2009) – Colombia; Francisco I. de Azevedo, Jr. (SEG 1996 F) – Brazil; Alvaro P. Crósta, SEG 

Regional VP South America (SEG 2008 F) – Brazil; Justin L. Tolman (SEG 2006) – Chile; Reinaldo S. 

Brito (SEG 2005 F) – Brazil; Richard J. Goldfarb, SEG Publications Board Chair (SEG 1989 F). 

Characteristics and Exploration Criteria 

for Orogenic Gold - Richard Goldfarb 

(USGS). 

The SEG-sponsored short course, 

“Sedimentary-Hosted Strati form Copper 

and Related Mineraliza-tion,” was given 

by Alex Brown (École Polytechnique de 

Montreal) on May 24 and 25 and had 

full attendance. 

SEG Vice-President for South 

America, Alvaro Crósta, organized a session 

with Brazilian geology students 

and academics to promote SEG s student 

programs and activities, as well as 

the establishment of new student chapters. 

It was attended by 30 students and 

academics from several Brazilian universities, 

who learned about the advantages 

offered by the Society to student 

chapters and their members. The number 

of student chapters has increased 

considerably in Brazil in the last few 

years, from two to six. Representatives 

from these chapters benefitted from 

financial support provided by SEG and 

ADIMB to attend SIMEXMIN and SEG s 

short course. 

The SEG booth attracted great 

attention during the event, with 

30 students and professionals signing 

up for SEG membership. With this 

addition, Brazil’s membership has had 

a significant increase, nearly 150% 

since 2009, making Brazil the 2 nd 

largest SEG member community in 

South America. 1



SEG GEOMETALLURGY FORUM 

Geometallurgy – The Journey 

A lot of what we do in our professional 

careers is about project. Projects are 

great. They have a start, a middle, and 

an end. If things have gone as planned, 

at the end of this process we have 

achieved our goals—our targets—and 

we can feel happy about a job well done. 

Unfortunately, geometallurgy is not like 

that. Geometallurgy is a journey or, as I 

find myself telling people, “it is a commitment.” 

Of course, the geometallurgical 

journey can and will be broken into 

steps or phases that resemble projects, 

but overall, it is one long journey. 

The key areas the geometallurgy journey 

can be subdivided into are the technical 

journey, the management journey, 

and the business process journey. It is 

worth looking at each of these, as they all 

relate to the successful integration of geo - 

metallurgy into the business of a mine. 

THE TECHNICAL JOURNEY 

One of the key deliverables from a 

geometallurgical program is a forecast 

of expected production output on some 

time basis (such as quarterly, monthly, 

or if you have been at geometallurgy 

for a long time, weekly basis). The forecast 

will be of key concentrator outputs, 

such as mill throughput, mill primary 

grind size, recovery of wanted metals, 

and concentrate grade. This forecast 

will be based on a model interacting on 

the block model with expected feed 

blocks for that time period. This model 

then calculates the expected outputs 

based on some independent variables 

(such as head grade, mineralogical 

make-up, grindability hardness index). 

Having made a forecast, we want to 

know how good our forecast was. Its 

accuracy is calculated by a reconciliation. 

We determine the actual throughput, 

primary grind size, recoveries, and 

concentrate grade for the target period 

and compare it with our forecast (actually, 

the reconciliation process is a lot 

more complex a process than this, but 

that is another discussion). We then 

determine the error band between actual 

results and forecast and decide if that 

forecast was good, acceptable, or poor. 

Then the process gets repeated. We 

do another monthly or quarterly forecast 

and reconciliation. Time and time 

again we repeat this process because 

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this is essential and this is how we realize 

the value in geometallurgy. 

At some point in this repeating cycle 

we will review our model and our 

underlying assumptions in the forecast 

(which could be the independent variables, 

the domains, or the model itself). 

These will be reviewed and if through 

our journey to this point we have 

learned new things or understood 

things better, then we may enhance or 

modify some of these components. 

The models used to make these forecasts 

would be expected to evolve and 

perhaps be radically recast over the life 

of a mine. Models designed in a mine 

project’s prefeasibility or feasibility stage 

of development are often simplistic as 

they are used only to forecast annual 

production for the feasibility study. 

However, it is logical to use these models 

or some enhancement of them at the 

commencement of production. Equally, 

it is logical to expect that these models 

will be refined, enhanced, or changed 

over time as more things are learned 

about the fundamental geological drivers 

for comminution and flotation or leaching. 

It is a long way from an acceptable 

error band on yearly forecasted production 

to achieving the same error band 

on monthly forecasted production. 

Another area that evolves with time is 

the delineation of the geometallurgical 

domains. Geometallurgical domains are 

those zones or areas that have commonality 

in some aspects of metallurgical performance 

(such as recovery and/or resultant 

concentrate grade quality). The 

domains are made to help us understand 

a complex geological system by clumping 

together these areas of similar types of 

performance. It should also be pointed 

out that there will be different geometallurgical 

domains for comminution 

and for mineral concentration (such as 

flotation). 

When a geometallurgy program be - 

gins, it is impossible to know what and 

where these geometallugical domains are 

(because it requires that metallurgical 

result feedback loop), so inevitably, initial 

geometallurgical domains are built 

up from the geological domains of the 

deposit, but with the application of 

some geometallurgical principles. The 

geological domain approach is a good 

starting place for geometallurgical do - 

mains but in evitably the geo metallurgical 

domains will 

change or evolve 

from there as we 

carry on through 

the mine life. 

Typically, 

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with porphyry copper-type deposits, 

there are fewer geometallurgical 

domains than geological domians. Some 

geological domains have very similar 

metallurgical performance. Eventually, 

these domains will be clumped together 

to form the geometallurgical domain. 

However, for other geological entities, 

this is not the case. For VMS-type de - 

posits, the geological domains do not 

well capture the flotation complexities of 

these deposits. So, in this case, we may 

see the evolution of more geometallurgical 

domains than geological domains, 

as we try to better describe the metallurgical 

performance of that deposit. 

It can thus be seen that the technical 

world of geometallurgy is a journey, 

with future learning leading to evolution 

of models, domains, and key 

assumptions that change with time. 

THE MANAGEMENT JOURNEY 

Geometallurgy crosses boundaries from 

geology to mine planning to metallurgy. 

It also touches on areas such as product 

quality/marketing, projects, and exploration. 

Given this breadth of reach of 

geometallurgy, it means that geometallurgy 

is a mine management theme. 

Specifically, a mine that is implementing 

a geometallurgy program cannot 

just say that “this is a geology task or a 

metallurgy task.” To do so would not 

recognize the breadth and value of 

geometallurgy and would inevitably 

doom the program to probable failure. 

There are a number of real management 

issues relating to the successful 

implementation of geometallurgy in a 

mine or mine development project. 

Some of the key issues include the following: 

structure, reporting lines, 

geometallurgy management, reports, 

decision-making, communication, and 

language. This list is large, with some 

real challenges, and as with any of 

these human issues, particularly as they 

relate to change (change management), 

these issues are not addressed once and 

then resolved. This is a process or a 

“commitment”! What is important is to


recognize the management issues and 

recognize this as a change management 

process. Then, the task becomes more 

defined and the journey can unfold. 

It is worth commenting on a few of 

the key issues here. The first issue of 

structure and reporting lines is challenging 

without any necessarily right answer. 

Two structures are commonly seen. 

Firstly, a project-style geometallurgy 

team can be formed consisting of key 

members from geology/mine planning 

and metallurgy. This team could have a 

senior manager assigned to that group 

for guidance and monitoring. This system 

works if the senior manager then 

recognizes that he or she is the assigned 

manager and he/she takes the responsibility 

to get the buy-in of the other key 

peer managers in the progress of the 

geometallurgy program. The second 

structure that is seen is to have an independent 

geometallurgy group reporting 

to senior mine management with 

clients in geology/mine planning and 

metallurgy. This structure works as long 

as the key line groups of geology/mine 

planning and metallurgy see geometallurgy 

as important to their objectives. 

The second very challenging issue 

faced for geometallurgy is one of communication 

and language. Geologists, 

mine planners, and metallurgists are 

trained differently and use different 

jargon to communicate their ideas. This 

presents a real challenge to geometallurgy, 

which straddles all these technical 

areas. There is no simple answer to this 

problem except for time, persistence, 

and “commitment.” Another journey! 

THE BUSINESS PROCESS JOURNEY 

Geometallurgy brings value by allowing 

for a more holistic view of optimizing 

mine project economic return. Geomet - 

allurgy considers not only grade and pit 

plan but also throughput, recovery, 

concentrate grade, and quality (and 

other issues if so configured, such as 

some environmental impact issues) in 

determining economic output. After all 

the results of a particular mining scenario 

are considered, it is then possible 

to carry out sophisticated economic 

optimization processes. Again, this is 

not just an exercise for mine project 

feasibility; when incorporated into the 

mine operations, it becomes a fundamental 

part of the whole mine business 

process. This is then a sequence of continuous 

feedback and economic optimization 

as the mine is developed. 

The business process is a journey. The 

first part of this journey is one of change 

in the way we make those economic 

decisions about the mine operation. Here, 

we have more change management. 

Overall, geometallurgy is still seen as a 

technical tool and at its roots, it is technical. 

However, the value comes from 

making business decisions based on the 

information provided by geometallurgy 

process. The challenge presented to mine 

operations is to recognize that making 

these geometallurgically based “optimizing” 

business decisions is not only how 

to realize value but also is a necessity 

for improvement and success. This journey 

for the business of mining, with a 

few exceptions, has only just begun. 

Geometallurgy can bring much additional 

value to mining operations. How - 

ever, it is not a project with some quick, 

identifiable objective. It is a long-term 

journey. On all the fronts, be they technical, 

management, or business process, it is 

a process, a journey, and a commitment. 

For me as a practitioner, advocate, 

and leader of geometallurgy, this has 

also been a journey. Geometallurgy is 

still relatively new and so is challenged, 

sometimes treated skeptically, sometimes 

over-embraced, and definitely still 

with much learning and evolution 

ahead. There have been successes and 

other results that are less encouraging. 

This is part of what any new management 

process will go through. 1 


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JUDITH A. KINNAIRD (SEG 2002 F) 

Judith was born and 

brought up in Wales. 

She obtained a BSc 

degree in London and 

worked as a geologist 

for three years for the 

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sion (LRD) of the 

British Overseas Devel - 

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began work on a project on Nigeria, 

which led to a move to the University 

of St. Andrews in Scotland to join a team 

researching the Mesozoic ring complexes 

of central Nigeria. Judith’s role 

in the team was to focus on the mineralization 

of the granites. This research 

led to the completion of both master’s 

and Ph.D. degrees at St. Andrews and to 

a lifelong interest in aspects of economic 

geology. 

Judith has spent most of her career 

as a University lecturer and has taught 

in University College Cork in Ireland, 

as a distance tutor for the Open Univer - 

sity in Scotland and Ireland, and, for 

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the last 13 years, she has been at the 

University of the Witwatersrand in 

Johannesburg, South Africa, where she 

was promoted to associate professor in 

2004. She is currently Deputy Director 

of the Economic Geology Research 

Institute within the University. 

Research interests cover a diverse 

range of deposits that cover projects on 

dimension stone, gem deposits, Li-Be, 

Nb-Sn-W, REE-U, and Pb-Zn mineralization. 

Currently, her interests include 

platinum and chromium mineralization 

of the Bushveld Complex, with a focus 

on the northern limb; the link between 

the Damaran orogen of Namibia and 

the Katangan-Lufilian of Zambia; and 

uranium deposits of southern Africa. 

This research has taken her to many of 

the countries of Africa. 

Judith has served the SEG as Regional 

VP Africa (2004–2008), as a member of 

the Committee on Committees, as SEG 

Newsletter contributor (2005–2011), as a 

field trip co-ordinator for the SEG 2008 

joint meeting with the GSSA at Misty 

Hills in South Africa, and as Councilor 

(2011 to date). 

Vision Statement 

The Society has a high reputation in 

the world of economic geology for the 

quality of its publications, its worldwide 

membership of about 7,000 in 100 

countries, and its strong support of the 

student members. In view of the aging 

academic fraternity, industry and 

academia need to work together, now 

more than ever, to support young 

researchers and academic staff to ensure 

the highest caliber geologists for the 

future of both industry and academia. 

Such capacity-building needs to incorporate 

fieldwork skills, human resource 

development, and technological training. 

The Society is taking a lead in promoting 

student development. In recent 

years, international student field trips 

have been initiated to give selected international 

students the opportunity to see 

deposits of different styles in various 

parts of the world in order to broaden 

their experience. In addition, in 2011 an 

Education and Training Committee was 

established and new training courses 

have been designed and integrated with 

preexisting courses. The program has 13 

short courses, 6 week-long workshops 

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OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR OFFICERS: FOR AGAINST 

President-Elect (2013) — Judith A. Kinnaird 

Councilors (2013–2015) 

Jean S. Cline 

Francisco I. de Azevedo, Jr. 

Thomas Monecke 

The slate of candidates was prepared by the 2012 Nominating Committee: 

M. Stephen Enders (Chair), Jeffrey W. Hedenquist, Jens Gutzmer, Douglas J. Kirwin, J. Bruce Gemmell, 

Nicolas J. Beukes, and Moira T. Smith, in accordance with the relevant sections of the SEG Bylaws.


and 3 field schools covering four core 

concepts: basic field skills, exploration 

and mine technical methods, ore deposits 

and metallogeny, and management. 

It is my vision to give young geologists 

in emerging nations, particularly 

in African countries, access to these 

courses. Through such training courses 

we can promote the Society, train geologists 

in emerging nations, and increase 

membership—especially for younger 

geologists, to ensure a robust, healthy, 

and demographically more representative 

Society in the years ahead. For the 

Society to continue to thrive, a challenge 

is to convert our student membership to 

life-long society supporters, as our membership 

underpins the production of 

the quality SEG publications, not just 

through the Newsletter and Economic 

Geology, but through field guides and 

specialist compilations. As a University 

lecturer, I find all my research has been 

in collaboration with industry. I have 

been grateful for the financial support 

and the commitment of interest to 

funding postgraduate research. Such 

commitment needs to be expanded as 

we go forward, and I see it as one of my 

roles to encourage more academicindustry 

collaboration. 

Candidate for Councilor (2013–2015) 

FRANCISCO (CHICO) I. DE 

AZEVEDO, JR. 

(SEG 1996 F) 

Chico obtained a BSc 

degree in geology 

from the University 

of Brasilia (1982), 

and started his career 

of exploration geologist 

with GENCOR in 

Brazil, for whom he worked for 12 

years, primarily in gold exploration. In 

1994, he was transferred to Argentina 

and for two years carried a research project 

on gold deposits hosted by 

Paleozoic slate belts across the world. 

In 1996, Chico joined IAMGOLD 

Corporation in Argentina as exploration 

manager and was in charge of 

implementing and managing exploration 

programs for gold until 2006. He 

joined Gold Fields in 2006 and since 

has been in charge of the regional 

exploration for gold and gold-copper 

deposits in the South America region. 

Chico served the SEG as Regional VP 

Latin America from 2009 to 2011. 


During the last 30 years, my direct in - 

volvement in the mining and explora - 

tion industry has given me exposure to 

several different countries and cultures. 

If there is one common aspect within 

this vast diversity that requires special 

attention, in my opinion, it is one 

related to the advance of the status of 

the profession of economic geologist— 

one of the main objectives of the SEG. 

Our world has experienced times of 

prosperity for the last few decades, with 

a progressive decrease of poverty in all 

continents and a consequent increase 

in the demand for metals and minerals. 

The exploration and mining industry 

has been able to keep up with the discovery 

and production of the materials 

necessary for the production of goods, 

and this has guaranteed better living 

conditions for billions of people, and 

we should be proud of it. 

However, the perception that some 

sectors of the society, in general, have 

about our industry is not the one we 

would like to see. Despite the fact that 

modern mining is thought about and, 

most of the time, executed in a sustainable 

manner, our industry still carries a 

negative image inherited from the mistakes 

made in the past, and some made 

in the present. Taking into account this 

scenario, the work currently undertaken 

by the SEG has special relevance, and I 

consider that SEG Council is the appropriate 

venue to discuss and implement 

initiatives that will address these challenges 

to our profession. 

A vision for SEG’s future should focus 

following points. 

To advance the science of geology: 

— The scientific investigation of mineral 

deposits and mineral resources; 

— Mineral resource appraisal, mining, 

and mineral extraction; the application 

thereof to exploration. 

To disseminate basic and applied scientific 

information: 

— SEG publications, meetings, symposia, 

conferences, field trips, short 

courses, workshops, and lecture 

series. 

To advance the status of the profession 

of economic geology: 

— Maintain high professional and ethical 

standards among SEG members. 


JEAN S. CLINE (SEG 1983 F) 

Jean Cline grew up on 

Lake Michigan in Wis - 

consin and obtained 

her BS degree from the 

Wisconsin State Uni - 

versity, Platteville, in 

1970. She accepted a 

position the following 

year as an exploration 

geologist for Inspiration Development 

Company, Globe, Arizona, and spent 

the next 11 years exploring for porphyry 

copper and epithermal deposits 

and strategic metals, primarily in the 

western United States. She spent most 

of her time working on project development, 

coordinating geological studies, 

geochemical and geophysical surveys, 

and directing drilling programs. 

A casualty of the economic downturn 

in the early 1980s, Jean returned 

to school and earned an MS degree in 

economic geology from the University 

of Arizona, where her thesis work 

focused on alteration and fluid inclusion 

studies of the 16 to 1 epithermal 

Ag-Au deposit in central Nevada. To 

pursue a growing interest in fluid evolution 

in porphyry systems, she moved to 

Virginia and began Ph.D. research at 

Virginia Tech. This research culminated 

in a numerical modeling study quantifying 

processes of copper concentration 

in porphyry systems, and analytical work 

that identified processes related to ore 

formation in the Questa, New Mexico, 

porphyry molybdenum system. Four 

years at Tech sealed a desire to continue 

to investigate hydrothermal processes 

that transported and concentrated metals, 

along with an eagerness to return to 

the western US. 

In 1990, on completion of her degree, 

she joined the Geoscience Department 

at the University of Nevada Las Vegas 

(UNLV) as an assistant professor, where 

she has since been promoted to professor. 

In 2003 she was selected as the 

Distinguished Researcher in the UNLV 

College of Science, and she served as 

vice chair (2001) and chair (2005) of 

the Gordon Research Conference on 

hydrothermal ore deposits. Research for 

the last several years focused on Carlintype 

gold deposits, contributing to Jean’s 

expertise on the formation of these 

deposits, and she was invited to be the 

lead author on the Economic Geology 

100th Anniversary Volume 

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Deposits in Nevada, USA: Critical Geo - 

logic Characteristics and Viable Models, 

published in 2005. Most recently, she 

has been a coauthor on a comprehensive 

model describing a magmatic hypothesis 

for the formation of these deposits, 

which was published in Nature Geo - 

science in 2011. 

Jean has been an SEG fellow since 

1983, serving on several SEG committees, 

and she was selected as the Society’s 

International Exchange Lecturer in 

2004. She has been a member of the 

society’s Publication Board and she has 

been an associate editor for the journal, 

Economic Geology, since 2000. 


In the nearly 30 years that I have been 

an SEG member, I have watched the 

Society evolve to become an international 

organization that is now highly 

invested in supporting students who are 

the future of our Society and our profession. 

My vision for SEG is for the 

Society to continue along a path of recognizing 

and supporting, equally, economic 

geologists from all backgrounds 

and ethnicities. 

Our Society is increasingly relevant 

and essential in a world where resource 

consumption is accelerating as populous 

second- and third-world countries 

seek to improve their standards of living 

through increased resource consumption. 

Through our journal, workshops, 

conferences, research support for students 

and lecture series, we will continue 

to contribute to improved resource 

exploration strategies, improved understanding 

of ore deposit processes, and 

advances in mining and mineral processing. 

As we develop new deposits 

and new technologies for discovery, it 

is incumbent upon us to be leaders in 

balancing discovery and development 

of natural resources with ethical behavior 

regarding social and environmental 

needs. We have the opportunity and 

obligation to lead by example and I 

look forward to our Society continuing 

to be a leader in innovative and ethical 

resource exploration and production as 

we move forward into the future. 




THOMAS MONECKE (SEG 2003 FL) 

Thomas completed his 

undergraduate and 

graduate studies at the 

University of Freiberg, 

Germany, which in - 

cluded a year as an ex - 

change student at the 

University of Edinburgh, 

Scotland. After gaining 

work experience at the Office for the 

Environment and Geology of the State 

of Saxony, Thomas commenced a doctoral 

study on a joint research project 

between the Centre for Ore Deposit 

Research at the University of Tasmania, 

Australia, and the University of Freiberg. 

He earned his Ph.D. in 2003 for his 

research on a volcanic-hosted massive 

sulfide deposit in northern Australia. 

Between 2003 and 2008, Thomas conducted 

postdoctoral research on modern 

and ancient gold-rich volcanichydrothermal 

systems at the Geological 

Survey of Canada, the University of 

Ottawa, and the University of Kiel, 

Germany. In 2008, he joined the 

Colorado School of Mines as an assistant 

professor in economic geology. 

Thomas’s main research interests center 

on the formation of precious and base 

metal deposits in modern and ancient, 

submarine and subaerial volcanic arcs, 

as well as volcanic and magmatic controls 

on the location and formation of 

ore deposits in these environments. His 

research includes physical volcanology, 

the study of the evolution of volcanic 

textures during diagenesis, hydrothermal 

alteration, and metamorphism, and 

investigations into fluid-rock and fluidmineral 

interaction in hydrothermal 

environments. Over the past decade, 

Thomas and his research team have 

worked in volcanic terrains ranging from 

the Archean Abitibi greenstone belt in 

Canada to shallow marine hydrothermal 

systems in the Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy. 

The results of his research have been 

published in over 60 journal papers, 

book chapters, government publications, 

and field guides. 

His SEG service includes participation 

in various committees, including the 

SEG Education and Training Committee, 

the SEG Lindgren Award Committee, and 

the Organization Committees of the SEG 

Keystone Conferences in 2010 and 2014. 

Thomas received the SEG’s Waldemar 

Lindgren Award in 2006 for his contributions 

to economic geology. 


One of SEG’s key objectives is to advance 

the science of geology through research 

on mineral deposits and mineral re - 

sources and to promote the transfer of 

basic and applied science into knowledge 

applicable to the advancement of 

exploration and mineral resource extraction. 

As a scientist and educator, I greatly 

respect this objective and the role the 

organization plays in bringing together 

industry, academia, and government to 

advance the science required for making 

discoveries under increasingly deeper 

cover and to develop mineral resources 

in sustainable ways. 

Over the next decade, the objectives 

of SEG will need to be broadened to not 

only further develop the science of economic 

geology, but also to promote and 

facilitate the training and education of 

economic geologists at all levels. The 

demand for geological talent is now so 

acute that the lack of qualified geologists 

becomes a limiting factor for growth of 

the industry. Private sector companies, 

to a large extent, rely on universities to 

produce highly qualified students with 

strong backgrounds in ore deposit geology. 

However, university-based training 

in economic geology is declining in most 

countries around the world as university 

administrations struggle to balance budgets 

and shift resources to other fields of 

science and engineering. The shortage 

of talent not only affects industry, but 

also directly translates into a decreasing 

number of young scientists conducting 

cutting-edge research in economic geology. 

Those academic institutions still 

replacing faculty in economic geology 

and related fields find it increasingly 

difficult to recruit young geologists into 

academic positions to make strategic 

advances in science and to teach the 

next generation of economic geologists. 

Together, as economic geologists and 

SEG members, we will need to find ways 

to reverse this trend of declining training 

and education in economic geology 

and its impacts on science and innovation. 

It is my vision that SEG will take 

up this challenge and become a catalyst 

for the development of new strategies 

of training economic geologists in both, 

university and industry. SEG’s efforts to 

support student education and research, 

coupled with the recent development 

of a curriculum of continued education, 

are essential steps in this direction. 1


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• How to negotiate land and minerals access deals transactions and how to identify and manage nontechnical 

risks in order to make informed decisions, achieve enhanced project economics and maintain 

the commercial and social licenses to operate exploration projects in diverse risk environments. 

The course format utilizes both lecture and workshop and stresses interactive thinking and problem solving. 

Participants will work in teams to design solutions to exploration management challenges and will present their results 

to the larger group. Enrollment may be restricted depending upon the number of applicants. 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? 

This course is ideal for regional and country exploration managers and for senior project managers who are on track 

to move into positions of senior responsibility. It is also appropriate for geoscientists and commercial managers who 

have senior exploration management roles in their futures and for government and academic professionals who interact 

extensively with the mineral exploration industry. 

REGISTRATION & COURSE FEE 

Register at segweb.org/events • SEG Member: US$3,200 • Non-member: US$3,500 

CANCELLATION POLICIES 

Full payment must accompany the registration form. Written cancellations must be received by July 31, 

2012, to receive a refund, less 25% processing fee. After August 10, 2012, all fees are forfeited.


FACULTY 

Jon Hronsky (BAppSci, PhD, MAusIMM, FSEG) 

Jon has more than 25 years of experience in the mineral exploration industry, primarily focused on project generation, 

technical innovation and exploration strategy development. Jon has particular expertise in gold and nickel sulfide 

deposits, but has worked across a diverse range of commodities. His work led to the discovery of the West Musgrave 

nickel sulfide province in Western Australia. Jon joined Western Mining Services as a Principal in 2007 and has subsequently 

consulted to a wide range of major and junior mining companies. Before joining WMS, Jon was Manager- 

Strategy & Generative Services for BHP Billiton Mineral Exploration. Prior to that, he was Global Geoscience Leader for 

WMC Resources Ltd. Jon was SEG Distinguished Lecturer in 2009. 

Bart Suchomel (BA, M.Sc., RPG, FAusIMM, FSEG) 

Bart has over 25 years of experience in mineral exploration, including 14 years in corporate senior management roles. 

He has extensive experience in exploration strategy development and business planning. Bart is a principal in Western 

Mining Services. In this role he has provided assistance to numerous mining and exploration companies in the areas 

of exploration strategy, planning, portfolio management and new project development. Prior to co-founding WMS, Bart 

was General Manager - Exploration for WMC Resources Ltd., responsible for WMC’s global exploration programs including 

near-mine brownfields exploration. Bart is a past President of the SEG Foundation and serves on the SEG Audit 

Committee. 

Jeff Welborn (BA, JD) 

Jeff has 40 years of experience in the mineral exploration industry as a natural resources and mining lawyer and 

teacher, in corporate senior management 

for WMC Resources Ltd, 

and as a co-founder and a principal 

of Western Mining Services. 

His experience includes handling 

a broad range of commercial, 

legal and risk management matters 

that comprise the non-technical 

side of mineral exploration 

and mining globally. Jeff assists 

WMS clients with matters that 

involve commercial strategy, 

planning, deal analysis and negotiation, 

minerals/land access, 

commercial due diligence and 

risk analysis, and commercial 

risk management. 

WMS and the Centre for Exploration Targeting, University of Western Australia (CET), first presented 

this Course in February 2010. Participant reviews and referrals have been so positive 

that the Course has become a semi-annual event with alternating SEG and CET sponsorship. 

This SEG-sponsored Course in August 2012 will be the sixth Course presentation. 

COURSE CURRICULUM 

DAY 1 

DAY 2 

DAY 3 

DAY 4 

• Mineral Exploration 

Principles, Philosophies 

and Culture 

• Mineral Exploration Strategy, 

Business Planning and 

Portfolio Management 

• People in Mineral Exploration 

• Introduction of Exploration 

Strategy Exercise 

• Minerals Access and 

Deal Making 

• Commercial Risk 

Management 


Targeting 

• Introduction of 

Commercial Risk 

Management Exercise 

• Group Discussion 


Targeting (cont.) 


Tactics 

• Group Exercise 

• Commercial Risk 

Management Exercise 

Presentations 

• Exploration Strategy 

Exercise 

Presentations 

• Feedback, Awards 

and Group Discussion 

• Wrap-up


SEPTEMBER 23–26, 2012 



SEG Oral Sessions 

Major Ore Deposits of Latin America 

Ore Deposits of the World and Their Exploration 

SEG-SGA Session: Scientific Research and Ore Deposit Discoveries 

New Porphyry Copper Discoveries and Developments in the Andes 

Argentina 

Chile 

El Pachón (Xstrata) 

Relincho (Teck) 

Caracoles (Antofagasta Minerals) 

Perú 

Conchi (Antofagasta Minerals) 

La Granja (Rio Tinto) 

Los Sulfatos (Anglo American) 

Las Bambas (Xstrata) 

Rio Blanco (Codelco) 

Tia Maria (Southern Copper) El Teniente (Codelco) 

Chimborazo (BHP Billiton) 

SEG Plenary Speakers 

Dan Wood (SEG Distinguished Lecturer): Discovery challenges for deeper ore bodies. 

Richard Sillitoe (SEG International Exchange Lecturer): Porphyry copper provinces. 

Francisco Camus: Metallogeny of the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile and southern Peru. 

Poster sessions 

Posters are integral to SEG Conference. Aiming to foster detailed discussions, formal sessions 

will be held prior to the final plenary talk each day, and posters will be available all the time during 

the three days. Dimensions of poster boards will be published on the conference website.


SEG Short Courses in Lima, Perú 

 

 

 

 

 

Zinc-lead-silver deposits: From magmatic-hydrothermal systems 

to sediment-hosted deposits. 

21-22 September, 2012 

Presenters: 

Lluís Fontboté, University of Geneva, Switzerland 

David Leach, Global Geoscience Consulting, Denver, CO, USA 

Peter Megaw, IMDEX Inc., Tucson, AZ, USA 

Maria Boni, University of Naples, Naples, Italy 

Registration Fees: 

Members ($895), Non-Members ($995), Student Member ($445), 

Student Non-Member ($495) 

Epithermal deposits: Geological characteristics and genetic 

processes for exploration and discovery 


Presenters: 

Stuart Simmons, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA 

Noel White, Consultant, Brisbane, Australia 




Applied structural geology in exploration and mining 


Presenters: 

James Siddorn, SRK Consulting, Toronto, Canada 

Jean Francois Couture, SRK Consulting, Toronto, Canada 


Members ($995), Non-Members ($1,095), Student Member ($495), 


Metallogeny of South America 


Presenters: 

Victor Carlotto, Director of Regional Geology, 

Peruvian Geological Survey (Instituto 

Geológico Minero y Metalúrgico: INGEMMET); 

Department of Geology, University of Cusco 

(UNSAAC), Perú 

Massimo Chiaradia, Section of Earth and 

Environmental Sciences, University of 

Geneva, Switzerland 

Constantino Mpodozis, Antofagasta Minerals, 

Santiago, Chile 

Roberto Perez Xavier, Instituto de Geociências, 

Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNI- 

CAMP), Brazil 


Members ($1,195), Non-Members ($1,295), 

Student Member ($595), Student Non-Member 

($645) 

Skarn deposits 

27 September, 2012 

Presenters: 

Zhaoshan Chang, Economic Geology Research 

Unit, James Cook University, Townsville, 

Australia 

Larry Meinert, U.S. Geological Survey, Chief— 

Mineral Resources Program, Reston, VA, USA 


Members ($695), Non-Members ($795), Student 

Member ($345), Student Non-Member ($395) 

 

 

Exploration geochemistry and geophysics 


Course A: Applied geochemistry: Metals mobility and the 

interpretation of geochemical survey 


Presenters: 

William X. Chávez, Jr., Professor of Geological Engineering, 

New Mexico School of Mines, Socorro, NM, USA 

Course B: Geophysical exploration methods for mining applications 


Presenters: 

José R. Arce, Arce Geofísicos, Lima, Perú 

Jeremy Barrett, Zonge Ingeniería y Geofísica, Chile 

Chris Nind, Scintrex Ltd., Toronto, Canada 

Registration Fees (Available for one or two days): 

Single day: 



Two days: 

Members ($995), Non-Members ($1,095), Student Member ($495), 


Ore reserve estimates in the real world 


Presenter: 

John G. Stone, self-employed, Texas, USA 




SEG Field Trips 

At the time of the July Newsletter publication, all SEG field trips were sold 

out. Wait lists have been created. Thank you for your support! 

Ore deposits of central Perú 

Polymetallic ore districts and porphyry Cu deposits................ 

18-22 September 2012 

Leaders: Ronner Bendezú & Honza Catchpole 

Cajamarca district, Peru: High-sulfidation to porphyry transition 


Leaders: Jeffrey Hedenquist & Anthony Longo 

Southern Peru epithermal deposits.............................................. 


Leaders: Regina Baumgartner, Miguel Rutti, & Alex Santos 

Porphyry and high-sulfidation epithermal gold deposits of the 

Maricunga belt, Chile....................................................................... 

27 September – 2 October, 2012 

Leaders: John Muntean & Jack Pritting 

Raúl-Condestable – IOCG mine located south of Lima, Perú 


Leader: Antoine de Haller 

Orogenic gold deposits, the epithermal-to-porphyry transition, and 

porphyry Au-Cu prospects of central Colombia ........................ 

29 September – 4 October, 2012 

Leaders: Juan Carlos Molano & Guillermo Camargo 

Register at 

NOTE: most trips are to altitudes above 3000 m, and everyone will need altitude 

physical examinations (varying according to deposit). Field trip participants must 

pass the physical, as well as health checks, on arrival at each mine, or they will 

not be allowed on site. 

For course descriptions/details, instructor bios and to register, 

see the website at 

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SEG STUDENT CHAPTER NEWS 

WELCOME NEW SEG 

STUDENT CHAPTERS 

2012 New Student Chapters 

Gangzhou Institute of 

Geochemistry (GIG), China 

Indiana University, USA 

Munich Student Chapter, 

Germany 

Universidad Nacional de San 

Agustin, Peru 

Federal University of Rio Grande 

do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil 

Vision for Geosciences in Bolivia 

at Universi dad Mayor de San 

Andres, Bolivia 

Reactivated Student Chapters 

University of Oregon/ Oregon 

State University, USA 

STUDENT CHAPTER 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

1. Student Chapter 

Annual Reports are 

due September 30 th ! 

2. Student Chapter Funding 

Support, Round II, Application 

deadline October 31st! 

ANNUAL REPORTS 

Student Chapter Annual Reports are due September 30, 2012; Annual Reports 

should be submitted to studentprograms@segweb.org along with an updated 

Student Chapter Membership Information Form! Both of these forms can be 

found at: www.segweb.org/StudentChapterGuidelines. 

Round II 2012 Student Chapter Funding Proposal 

Submission Deadline is October 31, 2012! 

The application can be found at: 

www.segweb.org/pdf/forms/Student-Chapter-Funding-Guidelines-Form.pdf. 

Please note that in order for your application to be accepted, your SEG Student 

Chapter: 

 

 

 

 

must be active 

must have submitted an Annual Report by the September 30, 2012 deadline 

must have submitted an updated Student Chapter Membership Information 

Form with the Annual Report 

must meet ALL other eligibility requirements as outlined in the Student 

Chapter Guidelines 

Beginning in 2012, Student Chapter Funds will be disbursed from the SEG 

Stewart R. Wallace Fund; proposals for funding should focus on field-based 

educational chapter activities. 

Well-constructed and thoughtful applications may be successful in receiving as 

much as US$1,500.00 (possibly more, for exceptional applications). The 2012 

budget brings an increase in available funds for those student chapters submitting 

successful applications. We encourage all chapters to seriously consider the 

assessment criteria used by the Student Affairs Committee in planning your 

activities to ensure the best chance of receiving the highest level of funding. 

The assessment criteria are clearly stated on the Student Chapter Funding Form. 

Visit: www.segweb.org/StudentChapterGuidelines for more details. 

Contact studentprograms@segweb.org with any questions and to report chapter 

revisions and updates. 

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Society of Economic Geologists Foundation 

Student-Dedicated Field Course • Iberian Pyrite Belt 

May 12–18, 2012 

WILLIAM X. CHÁVEZ, JR. (SEG 1990 F) AND ERICH U. PETERSEN (SEG 1986 F) 

The Society of Economic Geologists 

Foundation held its ninth Student- 

Dedicated Field Course, with emphasis 

on the regional characteristics of volcanogenic 

massive sulfide (VMS) systems 

of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB). Sixteen 

students, representing eight countries, 

as well as four professionals serving as 

mentors to the students, participated in 

the field course. The importance of 

these offerings to the SEG Foundation 

mission to provide opportunities for 

students to observe ore deposits features 

first-hand is reflected in the fact that 

more than 50 students applied for this 

course, as well a dozen professionals. 

Starting in Lisboa, we traveled along 

the strike of the IPB across Portugal and 

Spain, arriving in the Arecena area for 

our first visit: the mid-1990s discovery 

comprising the Las Cruces VMS system. 

Producing approximately 72 kt/yr of 

cathode copper, Las Cruces is one of 

the largest copper mines in Europe, and 

our discussions centered on the discovery 

history of the deposit, as well as the 

advantages of copper recovery using 

hydrometallurgical methods, one of the 

few mines in the IPB to do so. 

Aguas Teñidas, a polymetallic VMS 

system producing Cu, Zn, and Pb concentrates 

from massive and stockworkstyle 

ores, was our next visit, and provided 

the opportunity for participants 

to observe variations in VMS 

ore styles and metal contents. 

Ore production is from a series 

of underground orebodies, each 

having distinct metal contents 

and metal ratios; by means of 

these, we were introduced to 

the complexities of ore segregating 

and processing, and the 

necessity of producing highquality 

concentrates for competitive 

marketing. Review of 

core provided the opportunity 

to see sedimentary features 

that characterize the ore-host 

Devonian-age rock units of the 

Aguas Teñidas mine area. 

Traveling back to Portugal 

along the southern part of the 

belt, our following visit was to 

the largest metal-producing 

mine in western Europe, the 

polymetallic Neves Corvo 

mine operated by Lundin 

(SOMINCOR). Partici pants 

were split into two groups, 

with one group visiting the 

underground mine, while 

another toured the extensive 

concentrator operations; 

this division allowed 

students to see the de tailed 

mine-to-mill operations 

that process complex ores 

derived from more than 80 

underground faces. We 

learned that infill drill hole 

spacings of 17.5 m were 

necessary to effectively 

understand ore grade and 

metal distributions, making 

Neves Corvo one of the most densely 

drilled orebodies in the world. 

The Aljustrel mine, representing the 

westernmost producing ore district in 

the IPB, is a polymetallic Cu-Zn VMS 

system that currently produces approximately 

70kt/yr of copper concentrates; 

formerly emphasizing zinc production 

and potential, the Aljustrel mine now is 

the second largest producer of copper 

in the Portugal section of the belt. Out 

visit involved both underground and 

concentrator visits, reinforcing the need 

to understand both complex mine geology 

and ore metallurgical characteristics 

Field course participants listen to Joáo Matos of the 

Portuguese Geological Survey describe local stratigraphy 

near the westernmost known margin of the IPB in Portugal. 

Joáo is describing the local VMS environment on properties 

being explored by Paul Kuhn and the Avrupa Minerals- 

Participants listen to a geology presentation at the Aguas 

Teñidas polymetallic VMS mine, southwestern Spain. All IPB 

mines provided detailed discussions of regional and mine geology, 

emphasizing the stratigraphic occurrences of massive sulfides 

and regional structural considerations. 

in order to produce a market-competitive 

ore concentrate. 

Our final day was spent reviewing 

exploration characteristics of the IPB, 

with a visit to the Avrupa Minerals 

exploration programs near the westernmost 

known margin of the belt, in the 

Lousal-Grándola area. Paul Kuhn and 

the Avrupa Minerals exploration team 

discussed exploration ideas and concepts 

within this section of the belt and 

included a visit to an exploration drill 

rig testing the stratigraphic sequence 

known to host VMS bodies in the Lousal 

region. Following the exploration review, 

Joáo Matos of the Portugal Geological 

Survey conducted a visit to the Lousal 

Life Science Center at the former Lousal 

pyrite mine. The Portuguese government 

and Survey have converted the 

former mine area into an educational 

center, discussing the importance of 

mining, the environment, and regional 

sustainability issues. Joáo discussed the 

complexities of this portion of the IPB, 

and recent advances in understanding 

the tectonostratigraphic nature of the 

sedimentary sequences in this region, 

especially the ore-host horizons. 

Our traditional farewell dinner, back 

in Lisboa, allowed participants to review 

our visits to the IPB and to establish contacts 

for future discussions and continued 

professional-student interactions. These 

end-of-course dinners also provide the 

opportunity for the SEGF 

to present certificates to 

Antofagasta Minerals joint venture exploration team. to page 34 ... 

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SEGF Student-Dedicated Field Course • Iberian Pyrite Belt (Continued) 

STUDENT NEWS 

each participant as documentation of 

their participation in these field courses. 

We wish to express our sincere thanks 

to each of the mine and exploration staff 

who supported our requests for mine 

tours, and who spent time organizing our 

site visits. Without their assistance and 

time, such field courses would not be possible, 

and we are grateful to the companies 

and teams at each mine operation. 

The Denver Region Exploration 

Geologists Society (DREGS) provided 

student support for our collective meals, 

allowing students and professionals to 

discuss observations and experiences in 

a casual setting while enjoying excellent 

local cuisine. The four professional participants 

also provided additional financial 

support for student meals, including 

the provision of beer and wine at our 

farewell dinner (giving greater impact 

to their savvy commentaries). 

Iberian Pyrite Belt field course participants at Avrupa Minerals-Antofagasta Minerals joint venture prospect 

near Lousal, Portugal, with a diamond core drill rig in background. In addition to mine visits, exploration 

approaches to IPB prospects were discussed, culminating in this final day’s visit to properties near the westernmost 

known VMS prospects. 

On behalf of the student and professional 

participants, we would like to 

offer special thanks to Borden Putnam, 

John Thoms, and Vicky Sternicki for 

their logistical support in making everything 

seamless once again for students 

and professionals—without their efforts, 

the organization and implementation 

of these courses would be impossible. 

Finally, we would like to thank the 

SEG Foundation and the donors to the 

Student Field Course Fund for their 

enormous and continued financial support 

of this latest field course. Since 

2007, when the first SEGF Student- 

Dedicated Field Course was offered, 

more than 150 students and more than 

40 professionals have been able to visit 

classic ore districts, and to do so in the 

presence of professional geologists who 

share with students their time-tested 

experiences as economic geologists. As 

instructors, we look forward to continuing 

this tradition later this year, with 

the next Student-Dedicated Field Course 

to examine porphyry systems of southern 

Peru. 1 

Mineral Deposits Studies Group 

ANNOUNCEMENT 

The 36th Annual Winter Meeting of the MDSG will take place on 

2-4 January 2013, 

hosted by the Department of Geology, University of Leicester, UK. 

Strategic metal supply to the UK 

Crustal to micro-scale controls on gold deposits 

New developments/discoveries in exploration 

Presentations from students and industry 

are particularly encouraged 

Richard Sillitoe 

(SEG Traveling Exchange lecturer) 

Tony Naldrett (University of the Witwatersrand) 

Richard Goldfarb (USGS) 

For further information, contact Dave Holwell. Email: mdsg2013@gmail.com Tel: +44 (0)116 252 3804 

www.mdsg.org.uk www.le.ac.uk/gl/mdsg2013 Twitter: @MDSG2013


University of British Columbia Student Chapter 

Philippines Field Trip 

The University of British Columbia 

(UBC) SEG student chapter organized a 

14-day field trip to the island of Luzon 

in the Philippines. The 18 participants 

included nine UBC students, seven 

members of industry, and two students 

from the University of the Philippines. 

The purpose of the trip was to examine 

the metallogenic districts of Luzon 

within a broader tectonic setting. 

Participants first visited the 

Philippine Institute of Volcanology and 

Seismology (PHIVOLCS) for introductory 

talks, given by Art Daag and Jane 

Punongbayan, on geohazards focused 

on some of the field trip’s upcoming 

destinations—Mt. Pinatubo and Taal 

Volcano. These were followed by a tour 

of the national seismic monitoring station. 

At the National Institute of 

The smelting process at Acupan gold mine, 

Baguio district, Luzon, was a memorable sight 

for attendees. 

Geological Sciences 

(NIGS), talks on the 

tectonics and metallogeny 

of Luzon 

were delivered by 

Prof. Carlo Arcilla 

and Assoc. Prof. 

Mario Aurelio. 

After camping 

within the crater 

formed during the 

catastrophic 1991 

Mt. Pinatubo plinian 

eruption, the group 

visited Coto chro - 

mite mine of the 

Zambales Ophiolite 

Complex, guided 

by Andy Torres. A 

visit to the Santa 

Cruz nickel operations 

was hosted by 

Gerry Miranda. The 

first underground 

mine visit in the Baguio district (see 

Economic Geology, Dec 2011) was to the 

Philex Mines Santo Tomas II porphyry 

copper-gold deposit, where we went on 

underground and open pit tours, led by 

geologist Napoleon Villanueva. 

A visit to the intermediate-sulfidation 

epithermal Acupan mine was 

hosted by Tom Malihan and guided 

underground by Alvess Rantos. In the 

Benguet district, a visit to Lepanto was 

hosted by Craig Feebrey, Peter Dunkley, 

and Guillaume Lesage of Goldfields. 

Later, industry participant John 

Thompson gave a series of talks to the 

group outlining the genetic and spatial 

relationship between porphyry and epithermal 

systems, as seen at Lepanto. 

After driving to the southern 

Batangas district, the group visited the 

UBC students and staff pose with Taal Volcano serving as a scenic backdrop. 

Taysan porphyry copper-gold deposit, 

facilitated by Geoff Boswell. A final visit 

to MRL Gold’s Batangas prospect—an 

early-stage exploration project—was 

accommodated by Edsel Abrasaldo and 

hosted by Bail Lab-oyan. 

Although this was the end of the 

economic portion of the field trip, there 

were still opportunities for interesting 

geology. While snorkeling, the group 

examined active carbonate reef deposition 

and associated aquatic fauna. The 

final day included a visit to the 

PHIVOLCS volcanic/seismic monitoring 

center before boating across the Taal 

caldera lake to the active Taal crater 

and observing young basaltic aa flows 

and active fumaroles. 1 

Contributed by Ben Hames 

President, UBC SEG Student Chapter 

STUDENT NEWS 

PAUL W. KUHN 

President 

paulk@avrupaminerals.com 

www.avrupaminerals.com 

Direct: +351-253274070 Portugal mobile: +351-925972240 

Fax: +351-253615041 U.S. mobile: +1-509-990-6786 


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CODES Student Chapter 

STUDENT NEWS 

Field Trip — South Africa 

and Botswana 

In April 2012, the participants of the 

CODES SEG student chapter field trip 

visited the mineral deposits of South 

Africa and Botswana. The trip was led 

by Ross Large, David Hutchinson, and 

Chris Large of CODES. It began with a 

visit to the deepest mine in the world, 

AngloGold Ashanti’s Mponeng mine, 

where the group travelled down 3.2 km 

to see active mining of the Ventersdorp 

Contact Reef (VCR). This was followed 

by a trip to the core yard, where several 

examples of the VCR and the Carbon 

Leader Reef were closely examined and 

the sedimentology and mineralogy 

were explained in detail by Ross Large 

and by Rob Burnett of AngloGold 

Ashanti. The next destination was 

Lonmin’s Marikana core yard to see the 

world-class PGE mineralization of the 

Merensky and UG2 reefs of the 

Bushveld complex. The following day 

the group crossed the border into 

Botswana and travelled to Francistown. 

Based in Francistown, the students 

and industry participants visited the 

Mupane gold mine, Mokobaesi uranium 

prospect, Pheonix nickel mine, 

Trip participants and hosts pose at the Mupane gold mine. 

Selebhi-Phikwe nickel-copper mine and 

the Mowana copper mine. 

The trip ended with a game drive 

into the Okavango Delta, where we saw 

hundreds of elephants, lions with their 

cubs, and a wide range of other African 

wildlife. 

We would like to thank the mines we 

visited: AngloGold Ashanti, Lonmin, Tati 

Nickel, Galane Gold, A-Cap Resources, 

BCL, African Copper and Discovery 

Metals and our sponsors Barrick, Anglo 

Gold Ashanti, Teck Resources, Data 

Metalogenica and CODES for their support. 

We also thank our industry participants, 

representing AngloGold Ashanti, 

Rio Tinto, First Quantum Minerals, and 

Keiron Munro for their support. 1 

Contributed by Dan Gregory, CODES 

SEG student chapter president 

CODES Short Courses 

As part of the 2012 CODES SEG studentindustry 

trip to South Africa and Bots - 

wana, two short courses were organized. 

The first course was on gold, with an 

emphasis on the Witswatersrand basin 

in Johannesburg; the second was on the 

geology of Botswana in Francistown. 

Ross Large presents at the Botswana geology short course. 

The gold short course was presented 

on April 25 in conjunction with the 

South Africa SEG student chapter. Par - 

ticipants included undergraduate and 

postgraduate students, academics and 

industry professionals. The course started 

with an introduction to South African 

geology and 

metallogeny by 

Nic Buekes of 

the University 

of Johannesburg, 

followed by a de - 

scription of the 

Witwatersrand 

basin and exploration 

within 

the basin by 

Morris Viljoen of 

the Univer sity 

of Witwaters - 

rand. In the 

afternoon more 

detailed studies 

and new techniques 

em ployed 

in studying the 

Witwatersrand 

Basin were presented by Nic Beukes, 

Bradley Guy (UJ), Rob Burnett (Anglo 

Gold Ashanti), and Ross Large (CODES). 

In the evening, the South Africa SEG 

student chapter hosted a braai to welcome 

the student and industry participants 

of the trip. 

The geology of Botswana course was 

held on April 29 in conjunction with 

the Botswana Geoscientist Association. 

The day started with a discussion on 

the mineral potential and licensing 

requirements in Botswana by a geological 

survey representative. The opening 

talk was followed by a series of presentations 

focussed on the deposits found 

in and around Botswana, ranging from 

coal to base metals to gold. 

We would like to thank the South 

Africa SEG student chapter and the 

Botswana Geoscientist Association for 

the logistical and financial support in 

organising these short courses. We 

would also like to thank our industry 

sponsors Anglogold Ashanti, Teck 

Resources, and Barrick Gold for their 

support. 1 

Contributed by Dan Gregory, CODES


Colorado School of Mines Student Chapter 

Abitibi Field Course 

In May, Colorado School of Mines 

offered a two-week graduate-level field 

school to study the metal-endowed 

Abitibi greenstone belt of northern 

Ontario and Quebec. Twelve students 

from CSM, one student from University 

of Ottawa, and several geologists from 

Gold Fields, the sponsor of the field trip, 

were given the opportunity to learn 

about Archean greenstone architecture, 

volcanic-hosted massive sulfides, and 

orogenic gold deposits. Professors 

Thomas Monecke (CSM) and Mark 

Hannington (University of Ottawa) led 

the exemplary field course. Through 

mapping of key outcrops, logging of 

exploration drill core, and guided tours 

of underground and open pit mines, 

participants had to the opportunity to 

learn the fundamentals of exploration 

geology and mine production. 

In the town of Cobalt, Ontario, participants 

learned about structural controls 

on the formation of silver veins and 

how to identify the variety of Archean 

rock types present in the region. Next 

we visited the Timmins gold camp of 

northern Ontario, the largest known 

Archean orogenic lode gold camp. While 

establishing the camp stratigraphy, we 

mapped komatiite flows with some of 

the world’s finest spinifex texture and 

studied ancient submarine volcanic rocks. 

Moving east, we learnt more about the 

Archean subaerial successor basins in 

Kirkland Lake and what it means to 

map some truly deformed volcanic 

rocks. More volcanology awaited us in 

Rouyn-Norand, where we spent several 

days mapping the host-rock successions 

of synvolcanic massive sulfides. 

Abitibi field trip participants on a exposed volcaniclastic sequence near the Horne mine, Noranda, 

Quebec. 

In addition to learning about 

Archean geology, we had the unique 

opportunity to visit and study several 

world-class base and precious metal 

mines throughout the region. Goldcorp 

allowed access to its Dome underground 

operation in Timmins. Xstrata 

Copper organized a core logging exercise, 

allowing us to establish the mine 

stratigraphy of the Kidd Creek massive 

sulfide deposit. We visited the Potter 

mine and looked at some of the exploration 

core with David Gamble. Patrick 

Mercier-Langevin, of the Geological 

Survey of Canada, gave a tour of 

Agnico-Eagle’s LaRonde-Penna mine, 

which included mapping and core logging 

exercises aimed at teaching us how 

to discover a gold-rich massive sulfide 

deposit. Lastly, Osisko gave a tour of 

their intrusion-centered Malartic 

deposit, which included a visit to their 

giant open pit to view operations, followed 

by a tour of their brand new core 

facilities and a viewing of the discovery 

core. 

We would like to express our appreciation 

to all of our tour leaders for 

their time and generous contributions 

to the field school. Specifically, we 

thank Gold Fields, the L’Institut 

Canadien des Mines, de la Métallurgie 

et du Pétrole, and the CSM Geology 

and Geological Engineering Department 

for their generous sponsorship of the 

field course. 1 

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Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Student Chapter 

STUDENT NEWS 

Field Trip to Jiaodong Peninsula 

The Institute of Geology and Geophysics, 

Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGGCAS) 

SEG student chapter organized its first 

field trip (May 6–10), highlighted by a 

visit to two giant Au deposits, the Jiaojia 

The underground lounge at Jiao gold mine. From left to right: Mingjian 

Cao, Mingjun Tian, Yu Zhang, Zhiyuan Li, Engineer from Mining Company, 

Kuifeng Yang, Yachun Cai. 

and Linglong deposits, which are disseminated-type 

and quartz-vein gold 

deposits, respectively. Additionally, the 

Sanshandao gold deposit and granites of 

Jiaojia and Linglong were investigated 

along the way. The main purpose of this 

trip was to help students to understand 

the geological 

features of disseminated-type 

and quartz-vein 

gold deposits 

and differences 

between these 

types of deposits, 

and to broaden 

their understanding 

of hydrothermal 

deposits. 

The field trip 

was led by Dr. 

Kuifeng Yang, 

associate professor 

at IGGCAS. Five 

Ph.D. candidate 

student chapter 

Several members of the group pose during an 

investigation of Jiaojia granite. From left to 

right: Yachun Cai, Mingjian Cao, Mingjun Tian, 

and Zhiyuan Li. 

members attended the field trip. Engi - 

neers from Jiao Mining Company 

hosted the group and gave an introduction 

to the Jiao deposit, and also led the 

group on a tour of the underground 

orebody. 1 

Leicester Student Chapter 

Second Annual SEG 

Student Chapter Symposium 

Following the success of its first sympo - 

sium held in 2011, the Leicester student 

chapter hosted the Second Annual SEG 

Student Chapter Symposium in February, 

this year on the theme of sustainable 

development. Leicester welcomed students 

from chapters all over the UK to 

the Symposium, which focused on sustainable 

development in mineral exploration 

and how companies need to consider 

sociopolitical and environmental 

issues when undertaking exploration 

and mining projects. 

Keynote speaker Sarah Gordon, from 

AngloAmerican, gave an exciting talk 

entitled “Sustainable Mining: Reality or 

Spin.” Other guest speakers at the 

Symposium included Jack Lunnon and 

Andy Rodgers from MICROMINE, John 

Menzies from CMI Capital, and Daniel 

Smith from the University of Leicester, 

who presented the beginning of his 

afternoon workshop with a talk on 

“Sustaining Supply and Sustainable 

Development.” Mark Davis also 

attended as a guest of the chapter and 

represented SRK Exploration Services. 

During the first of two workshops, 

students worked in groups to identify a 

deposit using hand specimens, stream 

Students in the exploration workshop had the 

opportunity to analyze data and make decisions 

about exploration during project simulations. 

sediment, and soil geochemistry data. 

They also constructed geological maps 

and cross sections of the project area, 

and made recommendations for the next 

stages of exploration, gaining experience 

and skills in exploration techniques and 

decision making. Guest speakers acted 

as consultants throughout the exercise. 

Daniel Smith led the second interactive 

workshop, with groups having to 

extract vital information from various 

governmental groups including the 

Ministry of Mines, Commerce, and 

Environment, to determine whether 

“Cobrespuccia Mining Ltd.” would be 

allowed to mine their deposit in what 

was designed as a notoriously corrupt 

example Republic, an exercise designed 

to mimic the kind of situation they 

could come across in industry. 

The event was generously sponsored 

by the Society of Economic Geologists, 

ArcelorMittal UK, Barrick, SRK Explora - 

tion Services, MICROMINE and our in - 

dustrial sponsor, Helio Resources Corp. 

Students enjoy the Dartmoor sun after touring 

local mining sites. 

Field Trip News 

Richard Scrivener took a group on a 

tour of historic and future mining sites 

around the Dartmoor area of Devon 

that first visited the world-class 

Hemerdon tungsten mine, owned by 

Wolf Minerals. The final stop on the 

trip was the historic Birch Tor and 

Vitifer Sn mine, where the earliest 

workings are not known, but it is supposed 

that the veins were located by 

the medieval tin streamers in tracing 

placer deposits to their source. 1 

Contributed by Kristen Morgan


Dalhousie University Student Chapter 

Field Trip to the PotashCorp 

and Xstrata Mines 

On February 2, five students from the 

Dalhousie University SEG student chapter 

embarked on a two-day trip from 

Halifax, Nova Scotia, to visit the Potash 

Corp potash mine in Sussex, NB, followed 

by a visit to the Pb-Zn mine outside 

Bathurst, NB. The trip was undertaken 

in conjunction with a group of 15 

engineering students and two instructors 

from the Mineral and Resource Engineer - 

ing Department at DAL; this is a yearly 

trip for the engineering students and we 

were very pleased to be invited along. 

While much of trip was geared more 

toward the engineering aspects of mining, 

both mines had geologists on staff. 

Our trip began at 3 a.m. in order to 

time our arrival at Sussex with a shift of 

workers going down the mine shaft. The 

entire group was allowed underground 

A group of students, geologists, and engineers 

pose underground at PotashCorp in Sussex, 

NB. 

in a single shift and were taken on a 

guided truck tour of the different areas 

of the mine, where we were allowed to 

leave the vehicles and explore a bit. 

The following morning we again had 

an early start at the Xstrata-owned 

Brunswick mine, arriving at 7 a.m. to 

coincide with a scheduled shift change. 

The mine is currently in a winding-down 

phase with plans to cease major operations 

in early 2013 after 49 years of production 

in one of the largest underground 

mining operations in the world. 

We thank the SEG and the DAL Earth 

Sciences department who provided us 

with significant funding in order to 

undertake this. We also thank Dr. Don 

Jones and Dr. John Hill, from the DAL 

Mineral and Resource Engineering department, 

the leaders of the trip, for planning 

and coordinating trip activities, as 

well as the engineering students who 

attended. Finally, we thank PotashCorp 

and Xstrata for arranging these guided 

tours and allowing us to visit. 1 

Contributed by Kyle Landry 



STUDENT NEWS 

The University of Nevada, Reno Student Chapter 

Field Trip to Turkey 

The University of Nevada, Reno student 

chapter recently completed an 11-day 

field trip through western Turkey. The 

focus of the trip was on exploring a relatively 

new and diverse metallogenic 

province that before the early 1990s 

was not open to foreign companies. We 

visited three producing mines and two 

exploration projects with a variety of 

deposit types that included porphyry 

Cu-Au, porphyry Au, and epithermal 

Au-Ag. We also visited several historic 

sites, including the ancient city of Troy 

and the Roman ruins at Pergamon. 

After flying to Istanbul and enjoying 

a day of sightseeing the group took a 

ferry across the Sea of Marmara to the 

town of Bandirma, and then drove west 

to Çanakkale, on the banks of the Dar - 

danelles. The next morning we headed 

southeast toward Teck Resources’ Halilağa 

porphyry Cu-Au exploration project. We 

were greeted by the staff and taken to 

several outcrops to look at the leached 

capping of the porphyry system. When 

we returned the staff had laid out four 

complete drill holes so that we could 

see the classic porphyry alteration zoning 

and mineralization of the deposit. 

Our next stop was down the coast of 

the Aegean to Bergama. After the standard 

Turkish breakfast of olives, salami, 

yogurt, and bread, we headed just outside 

of town to the Ovacık gold mine. 

Field trip participants tour Kişladağ, Tüprag’s porphyry-Au system in Uşak, Turkey. 

Ovacık is a low-sulfidation epithermal 

system and was the first gold mine in 

the region to be discovered by modern 

exploration techniques. After leaving 

Ovacık we headed back into Bergama to 

visit the Roman ruins at Pergamon. 

Next, we headed off to the Efemçukuru 

low-sulfidation epithermal deposit 

owned by the Turkish subsidiary of 

Eldorado Gold, Tüprag. Our next tour 

was the Au porphyry system Kişladağ, 

which is located about 1 hour southwest 

of the town of Uşak. Also owned 

by Tüprag, Kişladağ is the largest gold 

mine in Turkey, with an annual production 

of ~250,000 oz. Mineralization 

is hosted within a set of four nested 

alkali porphyritic intrusions that cut a 

series of quartz latite lava flows and volcaniclastics. 

Next, we drove northeast 

toward the Akarca project, a low-sulfidation 

epithermal system owned by 

Eurasian Minerals and Centera Gold. 

The deposit is located within Miocene 

to Pliocene basin sediments which overlie 

Paleozoic schists, limestones, and 

Paleocene granites. 

We thank our sponsors and industry 

participants who covered the student 

costs and made it possible for us to go 

on this amazing trip. 1 

Contributed by Tyler Baril


2012 Student Research Grant Awards 

STUDENT NEWS 

The Society of Economic Geologists 

Foundation (SEGF) and the SEG 

Canada Foundation (SEGCF) are pleased 

to announce the Student Research 

Grant awards for 2012. This year the 

SEGF received 96 eligible grant applications. 

Of the applications received, 

57 were selected to receive funding: 

US$116,312.00 and CAN$67,950.00 will 

be distributed in student grant awards. 

These grants will assist students with 

field and laboratory expenses for thesis 

research on mineral deposits as required 

for graduate degrees at accredited universities. 

Grants are awarded on a competitive 

basis and are available to students 

worldwide. 

This year’s successful candidates 

attend 38 different universities in 10 

countries and distributed as follows: 

United States – 16, Canada – 15, 

Australia – 12, China – 4, UK – 3, 

Argentina – 2, Slovakia – 2, and one 

each from Japan, Poland and Spain. 

The awards are listed in the following format: 

grant recipient, dollar amount (in U.S. 

dollars unless otherwise designated), university, 

country, degree, and project 

name/area. 

Hugh E. McKinstry Student Research 

Awards are granted to students whose 

projects involve studies of mines or ore 

districts; topical studies toward improved 

understanding of ore genesis; and 

experimental research in field applications. 

This year there are 32 recipients: 

Hannah Aird, $3,250, Duke 

University, USA, Ph.D.; A study of 

the accessory mineral assemblages of 

the Stillwater Complex, Montana. 

Elena Andreeva, $1,000, Hokkaido 

University, Japan, Ph.D.; Characteris - 

tics of gold mineralization at the 

Aginskoe deposit and surrounding 

area in the Central Kamchatka, Russia. 

Heidi Berkenbosch, $2,000, Univer - 

sity of Tasmania, Australia, Ph.D.; 

Geochemical evolution of Brothers 

submarine volcano hydrothermal 

system, Kermadec arc. 

Lauren E. Colwell, $3,000, University 

of Wyoming, USA, M.Sc.; Titanite’s 

chemical connection to the hydrothermal 

system in ocean crust: Impli - 

cations for future mineral resources. 

Rodrigo Ignacio Escobar, $2,000, 

Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 

Argentina, Ph.D.; Geology and genesis 

of the Ba-Sr deposits related to the 

Cretaceous sequence between the 

Bajada del Agrio and Chos Malal 

localities, Neuquén Province. 

Jaclyn Ferraro, $3,250, University of 

Iowa, USA, M.Sc.; Evaluating Struc - 

tural controls on mineralization in 

the Couer d’Alene district through 

structural and ESBD Analysis, USA. 

Andrew Peter George Fowler, $2,000, 

University of California, Davis, USA, 

M.Sc.; Detrital rutile in the Au-bearing 

Moeda Formation, Minas Gerais, 

Brazil, Rare earth element concentrations 

in geothermal fluids from Ice - 

landic geothermal systems, Iceland. 

Maria Cecilia Gallard Esquivel, 

$1,500, Universidad Nacional de San 

Luis, Argentina, Ph.D.; Metallogenesis 

and palaeovolcanology of La Carolina 

gold-bearing district, San Luis, 

Argentina. 

Maria de las Nieves Gómez 

Miguélez, $3,000, Instituto Geo - 

lógica y Minero de España, Spain, 

Ph.D.; Geochemical evolution of Las 

Cruces massive sulphide supergene 

alteration, Seville, Spain. 

Erik Hanson, $3,250, Southern 

Illinois University, USA, M.Sc.; The 

origin and REE investigation of the 

Sparks Hill and Chamberlain diatremes 

near Hick’s Dome in southeastern 

Illinois, USA. 

Ana-Sophie Hensler, $3,000, Univer - 

sity of Western Australia, Australia/ 

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 

Brazil, Ph.D.; The genesis of hypogene 

(hard ore) iron ore types in the Iron 

Quadrangle, with specific emphasis 

on their P-T-X-t conditions of formation, 

Brazil. 

Mark Leatherman, $3,500, Indiana 

University, Bloomington, USA, Ph.D.; 

Emplacement mechanisms of country 

rock hosted massive Ni-Cu-PGE 

magmatic sulfides in the Tamarack 

deposit, Minnesota and the Eagle 

deposit, northern Michigan, USA. 

Pilar Lecumberri Sanchez, $4,000, 

Virginia Tech, USA, Ph.D.; Spatial 

and temporal evolution of fluids 

related with alteration and mineralization 

at Red Mountain, AZ, USA. 

Xuan Liu, $3,250, Institute of Geol - 

ogy and Geophysics, China Academy 

of Sciences, China, Ph.D.; Formation 

and preservation of the mid-Jurassic 

porphyry copper systems in Dexing, 

SE China: Insights from geo-/thermochronological 

studies, China. 

Matt McGloin, $3,250, Monash Uni - 

versity, Australia, Ph.D.; The genesis of 

U-REE mid-crustal systems and their 

links to IOCG deposits, Australia. 

Andrea McHugh, $2,685, New 

Mexico Tech, USA, M.Sc.; Genesis of 

Navidad Hill deposit, Argentina: Vein 

paragenesis and stable isotope geochemistry 

of a low-sulfidation epithermal 

Ag-Pb-Cu deposit, Argentina. 

Rebecca Morris, $1,000, New Mexico 

Tech, USA, M.Sc.; The relationship of 

alteration zoning to mineralization 

at Chilito copper porphyry deposit, 

Gila County, Arizona, USA. 

Demian Nelson, $2,350, University 

of California, San Diego, USA, B.S. 

Honors; Precious metal mineralization 

in chromitites from the Stillwater, 

Bushveld, Muskox and Rum maficultramafic 

layered intrusions, USA, 

South Africa, Scotland. 

Patrick J. Newman, $750, University 

of Akron, USA Canada, M.Sc.; Work 

budget estimation of self-affine faults: 

A theoretical and applied approach, 

USA. 

Laurie Christine O’Neill, $1,000, Uni - 

versity of Texas at Austin, USA, M.Sc.; 

Rare earth element mineralization 

associated with the Paleogene Round 

Top Laccolith, West Texas, USA. 

Daniel Parvaz, $1,000, University of 

Exeter, UK, Ph.D.; Development of 

geochemical methods for targeting 

lower environmental impact secondary 

copper deposits in the 

Troodos Massif, Cyprus. 

Jorge Perez, $1,000, University of 

California, San Diego, USA, M.Sc.; 

Establishing the sources, timing, and 

structural controls on epithermal Au 

mineralization at the Fire Creek 

property, northern Nevada rift, USA. 

Marián Petrák, $2,500, Comenius 

University, Slovakia, Ph.D.; Geochem - 

ical stability of tailing impoundment 

material with calculation of mineral re - 

serves (Locality Markušovce, Slovakia). 

Brendon Rolfe-Betts, $3,250, Leicester 

University, UK, Ph.D.; The petrogenesis 

and metallogenesis of Western 

Milos, Greece; an integrated approach 

to understand hydrothermal activity 

in a submarine-to-subaerial volcanic 

environment. 

Roland Seubert, $4,000, Monash Uni - 

versity, Australia, Ph.D.; Petrogenesis 

and Ni-Cu-PGE potential of the Giles 

Complex, west Musgrave province, 

central Australia. 

Ali Sholeh, $3,000, University of Tas - 

mania, Australia, Ph.D.; Geology, geo - 

chemistry, geochronology and evolution 

of epithermal gold mineralization 

system in Bazman area, Southeastern 

Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic arc. 

Edward Spencer, $4,000, Imperial 

College London, UK, Ph.D.; Molyb - 

denum (Mo) speciation and transport 

in porphyry ore systems.


Martin Stevko, $3,000, Comenius 

University, Slovakia, Ph.D.; Sn-W-Ta- 

Nb mineralisation in granites near 

Gemerská Poloma, Košice Region, 

Slovakia. 

Chen M. Wei, $2,100, University of 

Hong Kong, China, Ph.D.; In-situ U- 

Pb and trace element analyses of 

accessory minerals in the Lala ironcopper 

deposit, southwest China. 

Scott Williamson, $3,000, Southern 

Illinois University, USA, M.Sc.; Age, 

ore mineralogy, and igneous association 

of the Shafter carbonate-hosted 

Ag-Pb-Zn deposit, Texas, USA. 

Selina Wu, $3,050, University of 

Tasmania, Australia, Ph.D.; volcanic 

hosted massive sulfide deposits in 

the Que-Hellyer Volcanics, Western 

Tasmania, Australia. 

Dayu Zhang, $3,000, Hefei University 

of Technology, China, Ph.D.; The 

geological and geochemical study on 

the Qiatekaer Cu-Ni occurrence in 

Eastern Tianshan, Northwest China. 

Newmont Student Research Grants 

are awarded to facilitate economic geology 

research, with a primary interest in 

gold. There are three recipients for 2012: 

Stephanie Mills, $5,000, Monash, 

Australia, Ph.D.; Formation of intrusion-hosted 

gold deposits, Jiaodong 

Peninsula, China. 

Catherine Nyakecho, $5,000, Univer - 

sity of Western Australia, Australia, 

M.Sc.; Gold prospectivity analyses of 

selected gold camps in Uganda. 

Christian Schindler, $5,000, Univer - 


Ph.D.; Petrogenesis of intrusive rocks 

in the Telfer region, Paterson orogen, 

Western Australia: Implications for 

gold mineralization. 

The Hugo Dummett Mineral Discovery 

Fund supports applied economic geology 

research, including the development of 

new exploration technology and techniques, 

and the dissemination of related 

results. This year’s four recipients follow. 

Pingping Liu, $1,000, University of 

Hong Kong, China, Ph.D.; Iron isotope 

fractionation and the oxygen 

fugacity of the Baima layered magmatic 

Fe-Ti deposit in Emeishan Large 

Igneous Province, Southwest China. 

Joshua O’Brien, $5,000, Iowa State 

University, USA, M.Sc.; The chemistry 

of gahnite as an exploration guide to 

metamorphosed massive sulfide 

deposits. 

Marta Sosnicka, $377, AGH Univer - 

sity of Science and Technology, 

Poland, Ph.D.; The baro-acoustic 

decrepitation method in fluid inclusion 

study. 

Christine M. Wawryk, $5,000, Uni - 

versity of Adelaide, Australia, Ph.D.; 

An investigation into the application 

of systematic variation in iron isotope 

composition in the understanding 

of felsic magma systems with 

associated hydrothermal ore deposits— 

a new exploration vector. 

The Hickok-Radford Grants are 

awarded to support field-based research 

as applied to exploration for metallic 

mineral deposits, for projects located in 

Alaska, northern Canada, and other 

regions north of Latitude 60 North, or 

projects at very high elevations elsewhere. 

There are two 2012 recipients: 

Margaux LeVaillant, $3,000, Univer - 


Ph.D.; Characterisation of hydrothermal 

footprint around the Keivitsa 

magmatic nickel sulfide deposit, 

northern Lapland, Finland. 

Jose Piquer, $5,000, University of 

Tasmania, Australia, Ph.D.; Structural 

geology of the Andes of Central 

Chile: Evolution, controls on magmatism, 

and the emplacement of 

giant ore deposits and implications 

for exploration. 

SEGF Canada Foundation Awards support 

study of Canadian mineral deposits 

or mineralized regions, research at 

Canadian universities, or Canadian students 

studying at foreign universities. 

Grants listed are in Canadian dollars. 

This year there are 16 recipients: 

Esther Bordet, CAN$4,700, Univer sity 

of British Columbia, Canada, Ph.D.; 

Eocene volcanic and structural framework 

of central British Columbia: 

Insights for the tectonic and metallogenic 

evolution of the Canadian 

Cordillera. 

Sebastian Fuchs, CAN$4,600, McGill 

University, Canada, Ph.D.; active 

metal transport in organic matter 

and its role in the ore-formation process 

of gold deposits, South Africa. 

Michael Gadd, CAN$6,500, Queen’s 

University, Canada, Ph.D.; Hydro - 

thermal event recognition and sedex 

deposit vectoring method development 

using microanalytical geochemical 

techniques at Howard’s Pass, Yukon. 

Therese Garcia, CAN$1150; Univer - 

sity of Toronto, Canada, Ph.D.; Dif - 

ferences and similarities between 

Algoma-type and Superior-type iron 

formations, Canada. 

Ana Maria Guerra Marin, 

CAN$4,500, University of British 

Columbia, Canada, Ph.D.; Tectonic 

evolution, magmatism, and porphyry-style 

mineralization in the 

Middle Cauca belt, Colombia. 

Tea Laurila, CAN$3,100 University 

of Ottawa, Canada, Ph.D.; Geochem - 

ical insights into metal precipitation 

in the Atlantis II Deep – The Red Sea. 

Yanan Liu, CAN$3,300, University 

of Toronto, Canada, Ph.D.; The roles 

of semi metals in the crystallization 

of magmatic sulfides, Canada. 

Robert Lodge, CAN$4,800, Lauren - 

tian University, Canada, Ph.D.; Com - 

parison of the volcanological and 

geochemical characteristics of the 

Shebandowan greenstone belt to the 

VMS-endowed and VMS-deprived 

greenstone belts in the Wawa terrane, 

Superior craton. 

Krisztina Pandur, CAN$5,000, Uni - 

versity of Saskatchewan, Canada, 

Ph.D.; Character and evolution of 

fluids that form high- and low-temperature 

REE mineralization: Con - 

straints from the Hoidas Lake and 

Douglas River deposits, northern 

Saskatchewan, Canada. 

Andrew Ritts, CAN$3,200, Colorado 

School of Mines, USA, M.Sc.; Pyrite 

as a vector to ore in shale-hosted 

deposits: Compositional variations in 

pyrite from the unusual Eskay Creek 

sulfide and sulfosalt deposit, British 

Columbia, Canada. 

Alfonso Luis Rodriguez Madrid, 

CAN$4,800, University of British 

Columbia, Canada, M.Sc.; Geology 

and hydrothermal evolution of the 

La Bodega and La Mascota prospects, 

California district, Santander, 

Colombia. 

Evan Smith, CAN$2,500, University of 

British Columbia, Canada, Ph.D.; The 

composition and significance of fluid 

inclusions in gem-quality diamonds. 

Michael Tucker, CAN$6,100, Univer - 

sity of British Columbia, Canada, 

M.Sc.; Carlin-type gold mineralization 

of the Conrad zone, Yukon Territory, 

Canada. 

Rui Wang, CAN$4,700, University of 

Alberta, Canada, Ph.D.; Uplift and 

magmatic controls on the differential 

distribution of atypical collisionrelated 

porphyry Cu-Mo deposits in 

the Gangdese belt, South Tibet (China). 

Avee Ya’acoby, CAN$5,000, Univer - 

sity of British Columbia, Canada, 

M.Sc.; Petrogenesis and geotectonic 

evolution of carbonatite associations 

in the north-central Frenchman Cap 

dome, southeastern British Columbia, 

Canada. 

Zhihai Zhang, CAN$4,000, Dalhousie 

University, Canada, Ph.D.; Diamond 

preservation in the mantle. 1 



STUDENT NEWS


SEG Foundation 2012 Graduate Student Fellowship Awards 

STUDENT NEWS 

The SEGF Graduate Student Fellowship Program provides fellowships to students who intend to pursue a course of study in economic 

geology leading to a Professional Master’s, Master of Science (M.Sc.) and/or Ph.D. degree, with preference given to those who will be 

entering graduate school following completion of a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree, or equivalent. A total of US$199,500 has been 

awarded to 33 students and CAN$30,000 has been awarded to five students who will be entering graduate school this year, or who are 

currently enrolled as first-year graduate students. This is one of the Foundation’s three core student programs “to encourage and develop 

a new generation of economic geologists.” The SEGF Graduate Student Fellowship Program is supported by major grants from Anglo 

American, AngloGold Ashanti Limited, Barrick Gold Corporation, Gold Fields Exploration Inc., and Newmont Mining 

Corporation. The SEG Canadian Foundation (SEGCF) continues to significantly contribute to this program. 

The 2012 SEG Foundation Graduate Student Fellowships in Economic Geology have been awarded to the following students: 

(Listing in order: name of student, home country, amount of award, university where student is either attending [first year] or plans 

to attend graduate school, and degree being sought) 

Andersson Alirio Acevedo Serrato, 

Colombia - US$7,500, University of 

Campinas, Brazil, M.Sc. 

Michael Berger, USA -US$10,000, 

Colorado School of Mines, USA, M.Sc., 

Newmont Scholar 

Veronica Emilia Bouhier, Argentina - 

US$3,500, Universidad Nacional del Sur, 

Argentina, Ph.D. 

Laurisha Bynoe, Canada - US$4,500, 

University of Western Ontario, Canada, 

M.Sc. 

Giovanni Cibrario, Italy - US$3,000, 

Camborne School of Mines, UK, M.Sc. 

Jack Dann, Canada - US$2,500, 

University of Ottawa, Canada, Ph.D. 

Matthew Dunlop, USA - US$5,000, 

Indiana University, USA, M.Sc. 

Vlad-Victor Ene, Romania - US$10,000, 

University of Toronto, Canada, M.Sc., 

Newmont Scholar 

Katherine Suzanne Frank, USA - 

US$7,500, Iowa State University, USA, 

M.Sc. 

Timothy G. Gross, USA - US$10,000, 

Colorado School of Mines, USA, M.Sc., 

Barrick Scholar 

Sarah Heinchon, USA - US$7,500, 

University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA, M.Sc. 

Michael D. Hendrickson, USA - US$3,700, 

Colorado School of Mines, USA, M.Sc. 

Sara E. Hoffritz, Denmark - US$4,000, 

University of British Columbia, Canada, 

M.Sc. 

Russell Johnson, South Africa - US$4,000, 

University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, 

M.Sc. 

Mathias Koester, Germany - US$3,700, 

Technisch Universität München, 

Germany, Ph.D. 

Patrick Loury, USA - US$10,000, University 

of Utah, USA, M.Sc., Gold Fields Scholar 

Matthew J. Manor, USA - US$10,000, 

University of British Columbia, Canada, 

M.Sc., Newmont Scholar 

Alysha McNeil, Canada - US$3,500, Uni - 

versity of Western Ontario, Canada, M.Sc. 

Brian McNulty, USA - US$4,000, Univer - 

sity of British Columbia, Canada, M.Sc. 

Jason D. Mizer, USA - US$3,800, 

University of Arizona, USA, M.Sc. 

Saave Ndapandula Nakashole, Namibia - 

US$3,700, University of Arizona or New 

Mexico Tech, USA, M.Sc. 

Kathryn O’Rourke, USA - US$3,800, 

South Dakota School of Mining & 

Technology, USA, M.Sc. 

Evan Orovan, Canada - US$4,500, 

University of Tasmania, Australia, Ph.D. 

Adam Pacey, UK - US$7,500, Imperial 

College of London, UK, Ph.D. 

Justin Palmer, USA - US$4,500, Colorado 

School of Mines, USA, M.Sc. 

Michael James Power, Canada - 

US$10,000, University of Ottawa, Canada, 

M.Sc., Gold Fields Scholar 

Anne Rahfeld, Germany - US$3,800, 

Colorado School of Mines, USA, M.Sc. 

Juanita Rodriguez Melo, Colombia - 

US$10,000, Universidad Estadual de 

Campinas, Brazil, M.Sc., Gold Fields Scholar 

Simone Runyon, USA - US$7,500, 

University of Arizona, USA, M.Sc. 

Amy Tuzzolino, USA - US$3,500, 

University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA, M.Sc. 

Zachary Vance, USA - US$3,000, New 

Mexico Tech, USA, M.Sc. 

Stephanie Wafforn, Canada - US$10,000, 

Oregon State University, USA, M.Sc., 

Barrick Scholar 

Theresa (Morrison) Zajac, USA - 

US$10,000, University of Utah, USA, 

M.Sc., Barrick Scholar 

The 2011 SEG Canada Foundation Graduate Student Fellowships in Economic Geology have been awarded to the following students: 

(Listing in order: name of student, home country, amount of award, university where student is either attending [first year] or 

plans to attend graduate school, and degree being sought) 

Erin Brittany “Britt” Bluemel, Canada - 

CAN$5,000, University of British Columbia, 

Canada, M.Sc. 

Eric Buitenhuis, Canada – CAN$5,000, 

University of Western Ontario, Canada, M.Sc. 

Kristy Long, Canada - CAN$5,000, University 

of Maryland, USA, M.Sc. 

Alexandra McGladrey, Canada - CAN$7,500, 

Queen’s University, Canada, M.Sc. 

Alexander Timofeev, Canada - 

CAN$7,500, McGill University, 

Canada, M.Sc.



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ALASKA 

Regional Correspondent: 

Curtis J. Freeman (SEG 1996) 

Avalon Development Corp. 

P.O. Box 80268 

Fairbanks, AK 99708 

Tel.: 1.907-457-5159, Fax: 1.907-455-8069 

E-mail: avalon@alaska.net 

Website: www.avalonalaska.com 

The winds of change are once again 

blowing across Alaska’s mineral industry, 

not only because the industry is into 

another busy summer season, but 

because the mining investment climate 

has rapidly turned from cautiously 

bullish to decidedly bearish. The sea 

change occurred steadily and without a 

lot of fanfare between mid-January and 

mid-March. As is always the case, good 

projects continue to advance. Those that 

are drilling and adding resources or moving 

through advanced exploration and 

development stages are enjoying a significant 

funding advantage over earlier 

stage exploration projects. The result, 

exemplified by the entry of two new 

companies acquiring Alaska joint venture 

interests over the last month, is a buyer’s 

market for early and mid-stage exploration 

projects. Mergers and/or acquisitions 

of more advanced level projects or 

companies can be expected over the 

coming months. That’s all well and good 

if you happen to have 5 million tonnes 

of copper or 20 million ounces of gold, 

but what about the rest of us poor saps 

with a few good drill holes or a highgrade 

outcrop and a load of …blue sky? 

I heard the solution to this problem at 

a recent mining company presentation. 

The concept was so simple, it nearly 

evaded me: sometimes it is wiser to do 

less with less! Brilliant, eh?! Obvious, perhaps, 

but we all know of projects that are 

being stretched so thin (aka, trying to 

doing more with less) that the quality of 

the resulting product is suspect. We are 

in danger of being caught by a trap we 

have created for ourselves, wherein every 

program, every year, is expected to be 

bigger and better than the previous one. 

With increasing frequency and 

increasing litigation, companies are 

being punished severely by shareholders 

for advocating for a smaller drilling 

program or a less ambitious feasibility 

study. Since negative reinforcement is a 

powerful motivator, the desire to not 

get beheaded by shareholders causes 

companies to forecast ever more optimistic 

results. Inevitably, expectations 

reach stratospheric levels and then 

somebody notices that the Emperor has 

no clothes. At that point, it will be too 

late to do less with less. But there is an 

upside here: not all drip-fed projects are 

created equal. Some of the properties 

damaged by the more-for-less syndrome 

are in fact, high quality mines in the 

making. Recognizing those opportunities 

is a challenge but, is it any more 

challenging than creating new wealth 

out of a never-before explored patch of 

desert or mountainside? I don’t think 

so either, and that is why we should 

expect that both careers and companies 

will be won and lost in the coming 

months by astute mergers and acquisitions. 

As Ayn Rand said, “You can 

avoid reality but you can’t avoid the 

consequences of avoiding reality.” 

AUSTRALASIA 


Russell Meares (SEG 1996) 

Malachite Resources Limited 

Sydney, Australia 

E-mail: rmeares@malachite.com.au 

Website: www.malachite.com.au 

With contributions from: 

Roger Thomson (SEG 1983) – 

Western Australia 

Lucy Chapman (SEG 2000) – Queensland 

Tony Christie (SEG 1992) – New Zealand 

Geoff Green (SEG 2000) – Tasmania 

Andrew Rowett – South Australia 

Bianca Pietrass-Wong – NSW 

Steve Russell (SEG 2009) – NT 

Paul McDonald – Victoria 

SUMMARY 

The life cycle of most mining operations 

commences with an exploration discovery, 

moving steadily through the mining 

phase, then finally into the closing-down 

and rehabilitation phase. In the case of 

the Ranger uranium mining operation, 

owned by Energy Resources of Australia 

Ltd (ERA), the company is transitioning 

from the mining phase back into a capital-intensive 

phase of exploration. The 

Ranger deposit is located in the Northern 

Territory, 250 km east of Darwin, and is 

totally surrounded by the World Heritage 

Listed Kakadu National Park, famous for 

its wetlands flora and fauna. The deposit 

was discovered in 1969 using airborne 

radiometrics, long before the National 

Park was declared in 1979, and the 

Ranger operation is one of the largest 

uranium producers in the world, being 

one of only three mines in the world to 

produce in excess of 100,000 t of uranium 

oxide. However, due to the in - 

adequate estimation of annual rainfall 

in the design phase, the mine has con - 

tinued to suffer seasonal failures of the 

surface water management system. This 

situation has been exacerbated by a series 

of record summer wet season rainfall 

events over recent years, with the deci - 

sion being taken to close and rehabili - 

tate the current open pit by the end of 

this year, and to return to the explora - 

tion phase (although this explorer owns 

a plant, a power station, an airport, and 

a town!). The aim is to complete the 

exploration and development of the 

Ranger 3 orebody, which lies at depth 

below the current open pit, by late 2015. 

Ranger 3 contains an estimated 34,000 t 

of uranium oxide at a grade of 0.34% 

uranium oxide, triple that of the head 

grade of the current open pit operation. 

The company will invest an estimated 

A$120M in constructing a 2.2 

km exploration decline to a depth of 

350 m and conducting close-spaced 

underground exploration drilling to further 

define the Ranger 3 Deeps orebody, 

and to explore areas adjacent to 

that resource. In addition, ERA is conducting 

an extensive three-rig surface 

drilling program on prospective and 

underexplored areas of the Ranger project 

area over the period from 2012 to 

2014 at an estimated cost of A$40M. 

This level of investment, 

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move from mining back to into exploration, 

suggests that the company has a 

confident view of the world uranium 

price over the next decade. 

The Australian Bureau of Statistics 

(ABS) reports that during the October to 

December quarter 2011, mineral exploration 

expenditure in Australia increased 

to A$945M, an increase of 35% over the 

same quarter in 2010. However, the 

actual meters drilled in Australia fell by 

6% over the 12-month period. Of concern 

is the fact that the proportion of 

meters drilled on greenfields projects has 

fallen since 2003 from around 45% to 

just over 30%, while brownfields drilling 

has increased from 55 to 70% over the 

same period, suggesting that the appetite 

for risk in the corporate game plan is 

decreasing. 

Now, a gentle reminder for those you 

who have thought about a trip “Down 

Under” – here is your excuse. The 34 th 

International Geological Convention is 

being held in Brisbane from 5 th to 10 th 

August, and has a number of exciting 

symposia covering many topics, including 

mineral resources and mining, mineral 

exploration geoscience, and mineral 

deposits and ore forming processes—visit 

www.34igc.org for more information. 

See the online version of the SEG 

Newsletter for lots of exciting exploration 

news from the Australasian 

region, and here are some of the highlights. 

Yet again, Western Australia is 

leading the pack, and our correspondent 

there (Roger Thomson) has made a 

first-class effort to report all the exciting 

news from “the West.” Standout 

announcements include the Northern 

Star Resources bonanza intersection of 

2.3 m @ 36 oz/t Au below its Paulsens 

gold mine, the Integra Mining Cu-Au 

discovery at Imperial in the Kalgoorlie 

region, and the Fox Resources intersection 

of 23.7 m @ 3.3% Cu at the Ayisha 

project in the Pilbara. However, the 

most exciting copper news is Straits 

Resources’ discovery of the Avoca 

Tank Besshi-style VMS deposit in NSW 

with a best intersection of 84 m @ 

2.86% Cu (including 12 m @ 6.38% 

Cu), with credits of Zn, Au, and Ag. Not 

to be outdone, our friends in NZ have a 

number of exploration successes, 

including the announcement by the 

Newmont/Glass Earth Gold joint venture 

of a drill intersection of 15 m @ 

19.4 g/t Au at their WKP epithermal 

project close to the Waihi gold mine. 

EUROPE 


Paul W. Kuhn (SEG 1983 F) 

Avrupa Minerals Limited 

Porto, Portugal 

E-mail: paulk@avrupaminerals.com 

Website: www.avrupaminerals.com 

Spring has passed quickly and summer 

is on us. The field season in mainland 

Europe is well underway, and results 

from early season work have already 

found their way to corporate news 

releases. From my first pass review of 

more than 150 exploration and mining 

companies, I see a lot of exciting activity. 

As always, there is a lot of activity 

to report from Turkey, Sweden, Finland, 

Ireland, and Spain, but eastern and central 

Europe, as a whole, are extremely 

active right now, and surprisingly, even 

Portugal is a busy place. I am beginning 

to see more reports from the less mining 

oriented (or formerly mining-oriented) 

countries such as Germany, 

Italy, England and Northern Ireland, 

Greece, and even Austria. 

Gold exploration is still the main pursuit. 

Even with so-called price-of-gold 

(POG) doldrums, many of the reporting 

companies are truly looking for the pot 

under the rainbow. Even though fundraising 

is incredibly difficult for all of us 

junior explorers, it is still possible to 

raise some money for almost any really 

good gold idea. For the rest of the precious 

metal stories, though, it is indeed 

difficult to do much. This may put a 

damper on exploration later this summer, 

unless there is a turnaround in the 

junior markets. Given that market sentiment 

is almost 100% negative, I 

expect the turnaround at any time… 

European recession fears and the lack 

of strength of many of the EU members 

are bullying the financial markets right 

now, but with signs a European version 

of QE1 or 2, or whatever, beginning to 

show up with governmental changes in 

France, Spain, Portugal, and (again) what - 

ever in Greece, the POG will be ripe for a 

good jump. Even today, as I write this 

short note, US jobs data came out weaker 

than the mainstream media expected and 

the POG went back up over US$1,600/ 

ounce. Yessirree, step right-up and print 

more money to race to see who can get 

to the bottom first!! Good for POG!! 

Still many companies are exploring 

for other metals and products in Europe. 

The copper price has been remarkably 

resilient, considering the economic 

malaise. Tungsten prices remain fairly 

buoyant, if you can find an accurate 

quote in this rather non-transparent 

market, and I see the big zinc companies, 

including European-based Nyrstar 

and Glencore, among others, are buying 

up whatever advanced projects that 

they can find. Lundin Mining produces 

zinc concentrates from a brand 

new zinc plant at Neves Corvo in 

Portugal. I do see less hype from the 

REE sector in Europe, but in this case, 

prices of the various elements are dropping 

like the rocks that they come from. 

My overall observation about the 

European exploration theater is that new 

interest is being driven by the re-opening 

of a number of former mining countries. 

The EU has only recently come to the 

understanding that the resources it 

needs and wants to drive what 

economies are left (read Germany, 

France, and England) will not necessarily 

be available, as and when they are 

needed. The realization that some of the 

resources need to be produced locally, 

where they are available, is late in coming, 

but a real opportunity for responsible 

explorationists and miners. Some of 

the 150 or more companies working in 

Europe are really taking advantage of the 

fertile target areas in and around Europe. 

SOUTH AMERICA 


Mark I. Pfau (SEG 2004) 

Tellurian Exploration, Inc. 

E-mail: markpfau@fastmail.fm 

Country Correspondent: 

Regina Baumgartner-Peru (SEG 2008) 

E-mail: regina.baumgartner@gmail.com 

Three recent and unresolved conflicts 

with governments in South America 

should be a warning light for explorationists 

on that continent. First, the 

highly publicized takeover of Spanishowned 

oil company YPF SA by Argentine 

President Cristina Kirchner demonstrates 

the length to which government 

will go to force its political agenda on 

to the resource sector. By raising a 

ruckus in the media about nationalizing 

YPF, the largest oil company operating 

in Argentina, the company’s stock lost 

50% of its value in the past year. Then, 

the Kirchner government announced 

that compensation would be based on 

current market value of the company.


The Spanish government should be outraged 

by the Argentine actions but has 

too many domestic problems to deal 

with at this time. 

In Bolivia, the giant Mutún iron ore 

project is on hold after the Bolivian 

government seized the US$18M guarantee 

from India’s Jindal Steel and Power 

Corp., and reneged on the promised 

infrastructure development which the 

project needed. Jindal has spent almost 

US$100M so far on the US$2.1 billion 

project and is still in limbo over moving 

forward. 

In Chile, the Anglo American- 

Codelco rift gets deeper as the issue 

appears headed for the Chilean court 

system. Codelco, the world’s largest 

copper company with controlling interest 

held by the Chilean state, is 

attempting to take a larger portion of 

the giant Los Bronces mine from Anglo 

after Anglo invested in a US$2.8 billion 

expansion of mine production. Codelco 

appears to have slipped through the 

fine print on its underlying agreement 

with Anglo and missed an opportunity 

to legally purchase up to 49% of ASS, 

the South American subsidiary of Anglo 

which controls the Los Bronces mine. 

Similar accounts are noted in 

Ecuador and Brazil, where government 

increasingly pushes private industry to 

fund its social agenda. What’s behind 

the rise in government-resource industry 

conflicts? Examine closely and leftwing 

politics are the root causes not 

only of the legal conflicts but the 

increasing violence in Peru and 

Colombia. Where is the left taking its 

cue? Look no further than Washington 

D.C., where for the past four years 

America has abdicated its economic 

leadership, has given the EPA unlimited 

regulatory power to instigate its energy 

policy, and has turned the SEC into a 

financial minion of its social democracy 

agenda. The current administrations 

tacit approval of the violent Wall Street 

sit-ins last year was a green light for the 

left of the world. 

The situation is South America will 

not change until leadership returns to 

Washington and American economic 

exceptionalism returns as the model for 

growth. Populist rhetoric doesn’t cut it 

anymore. We do not have an update 

from Peru this month as Regina 

Baumgartner has been away. 

The SEG continues to seek qualified 

writers to cover exploration in Brazil and 

Chile-Argentina for this SEG Newsletter. 

MEXICO 


Erme Enriquez MSc, CPG (SEG 1984 F) 

Minera Canasil, S.A. de C.V. 

Alheli No. 142, Fracc. Jardines de Dgo 

Durango, DGO 34200, Mexico 

E-mail: eenriquez@canasil.com.mx 

MEXICO 

In 2011, the production in the mining 

industry in Mexico reached 2.25% of 

the GDP, lower than a year before; this 

was due to low prices on an international 

level. Mexico is still the first silver 

producer at global scale and occupies 

the ninth place in production of 

gold. Domestic credits and investments 

of foreign companies, mainly from 

Canada and the USA, maintain the 

growth of the mining industry every 

year. The financial indicators of the 

country register significant improvements, 

considering the international 

context. The expectations for economic 

expansion of Mexico are favorable. The 

Mexican economy remains without significant 

changes since the financial crisis 

of 2008. As a consequence of a soft 

economic recovery, changes are not 

expected until the end of 2012, perhaps 

even as late as 2013. 

In general, tendencies for the mining 

industry and exploration in Mexico 

remain moving in the direction of 

growth, with more and more major and 

junior companies investing in exploration. 

The next success that may paralyze 

the economy is the presidential 

election on July 1 but, whoever the 

winner, the country continues with its 

own inertia. 

NORTHERN EURASIA 


Alexander Yakubchuk (SEG 1999 F) 

Orsu Metals Corp, London, UK 

E-mail: ayakubchuk@orsumetals.com 

Detailed information can be found at 

http://gold.prime-tass.ru 

The Kazakh Government announced 

that it will fund the exploration works 

from the federal budget for a total of ca. 

$400M per annum. The Russian state 

holding Rosgeologiya announced a 

strategic agreement with BRGM to help 

with regional studies in Russia. The 

supervisory board of Alrosa recommended 

that the Russian government 

preserve a controlling stake (25% +1 

share) in case of privatization. The 

government is planning to privatize the 

company between 2012 and 2014. The 

company is currently owned by the federal 

government (50.9%), the Yakutian 

government (32%), eight regions of 

Yakutia (8%), and other shareholders 

(9%). It is expected that federal and 

Yakutian governments will sell 7% 

each. 

Polyus Gold International reported 

a 12% increase in its JORC-audited P+P 

reserves from 80.7 to 90.5 Moz gold. 

The M+I+I resources increased 29%, 

from 125.3 to 161.1 Moz gold. In particular, 

the P+P reserves of the 

Olimpiada deposit are up 2.5-fold from 

13 to 32.1 Moz gold. In addition, M+I+I 

resources of Panimba and 

Razdolinskoye projects, located 50–170 

km south of Olimpiada, are 6.3 Moz 

gold. Polyus also announced its plans 

to invest $7.7 billion in development of 

the existing and new projects until 

2020. This includes $3.8 billion investment 

to be made before 2015. This 

excludes the Nezhdaninskoye deposit 

in Yakutia and the Bamskoye deposit 

in Amur region. 

The recently listed Nordgold (formerly 

part of Severstal) is targeting to 

organically double its reserve base during 

next four years from the current 

8.3 Moz gold. The announced investment 

is $800M until 2015. The targeted 

production is 1.2 Moz gold, or 60% 

increase. 

Russia is progressing with the development 

of several major copper projects, 

which can be attributed to 

deposit types that are different from 

the current copper mines producing 

approximately 1 Mt of copper per year. 

For the most part, 50% of copper 

comes from Cu-Ni at Norilsk and 50% 

from Cu VMS deposits in the Urals. For 

the Udokan sediment-hosted copper 

project in Transbaikal Region, Vnesh 

EconomBank has approved a tranche 

of $300M to the Baikal Mining Com - 

pany for completion of a feasibility 

study and some advance payments. 

The other potentially important development 

is a long-awaited IPO of 

Intergeo, which is a spin-off from 

Norilsk Nickel after some assets were 

restructured due to change in ownership. 

The company is expected to be 

listed on TSX to raise between $100 

and $500M. Its principal projects are 

Kingash Ni-Cu deposit in Krasnoyarsk 

and Aksug Cu-Mo porphyry 

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UNITED STATES 


Roger C. Steininger (SEG 1978) 

COO & Director, Acquisitions & Exploration 

NuLegacy Gold Corp. 

4790 Caughlin Parkway #765 

Reno, NV 89519-0907 

Tel. 1-775-742-6333 

E-mail: audoctor@aol.com 

I spent several days in March with 

30,000 of my closest friends at PDAC. 

One would think there is a commodity 

bull market in progress, given the attendance 

and hype. The overlying theme 

was that each company is only one drill 

hole away from the next major discovery. 

If that were true, metal prices would 

be only a fraction of their current value. 

Of course, we know that turkeys cannot 

fly so out of the hundreds of companies 

attending only a few will be in business 

in the future. Therein is the problem, 

where to risk your future (either career or 

investment). To me the key is management, 

people who can keep the company 

funded, select quality properties, and 

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have the persistence to make discoveries. 

Without good management, the odds for 

discovery are greatly reduced. As we all 

know, the majors are mining through 

reserves faster than they can replace 

them. Therefore, juniors who can make 

discoveries will be sought after to supply 

the new resources. This makes me wonder 

about those companies that staff 

their booths with non-technical people 

who cannot answer the difficult questions. 

Do they not have enough faith in 

their programs to meet the public? 

Finally, most of the majors had a presence; 

when was the last time that happened? 

Is this signaling a turning point 

in commodities? You pick, up or down. 

The new Nevada gold production figures 

are out for 2011 at 5.5 Moz, which 

is a modest increase over 2010. 

The south end of the Carlin-trend is 

heating up. Newmont is developing 

the Emigrant Springs gold deposit, 

and Premiere Gold has formed a venture 

with Newmont for the Rain deposit 

and the continuation to its Saddle property. 

Both Evolving Gold and Gold 

Standard are exploring Carlin-type gold 

deposits in the area. 

The Australian Institute of Geoscientists 

with Geoscientists Symposia 

present 

Kalgoorlie, WA: 26th-28th Sept 

Bali, Indonesia: 27th-29th May 

Newmont continues to explore the 

Long Canyon “district” and has offered 

an opinion that the district has the 

potential for 8 Moz of gold. This is the 

center of activities in eastern Nevada, 

but given the number of companies 

working the area, a new gold belt is 

likely to develop. 

Barrick has released a new resource 

estimate for Gold Rush (the Red Hill part 

of the name has been eliminated) at 

about 7 Moz of total gold. Given the 

number of drills on the property, the 

re ported intercepts outside of the re - 

source, and the construction of a “man 

camp” for the drillers, the ultimate de - 

posit will likely be very large. Speaking of 

new gold trends, one may be developing 

as a subset of the Cortez area. At least 

two companies have drilled at the edge 

of the Pine Valley road just south of 

Gold Rush. The drills are so close to the 

road that the geologists can drive to the 

site and pick up samples without getting 

out of the vehicle. Since this part of the 

road is straight it must be mimicking a 

linear, which must be the exploration 

target. Why else are several (at least six) 

drill holes at the road’s edge? 1 

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Simmonds, Alan L. E.; Windhoek, 

Namibia; Thurston, Phillips C., Sudbury, 

Canada. 




The Following 

NEW1MEMBERS: 

Reyna L. Abeyta, Chevron Mining Inc., 

Questa, NM; Leonard E. Ackah, Kinross 

Gold Corporation, Tema, Ghana; Jeffrey 

S. Ackert, Carube Resources Inc., Carp, 

Canada; Shaun S. Adams, Exploration 

Alliance Ltd., Swinton, United Kingdom; 

Mark B. Aiyo, Barrick PNG Exploration 

Ltd., Banz, Papua New Guinea; Medhanit 

Akalu, Stratex International PLC, Addis 

Ababa, Ethiopia; Sergio A. Andrade 

Machado, Bellhaven Copper and Gold 

Inc., Lima, Peru; Jose M. Arnosio, Univer - 

sidad Nacional de Salta, Salta, Argentina; 

Maliro Banda, First Quantum Minerals 

Ltd., Lusaka, Zambia; Vladimir S. Barboza 

Benites, Cumbrex Exploraciones, Lima, 

Peru; Raul A. Becchio, Universidad 

Nacional de Salta, Salta, Argentina; Jeffrey 

S. Bigelow, Newmont Mining Corporation, 

Welshpool, Australia; Mike A. Bingle- 

Davis, Cameco Resources, Casper, WY; 

Howard M. Bird, Brigus Gold Corp., 

Toronto, Canada; William S. Bondame, 

Oceanagold Exploration Corporation, 

Cabanatuan City, Philippines; Jami Brown, 

Osisko Hammond Reef Gold, Atikokan, 

Canada; Chelsea E. Brunner, Uranium 

Energy Corporation, Albuquerque, NM; 

Christopher M. Campbell, Newmont 

Mining Corporation, Orange, Australia; 

Emily M. Campbell,Valrico, FL; Sarah 

Canning, Osisko Mining Corporation, St. 

John’s, Canada; Garry W. Cannon, 

Geocon Incorporated, San Diego, CA; Jian 

Cao, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 

China; Oscar D. Cardona Sanchez, 

Explore Colombia, Manizales, Colombia; 

Roger F. Clegg, Ambrian Asset Manage - 

ment Ltd., London, United Kingdom; 

Maurice Colpron, Yukon Geological Sur - 

vey, Whitehorse, Canada; Erick Contreras 

Condori, Buenaventura Ingenieros S.A., 

Lima, Peru; Ciara Cooke, Osisko Mining 

Corporation, Nepean, Canada; Jeff G. 

Cormier, Gold Fields Canada Exploration, 

Sudbury, Canada; Leopher Gomez 

Dagdag, Bulacan, Philippines; Darius G.


Dagnalan, Barrick PNG Exploration Ltd., 

Zarraga, Philippines; Sven H. Dahlgren, 

Buskesrud Telemark Vestfold County 

Councils, Tonsberg, Norway; Roberto C. 

Dala, Rockdas (Elgin) Inc., St. Thomas, 

Canada; Pip L. Darvall, Atlas Iron Ltd., 

Fremantle, Australia; Stephen B. Dorbor, 

Aureus Mining, Monrovia, Liberia; Alan J. 

Downie, Wild Acre Metals Limited, West 

Perth, Australia; Martin Doyle, Falmar 

Limited, Toronto, Canada; Patricia M. J. 

Durance, Carrick Gold Ltd., Kalgoorlie, 

Australia; Nathan M. Earle, Newmont 

Mining Corporation, Elko, NV; Caner 

Erkaya, Alacer Gold, Ankara, Turkey; 

Rebecca-Ellen Farrell, Barrick Gold 

Corporation Exploration, Fairbanks, AK; 

Michael J. Fenton, Newmont Mining Cor - 

poration, West Perth, Australia; Alvaro 

Fernandez Baca, AQM Copper Inc., Lima, 

Peru; William C. Feyerabend, Prescott 

Valley, AZ; Jason D. Fisher, Carube 

Resources Jamaica, St. Andrew, Jamaica; 

Jurgen Fitschen, Tect Geological Consult - 

ing, Cape Town, South Africa; Jocelyn B. 

Galapon, Philex Mining Corporation, 

Benguet, Philippines; Louise Gall, Univer - 

sity of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; 

Carlos G. Garcia Rosales, Hochschild 

Mining PLC, Lima, Peru; Manoj K. Gaur, 

Somika SPRL, Bikaner, India; Jeff J. Geier, 

Metal Resource Devel opment, Tempe, AZ; 

Vladimir A. Gil, All-Russian Scientific 

Research Institute of Mineral Resources, 

Moscow, Russia; Rohan F. Gleeson, Katana 

Iron, Raby, Australia; Rodney W. Graham, 

Tien Shan Resources Ltd., Scott City, KS; 

Hannah L. J. Grant, Newmont Mining 

Corporation, Englewood, CO; Shi Guan - 

ghai, Science Institute, Beijing, China; 

Evan Gulling, Salem, MO; Yingting Guo, 

XJ Consulting, Surrey, Canada; Leif 

Hammes, Bronco Creek Exploration, 

Tucson, AZ; John M. Hanchar, Memorial 

University of New foundland, St. John’s, 

Canada; Ali A. Hassanipak, Global Top 

Enterprise, Toronto, Canada; James B. 

Hedrick, Hedrick Consultants, Inc., Burke, 

VA; Mustafa Helvaci, Koza Gold Company, 

Bursa, Turkey; Andrew J. Hitchcock, BHP 

Billiton, Perth, Australia; Kay Hofmann, 

BHP Billiton, Subiaco, Australia; Ross 

Holbrook, Newmont Peru SRL, Sandy 

Springs, GA; Robert A. Houston, Oregon 

Department of Geology and Mineral 

Industries, Springfield, OR; Dina Hilda 

Huanacuni Mamani, Instituto Geologico 

Minero y Metalurgico, Lima, Peru; Patricio 

I. Jaime, FEI Natural Resources, Brisbane, 

Australia; Zachary Jarvie, International 

Minerals, Reno, NV; Simon M. Jones, 

First Quantum Minerals, West Perth, 

Australia; Patricia Justiniano Espiritu, 

Empresa Administradora Chungar SAC, 

Lima, Peru; Victor Kakebeeke, Global 

Prospecting Ltd., Lichfield, United King - 

dom; Jani I. Kalla, Amec Australia Pty. 

Ltd., Melville, Australia; Paul K. Katombe, 

First Quantum Minerals Ltd., Ndola, 

Zambia; Godefroid M. Kazadi, First 

Quantum Minerals Ltd., Ndola, Zambia; 

Aregahagn Kefelegn, Stratex Interna - 

tional PLC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Dawn 

Leader, Barrick Gold Exploration Inc., 

Golconda, NV; Jaromir Leichmann, 

Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic; 

Schalk W. Liebenberg, MRM Mining 

Services Pty. Ltd., Midrand, South Africa; 

David J. Lown, Southeast Gold Explora - 

tion PLLC, Cary, NC; Richard J. Lumb, 

Unigold Inc., Maidenhead, United King - 

dom; Glen C. MacDonald, Vancouver, 

Canada; Aminiel F. Mambali, Ivanplats, 

Shinyanga, Tanzania; Todd Marks, 

Kennecott Exploration, West Valley City, 

UT; Martin Marquardt, Mineria Activa, 

Santiago, Chile; Bernard-Olivier Martel, 

B. O. Martel Inc., St. Hubert, Canada; Jim 

Martin, Queen’s University, Kingston, 

Canada; Nick B. A. Marton, Cairns Mining 

Australia Ltd., Stratford, Australia; Carolina 

del R. Mauricio Rodriguez, Golden 

Gryphon USA Inc., Trancoso, Mexico; 

Karr P. McCurdy, Behre Dolbear Group 

Inc., Denver, CO; James P. McDonald, 

Golder Associates, Sudbury, Canada; 

Roger McEvilly, Hillgrove Resources Ltd., 

West Perth, Australia; Kevin W. McNulty, 

Conroy Gold and Natural Resources, 

Dublin, Ireland; Ryan S. McPeek, RDCL, 

Coshocton, OH; Antonio Melchor, 

Minera Hochschild Mexico SA de CV, 

Chihuahua, Mexico; Justo L. Montano 

Perez, MonMar Geoconsultant, Hamilton, 

Canada; Michael E. Montgomery, Geosure 

Exploration and Mining Solutions Pty. 

Ltd., Mount Coolum, Australia; Michelle 

L. Moss, Salva Resources, Carindale, 

Australia; Gavin M. Mudd, Monash 

University, Clayton, Australia; Eddy S. 

Mukendi, First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 

Ndola, Zambia; Peter M. O’Byrne, New - 

mont Mining Corporation, Lovelock, NV; 

Tim P. O’Callaghan, Rio Tinto, Perth, 

Australia; Sean P. O’Neal, Bronco Creek 

Exploration, Tucson, AZ; Kari Lee Oak - 

man, Newmont Mining Corporation, 

Morrison, CO; Selin Oruc, Koza Gold 

Corporation, Ankara, Turkey; Deysi M. 

Paico Estrada, CIA ‘El Brocal’ Peru, La 

Union, Peru; Muthusamy S. Pandian, 

Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India; 

Graham R. Parkin, Aurum Exploration 

Services, Kells, Meath, Ireland; Jason J. 

Paterson, Fortescue Metals Group, Perth, 

Australia; David L. Pegg, Aureus Mining, 

East Molesey, United Kingdom; Paulo V. 

Pereira Neto, Brazil Resources Inc., Brasilia, 

Brazil; Wagner R.H. Pocay, Yamana Gold, 

Ourinhos, Brazil; Olive L. Ponyalou, 

Barrick PNG Exploration Ltd., Boroko, 

Papua New Guinea; Anthony Jayson D. 

Quinto, Barrick PNG Exploration Ltd., 

Imus, Philippines; Dian Raksadipa, Barrick 

PNG Exploration Ltd., Bandung, Indonesia; 

Jack A. Ramirez Molina, Dowea SAS, 

Bogota, Colombia; Akira Rattenbury, 

Kinross Gold USA, Reno, NV; Brendan F. 

Reed, Uranium Equities Limited, Adelaide, 

Australia; Andrew L. Richards, Arc 

Resources Pty. Ltd., South Perth, Australia; 

Joseph J. Ruffini, Coeur Alaska, Juneau, 

AK; Mijiddorj Saandari, MonMap Engi - 

neer ing Services Co. Ltd., Ulaanbaatar, 

Mongolia; Roxana Safipour, Newmont 

Mining Corporation, Englewood, CO; 

Sidikat L. Salau, Nigerian Mining 

Cadastre Office, Abuja, Nigeria; Ahmad 

Saleem, Minerals & Metals Group, South - 

bank, Australia; Carlos A. Santana, Minera 

Escondida, Santiago, Chile; Johann H. D. 

Schorscher, University of Sao Paulo, Sao 

Paulo, Brazil; Seymour Sears, Sears, Barry 

& Associates Limited, Sudbury, Canada; 

Leonid Serov, Uranium Resources PLC., 

Saint Petersburg, Russia; Stephen J. Shel - 

ton, Legacy Iron Ore Limited, Nedlands, 

Australia; Alex C. Silva, Centaurus Metals, 

Jundiai, Brazil; Maria Sokolov, MP Geo - 

services, Beaconsfield, Canada; Andrew 

M. Somers, Olympus NDT Inc., Mascot, 

Australia; Gregory D. Sparkes, Govern - 

ment of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. 

John’s, Canada; Ainampudi Subhash 

Babu, RMSI Private Limited, Hyderabad, 

India; Cameron K. Switzer, Switzer 

Geological Services, Ferny Hills, Australia; 

Michael A. Szpunar, Fortescue Metals, 

Karrinyup, Australia; Emily K. Tau, Barrick 

PNG Exploration Ltd., Waigani, Papua New 

Guinea; Frank Timm, Jork, Germany; 

Alberto Toledo Perez, Minera Inmet 

Mexico - S.A. de C.V., Guadalajara, Mexico; 

Rodrigo P. Travassos, Votorantim Metais, 

Porto Alegre, Brazil; Nicholas B. Traxler, 

Gold Canyon, Fairbanks, AK; Daramjav 

Turmagnai, Ivanhoe Mines, Ulaanbaatar, 

Mongolia; Carlos O. Uchuquicana 

Esquia, P.L. Geoexplomin EIRL, Arequipa, 

Peru; Marcos E. Valencia, Yamana Gold 

Inc., Santiago, Chile; Alejandro Vallejo, 

Minera Las Cenizas S.A., Antofagasta, Chile; 

Pascal Van Osta, Sandspring Resources, 

Georgetown, Guyana; Jenna L. Vanstone, 

Cameco Corporation, Saskatoon, Canada; 

Elizabeth A. Vida, Midlands Minerals 

Corp., Toronto, Canada; Ronald J. Voor - 

douw, Equity Exploration Consultants 

Ltd., Vancouver, Canada; Ian S. Walton, 

Aurizon Mines Ltd., Vancouver, Canada; 

Josephine M. Ward, Newcrest Mining Ltd., 

Sydney, Australia; Natalie C. Warman, 

Kinross Gold Corporation, Toronto, 

Canada; Helen L. Warren, 

Aurum Exploration 

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Services, Gloucester, United Kingdom; 

Andrew West, NovaCopper Resources, 

Juneau, AK; William J. West, West 

Materials Inc., Cortland, OH; Amber T. H. 

Whittaker, Uranium Energy Corporation, 

Albuquerque, NM; Adam Williamson, 

Redhawk Resources, Tempe, AZ; Dawit 

Wolday, Stratex International PLC, Addis 

Ababa, Ethiopia; Surafel Wondemagegene, 

Stratex International PLC, Addis Ababa, 

Ethiopia; Richard J. Wysoczanski, 

National Institute of Water and Atmos - 

pheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand; 

Kai Yang, CSIRO, North Ryde, Australia; 

Umit Yildiz, Strata Energy Inc., Rapid 

City, SD; Paresh A. Zaveri, Taurian Iron 

and Steel Co. Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India; 

Mario Zelic, SJS Resource Management, 

Perth, Australia; Anders Zetterqvist, Zet - 

terqvist Geokonsult AB, Bromma, Sweden; 

Munshya Zimba, Leeds University, Leeds, 

United Kingdom; Richard Zongo, Golden 

Rim Resources, Ouagadougou, Burkina 

Faso. 


The Following 

NEW1STUDENT MEMBERS: 

Heidi B. Aguad, Universidad de Concep - 

cion, Concepcion, Chile; Hannah M. Aird, 

Duke University, Durham, NC; Anton G. 

Alekseyenko, Taras Shevchenko National 

University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, Lucas 

E. D. Amorim, Centro de Desenvolvimento 

da Tecnologia Nuclear (CDTN – CNEN), 

Belo Horizonte, Brazil; William L. 

Andrews, James Cook University, Towns - 

ville, Australia; Scott A. Arndt, University 

of New Hampshire, Rockland, ME; Ioana 

Barbu, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, 

Romania; Nicola K. S. Barry, University 

of Western Ontario, London, Canada; 

Caitlin M. S. Beland, University of 

Toronto, Sudbury, Canada; Thomas R. 

Benson, Stanford University, Stanford, 

CA; Erde M. Bilir, Mugla University, 

Mugla, Turkey; Gayla A. Bonham-Carter, 

University of Otago, Nelson, New Zealand; 

Amed Bonilla Perez, Universidade 

Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Bogota, 

Colombia; Robert Borowski, McGill 

University, Montreal, Canada; Fabian M. 

Botello Becerra, Universidad Industrial de 

Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia; 

Veronica E. Bouhier, Universidad 

Nacional del Sur, Bahia Blanca, Argentina; 

Sam L. Broom-Fendley, Camborne 

School of Mines, Penryn, United Kingdom; 

Aurelian Bud, University of Bucharest, 

Bucharest, Romania; Dane A. Burkett, 

University of New South Wales, Ryde, 

Australia; Vincent Casanova, University 

of Geneva, Annemase, France; Samuel R. 

Castonguay, University of Oregon, 

Eugene, OR; Antoine V. Cate, INRS-ETE, 

Quebec, Canada; Jui-Ming Chang, 

National Taiwan University, New Taipei 

City, Taiwan; Yu-Hsiang Chien, National 

Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; 

Raphael T.P. Citon, Universidade de 

Brasilia, Aguas Claras, Brazil; Gregory P. 

Clapin, James Cook University, Towns - 

ville, Australia; Luis A. Clark, Universidad 

Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, 

Mexico; Matthew J. Clarke, University of 

Western Australia, Bayswater, Australia; 

Dalton Amador Claro Vargas, Universidad 

Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, 

Colombia; Grace Coetzee, University of 

Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South 

Africa; Elizabeth C. Cola, Indiana 

University, Bloomington, IN; Robert A. 

Coleman, James Cook University, Cairns, 

Australia; Tobias Colson, University of 

Western Australia, Leederville, Australia; 

Lauren E. Colwell, University of Wyom - 

ing, Laramie, WY; Steven G. Crowell, 

Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada; 

Felicia Da Silva, University of Toronto, 

Brampton, Canada; Brett J. Davidheiser- 

Kroll, University of Glasgow SUERC, 

Glasgow, Scotland; Gonzalo M. de la 

Hoza, National University of Salta, Salta, 

Argentina; Maria Laura Delgado, Univer - 

sidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, 

Argentina; Rimmy Dhadda, University of 

Toronto, Brampton, Canada; Veronica E. 

Di Cecco, University of Toronto, Toronto, 

Canada; Serigne Dieng, Queen’s Univer - 

sity, Kingston, Canada; John C. Dinnison, 

James Cook University, Townsville, 

Australia; Ada R. Dominguez, University 

of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Shane B. 

Dyer, Pelangio Exploration Inc., Thunder 

Bay, Canada; Rodrigo I. Escobar, Univer - 

sidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, 

Argentina; Rodrigo Ignacio Escobar, 

Universidad Nacional de La Plata-INREMI, 

La Plata, Argentina; Nidia J. Esparza, 

University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX; 

Tatiana Aparecida Fernandes de Lima, 


Contagem, Brazil; Jaclyn M. Ferraro, 

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Daniel 

B. Fetherston, Indiana University, Bloom - 

ington, IN; Nidia C. Figueroa, Universidad 

Industrial de Santander, Floridablanca, 

Colombia; John J. Fitzgerald, University 

of Southampton, Southend on Sea, United 

Kingdom; Ember M. Flagg, University of 

Nevada - Las Vegas, Henderson, NV; 

Andrew P.G. Fowler, University of 

California - Davis, Davis, CA; Ion I. 

Francovschi, University of Bucharest, 

Bucharest, Romania; Mariana A. Gama, 

Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, 

Brazil; Laura A. Garchar, Colorado 

School of Mines, Golden, CO; Pablo G. 

Garcia del Real, Stanford University, 

Stanford, CA; Jose H. Garcia, University 

of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX; Pedro M. 

Garcia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, 

Salvador, Brazil; Matthew A. Gatzoubaros, 

ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 

Jonathan R. Goldman, Hobart and 

William Smith Colleges, Webster, NY; 

Shaun D. Graham, University of 

Leicester, Rotherham, United Kingdom; 

Anthony J. Greenlaw, James Cook 

University, Hyde Park, Australia; Adam J. 

Gregory, University of New England, 

Woree, Australia; Pierre D. Grondin 

LeBlanc, University of Toronto, Amos, 

Canada; Randdy A. Guarin Alvarez, 

Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 

Rionegro, Colombia; Eliana L. Gutierrez 

Rincon, Universidad Industrial de 

Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia; 

James R. Haddad, Rutgers University, 

River Edge, NJ; Ian J. Hagmann, Stanford 

University, Palo Alto, CA; Marina D. 

Hanna, Universidade Brasilia, Brasilia, 

Brazil; Kurt J. Hartung, University of 

Toronto, North York, Canada; Kayla M. 

Helt, McGill University, Montreal, 

Canada; Javier E. Hernandez Bobadilla, 

Universidad Industrial de Santander, 

Bucaramanga, Colombia; Hugues L. 

Hernandez Manoslava, Universidad 


Colombia; Jonathan T. Hey, University of 

Victoria, Victoria, Canada; Matthew R. S. 

Hodgkinson, University of Southampton, 

Southampton, United Kingdom; Jamie R. 

Holman, Colorado School of Mines, 

Golden, CO; Joseph M. Housam, 

University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; 

Simone Ialongo, University of Naples, 

Gaeta, Italy; Elena Luisa A. Iatan, 

University of Bucharest, Bucharest, 

Romania; Ionut Ivan, University of 

Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania; Dustin A. 

Jensen, Fort Hays State University, Hays, 

KS; Russell D. Johnson, University of the 

Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South 

Africa; Giancarlo A. Jones, University of 

Toronto, Oakville, Canada; Toby D. 

Jones, University of Western Australia, 

Bayswater, Australia; William P. Jones, 

University of Leeds, Truro, United 

Kingdom; Evelyn L. Juarez Hernandez, 

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de 

Mexico, Mexico D.F., Mexico; Jason D. 

Kanhai, University of Western Ontario, 

London, Canada; Salih Burak Karabel, 

Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, Istanbul,


Turkey; Fernando G. Klein, Universidade 

Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto 

Alegre, Brazil; Maria Florencia Lajoinie, 

Universidad Nacional de La Plata - 

INREMI, Ensenada, Argentina; Thomas E. 

Langley, University of Western Australia, 

Swanbourne, Australia; Eleanor K.A. 

Lashko, University of Southampton, 

Southampton, United Kingdom; Joseph 

R. Laszlo, University of Regina, 

Lloydminster, Canada; Aubrey Lee, 

University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN; 

Pedro H. S. B. Lelis, Universidade Federal 

da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil; Iris Lenauer, 

McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada; 

Linda Lerchbaumer, Bayerisches 

Geoinstitut, Bayreuth, Germany; Marion 

Lesbros, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada; 

Stefanie Lode, Memorial University, St. 

John’s, Canada; Matthew W. Loewen, 

Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; 

Viktoriia V. Lomotko, Taras Shevchenko 

National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine; 

Maria F. Lozano Pinzon, Universidad 


Colombia; Hammel A.O. Macedo, Uni - 

versidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil; Fritz 

R. Maldonado Nunez, Universidad 

Nacional de Ingenieria, Lima, Peru; 

Lailmah Malik, University of Toronto, 

Scarborough, Canada; Yuly Yovana 

Mamani Pachari, Universidad Nacional 

Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru; 

Georgian A. Manuc, University of 

Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania; Freya R. 

Marks, University College Dublin, Dublin, 

Ireland; Andreea Marza, Univesity of 

Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania; Berta C. 

Matei, University of Bucharest, Drobeta 

Turnu-Severin, Romania; Debora Matos, 

Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil; 

Adi Maulana, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 

Japan; Gabriella K. B. McDonald, James 

Cook University, Townsville, Australia; 

Ryan J. P. McKinley, Washington State 

University, Pullman, WA; Gustavo H. C. 

Melo, University of Campinas, Campinas, 

Brazil; Armel Menant, Universite 

d’Orleans, Orleans, France; Kombada 

K. Mhopjeni, University of Western 

Australia, Perth, Australia; Paul W. 

Millsteed, Austalian National University, 

Canberra, Australia; Pierre-Jean Misson, 

University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, 

Chicoutimi, Canada; Juan C. Monroy, 

Universidad Nacional de Colombia 

Medellin Campus, Medellin, Colombia; 

Andrew V. Mott, Stanford University, 

Stanford, CA; Daulet Mukanov, Univer - 

sity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Yury V. 

Nefedov, Saint Petersburg, Saint Peters - 

burg, Russia; Florina A. Negru, University 

of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania; Demian 

A. Nelson, University of California - San 

Diego, Pismo Beach, CA; Joseph M. 

Nelson, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; 

Michael D. Nelson, James Cook Univer - 

sity, Townsville, Australia; Patrick J. 

Newman, University of Akron, Akron, 

OH; Catherine Nyakecho, University of 

Western Australia, Perth, Australia; 

Darragh E. O’Connor, Dalhousie Univer - 

sity, Halifax, Canada; Lucilia A. Oliveira, 


Santa Luzia, Brazil; Christopher J. Olson, 

Colorado School of Mines, Denver, CO; 

Dan C. Olteanu, University of Bucharest, 

Bucharest, Romania; Andreea V. Oprea, 

University of Bucharest, I.L. Caragile, 

Romania; William Oswald, Institut 

Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, 

Quebec, Canada; Huseyin Ozduruk, ETH 

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Juan E. Pabon, 

Universidad Nacional de Colombia - 

Medellin Campus, Medellin, Colombia; 

Paulina M. Paredes, Universidad de 

Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile; Danica 

C. Pascua, University of Toronto, 

Mississauga, Canada; Clifford Patten, 

University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, 

Chicoutimi, Canada; Fay Pearce, Univer - 

sity of Southampton, Southampton, United 

Kingdom; Hatziry Y. Perez Aquiahuatl, 

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de 

Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico; Cesar 

A. Perez Marin, Universidad Nacional de 

Colombia, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia; 

Luke F. H. Peters, University of Wit waters - 

rand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Daniel 

C. Popescu, University of Bucharest, 

Medias, Romania; Ry P. Quilliam, James 


J. Mark Ralph, Memorial University of 

Newfoundland, McLeese Lake, Canada; 

Gustavo G. Ramirez Salamanca, 


Bucaramanga, Colombia; Arturo Ramirez, 

University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX; 

Michael S. Rangel Florez, Universidad 

Industrial de Santander, Floridablanca, 

Colombia; Lady J. Rios, Universidad 

Industrial de Santander, Giron, Santander, 

Colombia; Alejandra Romero Guzman, 

Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede 

Medellin, Medellin, Colombia; Diego A. 

Ruiz Jaramillo, Universidad Nacional de 

Colombia, Medellin, Colombia; Daniel 

Ruth, Kutztown University, Hellertown, 

PA; Erika S. Santiago, Universidade 

Federal Do Para, Belem, Brazil; Xiaoli Shen, 

Institute of Geology and Geophysics, 

Beijing, China; David J. Sheu, Stanford 

University, San Carlos, CA; Astrid 

Siachoque Velandia, Universidad Indus - 

trial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia; 

Julia Sidorina, Lomonosov Moscow State 

University, Krasnogorsk, Russia; Marco D. 

Silva, University of Campinas, Campinas, 

Brazil; Pedro H. M. Silva, Universidade de 

Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil; Stephanie C. 

Silva, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande 

do Sul, Sapucaia do Sul, Brazil; Mark U. 

Simoni, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 

Chris G. Slominski, University of New 

England, Southport BC, Australia; Valarie 

J. Smith, University of West Georgia, 

Powder Springs, GA; Samuel G. J. Spence, 

University of Southampton, Southampton, 

United Kingdom; Daniel C. Stan, Univer - 

sity of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania; 

Doug L. Standart, University of Texas at 

El Paso, El Paso, TX; Mark A. Stokes, 

James Cook University, Douglas, Australia; 

Erin N. Storey, University of Calgary, 

Calgary, Canada; Erin Stormont, James 


Gina Tatiana Suarez Mucciante, 


Bucaramanga, Colombia; Emmanuel 

Tangko, University of Yaounde, Buea, 

Cameroon; Samuel T. Thiele, University 

of Western Australia, Perth, Australia; 

Dana L. Thomas, Stanford University, 

Stanford, CA; Darren N. J. Tiddy, Univer - 

sity of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, 

South Africa; Amy L. Tuzzolino, State 

University of New York at Oswego, 

Oswego, NY; Muhammed O. Usman, 

ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Adam 

Virani, University of Toronto, Markham, 

Canada; Alexandru D. Voiculescu, Uni - 

versity of Bucharest, Slobozia, Romania; 

Alvaro Andre von Glehn dos Santos, 

Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil; 

Adam J. Ward, University of Southampton, 

Welford on Avon, United Kingdom; 

Jonathan A. Warner, University of 

Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Eleanor R. A. 

Wershow, Oregon State University, 

Corvallis, OR; Travis J. White, University 

of New Brunswick, Rusagonis, Canada; 

Aaron D. Wilhelmsen, James Cook 

University, Townsville, Australia; Megan 

R. Williams, University of Leicester, 

Wrexham, United Kingdom; Morgan J. 

Williams, Australian National University, 

Acton, Australia; Derek A. Wongus, Dal - 

housie University, East Preston, Canada; 

Ruth E. Woodcock, University of Leicester, 

Tiverton, United Kingdom; Tremain 

Woods, University of Witwatersrand, 

Magaliesig, South Africa; Cheng Yanbo, 

China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 

China; Zhihai Zhang, Dalhousie 

University, Halifax, Canada; Kseniya J. 

Zhidkova, Taras Shevchenko National 

University of Kyiv, Ukraine. 1 

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Last Call for Nominations for 

Penrose and SEG Silver Medals and 

Marsden Award for 2012 

Nominations for the Society’s Penrose Gold and Silver 

Medals and the Marsden Award are due by August 15, 

2012, for review by the SEG Council. 

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Last Call for Nominations for 

2013 SEG Traveling Lecturers 

International Exchange Lecturer 

Thayer Lindsley Visiting Lecturer 

Regional Vice-President Lecturer 

International Exchange lecturers speak at sites selected for 

greatest in volvement of industry, academic, and government 

geologists. Thayer Lindsley lecturers visit colleges and 

universities. Regional Vice-President lecturers mainly present 

within one or more of the SEG global regions. Travel 

support is provided by SEG for those who are chosen. 

To be selected, nominees must (1) have widely recognized 

expertise in a field of economic geology; (2) have known 

competence as a public speaker; and (3) be able to represent 

SEG as an enthusiastic and effective ambassador. 

The deadline for submitting nominations is 

August 15, 2012. 

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Last Call for Nominations 

Lindgren Award for 2012 

The Lindgren Award is offered annually to a geologist 

whose published research represents an outstanding contribution 

to economic geology. The contribution shall be 

measured by consideration of one to three papers published 

by age 35. The recipient must be less than 37 years 

of age on January 1 of the year in which the award is presented. 

The award shall not be restricted as to the candidate’s 

nationality, place of employment, or membership in 

the Society. 


August 15, 2012. 


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SEG Distinguished Lecturer 

for 2013 

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by nominating him or her for the highly respected 

and widely recognized SEG Distinguished Lecturer Award. 

The 2013 nominee will be selected on the basis of his/her 

preeminence in economic geology in some phase of scientific 

research or application of the science to minerals 

exploration and/or development. Please include the following 

information with your nomination: name of nominee, 

nominee’s e-mail address, reason for nomination, 

brief bio of nominee, and confirmation that nominee is 

willing to be proposed. 


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20 th BOLIVIAN GEOLOGICAL 

CONGRESS (“Golden Jubilee”) 

COLEGIO DE GEÓLOGOS DE BOLIVIA 

(BOLIVIAN GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY) 

The Colegio de Geólogos de Bolivia (CGB), the 

Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) and the 

Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits 

(SGA) are pleased to announce the 20 th Bolivian 

Geological Congress. 

Congress Dates: October 1-4, 2012 

Location: La Paz, Bolivia 

Venue: Auditoriums CGB and Universidad 

Católica Boliviana San Pablo 

Short Course on Ore Deposits Models 

& Exploration Strategies 

Dates: September 28-30, 2012 

Confirmed International Lecturers: 

Dr. Noel White, Australia 

Dr. Kevin Heather, Chile 

Dr. Douglas Kirwin, Thailand 

Dr. Stewart Redwood, Panama 

Contact and National Coordinator: 

Dr. Osvaldo Arce - President of the 

Colegio de Geólogos de Bolivia, 

E-mail: osvaldo_arce@yahoo.es; 

E-mail:cogebo@acelerate.com 

Website URL: http://www.cgb.org.bo 

Short Courses & Field Trips 

Geology of Ore Deposits, Aug 6-10, 2012 

Ore Mineralogy & Microscopy, Aug 13-17 

Black Hills, SD Field Trip, Sept 20-23, 2012 

Offered by: 

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Metro State College, Denver, CO 

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Petrography, Mineralogy, Geology and Geochemistry 

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personal notes & news 

CAREER-RELATED 

CHANGES 

ANTONIO ARRIBAS (SEG 1994 F) has 

been appointed vice president geosciences 

with the BHP Billiton Minerals 

Exploration group in Singapore. In 

addition to his new career duties, 

Antonio will serve as the 2013 president 

of SEG. 

PETER ELLSWORTH (SEG 1996) was 

recently appointed VP of exploration 

for Colombia Crest Gold. 

TODD JOHNSON (SEG 1989) has been 

named vice president of exploration for 

Monument Mining. 

ANDREW SWARTHOUT (SEG 1994 F) has 

been appointed as a director of 

Esperanza Resources. 

DEATHS 

CHRISTOPHER GLEESON (SEG 1971 LF) 

died May 19, 2012. He was president of 

C.F. Gleeson and Associates, Ltd., in 

Iroquois, Ontario, Canada. 

DOMINICUS MUELLER (SEG 1985 F) died 

May 6, 2012. At the time of his death, 

he was in living in Mount Lawley, WA, 

Australia. 

CHAPALENDU RAY (SEG 1962 LF) died 

in 2008 in Calcutta, India. 

ABDOLMAJID YAGHUBPUR (SEG 1986 F) 

died June 11, 2012. He was a professor 

at Tarbiat Moalem University, Iran. 

RICHARD H. SIBSON (SEG 2009 F) is 

slated to receive the Geological Society 

of America 2012 Distinguished Career 

Award (International Section) at the 

GSA 2012 Annual Award and Exposition 

in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 

November. 

J. DAVID LOWELL (SEG 1996 LF) will be 

inducted into the National Mining Hall 

of Fame during the 

Mining Hall’s 25 th Silver 

Anniversary Induction 

Banquet & Ceremony at 

the Las Vegas Hotel in 

Las Vegas, Nevada, on 

September 22. David is 

credited with having 

discovered and contributed to the discovery 

of a number of major producing 

mines, including La Escondida in Chile, 

which was developed into the world’s 

largest copper mine, and the nearby 

Zaldivar-Escondida Norte orebody. He is 

recognized as one of the world’s foremost 

authorities on porphyry copper 

deposits. The award is bestowed annually 

on individuals who are considered 

visionaries, leaders, and ambassadors of 

the mining industry. An active SEG 

member and volunteer, David is a recipient 

of the SEG Silver Medal and the 

Penrose Gold Medal (in 1983 and 2003, 

respectively), among numerous other 

awards. 

AWARDS 

SEG Members Share the 

Inaugural AMIRA Award 

Bruce Gemmell and David Cooke pose with 

their awards at the biennial AMIRA conference. 

DAVID COOKE (SEG 1992 F) and BRUCE 

GEMMELL (SEG 1987 F) have been 

awarded the inaugural AMIRA Medal 

for excellence in geoscience research. 

The duo from the Centre for Ore 

Deposit Studies at the University of 

Tasmania, Australia, were selected by 

the votes of the exploration managers 

and senior geologists of the global mining 

companies who make up AMIRA 

International’s membership. The award 

was given for their investigation of geochemical 

vectors in magmatic hydrothermal 

systems in porphyry copper 

deposits and presented before an audience 

of more than 100 exploration 

managers and geoscience researchers at 

AMIRA’s biennial global conference of 

exploration managers, held this year in 

Western Australia. 

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who are new to the Society, may not 

be aware that there is a course center 

at SEG headquarters in Littleton, 

Colorado. SEG is now developing 

practical classes for economic geologists. 

In addition to field methods, 

courses offered focus on technological 

advances in exploration and 

analysis. Please visit our website 

(www.segweb.org) frequently, and be 

sure to read SEG news that arrives in 

your e-mail! 

GARTH KIRKHAM (SEG 2009 F), P.Geo., 

principal at Kirkham Geosystems Ltd. 

of Burnaby, B.C., Canada, was presented 

with the ”Julian Boldy Award,” 

which recognizes exceptional service to 

the Geologi cal Society of Canadian 

Institute of Min ing (CIM) and the 

exploration industry. Garth was recognized 

for his exemplary efforts in mineral 

resource modeling and estimation, 

and for his outstanding leadership to 

both the Geological Society of CIM and 

the geosciences profession. Kirkham 

Geosystems Ltd., provides 3D modelling 

and resource/reserve estimation 

services to the mining industry and 

consulting services to the mineral 

exploration community. 

Garth (left) accepts the CIM Julian Boldy 

Award.


DEATH 

HEINRICH DIETER HOLLAND (SEG 1968 SF) 

H.D. (Dick) Holland died May 21, 2012, in Wynnewood, 

Pennsylvania. Dick was born May 27, 1927, in Mannheim, 

Germany, emigrating via Kindertransport to England in 1939, 

thence via the Dominican Republic, where his parents and 

young sister were moved, to the United States in 1940. He 

earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry, with highest honors, 

at Princeton University in 1946 and served in the U.S. 

Army in 1946–1947. Dick received his master’s degree in 

geology in 1948 and Ph.D. in 1952 from Columbia University, 

working with Professor Laurence Kulp in the first group of 

geochemists assembled at Columbia. He joined the faculty at 

Princeton in 1950, advancing from instructor to full professor 

during his tenure, until 1972. From 1972 to 2006, Dick 

was professor at Harvard University, ultimately with the 

Harry C. Dudley Professorship in Economic Geology. Finally, 

from 2006 until his death, Dick was Visiting Scholar in the 

Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the 

University of Pennsylvania, where he remained actively 

engaged in research and mentoring until very shortly before 

his death. During his long academic career, visiting appointments 

and sabbaticals included Oxford and Durham Univer - 

sities, the University of Hawaii, Heidelburg University, the 

Pennsylvania State University, Imperial College, London, 

and Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He was a member of the 

National Academy of Science and the winner of many distinguished 

awards and fellowships, all around the world. 

Dick was a distinguished member of the generation of 

chemists who migrated at mid-century to the earth sciences 

in search of applications of the rapidly advancing theory 

and practice of quantitative chemistry. Early in his career, 

Dick found fertile ground for his quantitative bent that coupled 

with his enthusiasm for geology in the burgeoning field 

of economic geology. Dick published 20 papers in Economic 

Geology (and many more elsewhere), with his first citation in 

1954 (“Geochemical Prospecting at Cobalt Ontario,” v. 49, 

p. 378–388, with George Koehler and Blair Hostettler), and 

his final publication in 2005 for the 100 th Anniversary 

Volume (“Sedimentary Mineral Deposits and the Evolution 

of the Earth’s Near-Surface Environment,” v. 100, p. 1489– 

1509). Among the many papers, his quantitative contributions 

are well shown by the two-part sequence “Applications 

of Thermodynamic Data to the Problems of Ore Deposition,” 

[Part I in 1959 (v. 54, p. 184–233) and Part II in 1965 (v. 60, 

p. 1101–1166)]. His large-scale synthesis of the geochemical 

conditions of ore genesis is well represented by his 1972 

paper, “Granites, Solutions, and Base Metal Deposits (v. 67, 

p. 281–301). Even when his research migrated back to issues 

of the geochemical evolution of the oceans and atmosphere, 

ore deposits—particularly the great Precambrian banded iron 

formations (BIF)—were central to addressing Dick’s research 

interest. His first paper on BIF was published in Economic 

Geology in 1964, and his most recent in Science in 2007. Dick 

received the Penrose Gold Medal of the Society of Economic 

Geologists in 1995, was a Distinguished Lecturer in 1969, 

and the Thayer Lindsley Lecturer in 1981-1982. Over his 

more than half-century of teaching, he instructed and 

H.D. Holland (right) and Dr. Antje Danielson, Labrador, 1991 (Photo by 

Andrew Macfarlane, used with permission) 

mentored generations of economic geologists widely distributed 

at universities, geological surveys, and in private 

industry across North and South America, Europe, Asia, and 

South America. 

Dick was known by his students and fellow researchers as 

a man of scientific rigor and great intellect. But we came to 

know him also as a committed citizen of his adopted country, 

as a teacher working at levels from science instruction of 

inner-city youth and their teachers to some of our finest universities, 

and as a general counselor on science policy 

through his work with the National Academy. His friends 

found him to be a man of great good humor—fond of argument, 

but as much so of laughter, knowledgeable of the fine 

arts, history, and literature (in several languages!), and a connoisseur 

of wines, especially his beloved Rieslings. He was a 

devoted family man. Above all else, we will remember him 

as a man of great loyalty to his friends and students—a trait 

on which we all have relied, sometimes over and over again. 

H.D. Holland was predeceased by his son Matthew and 

his wife, Alice. His survivors include three children, Henry, 

Anne, and John, four grandchildren, and a sister and a 

brother. 

In lieu of flowers, the immediate family requests that 

donations be forwarded in Memory of Heinrich D. Holland 

to The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 

(http://www.ushmm.org/) or the National Academy of 

Sciences, Committee on Human Rights (http://sites.national 

academies.org/PGA/humanrights/index.htm). 

Contributed by Mark J. Logsdon (Aptos, California) and 

Hiroshi Ohmoto (the Pennsylvania State University). We gratefully 

acknowledge generous assistance from Harvard University, 

the University of Pennsylvania, and Princeton University, Drs. 

Antje Danielson and Andrew Macfarlane, the SEG staff, and the 

Holland family. 

To read an additional obituary from Dr. Holland’s daughter, 

Anne Liebrecht Holland, please visit the online SEG 

Newsletter supplement. 

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2012 

SOCIETY OF 

ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS 

Aug. 5–10. 34 th International Geological 

Congress (IGC), Brisbane, Australia. Web - 

site: . See p. 53. 

ÍAug. 27–30. SEG-WMS Senior Explo - 

ration Management Course, SEG Course 

Center, 7811 Shaffer Parkway, Littleton, CO 

80127, USA. This four-day training course 

concerns the principles and practices of 

effective exploration management. See p. 

28–29 for course details and registration 

fees. 

Sept. 16–22. SEG Foundation Student- 

Dedicated Field Course - Porphyry Sys - 

tems of Southern Peru. 

Sept. 19–22. XXXI Curso Latinoameri - 

cano de Metalogenia — UNESCO- 

SEG-SGA Meet ing, Universidad Católica, 

Lima, Peru. Information at . 

Sept. 23–26. SEG 2012 Conference, 

Lima, Peru. See p. 30–31 for full conference 

details. Website: www.lima2012.com 

ÍSept. 26–28. Structural Geology and 

Resources 2012, WMC Conference Cen - 

tre, 44 MacDonald Street, Kalgoorlie, 

Western Australia. Website: . See p. 46 for details. 

Sept. 30–Oct. 5. 46th Brazilian Geologi - 

cal Congress (46 th CBG), Santos (São 

Paulo, Brazil). The 46th CBG will be held 

at the Mendes Convention Center in the 

coastal city of Santos (São Paulo, Brazil). 

The main theme is “Managing Natural 

Resources to Create Social Resources.” 

Website: . See p. 47 for 

details. 

Oct. 1–4. 20 th Bolivian Geological Con - 

gress, La Paz, Bolivia. Pre-meeting SEG 

short course planned (September 29-30). 

See p. 53 for details. 

ÍOct. 23–26. Diamonds and their Pri - 

mary and Secondary Sources. University 

of Pretoria, South Africa. See p. 27 for 

course details. 

Oct. 25–26. SEG-Midland Valley Work - 

shop: Modeling Structural Evolution to 

Improve 3D Models for Exploration 

and Mine Development, SEG Head - 

quarters Course Center, Littleton, Colo - 

rado, USA. See p. 10 for details and registration 

information. 

Nov. 4–7. GSA 2012 Annual Meeting, 

Char lotte, North Carolina, USA. See p. 9. 

Dec. 3–7. 118 th Annual Northwest Min - 

ing Association Meeting, Spokane, Wash - 

ington, USA. Website: . 

See p. 19. 



2013 

ÍJan. 2–4. 36th Annual Winter Meeting 

of the MDSG, University of Leicester, 

UK. Website: . 

See p. 34 for details. 

ÍMay 27–29. Bali 2013-East Asia: Geol - 

ogy, Exploration Technologies and 

Mines. Sanur Paradise Plaza Hotel, Jalan 

Hang Tuah 46, Sanur, Bali, Indonesia. See 

p. 46. 

Sept. 24–27. Whistler 2013: Geoscience 

for Discovery, Whistler Conference 

Centre, Whistler, BC, Canada. SEG and 

SEG Canada Foundation Conference. 

Abstract submission will open in Septem - 

ber 2012. Website: . 

See back cover for announcement. 

2012 

OTHER EVENTS 

ÍSept. 30–Oct. 3. COM 2012 — 51st 

Annual Conference of Metallurgists, 

Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Website: 

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The Australian Institute of Geosciences, 

Australia. For 2012-2013 events, see p. 23. 

Website: . 

2013 

ÍNov. 18–21. 26th International Applied 

Geochemistry Symposium (IAGS), Ro - 

torua, New Zealand. The biennial conference 

of the Association of Applied Geo - 

chemists. Website: . 

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NEWSLETTER 

7811 SHAFFER PARKWAY 

LITTLETON, CO 80127-3732 • USA 

Whistler 2013: Geoscience for Discovery 

Society of Economic Geologists and SEG Canada Foundation 

THE CONFERENCE: 

We expect an audience of up to 1,000 geologists 

and exploration professionals from around the 

world. This will include a mix of industry, government 

and academia with a strong student component. 

The technical program, with the theme 

“Geoscience for Discovery,” will focus on those 

areas of academic research in economic geology 

that lead to the important practical issues of 

improved exploration concepts, technologies and, 

ultimately, discovery. Three days of technical talks 

will be supplemented by related poster sessions, 

field trips and short courses. 

A Welcome Reception, Awards Banquet, and Social 

Evening are the highlights of the Social Program 

which will showcase Whistler. The conference will 

take place at the Whistler Conference Centre. 

Abstract submissions will open in late 2012 — 

see the website for details. 

www.seg2013.org 

September 24–27, 2013 

Whistler, BC 

TOPICS 

GLOBAL VIEW Tectonics, Terranes and Metallogeny – the geoscience 

building blocks 

REGIONAL VIEW Metallogenic Provinces and Belts – regional and 

deposit controls 

DEPOSIT VIEW Discovery – ideas, geoscience data and technology 

producing results 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM OVERVIEW 

PRE-CONFERENCE Field Trips • Short Courses 

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 

Registration opens • Exhibit Hall move in • Welcome Reception 

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 

• Tectonics, terranes and metallogeny 

• Arc terranes 

• Regional metallogeny – China, Mongolia and Russia 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 

• Regional metallogeny – classic districts 

• Regional metallogeny – western North America 

• Regional metallogeny – the continental margin 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 

• Exploration, Discovery and Deposits I 

• Exploration, Discovery and Deposits II 

POST CONFERENCE 

Field Trips • Short Courses 

Sponsorship and Exhibit 

opportunities available 


www.seg2013.org 

Whistler 2013: Geoscience for Discovery 

September 24-27, 2013 Whistler, BC

SEG - Society of Economic Geologists

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