Tasmania

Webinar: The King Island Scheelite Deposit

Speaker: Dr Nick DireenDate: 29 July 2021Time: 6.00pm presentation (AEST)Venue: Zoom Webinar Presented by AIG Tasmania Branch Register in advance for this meeting: Click Here After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Nick is currently researching the geophysical aspects of the Carboniferous scheelite (WO3) skarn mineralisation, which has been made

Professor Ross Large awarded Order of Australia in this year’s Australia Day Honours

AIG extends sincere congratulations to Professor Ross Large AO, recognised for his distinguished service to education, and to scientific research, in the field of economic geology, and to professional societies on this years’ Australia Day Honours. Professor Large is Distinguished Professor and Professor of Economic Geology at the University of Tasmania. Professor Large has shaped

AEGC2019 Data to Discovery

Perth will host the 2nd Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference (AEGC) from Monday 2 to Thursday 5 September 2019 at Crown Perth. The AEGC is the largest petroleum and mineral geoscience conference in Australasia, and incorporates the West Australian Basin Symposium (WABS) and the ASEG-PESA International Geophysical Conference and Exhibition. The event will be jointly hosted

Epithermal Au-Ag and Porphyry Cu-Au Exploration

Lectures and practical, 4-6 December 2018, by Greg Corbett and Stuart Hayward December 4 & 5, York Club, 99 York St Sydney, lunch, morning and afternoon teas provided. Two days of PowerPoint lectures focus upon mineral exploration for epithermal and porphyry ore deposits derived from Dr Corbett’s 40 years field experience, including earlier short courses

Geoscientist Employment Recovery Slows

Reported significant improvement earlier this year in employment prospects for professionals in Australia’s exploration and mining industry has slowed, according to the latest Australian geoscientist employment survey results collected by the Australian Institute of Geoscientists for the quarter up to the end of June 2017. During the second quarter of 2017, geoscientist employment across Australia

Tenth International Mining Geology Conference

The Tenth International Mining Geology Conference, being presented jointly by AusIMM and AIG, will be held in Hobart from 20-22 September.   The conference includes a number of pre-and post-conference excursions and workshops, details of which are available from the conference web site. With just two months to go, please consider registering now.  AIG members have

Gold14@Kalgoorlie Symposium

Gold14@Kalgoorlie: an International Symposium in the home of Australia’s gold industry, 8-10 October 2014 Kalgoorlie, home of the Super Pit, is the perfect location for the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG) Gold14@Kalgoorlie Symposium to be held between 8-10 October. The symposium will be a truly international event, with delegates attending from Africa, the Americas, Asia,