16TH BIENNIAL MEETING SGA 2022

DATE-TIME

Date(s) - Monday, 28/03/2022 - Thursday, 31/03/2022
Category(ies)
- International
- New Zealand

Date & Time

28 – 31 March 2022, plus pre- and post- conference field trips and short courses.

The critical role of minerals in the carbon-neutral future

The 16th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA) which will take place 28-31 March 2022 in a virtual conference format. The meeting will feature presentations on topics related to mineral deposit research, exploration, sustainable development and environmental and social aspects related to mineral deposits. The oral and poster presentation sessions, and pre- and post-conference short courses will provide a comprehensive programme.

Third Circular

The Third Circular has just been released and can be viewed on the conference website or by clicking here.

Online Registration – Open Now

Online registration is available now via the conference website.

Early Bird Registration closes Tuesday 1 February 2022.
The registration fees include access to all technical sessions, the virtual exhibition, and virtual social and networking events.
Registration for short courses and workshops requires additional fees specific to the course.

Virtual Conference Format

With ongoing issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic the 16th SGA Biennial Meeting 2022 is a fully virtual conference, 28-31 March 2022.

Developing Programme

SGA will be developing their programme over the next two months and will release details as they become available. Please keep checking the conference website for additional updates on the technical programme format, short courses, workshops, and other programme highlights.

Plenary Session Keynote Speakers

David Cohen University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Pining for an anomaly: Vectoring towards mineralisation using biogeochemistry Click here for abstract and biography	David Cooke Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences (CODES), University of Tasmania Geological evolution of the Lihir gold deposit, Papua New Guinea Click here for abstract and biography
Dave Craw Geology Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Orogenic gold mining and exploration in the Otago Schist, New Zealand Click here for abstract and biography	Cornel de Ronde GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand Submarine hydrothermal systems as the shallow parts of porphyry Cu systems: the case for Brothers volcano Click here for abstract and biography
Angela Escolme Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences (CODES), University of Tasmania Trace element deportment – knowledge is power Click here for abstract and biography	Scott Halley Mineral Mapping Pty Ltd, Hawley Beach, Tasmania, Australia Estimation of gangue mineral percentages from routine drill hole analyses Click here for abstract and biography
Keenan Jennings BHP Metals Exploration Mines and mineralisation – How a quality gap illustrates the need to enhance search spaces Click here for abstract and biography	Teresa McGrath Gold Technology, Group, WA School of Mines; Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia Gravity Recovery of Gold – Past, Present and Future Click here for abstract and biography
Sandra Occhipinti CSIRO Mineral Resources, Perth, Australia Resourcing a low emissions future through mineral discovery and responsible recovery Click here for abstract and biography	Anita Parbhakar-Fox W.H Bryan Mining and Geology Research Centre, Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia The critical importance of ‘secondary prospectivity’ in a dynamic global climate Click here for abstract and biography
Julie Rowland (JR) The University of Auckland, New Zealand Inherited structures and golden triggers: controls on the localisation of Cretaceous-to-recent gold deposits, Aotearoa New Zealand Click here for abstract and biography	Tobias Schlegel CSIRO Mineral Resources, Kensington, Western Australia Mineral zonation and ore formation in IOCG deposits: new insights from the integration of mineralogy, geochemistry and petrophysics Click here for abstract and biography
Stuart Simmons Hot Solutions Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand Advances in the understanding of epithermal ore forming processes from studies of modern environments in the TVZ Click here for abstract and biography