AIG WA: Battery & Strategic Metals

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AIG WA: Battery & Strategic Metals


AIG WA Branch Presents…

Battery & Strategic Metals
– a one day seminar

 

Date

Monday 13th November
From 8.30am

 

Venue

Burswood on Swan
1 Camfield Drive, Burswood WA

 

Program of presentations to include…

Opening Session
  • KEYNOTE John Sykes, Centre for Exploration Targeting: The impact of the renewable energy transition on battery and strategic metal markets
  • Don Fint, Dept Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety; Western Australia’s endowment of battery and strategic metals
  • Louise Fisher, CSIRO; Multiscale characterisation: Application to Strategic Metals research

 

Lithium
  • Bryan Smith, Neometals; The Mt Marion Lithium Deposit
  • John Holmes, Pilbara Minerals; Discovery and development of the Pilgangoora lithium , tantalum, pegmatite deposits
  • Mark Calderwood, Tawana Resources; The Bald Hill lithium mine.
  • Garry Johnson, Lepidico; Lepidolite to Lepidico; technology creates opportunities
  • Wayne Spilsbury, Secretary AIG; Professional Issues – An Update

 

Rare Earths
  • KEYNOTE Dudley Kingsnorth, Novo Litio Ltd; Rare Earths: a levelling in the playing field is creating new opportunities
  • Richard Brescianini, Arafura Resources; Rare Earths: on their way (from misery to happiness)
  • Ian Chalmers, Alkane Resources; Dubbo rare metal and rare earth project, resourcing tomorrow’s technologies

 

Other Metals
  • Shane Tomlinson, Hexagon Resources; Graphite TBA
  • Vince Algar, Australian Vanadium Ltd; A developing vanadium producer from the Gabanintha Deposit, WA
  • David Crook, Pioneer Resources; Unearthing Australia’s first pollucite (caesium) deposit
  • Pip Darvall, Jindalee Resources Ltd; The Prospect Ridge magnesite project

 

Registration

Registrations are now open, please complete your booking via the form below. If you encounter any registration issues please email bookings@aig.org.au.
AIG members $220
Non-members $330
Students $100 (A number of places are available)
Unemployed AIG member $100 (A number of places are available)
All prices include GST.

For Catering reasons, registrations close midday Wednesday 8th November 2017.
Further information contact Jocelyn Thomson jaytee@iinet.net.au or phone (08) 9355 2164. For any registration related queries please email bookings@aig.org.au.

Click here to download the full program schedule.

 

 

Bookings

Registrations have now closed.