March 12, 2013

Mini-Symposium on Laterites or Laterwrongs: Making the Pieces Fit

On Tuesday March 26, 2013 the TGDG will host a selection of speakers for a mini-symposium at Hart House on ‘Laterites or Laterwrongs: Making the Pieces Fit’. Speakers include Ravi Anand (CSIRO), Peter Winterbourne (Vale), and Ron Schonewille (Xstrata)...

March 11, 2013

CET Seminar Series starts March 15 with presentation on The Past and Future of Nickel Discovery

Hailing from industry, government and academia, high profile Australian and internationally-based researchers will join the CET fortnightly to share their experience on a wide variety of geoscience topics.These seminars are FREE and all interested Geologists are welcome to attend...

February 25, 2013

You can’t get chickens if you don’t allow the eggs to develop. Joe Hinzer, president of geological consulting firm Watts, Griffiths and McOuat (WGM), uses this analogy to illustrate how many early-stage exploration projects are being stifled by current mineral valuation regulations before they have a shot at becoming mines...

February 04, 2013

Roundup 2013: HDI's Thiessen sees 'mining renaissance'

It has been a busy 24 hours as the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) kicked off its Mineral Exploration Roundup 2013...

January 29, 2013

Africa is more than 20 per cent of the world’s land area, is home to 15 per cent of human population but still earns its label as the Dark Continent through generating only 2 per cent of the world’s electricity. Where can you find the geologists exploring this sleeping giant with its inevitable future in the resources sector?

January 28, 2013

CMIC Footprints project sets sights on large ore-forming systems

As exploration programs focus on remote and concealed targets, the ability to recognize large ore-forming systems – from the most distal margins to high-grade cores – becomes increasingly important. Efforts are therefore under way to generate sophisticated “footprint” or “signature” models of high-value deposits.

December 2, 2012 

Greenfields come to Perth for Greenland Day

The December 4th Greenland Day, taking place in Perth, will feature industry and geoscience experts from across the globe, discussing Greenland’s burgeoning exploration opportunities and recent research advances...

November 1, 2012

On Nov 8, Discover the Future of Exploration

Some of the sector's leading minds will be looking into their crystal balls on November 8th, trying to summon a picture of what the future might hold for exploration and mining in Canada...

September 11, 2012

Petrobras Starts Output at Baleia Azul Presalt Field

Brazilian state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro, or Petrobras, said Tuesday that it had started oil production at the Baleia Azul presalt field in the offshore Campos Basin...

September 11, 2012

Is Gold Regaining its Glitter?

Barrick Gold CEO Jamie Sokalsky speaks with Carl Quintanilla on CNBC about Barrick's strategy to drive shareholder value...

September 10, 2012

The Long Term Tie Between Energy Supply, Population, and the Economy

The tie between energy supply, population, and the economy goes back to the hunter-gatherer period...

July 12, 2012

Exploration needed to kickstart next mining boom

A massive two thirds of Western Australia remains unexplored for minerals and geologists say the territory presents huge potential...

July 12, 2012

Teams Finding New Ways to Shale Success

Shale and other unconventional resources are being called the biggest game changer in a generation - and as land and other costs escalate, the industry continues to apply lessons gleaned from the early successes...

July 11, 2012

How EM geophysics can help feasibility studies

In this exclusive interview with Professor David Thiel, Director at the Centre for Wireless Monitoring and Applications at Griffith University, he discusses how electromagnetic geophysics can help those who are conducting a feasibility study and opens up on the real cost benefits of this technology...

July 11, 2012

Mining security - opening up Latin America

Improved security has started to open up new areas for mineral exploration in Latin America....