Economic Geology Research Centre

QGIS for Mineral Exploration - Satellite Data
2024-02-28 10:00 - 14:30 (Australia/Brisbane) | Queensland
Professional Development Short Course
Module 4
Prerequisites: Completion of Module 1 or previous knowledge of QGIS

Satellite data, data sources, NASA and ESA data portals
Download, display and basic processing of ASTER, Landsat and Sentinel 2 data
Band combinations for enhancing geology and regolith in satellite imagery

Detailed course information here.
Daily Session Times
10:00am to 2:30pm AEST (Townsville)
8:00am – 12:30 pm AWST (Perth)
11:00am – 3:30pm AEDT (Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart)
10:30am – 3:00 pm ACDT (Adelaide)
9:30am – 2:00pm ACST (Darwin)

QGIS for Mineral Exploration - Drillhole, Geochemical & Geophysical Data
2024-02-27 10:00 - 14:30 (Australia/Brisbane) | Queensland
Professional Development Short Course
Module 3
Prerequisites: Completion of Module 1 or previous knowledge of QGIS

Drill hole display using the Geoscience plugin
Geochemical data import, gridding, contouring and display
Geophysical data import, basic gridding and display
3D Visualisation using the QGIS2Threejs plugin

Detailed course information here.
Daily Session Times
10:00am to 2:30pm AEST (Townsville)
8:00am – 12:30 pm AWST (Perth)
11:00am – 3:30pm AEDT (Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart)
10:30am – 3:00 pm ACDT (Adelaide)
9:30am – 2:00pm ACST (Darwin)

QGIS for Mineral Exploration - Importing, Managing & Displaying Data
2024-02-21 10:00 - 14:30 (Australia/Brisbane) | Queensland
Professional Development Short Course
Module 2
Prerequisites: Completion of Module 1 or previous knowledge of QGIS

On-Line Sources for GIS data
gov.au, Landgate, DMIRS, Geoscience Australia
QuickMapServices plug-in
Basic editing skills, selecting data
Create points, lines and polygons
Importing GPX files
Importing SVG and style files, using the QGIS style manager
SVG geological pattern fills
Labelling
Spatial and non-spatial joins
Georeferencing images

Detailed course information here.
Daily Session Times
10:00am to 2:30pm AEST (Townsville)
8:00am – 12:30 pm AWST (Perth)
11:00am – 3:30pm AEDT (Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart)
10:30am – 3:00 pm ACDT (Adelaide)
9:30am – 2:00pm ACST (Darwin)

EGRU Engagement Day 2023
2023-11-03 12:00 - 17:00 UTC | Rydges Southbank, Palmer Street, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
EGRU staff and students invite industry, government and research colleagues to join them for EGRU’s Engagement Day on Friday 3rd of November.
The Engagement Day is an opportunity for EGRU to provide updates on its research and training initiatives, to hear from our industry and research colleagues, and to discuss future directions for EGRU’s activities.
There will be presentations from EGRU’s industry members and research staff, and time for informal discussions during lunch and the social event after the presentations. Presentations will focus on new research, concepts and technologies that may contribute to future directions in exploration. A poster display will also provide an overview of recent and current EGRU research projects.
This is a free event with lunch and a social hour at the conclusion of the talks.
EGRU staff and students look forward to catching up with colleagues on the day.

Speakers include:

Ned Howard
Evolution Mining
Geochemistry, Exploration and Research

Andrew Job
Plotlogic
Applications of VNIR/SWIR material characterisation across all stages of the mining life cycle

Lauren Waszek
EGRU, JCU Physical Sciences
Analysis of seismic lines using deep Earth methodologies

Bithin Datta
JCU Engineering
Modeling, monitoring and detecting Groundwater flow and contaminant transport at mine sites with possible extension to other mining applications

Ioan Sanislav
EGRU
EGRU research and training update and introducing the Critical Minerals Trailblazer Project
