• SEG 2025 Field Trip: World-class intrusion-related epithermal gold deposits of Northeast Queensland

    This 3-day pre-conference field trip will provide a hands-on introduction to the geology of Intrusion-Related and Epithermal gold deposits in the Charters Towers Province (North East Queensland, Australia), through a combination of field, mine and local museum visits. Participants will review mineralization and alteration characteristics of major Intrusion-related and Epithermal gold deposits that formed in […]

  • SEG 2025 Field Trip: Sn-W Deposits and Rare-Metal Mineral Systems of Northeast Queensland, Australia

    This 3-day pre-conference field trip will provide a hands-on introduction to the geology of Sn-W mineral system, through a combination of field, mine and local museum visits. Participants will review mineralization and alteration characteristics of Sn-W porphyries and associated polymetallic systems which formed in response to a prolonged magmatic activity during the Paleozoic tectonic evolution […]

  • Interpreting Ore Textures, Breccias and Alteration – SEG 2025 Post-Conference Workshop

    Exploration Data Centre, Zillmere 68 Pineapple Street, Zillmere, Queensland, Australia

    Zillmere,  Brisbane This workshop will introduce observational techniques to interpret textures in altered, mineralized and brecciated systems and demonstrate the integration of these observational techniques with geochemical, micro-analytical and hyperspectral data. The workshop is particularly aimed at senior tertiary students and early career geoscientists. The workshop is a joint venture between the Economic Geology Research […]

  • Exploration Geochemistry – Data Acquisition, Quality Assessment & Management (Module 1)

    Professional Development Short Course Module 1 Data Acquisition, Quality Assessment & Management A 1 day online course presented over 2 days Geochemical sampling strategies, sample preparation and analytical methods, quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC), and basic data management An A to Z of designing, implementing and reporting geochemical data in compliance with current public […]

  • Exploration Geochemistry – Exploratory Data Analysis using ioGAS (Module 2)

    Professional Development Short Course Module 2 Exploratory Data Analysis using ioGAS A 1 day course presented over 2 days A structured approach to both univariant and multivariant exploratory data analysis of geochemical data in the best interpretive software available – ioGAS. A key focus of the approach will be the attribution of geochemical data with […]

  • Ore Textures & Breccias: Recognition Techniques

    Professional Development Short Course Content This three-day course covers the fundamentals of textural observation and interpretation in mineralised hydrothermal systems. The techniques used are simple, highly effective and require no specialised equipment for their implementation. The techniques are also extremely practical in that they generate numerous questions concerning the mineralisation being studied and commonly provide […]

  • QGIS for Mineral Exploration – Introduction to QGIS

    Professional Development Short Course Module 1 Prerequisite:  Basic knowledge of GIS What is QGIS? QGIS interface and menus Menu bars, tool bars and panels Selecting features and the attribute panel Basic map making, use of templates and map legends, adding WMS Creating a map and designing a print layout Add map features, grid, scale bar, […]

  • QGIS for Mineral Exploration – Importing, Managing & Displaying Data

    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 […]

  • QGIS for Mineral Exploration – Drillhole, Geochemical & Geophysical Data

    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 09:00 – 13:30 AWST (Perth) […]

  • QGIS for Mineral Exploration – Satellite Data

    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 and Sentinel 2 data Band combinations for enhancing geology and regolith in satellite imagery Detailed course information here. Daily Session Times 09:00 – […]

  • Predictive Lithospheric Structural Targeting for Giant Discoveries at Corridor to Camp Scale

    Professional Development Short Course Course Leader:  Dr Nick Hayward A one-day course presented online over two half days Wednesday 25 & Thursday 26 March 2026 Daily session times to be confirmed Day 1 Introduction – Industry challenges and opportunities Lithospheric Architecture - domain boundaries and faults Leading practices in mapping lithospheric fault zones Lithospheric fault […]

  • Field Training for Exploration & Mine Geologists

    Mount Isa Queensland, Australia

    Professional Development Short Course This course is aimed at exploration and mine geologists and covers the basics of geological mapping with some advanced components available for more experienced geologists. The […]

  • Exploration Geophysics for Geologists – An Introduction

    Professional Development Short Course Module 1 Introduction to Exploration Geophysics A 1.5 day course presented over 3 consecutive days Introduction and comparison of geophysical techniques What to expect from geophysical […]