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SUMMARY:EGRU Engagement Day 2026
DESCRIPTION:Friday 6 March\n12:30pm\nEngineering and Innovation Place\nBuilding 506\, Bebegu Yumba Campus\nJames Cook University\, Townsville \n  \nEGRU invites industry\, government and research colleagues to join them for this year’s EGRU Engagement Day on Friday 6 March. \nThe Engagement Day is an opportunity for the EGRU team to provide overviews and updates on research and training initiatives\, and to hear from colleagues in partner organisations. \nThe afternoon of presentations will: \n\nHighlight a new education initiative in north Queensland aimed at providing a talent pipeline into the resources sector.\nIntroduce new research staff who will be working on critical minerals projects.\nProvide an overview of new research projects focused on technologies to advance critical mineral exploration and extraction.\n\nThe afternoon starts with lunch\, followed by presentations and a social event. \nThis is a free event but registration is required.   Registration closes on Monday 2 March 2026. \nFurther information and registration are here.
URL:https://egru.jcu.edu.au/event/engagement-day-2026/
LOCATION:Building 506\, James Cook University\, Townsville\, Townsville\, Queensland\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20260310T110000
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SUMMARY:QGIS for Mineral Exploration - Introduction to QGIS
DESCRIPTION:Professional Development Short Course \nModule 1\nPrerequisite:  Basic knowledge of GIS \n\nWhat is QGIS?\nQGIS interface and menus\nMenu bars\, tool bars and panels\nSelecting features and the attribute panel\nBasic map making\, use of templates and map legends\, adding WMS\nCreating a map and designing a print layout\nAdd map features\, grid\, scale bar\, legend\, north arrow\nDuplicate layout and add geological map\nImporting and display of field data (points\, lines and polygons)\nAdding field data from csv\nCSV markers\, layer properties\nCreating forms and displaying photos\n\nDetailed course information here. \nDaily Session Times \n09:00 – 13:30 AWST (Perth)\n11:00 – 15:30 AEST (Townsville)\n12:00 – 16:30 AEDT (Sydney)
URL:https://egru.jcu.edu.au/event/https-egru-jcu-edu-au-professional-development-professional-development-short-courses-qgis-for-mineral-exploration-2026/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20260311T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20260311T153000
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SUMMARY:QGIS for Mineral Exploration - Importing\, Managing & Displaying Data
DESCRIPTION:Professional Development Short Course \nModule 2\nPrerequisites:  Completion of Module 1 or previous knowledge of QGIS\n \n\nOn-Line Sources for GIS data\ngov.au\, Landgate\, DMIRS\, Geoscience Australia\nQuickMapServices plug-in\nBasic editing skills\, selecting data\nCreate points\, lines and polygons\nImporting GPX files\nImporting SVG and style files\, using the QGIS style manager\nSVG geological pattern fills\nLabelling\nSpatial and non-spatial joins\nGeoreferencing images\n\nDetailed course information here. \nDaily Session Times \n09:00 – 13:30 AWST (Perth)\n11:00 – 15:30 AEST (Townsville)\n12:00 – 16:30 AEDT (Sydney)
URL:https://egru.jcu.edu.au/event/qgis-module2-2026/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20260317T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20260317T153000
DTSTAMP:20260412T193012
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SUMMARY:QGIS for Mineral Exploration - Drillhole\, Geochemical & Geophysical Data
DESCRIPTION:Professional Development Short Course \nModule 3\nPrerequisites:  Completion of Module 1 or previous knowledge of QGIS\n \n\nDrill hole display using the Geoscience plugin\nGeochemical data import\, gridding\, contouring and display\nGeophysical data import\, basic gridding and display\n3D Visualisation using the QGIS2Threejs plugin\n\nDetailed course information here. \nDaily Session Times\n09:00 – 13:30 AWST (Perth)\n11:00 – 15:30 AEST (Townsville)\n12:00 – 16:30 AEDT (Sydney)
URL:https://egru.jcu.edu.au/event/qgis-module3-2026/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20260318T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20260318T153000
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SUMMARY:QGIS for Mineral Exploration - Satellite Data
DESCRIPTION:Professional Development Short Course \nModule 4\nPrerequisites:  Completion of Module 1 or previous knowledge of QGIS\n \n\nSatellite data\, data sources\, NASA and ESA data portals\nDownload\, display and basic processing of ASTER and Sentinel 2 data\nBand combinations for enhancing geology and regolith in satellite imagery\n\nDetailed course information here. \nDaily Session Times\n09:00 – 13:30 AWST (Perth)\n11:00 – 15:30 AEST (Townsville)\n12:00 – 16:30 AEDT (Sydney)
URL:https://egru.jcu.edu.au/event/qgis-module4-2026/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20260325T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20260326T000000
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SUMMARY:Predictive Lithospheric Structural Targeting for Giant Discoveries at Corridor to Camp Scale
DESCRIPTION:Professional Development Short Course \nCourse Leader:  Dr Nick Hayward \nA one-day course presented online over two half days \nWednesday 25 & Thursday 26 March 2026 \nDaily session times to be confirmed \nDay 1\n \n\nIntroduction – Industry challenges and opportunities\nLithospheric Architecture – domain boundaries and faults\nLeading practices in mapping lithospheric fault zones\nLithospheric fault zone dynamics\n\n\nPractical Exercise – mapping lithospheric architecture\n\nDay 2\n \n\nSubprovince to Corridor area selection\nCamp-scale structural controls and targeting\nKey Learnings summary + Q&A\n\n\nPractical Exercise – Camp-scale targeting\n\nFurther details are available here.
URL:https://egru.jcu.edu.au/event/predictive-lithospheric-structural-targeting-for-giant-discoveries-at-corridor-to-camp-scale_march2026/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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