EGRU invites industry, government and research colleagues to join them for this year’s EGRU Engagement Day on Friday 6 March.

The 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.

The afternoon starts with lunch, followed by presentations and a social event.

The presentations will:

• Highlight a new education initiative in north Queensland aimed at providing a talent pipeline into the resources sector.
• Introduce new academic and research staff.
• Provide an overview of new research projects focused on advancing critical mineral exploration and extraction.

This is a free event but registration is required.

Please register here.    Registration closes on Monday 2 March 2026.

For further information please contact:  EGRU_training@jcu.edu.au

Presenters include:

Catie Streng, STEM Engagement Educator, Queensland Minerals and Energy Academy
Developing the Pipeline: QMEA’s Role in Educating the Future Critical Minerals Workforce in Townsville and North Queensland 

Dr Anne Kaufmann, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, JCU
Fingerprinting Australia’s Rare Earth Element Resources and Processing Pathways

Dr Utpalendu Haldar, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, JCU
Applying Trace Element and Isotope Geochemistry to Identify Critical Minerals

Dr Rosilene Gabas, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, JCU
Sustainable REE Extraction from Australian Ores

Dr Alica Hoess, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, JCU
Tracing Magmatic and Hydrothermal Processes of Strategic Metal Enrichment

Dr Stuart Russell, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, JCU

Dr Helen McCoy-West, Senior Lecturer, JCU
Optimising Vanadium Extraction and Processing

Dr Youseph Ibrahim, Lecturer, JCU
Proterozoic Tectonics of Australia

Assoc. Prof. Ioan Sanislav, EGRU Director,  JCU
EGRU research and training update

Time
12:30 pm
Friday 6 March

Locations
Lunch: Building 506, Room 506-001
Presentations: Building 506, Room 506-117
Social Event: Building 502, Skybar

Bebegu Yumba Campus
James Cook University, Townsville