Workshop Schedule
Technical Session
1.5 days of presentations and core viewing
Lunchtime Tuesday 30 April – Wednesday 1 May
PCYC, 29/35 Enterprise Road
Charters Towers
Social Event
Evening, Tuesday 30 April
(included in registration for the Technical Session)
Field Trip
Thursday 2 May
Please note: The Charters Towers Country Music Festival starts on the Friday following the Mineral Systems Workshop. If you plan on coming to the Workshop it might be a good idea to book your accommodation as soon as possible in case there’s an early influx of festival-goers into town.
Registration Fees
AUD inclusive of GST
Technical Session
EGRU Member $530.00
Non Member $675.00
Student $250.00
Field Trip
EGRU Member $165.00
Non Member $165.00
Student $100.00
All places on the field trip have been filled.
To be placed on the waitlist please email EGRU to confirm a place is available before you register.
Registration closes: 14th April 2024.
Confirmation Date: 14th April 2024
Cancellation Date: 14th April 2024. Any cancellations received after this date will not be refunded. To cancel your registration please contact EGRU
Registrations for the workshop have now closed. If you would like to be placed on the waitlist please contact EGRU
Technical Session
The program includes presentations from:
- Ark Mines
- Ballymore Resources
- DevEX Resources
- Dover Castle Metals
- EQ Resources
- Iltani Resources
- Pacgold
- Ravenswood Gold
- Savannah Goldfields
- Sunshine Metals
- Geological Survey of Queensland
- Sustainable Minerals Institute, UQ
- EGRU, JCU
There will also be a core display.
The current program is here.
Field Trip
Thanks to the generosity of Ballymore Resources this field trip will offer a great opportunity to visit some iconic sites in northeast Queensland. Ballymore is organising the trip and providing access to its prospects.
Field trip sites include:
- Matthews Pinnacle prospect – 1km x 1km hydrothermal breccia
- Pinnacle Creek gold-base metal vein prospect
- UST textures near Middle Mount prospect
- Seventy Mile Mount prospect – a hydrothermal breccia system with similarities to the Mount Leyshon and Mount Wright deposits
- Mount Leyshon Pit
Field Trip Requirements
Moderate physical fitness (there are hills to walk)
Supportive footwear (some uneven rocky terrain)
Hat, long sleeves, long pants, high vis preferred
Recommended: pick, hand lens
(Photo credits: Zhaoshan Chang)