Workshop Schedule

Technical Session
1.5 days of presentations and core viewing
Lunchtime Tuesday 14 April – Wednesday 15 April
PCYC, 29/35 Enterprise Road
Charters Towers

Social Event
Evening, Tuesday 14 April
(included in registration for the Technical Session)

Field Trip
Thursday 16 May

Registration Fees 

AUD inclusive of GST

Technical Session
EGRU Member              $570.00
Non Member                 $720.00
Student                           $270.00

Field Trip
EGRU Member              $175.00
Non Member                 $175.00
Student                           $100.00

Registrations for this event are now open.

Registrations will close Tuesday 31st March 2026.

 

Technical Session

The program includes presentations from:

  • Alma Metals
  • Ballymore Resources
  • Cannindah Resources
  • Gold Fields
  • Geological Survey of Queensland
  • Iltani Resources
  • Terra Search / Loyal Metals
  • Sunshine Metals
  • Pajingo – Yulong gold
  • EGRU, JCU

There will be a core and poster display at the venue, and an opportunity to visit the Terra Search core yard to view:

  • Intervals of massive sulphide and supergene copper from recent drilling at the Highway Reward copper – gold deposit
  • Intersections of the breccia from the world class Mount Leyshon gold deposit

 

 

Field Trip

The field trip is generously hosted by Sunshine Metals.

The trip will travel to the Liontown Project south of Charters Towers to view:

  • Historic workings, dumps and the remains of the historic battery and furnace.
  • Exposures of feeder style Cu-Au mineralisation and stratiform Pb-Zn mineralisation, and the volcanic footwall and sedimentary hanging wall sequences.

The trip will then travel to the Sunshine Metals core yard in Charters Towers to view a selection of:

  • Liontown diamond drill holes illustrating the stratigraphy and mineralisation styles.
  • Francis Creek diamond drill holes illustrating various epithermal vein textures and mineralisation.

 

Field Trip Requirements

Hat, steel cap boots, long sleeved shirts, long pants
Safety glasses for anyone planning to break rocks

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