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Eight sessions are planned, each including a mix of invited keynote and abstract presentations. Poster sessions will complement oral session themes, and dedicated poster viewing time will be made available each day.
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Topics
- Global View Tectonics, Terranes and Metallogeny – the geoscience building blocks
- Regional View Metallogenic Provinces and Belts – regional and deposit controls
- Deposit View Discovery – ideas, geoscience data and technology producing results
Program at a Glance
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- Monday & Tuesday, September 23rd & 24th
- Wednesday, September 25th
- Thursday, September 26th
- Friday, September 27th
- Saturday, September 28th
This draft program is subject to change. Session descriptions will be added as they become available.
Monday & Tuesday, September 23rd & 24th |
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Date |
Title |
Speaker |
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| Sept 23rd & 24th | Short Course | Gold Deposits: Their Structure and Setting | David Rhys |
| Sept 23rd & 24th | Short Course | Understanding Alteration: use in exploration and development | Anne Thompson and John Thompson, Jim Lang and Bruce Gemmell |
| Sept 23rd & 24th | Short Course | Exploration Geochemistry | MDRU, Dave Heberlein and Dave Lawie |
| Sept 23rd & 24th | Short Course | Exploration Geophysics | Peter Kowalczyk and Nigel Philips |
| September 24th | 17:30 – 19:00 | Welcome Reception | |
Wednesday, September 25th |
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Time |
Session |
Title |
Speakers |
| 07:15 – 07:45 | Refreshments, Exhibition; Poster Presentations | ||
| Theme: Tectonics, Terranes and Metallogeny – The Geoscience Building Blocks | |||
| 07:45 – 08:10 | Introduction and Welcome | ||
| 08:10 – 08:40 | O1.1 | Keynote: Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Metallogeny | Richard Ernst, Carleton University, Canada |
| 08:40 – 09:05 | O1.2 | Tectoids: from Columbia through Pangea to the present | Alexander Yakubchuk, Orsu Metals Corporation, United Kingdom |
| 09:05 – 09:30 | O1.3 | Tectonic and metallogenic styles of late mesozoic orogenic belts along the North Asia craton margin (Eastern Russia and Mongolia) | Nikolay Goryachev, North East Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Institute FEB RAS, Russia |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | O1.4 | Keynote: Tectonics and metallogeny: the Cordillera of British Columbia, Yukon and Alaska | JoAnne Nelson, BC Geological Survey, Canada |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Refreshment Break | ||
| 10:30 – 10:55 | O1.5 | Cretaceous to Tertiary tectonic and metallogenic evolution of the Coast Belt in the northern Cordillera |
Steve Israel, Yukon Geological Survey, Canada |
| 10:55 – 11:20 | O1.6 | Tectonic Evolution and Cretaceous Gold Metallogenesis in Southwestern Alaska – A Review | Garth Graham, US Geological Survey, USA |
| 11:20 – 11:50 | O1.7 | Keynote: Exploration – evolving to meet changing environments | Tom Albanese, Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd, Australia |
| 11:50 – 12:00 | Poster Introduction | ||
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch and Posters | ||
| Concurrent Session O2: Russia – China – Mongolia: | |||
| 13:30 – 14:00 | O2.1 | Construction of the Asian Continent and evolution of its gold provinces | Richard Goldfarb, US Geological Survey, USA |
| 14:00 – 14:25 | O2.2 | Tectonic and metallogenic development of Mongolia | Rodney Graham, Ogallal Exploration LLC, USA |
| 14:25 – 14:50 | O2.3 | The VMS deposits of Rudny Altai | Konstntin Lobanov, Orsu Metals Corp., United Kingdom |
| Concurrent Session O3: Arc Terranes: Cu-Mo-Au-Ag: | |||
| 13:30 – 14:00 | O3.1 | Keynote: Lithospheric fertilization and mineralization by arc magmas: Genetic links and secular differences between porphyry copper±molybdenum±gold and iron oxide-copper-gold deposits | Jeremy Richards, University of Alberta, Canada |
| 14:00 – 14:25 | O3.2 | Volcano tectonic setting of world-class alkalic porphyry and epithermal Au ± Cu deposits of the SW Pacific | Anthony Harris, Newcrest Mining Ltd, Australia |
| 14:25 – 14:50 | O3.3 | Magmatic evolution during flattened subduction and high-sulfidation epithermal ore deposition: Quimsacocha volcanic center, Azuay Province, Ecuador | Peter MacDonald, Mineral Deposit Research Unit, University of British Columbia, Canada |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | Refreshment Break | ||
| Concurrent Session O2: Russia – China – Mongolia: | |||
| 15:10 – 15:40 | O2.4 | Keynote: Jurassic to Cretaceous Gold Metallogeny of northeastern China | Gregory Collins, Eldorado Gold, China |
| 15:40 – 16:05 | O2.5 | Major types and time-space distribution of Mesozoic ore deposits in South China and their geodynamic setting | Jingwen Mao, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, China |
| 16:05 – 16:30 | O2.6 | The Jiaodong gold district and the importance of magmatic exploration geochemistry in an orogenic setting | Stephanie Mills, Monash University, Australia |
| Concurrent Session O3: Arc Terranes: Cu-Mo-Au-Ag: | |||
| 15:10 – 15:40 | O3.4 | Keynote: Tectonomagmatic controls on porphyry mineralization: Geochemical evidence from the Black Mountain porphyry system, Philippines | Pete Hollings, Lakehead University, Canada |
| 15:40 – 16:05 | O3.5 | Exploring for porphyry and high sulfidation epithermal Cu-Au deposits beneath lithocaps in the Philippines | Ingemar Arellano, Freeport McMoRan Exploration Corp., Philippines |
| 16:05 – 16:30 | O3.6 | Geology, alteration, and mineralisation of the giant Wafi-Golpu deposit, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea | Marc Rinne, University of Tasmania, Australia |
| 16:30 – 18:00 | Poster Viewing and Happy Hour | ||
| 19:00 – 22:00 | SEG Awards Dinner | ||
Thursday, September 26th |
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Time |
Session |
Title |
Speakers |
| 07:15 – 08:10 | Refreshments, Exhibition; Poster Presentations | ||
| Theme: Metallogenic Provinces and Belts – Regional and Deposit Controls | |||
| 08:10 – 08:40 | O4.1 | Keynote: Cretaceous-Cenozoic geological setting of Carlin deposits in Nevada: constraints from patterns of regional exhumation and advective heat flow | Kenneth Hickey, Mineral Deposit Research Unit, University of British Columbia, Canada |
| 08:40 – 09:05 | O4.2 | From the outside looking in: Vectoring fluid flow in Carlin-type gold deposits using light stable isotopes | Jeremy Vaughan, Barrick Gold Corp., USA |
| 09:05 – 09:30 | O4.3 | Close time-spatial relationships among diverse quartz-adularia Au+Ag veins, quartz-alunite Au+Ag+Cu deposits and alteration zones and stratiform S° deposits in Miocene volcanic fields, CA-NV, USA | Peter Vikre, US Geological Survey, USA |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | O4.4 | Keynote: Under saturated alkalic porphyry deposits of BC – field characteristics and exploration criteria et al: BC (Alkaline) porphyry | Claire Chamberlain, Teck Resources Limited, Chile |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Refreshment Break | ||
| 10:30 – 10:55 | O4.5 | Tectonic preconditioning and the formation of Giant Porphyry Deposits | Simon Richards, James Cook University, Australia |
| 10:55 – 11:20 | O4.6 | Metallogenic provinces and epochs of Mexico | Antoni Camprubi, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico |
| 11:20 – 11:50 | O4.7 | The Silver Metallogeny of Mexico: Flotsam of the Perfect Tectonic Storm ? | Peter Megaw, MAG Silver-IMDEC Inc., USA |
| 11:50 – 12:00 | Poster Introduction | ||
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch and Posters | ||
| Concurrent Session O5: Western North America: | |||
| 13:30 – 14:00 | O5.1 | Keynote: Metallogenic framework for the White Gold and Dawson Range districts of west-central Yukon and eastern Alaska | Murray Allan, Mineral Deposit Research Unit, University of British Columbia, Canada |
| 14:00 – 14:25 | O5.2 | The Flame Discovery, Keno Hill District, Yukon | Alan McOnie, Alexco Resource Group, Canada |
| 14:25 – 14:50 | O5.3 | Porphyry Cu-Mo Exploration of the Hualapai Mountains, Northwest Arizona, USA | Kevin Meazell, University of Nevada, USA |
| Concurrent Session O6: Continental Margins: Zn-Pb-Ag-Au, U: | |||
| 13:30 – 14:00 | O6.1 | Keynote: SEDEX deposits in the Northern Cordillera: where are we in the basin, and what role does water column euxinia really play? |
Sarah Gleeson, University of Alberta, Canada |
| 14:00 – 14:25 | O6.2 | Genesis and Structural Architecture of the CSA Cu-Ag Mine, Cobar, NSW, Australia |
Roisin Kyne, University of Tasmania, Australia |
| 14:25 – 14:50 | O6.3 | Revised geologic and metallogenic view of the carbonate-hosted Nanisivik zinc district, Nunavut, Canada |
Elizabeth Turner, Laurentian University, Canada |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | Refreshment Break | ||
| Concurrent Session O5: Western North America: | |||
| 15:10 – 15:40 | O5.4 | Geology, Geochemistry and Age of Intrusion-Related Mineralisation In Eastern Mexico | Morgan Poliquin, Almaden Minerals Ltd., Canada |
| 15:40 – 16:05 | O5.6 | Tracking the source and evolution of gold-mineralizing fluids in the Carlin and Battle Mountain – Eureka trends, Great Basin, Nevada | Edine Bakker, Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
| 16:05 – 16:30 | O5.7 | Geology of the Morelos skarn-hosted gold and gold-copper-silver deposits, Guererro State, Mexico | Alejandro Kakarieka, Torex Gold Resources Inc., Canada |
| Concurrent Session O6: Continental Margins: Zn-Pb-Ag-Au, U: | |||
| 15:10 – 15:40 | O6.4 | An Overview of the Structure, Stratigraphy and Zn-Pb-Ag Deposits of the Red Dog district, Northwestern Alaska | Scott Blevings, Teck Resources Limited, Canada |
| 15:40 – 16:05 | O6.5 | Sedimentary rock hosted stratiform copper-silver mineralization: timing, fluid-flow and deposit genesis in the Redstone Copperbelt, Northwest Territories, Canada | Jack Milton, University of British Columbia, Canada |
| 16:05 – 16:30 | O6.6 | Carbonatites in Western North America – Occurrences, metallogeny and exploration strategies | Leo Millonig, University of British Columbia, Canada |
| 16:30 – 18:00 | Poster Viewing and Happy Hour | ||
| 17:30 – 19:00 | Student Networking Event | ||
| 18:30 – 22:00 | SEG Special Event | ||
Friday, September 27th |
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Time |
Session |
Title |
Speakers |
| 07:15 – 08:10 | Refreshments, Exhibition; Poster Presentations | ||
| Theme: Exploration, Discovery and Deposits I | |||
| 08:10 – 08:40 | O7.1 | Keynote: Anglo American Exploration – A decade of Discovery | Graham Brown, SEG, United Kingdom |
| 08:40 – 09:05 | O7.2 | The Brucejack high-grade gold project | Warwick Board, Pretium Resources Inc., Canada |
| 09:05 – 09:30 | O7.3 | Mapping the hydrothermal plume of porphyry Cu deposits using lithogeochemistry and SWIR mineralogy | Richard Tosdal, PicachoEx LLC, USA |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | O7.4 | Keynote: Goldrush – Discovery details and some lessons learned from the latest giant gold deposit discovered in Nevada | Kevin Creel, Barrick Gold Corp., Chile |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Refreshment Break | ||
| 10:30 – 10:55 | O7.5 | Metallogeny of the Megashear Gold Belt, Sonora, Mexico: An Emerging World-Class Orogenic Gold Province | John-Mark Staude, Riverside Resources, Canada |
| 10:55 – 11:20 | O7.6 | Discovery and geology of the Resolution Porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, Arizona | Hamish Martin, Resolution Copper Co., USA |
| 11:20 – 11:50 | O7.7 | Keynote: Exploration and Discovery of the White, Coffee and QV Gold Deposits: Opening New Gold Districts in west-central Yukon | Shawn Ryan, Ryanwood Exploration, Canada |
| 11:50 – 12:00 | Poster Introduction | ||
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch and Posters | ||
| Theme: Exploration, Discovery and Deposits II | |||
| 13:30 – 14:00 | O8.1 | Keynote: A comparison of Carlin-type deposits in Nevada and Yukon | Greg Arehart University of Nevada, Reno, USA |
| 14:00 – 14:25 | O8.2 | Use of stable isotopes in mineral exploration: teaching an old dog new tricks | Shaun Barker, University of Waikato, New Zealand |
| 14:25 – 14:50 | O8.3 | Mineralization and alteration of the Late Triassic Glacier Creek Cu-Zn VMS deposit, Palmer project, Alexander Terrane, Alaska | Nathan Steeves, University of Ottawa, Canada |
| 14:50 – 16:10 | Refreshment Break and Posters | ||
| 16:10 – 16:40 | O8.4 | Geology and Exploration of the Blackwater Gold-Silver Deposit | Mark Petersen, New Gold Inc., USA |
| 16:40 – 17:05 | O8.5 | Regional Metallogeny and Genesis of a New Deposit Type – Disseminated Awaruite (Ni-Fe Alloy) Mineralization Hosted in the Cache Creek Terrane | Ron Britten, First Point Minerals Corp., Canada |
| 17:05 – 17:35 | O8.6 | Keynote: Metallogenic and jurisdictional inequalities around the northern Pacific Rim: Implications for discovery | Richard Sillitoe, United Kingdom |
| 17:35 – 20:00 | Farewell Social Event | ||
Saturday, September 28th |
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Date |
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Title |
Speaker |
| September 28th | Short Course | Mineral Exploration Applications of Stable Isotopes | Shaun Barker, Larry Cathles, David Cooke, Kurt Kyser and Greg Dipple |
| September 28th | Short Course | Exploration Targeting Best Practice Using Geofacets | Peter Kowalczyk, Dianne Mitchinson and Clinton Smyth |