2022 Annual Conference

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As you are aware, the MinEx CRC Annual Conference will be held face-to-face (!) from 15-16 November 2022 at the Adelaide Zoo. A detailed agenda and registration details can be found below.

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MinEx CRC Participants and Affiliates

MinEx CRC Researchers, Students and Staff

WHO CAN ATTEND?

The 2022 Annual Conference is open to MinEx CRC Sponsors, Researchers, Postgraduate students and staff only.

SUMMARY OF KEY EVENTS:

Monday 14 November 2022:

Argon Geochronology Pre-Conference Workshop
Education and Training Lunch (by invitation)
Postgraduate Student Workshop (by invitation)
Welcome BBQ

Tuesday 15 November:

EDI Committee Breakfast (by invitation)
Conference Day 1
THEME 1: Enabling the Future Exploration Workplace
THEME 2: ESG Takes Centre Stage
THEME 3: Frontiers of Exp0loration, New Spaces, New Commodities
Official Conference Dinner

Wednesday 16 November:

MinEx CRC Project Meetings
Distributed Sensing for Mineral CT Drilling Workshop (OP 4 discussion)

ARGON GEOCHRONOLOGY WORKSHOP:

Date:
Monday 14 November 2022

Time:
2:00pm – 5:15pm

Venue:
University of Adelaide, 134 Sprigg Room, Mawson Building, Frome Road, Adelaide
Please note that the Sprigg Room does not have disabled access as the building does not have a lift/elevator. The workshop room is located upstairs on the first floor.

Overview:
MinEx CRC research is delivering new insights into mineralogical processes relevant to ore deposit formation and tectonics through an argon geochronology research program, including through a dedicated MinEx CRC Opportunity Fund Project with case studies across the continent. Results from these case studies will be detailed, as well as outlining the power of the methodology for the assessment of features such as paleo depth, or timing the movement of major faults and shear zones by dating breccias and/or mylonites.

This workshop will cover both the basics of the technique as well as advanced levels of data collection, interrogation and interpretation and will leave participants with a fuller understanding of the power of the technique for characterising mineral systems. Case studies will illustrate the impact and significance of the results obtained.

Key topics to be explored include:

Argon geochronology 101 – interpreting age spectra, asymptotes and limits, and developing Frequently Measured Age plots
Case studies from the MinEx CRC Opportunity fund project including the Olympic Dam region
Case studies from the National Argon Map (NAM) using data from the western Aileron Province
Palaeodepth, temperature-time and metasomatic fluid and alteration events

The workshop will be presented by Anthony Reid (GSSA), Dave Kelsey (GSWA), Marnie Forster (ANU) and Gordon Lister (The Virtual Explorer)

The workshop is recommended for anyone working with NDI drill hole datasets or with samples that need to be placed in a regional context.

No previous argon geochronology experience is required.

CODE OF CONDUCT:

To meet its vision, it is a requirement for MinEx CRC to exchange research and development ideas across broad disciplines with a range of people of diverse views through open and respectful dialogue at face-to-face and online meetings, conferences, and field and drilling activities. MinEx CRC is committed to an ethos of equal opportunity and fair treatment of all those associated with MinEx CRC-related activities, regardless of diversity.

It is the responsibility of all those associated with MinEx CRC to ensure that a collegiate, inclusive and encouraging atmosphere is maintained when undertaking the work of the CRC. MinEx CRC considers the rich diversity of those involved in the CRC as a resource that should be drawn upon.

We ask that all attendees familiarise themselves with the MinEx CRC Code of Conduct.

Download the MinEx CRC Code of Conduct here.