From: "Ger Kegge" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Ger Kegge" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: WINDHOEK GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE 2002: IMPORTANT UPDATE
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 12:03:50 +0200
Dear Colleague,
WINDHOEK GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE 2002
Through our First Circular and Call for papers and/or our Web-site:
http://www.geoconference2002.com you are now probably aware of our
international geological conference: "Sedimentary, Magmatic and Ore-Forming
Responses to Compressional and Extensional Tectonics: A Focus on Africa",
which is to be held from 22 - 26 July 2002 in Windhoek, Namibia.
Because of the encouraging responses from potential delegates and sponsors,
and to take into account the changes in the N$/US$ exchange rate, most
conference fees have been significantly reduced, e.g. for members of
hosting and sponsoring societies the "early bird" delegate fee (until 31
March 2002) has been reduced to US$ 325 (international) or NS$2700
(residents of SADC countries). The fee covers coffee, tea and lunches
during the conference, and the Icebreaker reception and Namibian evening.
Please consult our Web-site for details.
The conference incorporates the 11th Quadrennial Symposium of the
International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits (IAGOD) and
GEOCONGRESS 2002 of the Geological Society of South Africa, and is hosted
by the Geological Societies of Namibia, South Africa and Zambia. The
conference is as much sedimentary, magmatic and tectonic as it is economic.
Besides creating a platform for the exchange of the latest geological
research results, the conference provides also exposure to mining
investment opportunities in the Southern African region. An exhibition
allows the presentation of investment opportunities, and services and goods
for the mining industry. Various workshops and/or short courses and a wide
selection of geological excursions are also being offered. The conference
is sponsored by the Geological Survey of Namibia, the Council for
Geoscience of South Africa, IUGS/UNESCO, The Society of Economic Geologists
(SEG) and The Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA).
By returning the Provisional Registration form contained in the First
Circular you will ensure that you receive the Final announcement with full
details on the conference which is presently being finalised. You can also
register via our Web-site.
The Final announcement contains full details on the conference including
details on our invited speakers:
- our Keynote speakers: Dr. Richard Sillitoe, Consulting Geologist, UK,
"Iron oxide-copper-gold deposits an Andean perspective", and Prof. Ross
Large, Director, CODES Special Research Centre, University of Tasmania on
"Stratiform Sediment Hosted Zn-Pb-Ag Deposits: Ore deposit Models and
Exploration Criteria";
- SEG lecturers: Dr. Steve Walters, Director GeoDiscovery Group, Australia,
"An overview of world-class Broken Hill-type Pb-Zn-Ag deposits - new
lessons from old ore bodies", and Prof Lluis Fontbote, Department of
Mineralogy, University of Geneva; "Zn-Pb materialisation in high
sulfidation epithermal environment - examples from Peru";
- Plenary speakers: Prof Uwe Reimold, President Geological Society of South
Africa 2002 on "Mineralisation associated with impact structures, with
special reference to the Vredefort-Witwatersrand system" and Dr. Erik
Hammerbeck, President IAGOD 2002 on "Topical aspects of the geotectonic and
metallogenic evolution of Africa"; and
- the 2002 Alex. L. du Toit Memorial Lecturer, Prof Bruce Rubidge,
University of the Witwatersrand on "Re-uniting lost continents - fossil
reptiles from the ancient Karoo and their wanderlust".
The Technical Sessions are being re-structured to encourage an even wider
geological range of papers, whilst the selection of Geological excursions
is being expanded with "the Big Five" excursion - Wits Au, Karoo coal,
Bushveld Complex (PGM & Cr), Kruger National Park, Palaborwa (Cu-P), and a
diamond mine; a "Base metals" excursion - Pering (Pb-Zn), Sishen-Kalahari
(Fe-Mn), Aggenys-Gamsberg (Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag), Okiep (Cu) sillimanite/alluvial
diamonds possibly, Rosh Pinah/Scorpion (Zn-Pb-Cu), Fish River Canyon (?)
and Haib Cu (?); a "Diamond Special" excursion - Kimberley-Barkly
West-Orange River-Kleinsee/Alexander Bay/Oranjemund; and a "Mines and
mineral deposits of northern and central Namibia" excursion. Unfortunately
some originally offered excursions had to be withdrawn. Several Workshops
and Short Courses are also being offered. Please consult our Web-site for
details.
Hoping for your support and to welcome you in Windhoek,
Ger Kegge
For the Conference Organising Committee
Dr. Reimar Seltmann <[log in to unmask]>
Natural History Museum, Department of Mineralogy
Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: +44 207 942 5042, Fax: +44 207 942 5537
Web: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/mineralogy/
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