Hi Everyone,
Apologies for the delay in putting together the second circular for
the meeting on 21st Century Pt-Pd Deposits: Current and Future
Potential. I have recently moved from the University of Grrenwich to
Cardiff University and the move has rather disrupted the process of
organising the meeting.
The second circular is now available and is included as text below.
For information on how to get to Southampton, how to book
accomodation and register for the MDSG meeting, please contact the
local organiser Dr Clive Boulter ([log in to unmask]).
If you have any queries that are specific to the Pt-Pd session please
contact me ([log in to unmask]).
When they responded to the first circular, some people indicated that
they would be interested in submitting an abstract and giving a
presentation. I would be grateful if potential authors could contact
me again to confirm whether they intend to submit an abstract or not
and whether they would favour an oral or poster presentation.
I hope you find the information in the second circular useful and I
look forward to seeing you in January.
Regards,
Iain McDonald
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Dr. Iain McDonald
Department of Earth Sciences
Cardiff University
P.O. Box 914
Cardiff CF10 3YE
U.K.
Fax: +44 (0)29 2087 4326
Tel: +44 (0)29 2087 5383 (lab) (0)29 2087 4924 (office)
Email: [log in to unmask]
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SECOND CIRCULAR
21st Century Pt-Pd Deposits: Current and Future Potential
A special session on Pt-Pd deposits organised by the British
Geological Survey (BGS), the Institution of Mining & Metallurgy (IMM)
and the Mineral Deposits Studies Group (MDSG) within the MDSG Annual
Meeting.
3-4th January 2002, Southampton Oceanography Centre, University of
Southampton
Background
Buoyant commodity prices for platinum and palladium have made Pt-Pd
deposits highly attractive targets and there has been a boom in
exploration for such deposits in recent years. The last four years
have also seen major investments in new Pt-Pd mines by established
producers and by a number of new companies such as Aquarius and
Southern Era. Despite economic uncertainty, demand for platinum and
palladium is still projected to increase over the next decade and the
prospects for low-cost, high efficiency mines remain healthy. While
most exploration remains centred on sulphide and chromite-bearing
zones within mafic-ultramafic complexes, there is increasing
recognition that significant Pt-Pd resources may be found in less
conventional settings or as valuable by-products with other metals
(e.g. in alkaline rocks, porphyries and in sediment-hosted deposits).
A prime example of a new but poorly understood Pt-Pd deposit is the
Platreef that will account for an increasing proportion of South
Africa’s platinum and palladium production over the next 25 years.
The number of similar, unconventional, deposits that remain to be
found and developed in South Africa and elsewhere remains unknown.
Aim
The aim of this special session is to bring together exploration and
mining geologists and engineers along with representatives from the
City of London’s mining finance community who have an interest in
platinum and palladium. The session will comprise a series of
presentations that will review and discuss existing deposits, the
economic factors that determine success in Pt-Pd mining operations
and the potential for finding and developing new Pt-Pd resources for
the 21st century.
Convenors
Iain McDonald and Hazel Prichard (Cardiff University) and Gus Gunn
(British Geological Survey).
Keynote Speakers
The following speakers have agreed to give presentations. The final
status and titles of these are subject to confirmation.
Dr. Matt Suttcliffe (Beeson-Gregory) Financing platinum mining
operations.
Mr. Alan Bye (Anglo Platinum) Expansion of open pit operations on the
Platreef, South Africa.
Prof. Reid Keays (Laurentian University and the University of
Melbourne) New geochemical exploration methods for Pt-Pd deposits.
Dr. Dave Evans (Carrog Consulting) Development of new Pt-Pd resources
in Finland.
Dr Louis Cabri (Consultant) The mineralogy of PGM and their genesis
in PGM placer deposits.
Where and When
The MDSG annual meeting and the Pt-Pd session will take place at
Southampton Oceanography Centre, in the University of Southampton.
Full details of how to reach the SOC, register for the meeting and
how to book accomodation are available from the MDSG local organiser
Dr Clive Boulter. ([log in to unmask])
It is intended that the special Pt-Pd session will take place on
Thursday the 3rd of January and will occupy the full day. The
session will end around 4pm and will be followed by an informal
poster session and the conference banquet. The Pt-Pd session will be
followed by a full programme of presentations dealing with other
types of mineral deposits on Friday the 4th and by a half-day
workshop on “Alteration styles and mineralisation” organised by the
Natural History Museum on Saturday the 5th of January. The workshop
will feature a demonstration of a PIMA spectrometer.
A provisional programme is expected to be ready around late November.
Submissions
Participants are invited to submit abstracts (maximum of two A4
pages) for presentation at the meeting. These may cover: (a)
descriptions of new deposits; (b) new research on the genesis of Pt-
Pd mineralisation; or (c) exploration/mining/finance case histories
dealing with Pt-Pd deposits. The deadline for receipt of abstracts
has been EXTENDED TO THE 19TH OF OCTOBER 2001.
Submission should be sent by email or by post to Dr. Iain McDonald,
Department of Earth Sciences, Cardiff University, P.O. Box 914,
Cardiff CF10 3YE. ([log in to unmask])
If possible, abstracts should be prepared using MS Word and sent as
email attachments. Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to
prepare longer research and professional papers for publication in a
thematic issue of the IMM Transactions B (Applied Earth Science) in
early 2002. Authors considering submissions on topics not related to
the Pt-Pd session, should send them to the local AGM organisers at
the address below.
Registration
In order to register for the meeting, delegates should contact the
MDSG AGM organiser Dr Clive Boulter, Department of Ocean and Earth
Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO14 3ZH
([log in to unmask])
(www.soton.ac.uk/~cab1/welimage.htm)
Please provide email and/or fax details if possible. Further details
and registration forms will also be available on the BGS minerals
website (www.mineralsUK.com) and the MDSG website
(www.huxley.ic.ac.uk/research/Basins/MDSG/) shortly.
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