Heavy mineral concentration and analytical techniques in mineral exploration - from research to business

Workshop, 14th December 2021
Organizer: MinExTarget project

Master and PhD students as well as professionals are invited to participate in the workshop on “Heavy mineral concentration and analytical techniques in mineral exploration - from research to business”. The online event will be on 14th December 2021 at 12.00-18.10 (Finnish time EET) via zoom video connection. The Workshop is organized by the MinExTarget project.

Program

Finnish time EET                                                                                                                              
12.00-12.10     Opening
                           Pertti Sarala, GTK/OMS and Juha Kaija, GTK
12.10-12.35     CRS Laboratory's services
                           Ville Anttila, CRS Laboratory                                                             
12.35-13.00     Palsatech - New Way of Mineral Exploration
                           Hannu Ahola, Palsatech                                                           
13.00-13.20     MinExTarget Company
                           Petri Ahokangas, OBS                                                              
13.20-13.30     Break                                                                                             
13.30-13.50     The dynamics of business models in the mineral exploration sector
                           Nina Jorien van Vulpen, PhD, OBS                                                     
13.50-14.10     Rajapalot Au-Co deposit as an example of atypical orogenic gold
                           Jukka-Pekka Ranta, Postdoc, OMS                                                     
14.10-14.30     Trace element and isotope analyses of sulphide minerals in mineral deposit fingerprinting: A case study from Petäjäselkä Au occurrence, northern Finland
                           Atte Taivalkoski, PhD, OMS                                                     
14.30-14.50     Coffee break
14.50-15.10     Scheelite trace elements and source rock characterization: A test at the Rompas-Rajapalot prospect, northern Finland
                           Krisztian Szentpeteri, Research Scientist, GTK
15.10-15.30     The age of monazite grains in till as an indicator of potentially mineralized bedrock: A test at the Rompas-Rajapalot prospect, northern Finland
                            Paavo Nikkola, Research Scientist, GTK                                                        
15.30-15.50      A combined SEM AQM and LA-ICPMS approach for textural, trace element, and U-Pb dating fingerprinting of target minerals in Greenland
                            Tonny Thomsen & Nynke Keulen, GEUS                                           
15.50-16.10     Cobalt mineralization in the Stara Kamienica Range, SW Poland            
                           Paulina Skirak, MSc, AGH                                                        
16.10-16.20     Break                                                                                             
16.20-16.40     Mineralogical study of the heavy mineral concentrate from the Karkonosze-Izera Massif                                                     
                           Krzysztof Foltyn, AGH                                                                     
16.40-17.00     New data on polymetallic mineralization in the Gierczyn-Przecznica area, mineralogy, trace elements and geochronology SW Poland
                           Władysław Zygo, AGH                                                              
17.00-17.20     Fingerprinting elements in exploration for copper deposits in Palaeoproterozoic terrains, a case study of the Nussir copper deposit, Repparfjord Tectonic Window, Northern Norway
                           Yulia Munn, Postdoc, UiT                                                        
17.20-17.40     Geochemical characteristics of sediment- and mafic rock-hosted Cu deposits in the Kåfjord area, Alta-Kvænangen Tectonic Window, Northern Norway
                           Sondre Simonsen, MSc, UiT                                                                            
17.40-18.00     The geochemical signature of Cu mineralisation preserved in stream sediments from the Alta-Kvænangen Tectonic Window, Northern Norway
                           Johan Hilmo, MSc UiT                                                              
18.00-18.10     Closing
                           Hugh O'Brien, GTK
 

Registration

Registration here. Registration within December 13th 2021. Please add on the registration your active email address where the Zoom link for the lectures will be sent a day before the workshop.
Price: Participation on the workshop is free.
 
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Geochemical fingerprinting and indicator mineral research techniques in mineral exploration
Webinar series, October 8-22, 2021
Organizers: GTK, OMS

 

Master and PhD students as well as professionals are invited to participate in the series of three online webinars on “Geochemical fingerprinting and indicator mineral research techniques in mineral exploration”. The Webinar sessions will be on the following Friday’s afternoon at 13.00-15.00 (Finnish time EEST) via Zoom video connection. The Webinar series is organized by MinExTarget project in cooperation with GTK's Strategical development program and collaboration with the Oulu Mining School.

PROGRAM

Webinar 1

8th October at 13.00-15.00 (EEST)
Fingerprinting techniques in Au exploration, Part 1: The nature and characteristics of Áu
Rob Chapman, University of Leeds, UK 

Webinar 2

15th October at 13.00-15.00 (EEST)
Fingerprinting techniques in Au exploration, Part 2: Sampling and analytical methodologies in Au characterization
Rob Chapman, University of Leeds and Norman Moles, University of Brighton, UK 

Webinar 3

22nd October at 13.00-15.00 (EEST)
Indicator minerals analytical techniques: identification, isotope and trace element analysis
Marja Lehtonen and Yann Lahaye, GTK, Finland

Registration

Registration here. Please add on the registration your active email address where the Zoom link for the lectures will be sent a day before each Webinar sessions.

Price: Participation on the Webinar series is free.