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Metamorphic Gradient: SEG Foundation

A Regional-Scale Area Selection “The Discovery Fund”
Criterion for Gold in the (See SEGF Presidential Perspective
Northeastern Superior Province, for details, p. 7)

Eastern Canadian Shield

Michel Gauthier,† Sylvain Trépanier, Département des Sciences al )
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de la Terre et de l’Atmosphère, Université du Québec à Montréal,
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C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal (QC) H3C 3P8, Canada; and Mi
Stephen Gardoll,* Centre for Exploration Targeting, School of Earth $1
and Geographical Sciences, The University of Western Australia,
35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia

ABSTRACT
One hundred years after the first gold dis-
coveries in the Abitibi subprovince, the
Archean James Bay region to the north is
experiencing a major exploration boom.
Poor geologic coverage in this part of the
northeastern Superior province has hindered
the application of traditional Abitibi explo-
ration criteria such as crustal-scale faults
and “Timiskaming-type” sedimentary rocks.
New area selection criteria are needed for
successful greenfield exploration in this fron-
tier region, and the use of steep metamor-
phic gradients is presented as a possible
alternative. The statistical robustness of the
metamorphic gradient area selection crite-
rion was confirmed by using the curve of the
receiver operating characteristic (ROC) to
estimate the correlation between metamor-
phic fronts and the distribution of known
Abitibi orogenic gold producers. The crite-
rion was then applied to the James Bay
region during a first-pass craton-scale explo-
ration program. This was part of the strategy
that led to the discovery of the Eleonore
multimillion-ounce gold deposit in 2004.
†Corresponding author: e-mail,
michel-gauthier@hotmail.com
*Present address: Redstone Resources,
Suite 3, 110-116 East Parade, East Perth,
WA 6004, Australia.
INTRODUCTION
This paper presents a craton-scale area llion
selection criterion for orogenic gold
5 Mi
(Groves et al., 2003) based on the crude $.7
relationship between mineralization
and high metamorphic gradients. The
criterion was tested using statistical
methods and GIS software, and subse-
quently applied to the James Bay fron-
tier region of the northeastern Superior
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province (Fig. 1). This was part of an
Mi g ed
led
exploration strategy which led to the
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recent discovery of Eleonore, a multimil-
on
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lion-ounce gold deposit (Robertson,
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2005).
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Crustal-Scale Faults and
“Timiskaming-Type” Sedimentary
Rocks as Inappropriate Area
Selection Criteria for the
Northeastern Superior Province
The northeastern Superior province is
interspersed with long, narrow green-
stone belts in which metamorphic grades
vary from greenschist to granulite facies.
In the past, it seemed to be barren of
$ 10K
k=
orogenic gold deposits (Fig. 2) despite
the fact that Low (1897) discovered gold
B ric
in the James Bay region along the East-
old
main River more than
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FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
SEG Council Actions — Toronto, Canada 䡲 March 3, 2007
The SEG Council held a regularly sched-
uled meeting at the Radisson Admiral
Hotel in Toronto, Canada. Members of
the Council present were R.J. Goldfarb
(Chair), C.D. Anglin, A. Arribas R.,
D.R. Burrows, J.A.S. Dow, M.S. Enders
(President of Foundation), J.L. Hannah,
B.G. Hoal, J.L. Muntean, H.J. Noyes,
J.A. Perelló, C.E. Seedorff, R.L. Sherlock,
S.F. Simmons, Y. Watanabe, N. Williams,
and M. Zentilli. A written proxy for
D.R. Cooke was held by B.G. Hoal.
Apologies were received from S-J. Barnes,
F. Camus, and D.R. Cooke. President
Goldfarb called the meeting to order
at 8:05 a.m.
The following actions were taken at
the meeting:
䡲 Adopted the meeting agenda.
䡲 Approved a motion from J.A.S. Dow
to ratify the following actions taken
by the Council since its meeting on
October 20, 2006:
– Approved on December 1, 2006,
the draft Council Minutes for the
October 20, 2006, meeting held at
the SEG headquarters in Littleton,
Colorado, USA.
– Approved on January 26, 2007, the
formation of a new SEG Student
Chapter at the Universidad Católica
del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile.
– Approved on January 26, 2007, a
revision of the SEG Bylaws to allow
for all nine Councilors to partici-
pate in the evaluation of the Pen-
rose Gold Medal, SEG Silver Medal,
and the Ralph W. Marsden Award.
䡲 Approved a motion from D.R.
Burrows to ratify the following
actions taken by the Executive
Committee since the Council meet-
ing on October 20, 2006:
– Approved Fellowship List no. 06-03
on December 15, 2006, thereby
admitting the following candidates
to SEG Fellowship: David Craw,
Andreas Dietrich, Michael A.
Etheridge, Leonardo Fusciardi.
– Approved on February 7, 2007, the
slate of Nominating Committee
members proposed by Past Presi-
dent and Chair, John A. S. Dow.
Nominating Committee members:
Carolyn D. Anglin, Antonio
Arribas R., Michael O. Harris,
Jeffrey W. Hedenquist, Christoph
A. Heinrich, Douglas J. Kirwin.
– Approved on February 22, 2007,
the slate of Committee on Com-
mittees members proposed by
President-Elect Neil Williams.
Committee on Committees mem-
bers: Alan D. Goode (Chair),
William X. Chávez, Jr., Judith A.
Kinnaird, M. Alexandra Skewes,
Fernando Tornos, Graciano P.
Yumul, Jr.
䡲 Accepted an oral report by President
Goldfarb in which he discussed
membership initiatives in 2006,
including his approach to those aca-
demics in North America who were
working in the field of ore deposits
but were not members of the Society.
He emphasized the importance of
increasing resources in the area of
student activities and expressed his
opinion that representation of stu-
dent issues at Council level should be
considered, possibly by one of the
Vice Presidents, and that this might
require a change in the SEG Bylaws.
The roles of field trip and workshop
coordinators were key to generating
SEG activities and Goldfarb was in
the process of soliciting good candi-
dates for both these positions. The
need for a short course program to
fully utilize the SEG conference facil-
ity would require a local committee
of volunteers and, again, President
Goldfarb had a short list of suitable
candidates.
䡲 Passed a motion from C.E. Seedorff to
accept the oral report by Foundation
President Enders in which he focused
on greatly increased expenditures by
the Foundation to address student
programs at a time when there is a
strong need for graduates in the field
of economic geology. Ambitious
fund-raising initiatives are underway
to ensure the success of grant and fel-
lowship programs. During 2006,
Foundation had awarded student
research grants worth US$130,045 to
51 applicants, while the SEG Canada
Foundation awarded a total of
C$17,500 to six students. Discussion
of student support resulted in a num-
ber of suggestions to improve Society
involvement in student activities—
networking events at student chapters
(Zentilli), an SEG alumni association
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to improve
access to men-
tors by students
(Simmons),
and the need
to investigate BRIAN G. HOAL
retention of stu- SEG Executive Director
and Editor
dents in the
Society after
graduation.
䡲 Passed a motion from N. Williams to
accept the Executive Director’s
annual report for 2006.
䡲 Passed a motion from J.L. Hannah to
approve the Treasurer’s report for
2006, noting the healthy financial
status of the Society and the genera-
tion of a surplus in excess of budget.
䡲 Passed a motion from C.E. Seedorff to
approve the amended budget for
2007 as presented by the Treasurer.
This approval included the revised
capital expenditure estimate dated
2.28.07 for the conference facility
and the allocation of a 5% variance
in future expenditures on this project
to the Building Committee.
䡲 Accepted progress reports from the
Executive Director on the implemen-
tation of the iMIS association man-
agement software and SEG confer-
ence center.
䡲 Passed a motion from C.E. Seedorff to
accept the oral report from the Chair
of the Publications Board, S.F. Sim-
mons, in which he listed the current
members of the board (J.S. Cline,
M.D. Hannington, M.W. Hitzman,
B.G. Hoal, D.L. Kelley, S.E. Kesler, F.
Robert, S.F. Simmons) as well as pub-
lications “in the pipeline” and the
role of Associate Editors in procuring
manuscripts for Economic Geology.
Council endorsed the need for timeli-
ness of journal delivery as a priority.
䡲 Passed a motion from C.E. Seedorff to
accept the report from the Vice Presi-
dent of Regional Affairs, A. Arribas
R., in which he noted the new Re-
gional VPs for Australasia (T. Baker)
and Asia (X. Mo), with Mo starting
after August 2007.
䡲 Accepted the Program Committee
report presented by the President,
with discussion taking place on the
following items:
– Support of SEG stu-
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... from 4 From The Executive Director (Continued)

chapters to attend the annual AME
BC event in January rather than
sponsorship of the student-industry
networking event.
– Change in the nature of participa-
tion at the SME annual meeting
from a joint geology program to
the provision of a keynote lecturer
on an appropriate topic.
– The priority of the SEG-GSSA 2008
conference in the context of other
meetings seeking SEG sponsorship
in 2008.
– Representation of SEG at 33rd IGC
would be technical (sessions and
keynote by Williams) and proba-
bly include an exhibit.
䡲 Passed a motion from S.F. Simmons
to request that the SEG Foundation
increase the budget for Student
Chapter support to $20,000, noting
that the additional funding would be
discretionary.
䡲 Passed a motion from N. Williams to
approve the slate of the SEG-SEGF
Investment Committee members as
presented by the Executive Director.
These members (including alter-
nates) are as follows: G.R. Ireland
(Chair), D.J. Baker, C.E. Herald, B.G.
Hoal, G.C. Huber, J.R. Huspeni, H.J.
Noyes, and J.A. Thoms.
䡲 Agreed to hold the next meeting of
the Council at the SEG Headquarters
in Littleton on the morning of Friday,
October 26, 2007. This meeting
would be succeeded in the afternoon
by a meeting of the SEG Foundation.
䡲 Adjourned the meeting at 12:40 p.m.
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PRESIDENTIAL PERSPECTIVE

Economic Geology into the Future

As I look back at Presidential Perspec- recently, Mark Hannington. Economic The answer is
tives in past SEG Newsletters, I note many Geology continues to be the authorita- that there has
recurring themes critical to our society tive journal in our science and the been an alarm-
and our discipline. The changing face of venue where we can best communicate ing downturn in RICHARD J. GOLDFARB
our membership, funding issues, meet- our basic and more applied ore deposit paper submit- SEG President
ing agendas, state of and changes in studies. But, there are significant pre- tals. In quite a 2007
exploration, and student needs are all sent-day and future concerns regarding few years, as
major concerns addressed by many SEG the journal that impact all of us. many as 150
presidents. Surprisingly though, none of Some SEG members have approached papers (not including special issues)
these columns have ever focused on our me recently to ask why the last issue of were submitted, but this number dropped
journal, Economic Geology. Economic Geology was so thin. Issue 7 is to 128 in 2003, 104 in 2004, and fewer
However, perhaps this is not really the shortest issue in about six years and than 85 during each of the two years
surprising, because the steady flow of Volume 101 is our shortest volume since previous to 2007. The drop in submission
200+ page issues of Economic Geology 1999 (Fig. 1). If it weren’t for the impres- is translating directly into the number of
into our mailboxes every six weeks is sive job done by Jeff Hedenquist and papers published. If our goal is to receive
something we are all accustomed to Steve Kesler in soliciting cutting-edge 10 papers and 200+ pages of material in
receiving. Over the past decades, most special 100th Anniversary papers for each of the 8 issues each year, then our
SEG members have had few “concerns” Volume 101, far fewer papers would acceptance rate would need to be nearly
with the journal, credited in large part have been available in 2006. The ques- 100%! Any rate remotely close to that
to exceptional editorial leadership of tion is, why are we getting fewer papers would require the editor and his edito-
Brian Skinner, Marco Einaudi, and, most in our journal? rial board to devote a disproportionate
amount of time preparing unacceptable
3000 manuscripts to meet the quality expected
by the readership. And is this even the
2500 responsibility of these volunteers? Alter-
natively, publication of each issue could
be delayed until a group of 10 acceptable
2000
Pages Per Volume

papers makes its way through the review

system. Some SEG members might find
1500 this acceptable, but the majority likely
would be wondering what happened to
1000 their next issue. Lengthy delays would
also lead to concerns about institutional
500
subscription payments to SEG.
So why the decline in submittals and
what can we do? At the start to this
0
decade, the initiation of such a decline
70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84
8 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06
Year may have been due to
to page 6 . . .
the disappointing but
FIGURE 1. Pages per volume of Economic Geology since 1970. well-recognized drop in
6 SEG NEWSLETTER
... from 5 Presidential Perspective (Continued)
university and government scientist eco-
nomic geology positions. Also, accord-
ing to the American Geological Institute
(AGI), the number of U.S. student
enrollments and degrees granted in the
geosciences has dropped precipitously
since 1999 (undergraduate enrollment
was at a 25-year low in 2000; Fig. 2);
similar trends are recognized in most
other parts of the world.
Superimposed on these longer-term
trends may now be an additional rea-
son for the decline in submittals, which
relates to the recent upturn in our indus-
try. Undergraduate students interested
in ore deposits are finding employment
immediately upon completion of their
degrees and thus the number of enrolled
graduate students in economic geology
programs continues to shrink. Further-
more, those students finishing advanced
degrees often bolt immediately into the
workplace without publishing their
research. This may be a cyclic phe-
nomenon, but for the immediate future,
while times are so good, we will need to
make a real effort to get more papers
submitted to Economic Geology if we
hope to see eight issues annually.
Those in academia need to put more
pressure on their students to submit their
work for publication. Many universities
now allow theses to be completed as a
series of publishable papers. Advisors
should strongly encourage students to
submit these for journal publication.
The review process itself provides excel-
lent educational feedback to the author
at the end of his or her university career.
It is noteworthy that about 40% of
the content of the journal is provided by
non-members. The success of the jour-
nal requires that a larger proportion of
our membership participate in writing
FIGURE 2. Estimated USA geoscience undergraduate and graduate level enrollment from
1955 to 2001 (AGI, 2002).
papers. Companies can do their part by
encouraging employees, particularly
new hires direct from university, to pub-
lish their work. This can have a positive
impact on recruitment as many gradu-
ating students look at publications to
determine which companies are doing
cutting-edge work in the understanding
of ore deposits. The appearance of a
company name in Economic Geology is
definitely good for the recruitment of
top talent by that company.
Now is a good time to submit your
work results to the journal because there
is little backlog. If your paper is in good
shape, then it should move forward
quickly. Our journal’s Express Letters is
an excellent new venue to quickly reach
our entire discipline with brief commu-
nications on exciting new concepts in
economic geology. Very applied contri-
butions suggested by Einaudi in 1999
(see SEG Newsletter 36), such as publica-
tion of field-based papers on important
new orebodies, as well as high quality
regional-, district-, or deposit-scale
maps, are still highly desired by the
journal and welcomed products from
many of our members in the mining
industry. Economic Geology can only be
as good as your contributions and your
help is essential to its success.
The Publications Board and Council
are also considering Economic Geology’s
position in the rapidly evolving world of
digital publishing. This complex issue
must be thoroughly researched and op-
tions carefully weighed. SEG members
have electronic access to the journal, but
nonmembers only have access to abstracts
and must access the pay-per-view
Geoscience World website for electronic
journal papers. Some scientific journals,
whose issues are digitally published,
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however, allow free and open access. Is
this the future for Economic Geology?
There are many pros to open journal
access and if all journals will be pub-
lished digitally in the future, should SEG
be a leader in this arena? Today’s stu-
dents, including tomorrow’s leaders in
our field, belong to the digital genera-
tion and may opt for only soft copies of
journals. If free access to articles is not
available, then students may not pur-
sue them. Because authors want their
research to be read by as many individ-
uals as possible, is open access the best
method to facilitate wide distribution? A
possible consequence of open access is
an increase of the so-called “impact fac-
tor” of a journal (essentially, the average
number of citations an article receives
in a journal for two years after its publi-
cation), which is important for some
academics because funding decisions
can be based upon publishing in jour-
nals with high ratings. Electronic pub-
lishing can enhance articles’ impact with
higher quality graphics, video files, and
hyperlinks. Limiting publication of a
journal to solely electronic format may
reduce expenses. Finally, funding agen-
cies, particularly governmental, may
require electronic access to all products
even from journals without open access.
Arguments against open journal
access include a possible loss of SEG
library subscription income. Could this
revenue be recouped if authors were re-
quired to pay mandatory page charges of
$2,000 to $3,000 per article, which thus
would need to be written into funding
grants? Would this policy discourage sub-
mittals, notwithstanding the inherent
value of much wider circulation of the
authors’ papers? An all-electronic format
saving might be realized, but journal pro-
duction services (copyediting, typesetting,
proofing, etc.) would still be required.
If all material were available free-of-
charge, then would SEG lose members
who view the journal as the society’s
greatest value? Or could an electronic
journal introduce potential members to
our society’s benefits? Clearly electronic
publishing issues require a great deal of
careful evaluation and this must begin
now.
Economic Geology has been the leading
communicator of our science and will
continue to be such. How much of our
work we share in the journal and how
the journal might operate effectively in
the electronic publishing era are issues of
concern to all members. Please feel free
to provide me or any other Council mem-
bers with your views on these critical
matters (email, goldfarb@usgs.gov). 1
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F O U N D AT I O N P R E S I D E N T I A L P E R S P E C T I V E
SEG Foundation Creates “The Discovery Fund”
The SEGF Trustees realize that the
decline in university-level economic
geology students, the decline in gradu-
ate-level economic geology research
programs, and the aging population of
economic geologists employed in the
mining industry is a serious threat to
the vitality of the mining industry and
the academic community.
Responding to this issue, the Board
of Trustees, at its March 3rd meeting in
Toronto, approved the creation of a
special fund, “The Discovery Fund,”
designed specifically to attract individ-
ual contributors who have enjoyed a
successful career in economic geology
and who want to provide significant
financial support through the
Foundation to encourage and develop a
new generation of economic geologists.
SEG is committed to “Advancing
Science and Discovery.” So it is appro-
priate that the Fund should be named
in recognition of the ways many of us
have benefited from a career in eco-
nomic geology, whether it has been
from the actual discovery of an ore
deposit through exploration, from the
discovery of new geologic and scientific
concepts through academic or govern-
ment-sponsored research, or from the
discovery of economic value through
exploration, mining, or investment in
the minerals industry.
The Discovery Fund will provide
financial support to a new generation
of economic geologists who have not
yet, or are just now, discovering the
fascinating and exciting world of eco-
nomic geology. The objective is to
greatly expand and sustain SEGF’s core
student programs—Student Research
Grants, Student Field Trips, and
Graduate Student Fellowships—by
raising sufficient funds to significantly
increase the SEG Foundation’s student
program (budgeted at almost $0.4 mil-
lion for 2007) and sustain the higher
level of support for at least the next five
years. To that end, I have challenged
the SEGF Fund Raising Committee with
an immediate target of $1.0 million for
2007.
Most importantly, contributions to
The Discovery Fund will not become
part of the SEGF endowment, thereby
permitting the Fund to be drawn down
SEG NEWSLETTER
SEG FOUNDATION DISCOVERY FUND
2007 CHARTER CONTRIBUTORS
$
J. David Lowell 100,000
A. Geoff Loudon 100,000
John A.S. Dow 50,000
George R. Ireland 50,000
Borden R. Putnam III 50,000
M. Stephen &
Sydney M. Enders 25,000
Corporate Match 25,000
TOTAL 400,000
in its entirety over the five-year period.
Unspent fund balances will be invested
for growth in a readily identifiable sub-
account within the Foundation’s invest-
ment portfolio, and funds will be dis-
bursed as recommended by appropriate
advisory committees (e.g., the SEGF
Student Grants Committee, and others
as required).
This is a popular initiative, and has
already generated a lot of interest and
significant contributions. Within two
weeks of the Trustees meeting, pledges
for $400,000 had been obtained from
several key initial donors identified in
the box above.
There are many ways that you can
contribute, including a meaningful one-
time donation, a pledge to provide a
lower level of support annually over a
five-year period, and through company
matching programs.
You know who you are and why you
have been successful. It is time to give
something back, and there is no better
way than through the SEGF’s student
support program. You also know who
else has been successful—challenge
them to match your contribution.
It is our time; now it is our turn.
Please see the box below for details on
how you can help.
TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEW
SEG FOUNDATION DISCOVERY FUND
Checks may be mailed, payable to:
Society of Economic Geologists
Foundation, Inc.
Attention: The Discovery Fund
7811 Shaffer Parkway
Littleton, CO 80127-3732 USA
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The Value
Proposition
Underlying The
Discovery Fund
There is excellent
M. S TEPHEN E NDERS
value and great SEG Foundation
satisfaction from President 2007
investing in the
education and
training of the
next generation of economic geologists.
Following is a brief report on the
Foundation’s student programs.
Graduate Student Fellowship Fund: This
fund will award individual fellowships
ranging from $10,000 to $20,000 for the
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world’s largest gold province” (p.
31). The complete reference follows.
Ramdohr, P., 1958, New observa-
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rand in South Africa and their
genetic significance: Transactions
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Africa, Annexure to v. 61, p. 1–50.
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Metamorphic Grade Distribution

as an Alternative Area Selection
Criterion for Orogenic Gold
Deposits
Large changes in metamorphic grade
over short distances may be the result of
originally steep metamorphic gradients
or major postmetamorphic dislocations.
Hence, these steep apparent metamor-
phic gradients are potentially prospec-
tive for orogenic gold deposits because
of the enhanced hydrothermal processes
that can occur in both these settings. In
the southeastern Superior province, the
LITHOPROBE project stimulated research
into the role of fluids during the Neo-
Archean orogenic event. The current
model is now that of a main lode gold
event related to massive fluxes of meta-
morphic fluids along regional structures
(Kerrich and Ludden, 2000).
This study evaluates that hypothesis
empirically by comparing the distribu-
tion of orogenic gold deposits to the
positions of steep metamorphic gradients,
first in the Abitibi subprovince, where
there are enough deposits to conduct
robust statistical tests, and then in the
James Bay frontier region where an ex-
ploration boom is currently underway.

FIGURE 1. Distribution of past and present orogenic Abitibi gold producers with respect to
strong metamorphic gradients and the positions of metasedimentary subprovinces. A Setting Up a Metamorphic
mask of syn- to late-tectonic intrusive bodies has been superimposed over the metamor- Database for the
phic gradient according to the method of Easton (2000). Gold deposits with calculated Eastern Superior Region
tonnage in the James Bay region are shown to demonstrate the correlation between their
In our attempt to deal with the entire
location and steep metamorphic gradients.
eastern Superior province and not just
the Abitibi, it quickly became evident
discoveries in the world-class greenstone northeastern Superior province mainly that the metamorphic range of gold
belt of the Abitibi subprovince. This is due to the drastic reduction in geologi- occurrences in the northeastern Superior
partly because certain features of the cal coverage north of the Abitibi sub- was far broader than that of Abitibi
now-discovered northeastern Superior province. In fact, prior to the first sys- deposits (Fig. 3). In fact, the variety is
deposits (e.g., the disseminated style and tematic reconnaissance mapping rather reminiscent of the situation in
lack of quartz-carbonate lodes) made it program at a scale of 1:1,000,000 (Eade, Western Australia (McCuaig and Kerrich,
difficult for prospectors to locate the 1966), the northeastern Superior province 1994), so instead of focusing on subtle
precious metal. Furthermore, at least in was terra incognita with the exception of variations within greenschist to lower
Canada, the generally held concept narrow corridors mapped along major amphibolite facies, as was done in the
that narrow amphibolite facies green- rivers during the 19th century (Low, Timmins camp (Thompson, 2002), we
stone belts were unfavorable for gold 1897). Recent mapping programs at considered a complete range of meta-
discouraged many prospectors until the 1:250,000 have since revealed numer- morphic conditions from subgreenschist
discovery of the Hemlo gold deposit in ous greenstone belts preserved in long, to granulite facies. The next step was to
1980 (McMillan and Robinson, 1985). narrow, low-grade metamorphic compile a metamorphic map of the
Area selection criteria that have troughs, although large sectors of the eastern Superior province. Compilation
proven useful for the Abitibi sub- James Bay region south of the 55th par- maps from Jolly (1974) and Easton
province, such as spatial associations allel remain undermapped. Yet it is (2000) were used to establish metamor-
with crustal-scale fault zones along within this region that orogenic gold phic isograds for the Abitibi subprovince.
major lithological boundaries and the deposits are now being discovered (Fig. Metamorphic patterns related to post-
presence of Timiskaming-type uncon- 1). Identifying crustal-scale faults or Archean structures, such as the Kapus-
formable fluvial-alluvial sedimentary Timiskaming-type sequences would be kasing uplift or the Grenville Front (Fig.
rock (Fig. 2; Poulsen et al., 2000), have very difficult or even impossible with 4), were discarded. Establishing the
limited potential for application in the the existing database. domains of differing metamorphic
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FIGURE 2. Map of orogenic gold deposit distribution within the Superior province, as pub-
lished by Poulsen et al. (1992). Note the absence of gold deposits north of the Abitibi sub-
province, with the exception of the Eastmain mine.
grades of the relatively uncharted
terrains north of the Abitibi subprovince
required the use of indirect methods
such as airborne radiometric and
magnetic surveys.
Enhanced aeromagnetic signatures
caused by olivine hydration (i.e., olivine
FIGURE 3. Comparison of the level of crustal emplacement for Abitibi and James Bay oro-
genic gold deposits. Modified from Gauthier (2000, fig. 20), after Colvine (1989) and
McCuaig and Kerrich (1994).
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+ water = serpentine + brucite + mag-
netite) have long been used as an area
selection criterion for magmatic nickel
deposits because they help delineate
ultramafic belts (Boldt and Queneau,
1966). A less well known fact is that
orthopyroxene hydration produces
11
amphibole and magnetite to create a
mappable birds-eye pattern in granulite
terrains, or a striped pattern of linear
magnetic highs (Gupta, 1991, as cited
by Easton, 2000). Both the Geological
Survey of Canada (Bourne, 1978) and
the Ontario Geological Survey (Easton,
2000) have used this characteristic to
respectively delineate granulite terrains
in the Grenville province (Fig. 4) and
the western and central Superior
province. It also proved to be very
efficient for the northeastern Superior
(Fig. 4).
Migmatization can be used to trace
the boundary between middle and
upper amphibolite facies domains
because it coincides with the breakdown
of muscovite into sillimanite and alkali
feldspar. Migmatization is an easily rec-
ognizable feature that is reported on
maps at all scales. During the uranium
boom of the 1970s, migmatites were
systematically prospected for Rössing-
type deposits, which form by anatexis
of a uranium-rich protolith (Robb,
2005). We therefore used airborne
radiometric surveys from the 1970s
that covered most of the northeastern
Superior region to trace the boundaries
between middle and upper amphibolite
facies domains.
Once the granulite and upper
amphibolite terrains had been delin-
eated (Fig. 4), it remained to trace the
prehnite-pumpellyite and greenschist
isograds. Fortunately, these facies occur
in long narrow troughs in the north-
eastern Superior province, and the
regions in which they needed to be
discriminated were thus relatively
small. The metamorphic database
available in government reports was
scant, although locally very good. Data
gathered by the first author while scout-
ing the James Bay region for various
mining companies and government
agencies (Gauthier, 2000) was used to
fill in the gaps.
To better visualize the comparison
between orogenic gold deposit distribu-
tion and metamorphic patterns, a 3-D
surface of the metamorphic grade distri-
bution was generated for the entire
eastern Superior province (Figs. 5, 6).
Values of 1, 2, 3, and 4 were respec-
tively assigned to subgreenschist, green-
schist, middle amphibolite, and upper
amphibolite isograds, thus taking into
account the steady flow of metamorphic
dehydration between subgreenschist
facies and anatexis
to page 12 . . .
(Cartwright and
Oliver, 2000).
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FIGURE 4. Map of metamorphic facies distribution in the eastern Superior province
(sources: Jolly, 1974; Easton, 2000; Gauthier, 2000). A map of the residual total magnetic
field is provided as the background to highlight the characteristic aeromagnetic features
of granulite terrains in the Grenville and Superior provinces. Source for magnetic field data:
http://gdcinfo.agg.nrcan.gc.ca/misc/can_grids_e.html.
Distinguishing Orogenic and
Nonorogenic Gold Deposits
Once a 3-D metamorphic surface was
established for the eastern Superior
province, it was necessary to distinguish
nonorogenic and orogenic Archean gold
deposits—a nontrivial exercise, consid-
ering there is no consensus about the
definition of the terms, at least in Canada
(Poulsen et al., 2000). For example,
Groves et al. (2003) applied the label
orogenic to all epigenetic gold deposits
emplaced during a compressional event,
including epizonal deposits, whereas, in
Canada, Poulsen (1995) used the term
to encompass the mesothermal (sic)
class of lode gold deposits and excluded
any continuity with deposits at shallow
crustal levels. To further complicate
matters, the classification of several
Abitibi gold deposits as orogenic is still
challenged (e.g., Bousquet-Laronde,
Agnico-Eagle-Telbel, Troilus).
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Syenite-associated gold deposits (e.g.,
Harker-Holloway, Matachewan, Beattie:
Robert, 1997) and volcanic-associated
massive sulfide gold deposits (e.g.,
Bousquet-Laronde, Horne: Poulsen and
Hannington, 1995) were removed from
our database because there is some
agreement that they are not orogenic
sensu stricto (Groves et al., 2003). We
are aware that the database may still
contain other nonorogenic gold deposits
with the result that correlations between
metamorphic patterns and true orogenic
gold could be disrupted by nonorogenic
gold background noise (Fig. 7a).
Another challenge was to compare
early 20th-century discoveries to recent
discoveries. During the early days of the
Abitibi mining camps, small deposits of
narrow veins were mined without ad-
vance knowledge of whether reserves
were present. Today, Canada’s National
Instrument 43-101 renders this impossi-
ble, and only medium- to large-tonnage
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deposits are routinely considered. To
avoid this type of discrepancy in our
dataset, we calculated the tonnage of
gold produced from each deposit before
plotting them on the metamorphic sur-
face map.
RESULTS
A southeast-facing 3-D view of the
metamorphic surface for the Abitibi
subprovince was generated using ESRI’s
ArcView GIS software and is presented
in Figure 5 with superimposed gold pro-
duction data. Although gold occurs
throughout the Abitibi subprovince,
economic deposits are concentrated in a
narrow belt extending along the slope
of a north-facing metamorphic front
that follows the limit between the
Abitibi and Pontiac subprovinces from
Val d’Or to Virginiatown (Fig. 5). West
of Virginiatown, the front diverges from
the subprovince boundary to trend
northwestward, but does not reach the
Timmins mining camp.
A curve of the receiver operating
characteristic (ROC; Hanley, 1989; Van
Schalkwyk, 2001; Marzban, 2004) was
used to estimate the correlation between
this north-facing metamorphic front
and the distribution of Abitibi orogenic
gold producers (Fig. 7a; Table 1). The
area under the ROC curve estimates the
effectiveness of a given predictive crite-
rion (Van Schalkwyk, 2001; Marzban,
2004). Values approach 1.0 for perfectly
predictive criteria and 0.5 for nonpre-
dictive criteria (Marzban, 2004). When
applied to the Abitibi situation, the
metamorphic front predictive criterion
yields a score of 0.72 (Fig. 7a), which
means that it presents a moderate to
good level of predictivity (Van Schalkwyk,
2001; Marzban, 2004). In addition, the
ROC-type curve displays a very steep
slope, up to 10 km from the metamor-
phic front, indicating a strong correla-
tion between our predictive criterion
and the distribution of orogenic gold
producers (Marzban, 2004). This value
can be considered as the optimal dis-
tance for maximizing the number of
included deposits while minimizing the
selected surface area. It can be seen that
48% of these deposits occur within a 10-
km buffer zone (99% confidence level),
which covers only 10% of the Abitibi
subprovince if syn- to late-orogenic
plutons are excluded. The exclusion
of these plutons follows the procedure
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adopted by Easton (2000) for creating

a metamorphic map of the western
Superior province.
The Timmins camp is not included
within the 10-km-wide favorable belt.
Timmins gold deposits extend up to 30
km west from the northwest termina-
tion of the metamorphic front (Fig. 5)
and cause a discrepancy on the ROC
curve (Fig. 7a). The unintentional inclu-
sion of nonorogenic gold deposits may
be the cause of this background noise.
The reader is reminded that the
metamorphic predictive criterion thus
designed is based on a 3-D metamorphic
surface that was generated using only
metamorphic maps by Jolly (1974) and
Easton (2000) without any structural
data input. Although it is less selective
than crustal-scale faults or Timiskaming-
type sedimentary rocks as an area selec-
tion criterion, and the Timmins discrep-
ancy of Figure 7 notwithstanding, we
nonetheless consider our area selection
FIGURE 5. View to the southeast across the 3-D metamorphic surface map for the Abitibi
criterion to be exceptional as a first-pass
and adjacent Pontiac, Quetico, and Opatica subprovinces. Past and present orogenic craton-scale exploration guide, given
gold producers are draped across the surface. They cluster along the slope of a north-fac- that 48% of the Abitibi gold producers
ing metamorphic front that extends from the Val d’Or camp to 30 km west of Timmins are restricted to 10% of the subprovince
camp. surface area. We therefore decided to
apply it to the undermapped James Bay
frontier region (Figs. 1, 6).
It was not possible to be as selective
with the metamorphic front in the
James Bay region as in the Abitibi owing
to the limited number of substantial
data sources. The Abitibi-Grenville
LITHOPROBE seismic profile terminates
in the Opatica subprovince (Fig. 1), far
south of the Nemiscau, Opinaca, and
La Grande subprovinces in which gold
is being discovered (Gauthier, 2000;
Robertson, 2005). In addition, the atti-
tudes of some subprovinces, particularly
the southwest contact zone of the
Opinaca subprovince within which the
Eleonore gold deposit occurs, suggest a
south-facing metamorphic front. Thus,
it was not possible to discard any partic-
ular metamorphic front orientation if
the metamorphic gradient predictive
criterion were to be applied to the entire
eastern Superior province. To estimate
the consequences of such imprecision on
the area selection criterion, the Abitibi
ROC scores were recalculated to include
all metamorphic fronts, not just the
north-facing ones (Fig. 7b; Table 1). The
area under the ROC curve remained
about the same (0.71 instead of 0.72),
but the slope of the curve decreased sig-
nificantly (Marzban,
FIGURE 6. Eastward view across the 3-D metamorphic surface map for the James Bay
to page 14 . . .
2004) and the 10-km
region with superimposed gold deposits and lake-sediment arsenic anomalies.
break vanished. The
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... from 13 Metamorphic Gradient (Continued)

Abitibi subprovince certainly does not

contradict this assumption. On the
other hand, most northeastern Superior
province gold occurrences occur in
higher-grade terrains (Fig. 3), like Kolar,
Hemlo, and many Yilgarn deposits
(Groves et al., 2003). This led us to
think that what matters most for gold
prospectivity is not the metamorphic
grade of a given greenstone belt, but its
metamorphic gradient. The recent
Eleonore discovery supports this change
of paradigm, which really began 25
years ago with the discovery of Hemlo.
Although Eleonore lies within a middle
amphibolite greenstone belt, it is
located on the flank of a steep meta-
morphic gradient (Figs. 1, 6) and hosts
a multimillion-ounce deposit. So,
although the grade of metamorphism
will have a dramatic impact on the type
of gold deposit to be expected in a given
terrain (e.g., ductile shear zone or
replacement deposits instead of quartz-
carbonate lode gold deposits; Colvine,
1989), this criterion should not be used
to downgrade the gold potential of
high-grade metamorphic regions.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We would like to thank P. Girard, for-
mer Chief Geologist of SEREM Canada;
FIGURE 7. a. Curve of the receiver operating characteristic (ROC; Hanley 1989; Van
J.-F. Ouellette, President of Services
Schalkwyk, 2001) demonstrating that the area selection criterion based on north-facing Techniques Geonordic Inc. and former
metamorphic gradients is a good predictive criterion for orogenic gold deposits in the operator of the Eleonore project; and A.
Abitibi. This criterion predicts that 48% of the deposits (99% confidence level) are enclosed Gaumond and P. Archer, President and
within a 10-km-wide corridor that buffers the north-facing metamorphic front. This restricts Vice-President of Virginia Gold Mines,
the most prospective terrains to 10% of the Abitibi subprovince (see text for details regard- respectively. The metamorphic back-
ing the Timmins discrepancy). b. ROC-type curve including all metamorphic fronts in the ground map was prepared with the late
Abitibi subprovince, not just north-facing fronts as in (a). The value of 0.72 for the area James Bourne of UQAM. B. Dubé and P.
under the curve indicates good predictivity for the metamorphic isograd area selection Gosselin kindly provided us with an
criterion, although the slope of the curve is not as steep as in (a), reflecting a greater fuzzi-
early version of their Abitibi gold deposit
ness of the predictive criterion (Marzban, 2004).
database for our GIS project. Figures
were drawn by M. Laithier. V. Bodycomb
number of gold producers included in swarm of gold showings recently discov- of Vee Geoservices helped edit the manu-
the 10-km-wide favorable belt remained ered in the region, four of five deposits script. D. Craw and D. Groves are
similar (51% compared to 48%), but the with calculated tonnages occur within deeply acknowledged for their revision
selected surface area of the Abitibi sub- the favorable belts delineated by high of earlier versions of this manuscript.
province doubled. apparent metamorphic gradients, ST’s participation was supported by
including the two largest: Troilus and CONSOREM. MG benefited from a
Eleonore (Fig. 1). Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada grant (no.
DISCUSSION 2631-02).
The fact that very few economic or
subeconomic gold deposits have been CONCLUSION
discovered in the James Bay frontier In Canada, orogenic gold deposits have
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SEG NEWS 16
SEG International Exchange Lecture Tour 2006
Without a doubt, the opportunity and
honor to represent and promote the SEG
internationally during 2006 led to some
of the most enjoyable experiences of my
geological life. Given an industry back-
ground, my principal objectives were to
encourage students and young profes-
sionals to consider exploration geology
as a career, with an emphasis on the
importance of field observations and
“boots and hammer.” The three presen-
tations selected were as follows: “The
Discovery and Exploration History of
the Giant Oyu Tolgoi Porphyry Copper-
Gold Deposit,” “Over-Pressured Volatiles
and Fluids in Intrusion-Related Mineral
Deposits,” and “Hydrothermal Breccias—
Textures, Processes and Mineralization.”
In recent years a considerable
amount of my experience has been
gained from working in Mongolia and
Indonesia, and it seemed appropriate to
commence the lectures in these countries,
from which I benefited and learned a
great deal. With the most enthusiastic
assistance to me from Prof. Ochir Gerel
(whose energy never ceases to amaze
me), the three lectures were presented at
the Mongolian University of Science
and Technology in March in Ulan
Bataar, and were closely followed by
similar talks at combined universities at
both Bandung and Yogyakarta, greatly
facilitated by Ibu Sari. I am especially
grateful to Ivanhoe’s Indonesian geolo-
gists (Abdul Arbi, Alan Ketaren, Yerri
Heryunanto, Syaiful Bahri, and Johanes
Bimantaro) who coordinated all the
Professor Ochir Gerel and students, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Ulan
Bataar (March 2006). Douglas Kirwin stands in center, back row.
SEG NEWSLETTER
Douglas J. Kirwin (SEG 1997 F)
The new generation of geoscientists at UPN Veterans University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
(April 2006).
arrangements which resulted in maxi-
mum exposure to the future generation
of Indonesian geoscientists.
The next opportunity to present to
students was at Imperial College in
April while I attended the CERCAMS
meeting in London. An enthusiastic stu-
dent body posed some tough questions
which continued over a couple of tradi-
tional pints later in the day.
The highly successful SEG Keystone
conference in Colorado during May was
an appropriate forum for Ivanhoe to
present a double feature about the Oyu
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Tolgoi deposit and its exploration his-
tory. I personally enjoyed interacting
with the many students who attended
the mentoring event organized by Steve
Garwin and Lucy Chapman. This stim-
ulated additional inspiration for me to
increase my efforts for the remainder of
my term. Back over to the other side of
the Pacific, I had received an invitation
from Ross Large to present at the com-
bined GSA-AESG Australian Earth
Science convention in Melbourne,
which I gladly accepted. This proved to
be an entertaining event, catching up
with colleagues I hadn’t seen for 35
years. Timing coincided with field work
at Ivanhoe’s projects at Cloncurry, after
which presentations were arranged by
Eamonn Dare for the AusIMM NW
Queensland branch in Mt Isa and an
afternoon with Xtrata’s mine geologists.
Next came an irresistible invitation
to present at the July IMA Kobe confer-
ence in Japan, made even more enticing
by Yasushi Watanabe, with invitations
to speak at Hokkaido University and to
mining and exploration companies at
the Akihabara Convention Hall in
Tokyo. A comprehensive display of SEG
publications organized by Yashushi at
the Kobe exhibition proved very popular
with conference partici-
pants. A field trip to the to page 17 . . .
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famous epithermal-geothermal districts
in southwestern Hokkaido with my host
was a perfect balance of ore deposit
geology and culture.
Earlier in the year Reimar Seltmann
had approached the SEG for a keynote
lecture for the 12th Quadrennial IAGOD
meeting in Moscow toward the end of
August, which it was my pleasure to
attend. This was also an excellent
venue to meet new colleagues from a
part of the world about which I had lit-
tle experience or knowledge. A confer-
ence visit to the Fursman Mineral
Museum in Moscow was of particular
interest.
Adrian Boyce kindly asked me to
make a presentation at the Geological
Society of London Fermor conference in
September which was an honor for me
to accept. The Over-Pressured Volatiles
talk was well received and was followed
by some stimulating discussion. The
presentation got off to an interesting
start as the projector was switched off
and the stage curtains closed during the
first slide. This was quickly remedied by
a very apologetic Robin Cook.
In the earlier months of 2006, during
informal discussions with students,
young professionals and “old hands” at
various venues, I became aware that
timing was good to support and further
promote the SEG and the minerals
industry in Europe (an opportunity to
add to the very productive tours of some
of my predecessor lecturers). I felt this
was particularly important, given the
worldwide commodity boom and the
continuing decline in the mineral sector
in Europe. Persons responsible for this
The informal discussion group in Eotvos Lorand University Mineral Museum, Hungary
(September 2006).
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initiative were Regina Baumgartner
(University of Geneve), Peter Zitman
(Comenius University, Bratislava),
Atilla Pentek (Eotvos Lorand University,
Budapest), and John Menzies (SE Europe
Geoscience Foudation-Bulgaria and
Romania). An itinerary was arranged to
follow on from the Fermor meeting and
the first stop was Geneva, with an
enthusiastic student audience that mar-
veled at the contrasts between field con-
ditions in Switzerland and Mongolia.
Continuing east, a very well organized
venue was arranged by Atilla Pentek
and my host Martin Chovan at the
Comenius University in Bratislava. Two
lectures were given, with special interest
for the Oyu Tolgoi project as several
Slovakian geologists had previously
worked in Mongolia (in particular,
Martin). A most enjoyable discussion
centered on Mongolia took place at the
nearby watering hole at the end of the
day. Next came a short hop across the
border to meet host Feri Molnar in
Budapest, where a very stimulating
afternoon of lectures and discussions
took place. This was highlighted by a
gathering for more informal interaction
with the students over drinks and snacks
in the mineralogical museum, which
displays a wonderful and priceless 230-
year-old rock and mineral collection.
The Balkan Exploration and Research
Roundup, organized by the SSEGF
founder John Menzies, was held at
venues in Sofia in Bulgaria and
Bucharest, Romania. A good mix of
academia, industry, and students
attended all the SEG lectures and com-
pany exploration updates for the region.
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Students also discussed their research
projects that were funded by SEGF schol-
arships (well done, John!). Generous
financial support from Gabriel
Resources is gratefully acknowledged
and Gary O’Connor’s arrangements for
a field trip to the Baia Mare mines were
very much appreciated.
Early in 2006, I had the good fortune
to meet Perth-based consultant geolo-
gist Surender Chaku. One thing led to
another and before long we were draft-
ing possibilities for an SEG tour of Indian
universities and participation in a min-
erals sector conference scheduled to be
held in Hyderabad. Following discus-
sions I had with Christine Horrigan
(SEG’s lecture coordinator), a very com-
prehensive and well-researched sched-
ule was proposed by Dr. R. Sawker, sec-
retary of the Geological Society of India.
Lectures commenced in Bangalore for
the Geological Survey of India and later
that day a courtesy call was made to Dr
Radhnakrishna (founder of the Geologi-
cal Society of India). This was followed
by a keynote address at a national sem-
inar, “Advancing Frontiers in Geochem-
istry” in Hyderabad. The next stop in
India was the Benares Hindu University
at Varanasi, the largest campus in
Southeast Asia with approximately
20,000 students accommodated within
12 km2 of lush tropical splendor. The
final leg of the tour took me to Udaipur
in Rajastan where I delivered two lec-
tures at a gathering of the Metallurgical
Society, sponsored by Hindustan Zinc
Ltd. This was supplemented by visits to
the Precambrian Bhukia gold district
and the large Ambadonga carbonatite
complex.
China Mining (a Chinese version of
the PDAC) is an annual event held
every November in Beijing. This was a
chance to get together with Mao Jin
Weng and geologists and researchers at
the Chinese Academy of Geological
Sciences for an afternoon lecture prior
to the conference.
During the year it was pleasing to
receive requests from industry groups,
who in all cases ensured a high level of
support and interaction. Stuart Smith
proposed and coordinated an SEG
evening lecture in Vientiane, Laos, in
November, which brought together the
mining companies operating in the
country, along with government offi-
cials and students. The meeting and
evening social event generously sup-
ported by Oxiana and
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various suppliers was
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indeed a successful and most memo-
rable occasion.
As the year flashed by, the final con-
ference session was “Geocon 2006” held
in Manila, December 6–8. It was a plea-
sure to share the podium with Larry
Meinert, who over a coffee produced
some interesting photos of UST-like tex-
tures featured in rock slabs from his
new kitchen. The hospitality at Geocon
was typically Filipino, with smiles,
laughter, and merianda mixed with
serious interest in the papers delivered.
Another SEG publications display,
arranged by regional vice president
Yasushi Watanabe, attracted a lot of
attention, reflecting the positive resur-
gence of interest in the Philippines min-
erals sector.
Also in December, I gave two lectures
to BHP Billiton geologists at Olympic
Dam, at the invitation of Richard Preece.
Many thanks to Josh Bryant and his
team for an informative update on the
geology of this truly amazing ore deposit.
I suspect the great “breccia-volcaniclastic”
debate will continue for many decades
to come.
Douglas Kirwin and Dr. Radhnakrishna,
who at 96, has just published an authorita-
tive volume on diamonds in India (Ban-
galore; October 2006).
The final event for the year was back
home in Thailand with all three lectures
and “lots of looking at rocks” with Ian
Cameron’s Thai Goldfields exploration
group.
Apart from the thoroughly enjoyable
interaction with students and profes-
sionals alike, one important aspect that
was raised time and time again, was the
ability for students and geoscientists in
some countries to manage membership
fees. In a situation in which a geologist
earns, say, $700 per month, a full SEG
subscription is indeed an economic con-
sideration. This becomes especially rele-
vant with respect to President Goldfarb’s
recent column concerning “Where must
we grow?” I wonder if council might
consider an “associate” membership cat-
egory with lesser fees for selected coun-
tries and situations whereby the many
talented professionals out there could
become involved with, contribute to,
and benefit from the SEG.
In conclusion, I received excellent
support from many people throughout
the year, and in particular my em-
ployer, Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. I also wish
to express my sincere appreciation to
the SEG for allowing me to meet geosci-
entists and students from different parts
of the world, a most memorable and
rewarding experience. 1

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SEG NEWS
MENTORING
The Mentoring column is a regular feature of the SEG Newsletter, with contributions of up to 700 words from those who have
mentored and/or have benefited from mentorship by another. Those interested in contributing should contact Steve Garwin
(Steve.Garwin@geoinformex.com) or Lucy Chapman (lucyhelenachapman@bigpond.com) regarding details of submittal.

Exploration Mentoring Centers: A Dream?

Peter Laznicka† (SEG 1987 F) • www.Totalmetallogeny.com • Adelaide, South Australia
It is well known that most major ore dis-
coveries in the past ~60 years resulted
from dedicated teams headed or mentored
by individuals with long and broad field
experience (read the story of Olympic
Dam discovery by Doug Haynes; SEG
No.66/2006). In these discoveries, sophis-
ticated conceptual models and informa-
tion technology established the frame-
work and facilitated data manipulation.
However, it was the visual interpretation
of outcrop or drill core that found the ore.
The need for skills to creatively “read the
rocks” must be enhanced as the ore search
moves from the more or less continuous
outcrop to deep subcrop or blind discover-
ies, only found in scattered drill holes.
In the exploration departments of
medium to large resource companies of
the past, junior geologists were automati-
cally trained on the job and mentored by
more senior colleagues. This has been
weakened by the economic downturn of
the two past decades and the demo-
graphic deficit of mid-age exploration
geologists. The myriad of junior compa-
nies that float during the bull periods lack
staff well versed in a variety of ore types
to cope with the sudden demand to search
for commodities neglected for decades
(presently Sn, U, W, Zn, Zr, etc.) Many
government geological surveys provide
excellent background information to
assist exploration and some maintain
valuable core libraries. Their staffs may
answer expert questions but they do not
mentor outsiders; their role as govern-
ment geologists is not to provide selfless
and longer-term guidance within their
†E-mail, plaznicka@dodo.com.au
field of expertise. The role of universities
has shifted to one that is based on
research funding and student numbers as
a means of warding off department clo-
sure. As such, the time spent on the visual
interpretation of geological materials in
university programs has lost ground for at
least four decades and geological collec-
tions have been neglected.
I have a dream of establishing a geo-
logical mentoring center where one could
bring the field experience to the geolo-
gists, in lieu of visiting the deposit and
standing on the outcrop. The mentoring
would take the form of thematic work-
shops, seminars or short courses, longer-
term mentoring contracts, or on the spot
“drop-in” consultations. There would be a
hands-on emphasis on geological materi-
als. For example, a workshop on uranium
would include visual comparison of orga-
nized sets of material from the various
types of uranium deposits and their usual
settings, possibly followed by a field trip.
There would be a continuous program to
keep the mentor(s) engaged, not a one-of-
a-kind conference followed by a vacuum.
Data Metallogenica (DM), a global
expert “hands-on” system to assist min-
eral exploration that is based on tangible
geological materials, came close to this
dream. DM started as my own personal
rock collection and comprises some
70,000 miniaturized rock/alteration/ore
sample sets from more than 3,500 global
deposits, sampled on location in some 80
countries since 1970. The collection is uni-
formly organized and permanently
attached to page-size aluminum plates
and stored like library books for instant
accessibility. The DM rock collection was
installed in Adelaide (South Australia) in
1999 and during its brief sojourn there
(until end-2004) enlightened many visit-
ing geologists. The DM project was sup-
ported and funded “for common good” by
some 70 Australian and international
resources-related sponsors, including SEG.
This provided facilities for self-study, as
well as a hands-on mentoring by the resi-
dent expert. Since 2003, DM images have
been accessible to subscribers on-line
(www.Datametallogenica.com). Following
the demise of the original host organiza-
tion (Australian Mineral Foundation), the
mentor-expert was terminated in 2004
and the physical collection evicted in
2005. The collection presently lingers in
containers, waiting for a new home.
The dream of establishing a strategi-
cally located exploration mentoring cen-
ter(s) staffed by experienced geologists
and endowed with tangible resources to
compare the empirical characteristics of
ore types in a variety of geological settings
is now on hold. Mentorship centers cost
money. So how do we create a viable cen-
ter? Such a center could be relatively eas-
ily established by reorganization of exist-
ing resources, under the direction of a
consortium of local geological surveys,
universities, museums, professional soci-
eties, and mining associations, with a
contribution from the industry. This
achievement would require goodwill,
some passion, and working together. If
there are no funds for a permanent or a
part-time salaried position, the expert
mentor(s) could be recruited as a volun-
teer from within the “army” of retired
geologists who have invaluable experi-
ence to pass on to a new generation. 1

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SEG STUDENT CHAPTER NEWS
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QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY STUDENT CHAPTER
Field Trip to Chile
August 29 – September 8, 2006
The student chapter of Queen’s
University, Kingston, Ontario, orga-
nized a field trip to Chile for August
29–September 8, 2006. Graduate stu-
dents and Dr. Dave Love were interested
in the geological and economic aspects
of major porphyry copper and iron
oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) mineraliza-
tion in the well-endowed belts of Chile.
The group took mine tours of El
Teniente (porphyry Cu-Mo), Lomas
Bayas (porphyry Cu-Mo),
Chuquicamata (porphyry Cu-Mo),
Mantoverde (IOCG), and Candelaria
(IOCG) mines, and studied the geology
of the Mejillones Peninsula and the
salars of the western Atacama Desert.
CODELCO-owned El Teniente is the
world’s largest underground copper
mine, hosted by Miocene-Pliocene age
intrusive and volcanic rocks. After a tra-
verse followed by lunch at an under-
ground cafeteria, our group was given a
tour of the Caverna de Cristales, a cave
within the Braden Breccia containing
gypsum crystals several meters long
with diameters comparable to large tree
trunks. Our tour ended after visiting the
historical mining town of Sewell, a
UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Next, the group flew north to
Antofagasta, II Region. We were wel-
comed to the Atacama Desert by several
centimeters of rainfall (the most signifi-
cant rainfall in 6 years) that caused
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MONASH UNIVERSITY STUDENT CHAPTER
The Pilbara Excursion
June 2007
In June of the past year, nine geoscience
students and a lecturer took off from
Melbourne, Australia, for an amazing
week-long excursion to The Pilbara,
Western Australia.
The Pilbara is one of the world’s few
Archean-Proterozoic geologic terranes.
It hosts a diversity of magmatic and
hydrothermal ore deposits, as well as
some of the world’s largest iron ore
deposits. In addition, it holds various
localities that have played a key role in
understanding the history of our planet,
SEG NEWSLETTER No 69 • APRIL 2007
widespread
power outages
and flooding in
Antofagasta.
The group was
also welcomed
by Dr. Thomas
Bissig, assistant
professor of
geology at
Universidad
Católica del
Norte. Jonathan
Cloutier and Visiting the crystal cave at El Teniente porphyry Cu-Mo mine. Back
Steve Beyer gave row, from left: Rene Padilla, Jonathan Cloutier, Steve Beyer, Carolina
a lecture to Dr. Almeida, Kathryn Kitney, David Love. Front: Jose Seguel.
Bissig’s students
and colleagues regarding the geology of of Licancabur stratavolcano. A trip to
uranium deposits and uranium explo- Atacama Desert was highlighted by a
ration tools. The following day Dr. visit to outcrops of orbicular granite on
Bissig took participants on a tour of the the Pacific coast north of Caldera.
geology of the Mejillones Peninsula. We Anglo American Chile’s Mantoverde
also visited a small-scale copper opera- IOCG mine was next, and the final
tion in which several prospectors were mine tour was at Candelaria IOCG
mining a manto-type prospect. mine, owned 80% by Phelps Dodge and
Xstrata’s Lomas Bayas porphyry Cu- 20% by Sumitomo Corporation.
Mo mine was next, with a mine tour, The Student Chapter of the SEG at
lunch, and tours of the crushing facili- Queen’s University would like to thank
ties, heap leach pads, and the solvent TeckCominco, Barrick Gold, Newmont,
extraction-electrowinning (SX-EW) Goldcorp, Peak Drilling, PDA, and SEG
plant. The next day we visited for providing financial support for the
CODELCO’s Chuquicamata/Mina Sur tour. We also thank Thomas Bissig and
porphyry Cu-Mo/exotic Cu mines. San the geologists and staff at El Teniente,
Pedro de Atacama area followed on the Lomas Bayas, Chuquicamata, Manto-
list, including the Chaxas Lagoon verde, and Candelaria mines for their
within Los Flamencos National Reserve generosity. 1
and the various evaporite minerals of
the Salar de Atacama, all in the vicinity
Field trip participants gather for a group photo.
e.g., the ~3.5 Ga stromatolite fossils of ites occur in its greenstone belts.
Strelley Pool were found here, and the The trip began with
ultramafic lava flows known as komati- an examination of the to page 21 . . .
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... from 20 SEG Student Chapter News (Continued)
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MONASH UNIVERSITY STUDENT CHAPTER (cont.)
granitoids-greenstone belt of the Western Pilbara south of Port Hedland,
with debates on vertical intrusion-driven deformation and traditional hor-
izontal Archean tectonics on spectacular exposures of tightly folded banded
iron formations of Coppins Gap. The group then spent some time investi-
gating the propylitic alteration of one of the world oldest porphyry Cu-Mo
deposits at Spinifex Ridge. The following day included a study of the strati-
graphic succession at Chinaman Pool and the famous Marble Bar.
Participants toured BHP Billiton’s Mt. Whaleback property, a mam-
moth-sized iron ore mine consisting of two linked open pits. Other areas
visited included Karinjini National Park, The Wittenoom Formation, fin-
ishing the day at Rio Tinto’s Mount Tom Price iron ore mine. After an
afternoon of exploring the folds of the Hamersley Gorge BIF, the group
attended a dinner organized by Rio Tinto.
Thanks go to Rob Duncan, who was responsible for the trip itinerary
and organization. Jason Brennan and Matt Ramsden of Rio Tinto and
Karyn Bluick of BHP Billiton were of great practical help as well. Rio Tinto
Iron Ore, BHP Billiton, the Australasian Institute of Mining and
Metallurgy Melbourne Branch, the Geological Society of Australia
Victoria, and the SEG are thanked for generous grants and sponsorships.
Michiel van Dongen 1
Students examine chert beds of many colors at the famous Marble Bar.
For more details on student chapter
field trips and other student news,
please go to the SEG website at
<http:www.segweb.org/
ChapterReports.htm>
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SEG NEWS
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UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
STUDENT CHAPTER
Ghiona Mountain Field Trip Report
November 15–16, 2006
The SEG student chapter of the University of
Athens organized a field trip to Ghiona Moun-
tain, continental Greece, for November 15–16.
Ghiona is located about 200 km northwest of
Athens and hosts the biggest bauxite deposits of
Greece.
Greek bauxite is mainly used in the produc-
tion of alumina at the processing plant of
“Aluminium de Grece.” It has several other uses,
as well. The field trip concentrated on S&B Indus-
trial Minerals S.A. mining and extracting activi-
ties. S&B constitutes a group of companies that
sells its products to more than 50 countries world-
wide. The company helped subsidize this trip.
Seven students and the academic faculty
sponsor, Assoc. Prof. N. Skarpelis, took part in
the trip and were joined by two S&B Industrial
Minerals representatives who contributed knowl-
edge from their extensive experience.
During our field trip we visited open pits,
underground mines, and a number of old mines
which have been reclaimed. Participants learned
about the geological structure of the area, deposit
types of the region, and some of the environ-
mental aspects related to ore exploitation and
processing.
The trip finished with a visit to Vagonetto
Fokis Mining Park, which is a new and unique
theme park in Greece.
The University of Athens SEG student chapter
2006 - 2007 Executive Committee consists of the
following officers: Kanellopoulos Christos, Presi-
dent (aetosgr@hotmail.com); Kiousis George,
Vice President (geokioy@geol.uoa.gr); Megremi
Ifigenia, Secretary (megremi@geol.uoa.gr); and
Triantafyllidis Stavros, Treasurer (statrib@hot
mail.com). 1
Field trip participants pose at an underground baux-
ite mine at Ghiona Mountain, Greece.
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Notice: Views expressed in the Exploration Reviews do not necessarily reflect those of the Society of Economic
Geologists, Inc., and columnists are solely responsible for ascertaining that information in this section is correct.
CANADA
Regional Correspondent:
T.G. (Tom) Schroeter (SEG 1988 F)
300-865 Hornby Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V6Z 2G3
Tel. 604-660-2812
E-mail: Tom.Schroeter@gov.bc.ca
Contributions from
Ross Sherlock (SEG 1989 F) – Nunavut-NWT
Dan Jiricka (SEG 2000) - Saskatchewan
Anne-Sophie Renou (SEG 2006) and
Martin Demers (SEG 2000) - Quebec-Ontario
Monique Lavergne - Manitoba
NUNAVUT-NORTHWEST
TERRITORIES
In eastern Nunavut on northern Baffin
Island, Baffinland Iron Mines inter-
sected some spectacular high-grade iron
intercepts, including 169.8 m grading
65.8% Fe on its Mary River iron ore
EXPLORATION REVIEWS
project. Baffinland recently raised
Cdn$30 M to continue to advance the
project. Also on Baffin Island,
Commander Resources reported inter-
secting 15.96 g/t Au over 2.80 m on the
Ridge Lake gold prospect on the Central
Baffin project and the discovery of a
new prospect—the Brent shear zone.
Kaminak Gold optioned its Baker Lake
uranium project to Pacific Ridge
Exploration, who spent in excess of
Cdn$1.69 M on the project in 2006. In
2006, Committee Bay Resources com-
pleted a drill program at its West Plains
and Anuri prospects, part of its 900,000-
acre Committee Bay project. Highlights
included 13.14 g/t Au over 8.0 m at its
West Plains prospect. Cumberland
Resources is rapidly advancing the
Meadowbank gold project towards pro-
duction with project certificate in hand
and final permits for road construction
and the discovery and delineation of
the Cannu zone. In February 2007,
Agnico-Eagle announced it would pay
Cdn$710 M for Cumberland.
Comaplex Minerals completed
18,000 m of core drilling mainly
directed toward defining the Tiriganiaq
deposit, part of the Meliadine group of
deposits near Rankin inlet. Comaplex is
completing a scoping study on the
deposit targeted for completion by mid-
2007. Starfield Resources continues to
advance the Ferguson Lake Ni-Cu-PGE
project. In 2006 it completed about
24,000 m in 110 drill holes.
SEG NEWSLETTER
EXPLORATION REVIEWS
Bayswater Ventures has mineral
rights to over 15,000 km2, as part of its
North and South Thelon uranium pro-
ject. The Thelon basin represents an
underexplored, major Proterozoic sedi-
mentary basin that shares many geo-
logical characteristics with the Athabasca
basin located in Saskatchewan, approx.
350 km to the south.
Shear Minerals (51% and operator),
Stornoway (35%,) and BHP Billiton
(14%) recently released drill results from
the Sedna Corridor on their Churchill
Diamond project. Nine drill intersections
of kimberlite were made, all of which
have proven to be diamondiferous. The
partners also announced the discovery
of diamondiferous kimberlites at the
Notch, Kahuna, and Jigsaw kimberlites.
The Aviat joint venture, a partnership
between Stornoway (70% and operator),
BHP Billiton (20%), and Hunter Explora-
tion Group (10%), covers approx. 4 M
acres of the Melville Peninsula. To date
11 kimberlite bodies are known, all of
which are diamondiferous with average
grades of 0.86 carats/tonne.
In July 2006, Stornoway announced
plans to potentially earn 50% in the
Qilalugaq project from BHP Billiton,
located on the southern portion of Mel-
ville Peninsula. It is host to the largest
diamondiferous kimberlites in the east-
ern Arctic. In July and August of 2006,
Stornoway conducted a short reconnais-
sance field program on the project.
In 2006, Diamonds North was
active in Nunavut with the recently
acquired 100% interest in the 5 M acre
Amaruk property. Five kimberlites were
drilled, while 19 new kimberlite float
occurrences were discovered in addition
to the 15 discovered in 2005.
In Nunavut, Miramar Mining com-
pleted a 65,775-m drill program on its
Hope Bay gold project and is planning
a 75,000-m program for 2007. A project
certificate has been issued for the Doris
North project and application for a
water licenses is ongoing. A preliminary
assessment of the Madrid system is
ongoing, examining different develop-
ment scenarios. A new discovery at
Boston will be followed up as will a sig-
nificant regional exploration program
is planned for 2007. Dundee Precious
Metals conducted a 25,000-m drill pro-
gram on its Back River gold project,
mainly at Goose and George Lake.
Wolfden Resources is rapidly
becoming the major landholder in
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Nunavut with the acquisition of the
Izok, Hood, and Gondor base metal
projects from Inmet and the acquisition
of the Lupin mine from Kinross. In the
last several years Wolfden’s main focus
has been the High Lake base metal
project and the Ulu gold project, both in
the High Lake greenstone belt in the
northern Slave province. Also in the
Slave province, Sabina Silver will be
commencing a winter drill program on
its Hackett River silver-zinc project in
March-April.
Tahera Diamond completed con-
struction and began production from
the Jericho diamond deposit in 2006,
thus becoming Canada’s third diamond
mine and Nunavut’s only producing
mine. In 2006, Tahera completed a bulk
sampling of the Muskox kimberlite,
part of Tahera’s Polar project.
In the NWT, Seabridge Gold com-
pleted a 15,700-m drill program at its
Courageous Lake gold project, result-
ing in a 14% increase in contained
ounces. This project covers 53 km of the
Matthews Lake greenstone belt which
hosts the 2-km-long FAT deposit, which
contains estimated resources of 10.2
Moz of gold (at a 0.83 g/t Au cutoff).
Seabridge is updating its preliminary
economic assessment of the project
based on these results.
Also in the NWT, Tyhee
Development continues to advance the
Yellowknife gold project. The property
hosts several areas of gold mineraliza-
tion, including the partially developed
Nicholas Lake gold deposit, the Ormsby
zone and the West zone.
Fortune Minerals’ 89%-owned
NICO project in the NWT is a signifi-
cant near-surface deposit containing an
estimated 806,000 oz of gold, 68 Mlb of
cobalt, and 76.5 Mlb of bismuth. The
company recently announced a positive
bankable feasibility study and is
preparing for a second round of under-
ground bulk sampling.
De Beers is developing the Snap
Lake project, an underground diamond
mine in the NWT, with construction
through 2006 and production scheduled
for 2007. De Beers also has an
advanced diamond evaluation project
at Gahcho Kué in the NWT.
Peregrine Diamonds has awarded
the contract to complete an internal
Preliminary Technical Assessment on its
WO diamond project, NWT.
APRIL 2007 • No 69 SEG NEWSLETTER 23

SASKATCHEWAN
During 2006, an estimated $208 M was
spent on exploration. In the Athabasca
basin, the world’s premier exploration
district for high-grade uranium deposits,
it is estimated that about $100.2 M was
spent. Other major programs are those
of producers Cameco Corporation and
AREVA Resources, and junior UEX
Corporation. AREVA discovered the Mae
zone on its Midwest project. Notable
exploration progress was also reported
on the Shea Creek zones (AREVA/UEX),
the Centennial zone (UEM and Corona-
tion Mines), the Dufferin Lake zone
(Cameco/UEM), the Maverick zone
(Denison/JNR), the Collins Creek zone
(Cameco/AREVA/JCU Canada) and the
Raven-Horseshoe deposit (UEX).
In 2007, expenditures for diamond
exploration are forecast to be about $85
M. There are two advanced-stage dia-
mond exploration projects underway in
the Fort a la Corne forest, 60 km east of
Prince Albert. Shore Gold Inc.’s (Shore)
Star kimberlite project is undergoing a
$60 M, pre-feasibility study to be com-
pleted by the end of 2007. On the adja-
cent ground of the Fort a la Come joint
venture (FALC-JV), which contains most
of the kimberlites in the Fort at la Come
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting
(HBMS), a subsidiary of HudBay
Minerals (HudBay), has optioned some
of their Saskatchewan base metal prop-
erties to Murgor Resources. A new joint
venture between Foran Mining and
Copper Reef Mines will lead to new
exploration at McIlvenna Bay and
Manicouagan Minerals has resurrected
exploration at the Brabant Lake deposit.
In the far north, Red Dragon Resources
continued their exploration program at
the Axis Lake Ni-Cu project and
optioned the property to Pure Nickel.
Great Western Minerals Group
released an NI 43-101-compliant
resource estimate for the JAK rare earth
element deposit at Hoidas Lake in
northwest Saskatchewan. This estimate
did not include the results from a
promising 22-hole drill program com-
pleted during the 2005-2006 winter on
the northern extension of the JAK zone.
A major announcement was made in
June 2006 by Anglo Minerals Ltd.,
through its wholly owned subsidiary,
Prairie Potash Corp., that it had
entered into a joint-venture agreement
with BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc.
(BHPB) to explore the Jansen Lake
potash property, near the existing
Lanigan potash mine. BHPB will spend
released a new resource over 1 Moz of
gold at its Young Davidson mine, as a
result of a better understanding the por-
phyry-style environment.
Significant gold results (e.g., 5.36 g/t
over 20 m) were reported at the Saganaga
project, under a joint-venture agreement
between Teck-Cominco and Benton
Resources.
New VHMS-style mineralization was
reported at the Metalcorp Big Lake
project in the Schreiber-Hemlo green-
stone belt, 10 km from the Hemlo mines.
The most recent drilling results that
tested a geophysical target included an
intersection grading 4.9% Cu, 2.5% Zn
and 77.2 g/t Ag over 3.0 m.
On the Quebec side of the Cadillac
Break, players like Osisko Resources
outlined a potential for 6.5 Moz of gold
around the former Malartic mines. Alexis
Minerals continued to drill excellent
grades (35.42 g/t Au over 9.2 m) at the
Lac Herbin gold project in the Val d’Or
camp. Aurizon Mines restarted the Casa
Berardi gold mine; planned annual
production is 190,000 oz. New explo-
ration results (e.g., 32.7 g/t Au over 13.8
m on the South zone) confirms the addi-
tional potential of this vein system.
After new bulk sampling and con-
struction at the Foxtrot diamond pro-

area, a stepped-up exploration program
budgeted at $43.2 M is underway.
Kensington Resources Ltd. has a 60%
interest in FALC-JV and is the operator
of the joint venture property.
Most gold exploration occurred in
the La Ronge and Glennie domains. At
Claude Resources’ Seabee mine and
mill, production in 2006 was forecast at
48,000 oz of gold. Mill expansion is
underway and bulk sampling is contin-
uing at the nearby Santoy Lake and
Porky Lake projects. In the La Ronge
Gold Belt, Golden Band Resources
been strengthening its property portfolio,
and has continued to define resources in
the Waddy Lake area. In the north,
GLR Resources continued development
of their resource model at the Goldfields
project near Uranium City.
$40 M over a 5.5-year period and earn
up to 60% interest in the property.
Whitemud Resources Inc. carried out
additional drilling to further refine the
size and grade of their Gollier Creek
kaolin deposit and announced its plan
to construct a $50 M metakaolin pro-
cessing plant and open-pit mine near
the village of Wood Mountain.
QUEBEC-ONTARIO
Intensive drilling outlined new gold
resources in the Archean Abitibi green-
stone belts. In the Kirkland Lake mining
camp, Queenstone Mining announced
significant drilling results from the
McBean and Upper Beaver deposits
that have the potential to support a
milling operation. Northgate Minerals
EXPLORATION REVIEWS
ject, now owned by Stornoway
Diamond, it is uranium that catches
the attention of explorers in the Otish
Mountains region. Strateco Resources’
Matoush uranium showing returned
results in the range of 2.1% U3O8 over
12.4 m in a mafic dike with associated
tourmaline alteration. Cameco has
taken a large land position in the area.
MANITOBA
Company spending intentions for 2006
are estimated at $52 M. CVRD Inco
reported a significant boost to its capital
spending budget, including a $45 M
investment in a new deposit, the 1-D
Lower orebody at the
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Thompson mine.
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SEG NEWS 24 SEG NEWSLETTER No 69 • APRIL 2007

Inaugural Student-Dedicated Field Course:

Porphyry Systems of Northern Chile
William X. Chávez, Jr. (SEG 1990 F) and Erich U. Petersen (SEG 1986 F)

The inaugural Society of Economic
Geologists Foundation, Inc. Student-
Dedicated Field Course was undertaken
January 5–13, 2007, and comprised a
series of visits to major porphyry Cu-Mo
systems in northern Chile. Attending were
16 students representing 14 universities
and 7 countries; the students were selected
from a group of 47 applicants, and were
joined by four professionals representing
exploration companies and academe.
Emphasizing hydrothermal and super-
gene processes, as well as social and eco-
nomic aspects of ore search and mine
development, the field course began in the
Paleocene-Eocene belt of northern Chile
(and southern Perú) at the Lomas Bayas
porphyry system. Students noted the
importance of protolith compositions in
the genesis of copper oxides and the occur-
rence of hydrothermal breccia in control-
ling copper distribution and wall-rock
alteration development. This was followed
by a trip to the Quetena prospect west of
Calama. The Quetena breccia system dis-
plays well-developed supergene oxidation
in a pyritic host; the oxidation produced
abundant iron and copper sulfates, and
gave students the chance to identify
some rare minerals found only in very
arid terrains—or in very low-pH mine
environments!
The El Abra and Radomiro Tomic por-
phyry systems provided excellent expo-
sures of K-silicate constructive alteration
associated with dioritic and monzonitic
intrusive rocks, respectively, and the devel-
opment of essentially in-situ copper oxide
assemblages. Distinguishing the various
green copper oxide minerals was a chal-
lenge for everyone, as was identification
of the ubiquitous—and often copper-
bearing—iron and manganese oxides!
The importance of the Domeyko fault
zone as a metallotect was discussed
throughout the course, with observations
from a distance at each of the Oligocene-
age porphyry systems contributing to the
group’s general understanding of regional
faulting and the significance of intersect-
ing cross-structures.
Exotic copper ore deposit formation
was discussed at the El Tesoro mine,
where Miocene-age fanglomerates host
atacamite-chrysocolla, along with man-
ganese and lesser iron oxides. Tracking the
source porphyry system for the El Tesoro
ores was discussed by the mine geologists, need to really distinguish “ore” from
who now believe that the source ore simple mineralized rock, and how com-
deposit was essentially removed by erosion panies define ore targets during the vari-
during the early-mid Miocene. ous stages of exploration and develop-
The group’s final visits were to the ment. In the process, students were
newly producing Spence porphyry system, exposed to the basics of what makes a
where high-grade atacamite ores are yield- geologist—and a company—successful
ing the initial harvest of copper cathodes at exploration.
from the world’s newest major copper A farewell dinner at Wally’s Bar in
mine. We were the first student group to Antofagasta, hosted by professional partic-
visit this impressive and well-organized ipants from Rio Tinto and Phelps Dodge
operation. The last mine visited—the Exploration, gave all the chance to say
Oligocene Zaldivar porphyry system—pro- goodbye . . . for now.
vided excellent exposures of the top-to-bot- On behalf of the students, the authors
tom development of a leached capping- would like to thank the mines that pro-
oxide zone-sulfide supergene profile. Here, vided us the opportunity to see what fea-
the students observed classic iron oxides in tures really comprise ore deposits, and to
a well-developed leached capping (they the Society of Economic Geologists Founda-
came away with many thumb-sized iron tion, Inc., for their immense financial and
oxide smudges in their field books!), a logistical support (John and Sue, our
series of copper oxides overprinted on a hats—hardhats, that is—are off to you).
characteristic chalcocite enrichment pro- Finally, the idea of supporting a student-
file, and the importance of regional struc- dedicated field course began at the
tures in controlling intrusion emplace- Keystone Conference, when a number of
ment during and post-mineralization. SEG members followed the lead of Borden
Notably, discussions among students Putnam in contributing seed money for
and professional participants highlighted such a course. To each of you, we are
not only the essential geologic aspects of delighted to express our sincere thanks
minerals exploration, but also touched on and appreciation; know that what you
the importance of social and economic started here will continue to provide unfor-
issues affecting “economic” geology. Geol- gettable and essential field experiences for
ogists at each of the mines emphasized the students for many years to come. 1
Pablo Iradi, Pablo Morelli, Romina Caba, Dave Shinkle, John Porter, Jane Stammer, Gabriel Graf,
Edward Lewis, Thomas Eggers, David Lentz, Jean-Francois Ravenelle, Constanza Jara, César
Vilca, Jean-Phillip Paiement, Regina Baumgartner, Diane Kuiper, John Morken, Todd Bonsall,
Edgardo Guizado, Amy Shute, William X Chávez, Erich U. Petersen
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SEG NEWS
SEG Field Trip — January 5–13, 2007
. . . it was an excellent trip, everything was very well organized,
superbly professional and very safe. . . . [W. Chavez and E. Petersen]
are phenomenally gifted with student teaching.
Prof. David Lentz, Dept. of Geology, Univ. of New Brunswick,
Fredericton, NB, Canada
I was fortunate to be a member of the first SEG student chapter trip
to Chile . . . The leadership of Erich Petersen and Bill Chavez was
flawless, the logistics of the trip were executed perfectly, and I can
certainly say that I learned and saw more than I expected from all
the mines. Please thank SEG and all the donors who made this trip
Borden Putnam, Founder of possible.
the Student Field Trip Fund Jane Stammer, Colorado School of Mines, Golden CO
I am a Ghanaian and currently a graduate student studying Mineral
Engineering with exploration option. The importance of the trip to me
can not be over emphasized . . . from the interactions with the profes-
sionals, to discussions with fellow students, [to] the knowledge
acquired from professors Bill and Eric.
John Morkeh, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology,
Socorro, NM
I am learning so much—it is tough to keep up . . . this has been an
awesome experience. Dr Chavez and Dr Peterson are excellent
teachers.
Diana Kuiper, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Jara
Lomas Bayas Buenas, les escribo para agradecerles por haberme eligido para par-
ticipar en el Field Trip de Chile, fue muy valioso para mi, aprendi
muchas cosas nuevas que me serviran para mi futura profesion de
Geólogo. Por otro lado, quiero remarcar la muy buena coordinacion y
predisposicion de los Profesores William y Erich, los cuales me
El Tesoro brindaron sus conocimientos en un nivel realmente destacable.
Pablo José Iradi, Univ. Nacional de Salta, Salta, Argentina
The trip was amazing and wouldn’t have been possible without the
help from the SEG travel grant. Being a geologist, I truly believe the
best way to learn is hands-on in the field, . . . The trip has broadened
my knowledge of porphyry copper deposits and has prepared me for
what I may see in the future as an economic geologist. I would like to
thank you, the Society of Economic Geologists, and all the sponsors
for this wonderful opportunity to participate on the SEG inaugural
student dedicated field trip. It has been a fantastic experience.
Gabriel Graf, New Mexico Institute of Mining Technology, Socorro, NM

Bonsall & Lewis

Stammer
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early in 2006 and production com-
menced in October. Ongoing drilling
near Inco’s Thompson mines has
demonstrated significant potential for
open-pit mining of two new deposits,
the Thompson 1-C Surface zone and
the 1-D Surface zone. Drilling to locate
new zones of nickel mineralization at
depth is also returning encouraging
results at both the Thompson and
Birchtree mines.
Crowflight Minerals has a number
of projects under option from Xstrata
Nickel in the Thompson nickel belt. The
most advanced is the Bucko Lake
deposit at Wabowden, where infill
drilling in 2006 boosted NI 43-101 com-
pliant Indicated Resources to 2.5 mil-
lion tonnes (Mt) grading 2.10% nickel.
Crowflight hopes to have the mine in
production by the end of 2007.
A scoping study completed for the
Minago nickel deposit, owned by Victory
Nickel, concluded the project can sup-
port a 16-year mine life. Measured and
Indicated Resources for Minago total
49.1 Mt grading 0.52% Ni. Victory will
move directly to completing a bankable
feasibility study incorporating 13,000 m
of additional drilling which commenced
EXPLORATION REVIEWS
in February.
In southeastern Manitoba, Mustang
Minerals has two major nickel-copper
projects in progress. At the Maskwa
deposit, an independent resource study
concluded the deposit contains Indicated
Resources of 6.02 Mt grading 0.74% Ni
and 0.15% Cu. Drilling at Mustang’s May-
ville property, 35 km north of Maskwa,
has partially outlined a large, low-grade,
copper-nickel deposit called the M2
zone, with Indicated Resources of 21.9
Mt grading 0.20% Ni and 0.48% Cu.
HudBay Minerals announced it
would boost exploration spending in
Manitoba to $26 M. In addition, the
company will invest $8.5 M at their Bur
deposit near Snow Lake to conduct infill
drilling, bulk sampling, and to complete
a feasibility study. Bur hosts noncompli-
ant Indicated Resources of 391,000 t
grading 2% Cu and 9% Zn. HudBay
optioned the Hudvam and Wim cop-
per-zinc deposits to Murgor Resources
who commenced a large drill program
on these and other prospective proper-
ties in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake area.
San Gold Corporation poured its
first gold bars at the rejuvenated Rice
Lake mine in Bissett in southeastern
Manitoba. The Rice Lake mine contains
total Measured and Indicated Resources
of 874 535 tonnes grading 9.9 g/t Au.
The company also brought the nearby
San Gold #1 deposit into production;
resources are estimated at 257,000
SEG NEWSLETTER
tonnes grading 7.5 g/t Au. A new NI 43-
101 compliant Rice Lake project report
increased San Gold’s total Measured
and Indicated Resources to 403,000 oz
gold and total Inferred Resources to over
1.2 million ounces. The report included
over 400,000 oz of Inferred Resources in
the new Cartwright deposit discovered
last April as well as resources from the
San Gold #2 and #3 zones.
Rolling Rock Resources acquired the
Monument Bay gold project in north-
eastern Manitoba from partners Bema
Gold and Wolfden Resources. Inferred
Mineral Resources are estimated at 3.38
Mt grading 6.46 g/t Au.. Drilling in 2006
was highlighted by the discovery of the
Burn Lake zone. Another 10 000 m win-
ter drill program commenced in January.
Garson Resources and Piper Capital
acquired the New Britannia gold mine
operation at Snow Lake from Kinross
Gold and High River Gold Mines. The
operation was placed on care and
maintenance in early 2005, which at
the time contained a Measured and
Indicated Resource of 2.2 Mt of 5.11 g/t
Au. The large property contains numer-
ous gold showings and two past-produc-
ing gold zones, the No. 3 and Birch.
Drilling to upgrade inferred resources at
the No. 3 zone was to begin in late
February 2007.
Carlisle Goldfields initiated a
10,000-m drill program at the former
producing MacLellan gold mine near
Lynn Lake. Drilling will attempt to con-
firm and expand historic geological
reserves estimated at 976,000 t grading
6.51 g/t Au.
EUROPE
Regional Correspondent:
Mac Canby (SEG 2003)
Phelps Dodge Exploration Corp
Cobham, Surrey KT11 2NQ
Tel. +44 1932 865 367 e
E-mail mcanby@phelpsd.com
Contributions from
Christina Lundmark (SEG 2006) - Sweden
Peter Kodera (SEG 2002) - Slovakia
Pasi Eilu (SEG 2002) - Finland
and Nigel J. Cook (SEG 1998 F) - Norway
Refreshing news comes from two gen-
uine new discoveries: Fronteer drilled
long intervals of potentially ore-grade
CuAu at Halilaga (Turkey), while
EMED extended recently discovered
porphyry Au mineralization in
Slovakia. Our thanks go to Nigel Cook,
who updates on Norway.
No 69 • APRIL 2007
TURKEY
Fronteer steals the show this quarter,
reporting 298 m of 0.5 g Au and 0.52%
Cu over the entire drill hole in a brand-
new porphyry system at Halilaga.
Stratex reports further intercepts at
Inlicer high-sulfidation Au; preliminary
direct cyanide Au tests show excellent
recoveries (92–95%) on oxide mineral-
ization, and low (~20–22%) recoveries
on unoxidized mineralization. Aldridge
Minerals completed 6,710 m of RVC
drilling at Yenipazar CuAuZnPbAg
VMS and expanded resources south,
with the last two holes returning up to
34 m 2.01 g Au, 58.7 g Ag, 0.47% Cu,
2.62% Pb, 2.67% Zn. Aldridge also
drilled three peripheral IP targets.
Mediterranean Resources released
its first resource estimated at Tac Au,
containing ~11.8 Mt 1.80 g Au and
0.13% Cu at a 1.0 g/t Au cutoff; prelimi-
nary flotation tests indicate 90% Au
and 92% Cu recoveries. Mediterranean
issued 2.78M shares to Teck and
received 100% control of Tac and
Corak. Anatolia drills to expand the
sulfide resource at Çopler Au, and is
investigating several sulfide treatment
options.
Xtrata/Nuinsco’s Berta Cu por-
phyry target: Nuinsco intersected two
zones of massive and semimassive sul-
fide in sulfidized dacite in the first two
holes of a 2,500 m drilling program on
Elmalaan VMS target, under earn-in
from Xstrata, northeastern Turkey. The
upper interval returned 1 m of 10.1%
Zn, 1.12% Pb, 0.28% Cu, 50.2 g Ag and
0.7 g Au, starting at about 150 m
depth. Intersections are ~200 m east of
an outcrop with high-grade massive
sulfide.
Silvermet’s 35-hole, ~3,730 m rotary
drill program intersected up to 46 m
5.67% Zn at the Belbasi target of its
Tufanbeyli oxide-carbonate Zn project.
Arianna’s three shallow holes at
Vein 4 at the low-sulfidation Sindirgi
AuAg vein target returned up to 6 m
1.4 g Au and 34 g Ag.
Odyssey Resources’ independent
resource estimate at Tavsan Au shows
indicated and inferred resources of
roughly 2.6 Mt of ~1.5 g Au, using
$517/oz Au.
Please see corrections and
amplifications (p. 8) for retraction
regarding Dundee Precious
Metals Inc.’s Serbian operations.
APRIL 2007 • No 69
AZERBAIJAN
Anglo-Asian Mining’s scoping study
shows ~225,000–350,000 oz of recover-
able Au at Gedabek AuAgCu. Anglo-
Asian intends to have the project into
production by year’s end.
BULGARIA
Teck exercised its option to proceed
with exploration at Euromax’s Trun
Au target, western Bulgaria. Euromax is
aggressively drilling at the Zlata,
Nadejda and K2 targets at Trun, while
Balkan Gold/Euromax drilled a multi-
vein target below extensive historic gold
workings at Ogosta Au, in western
Bulgaria, and completed two shallow
holes at the Rakitovo granite-hosted
vein system, which returned up to 5.1 m
10.7 g Au and 21 g Ag. Euromax began
drilling at Peroto, near Chelopech
high-sulfidation AuCu deposit.
CYPRUS
Eastern Mediterranean’s prefeasibility
study at Klirou CuZn shows inferred
resources of about 4.4 Mt of 0.5% Cu,
0.68% Zn; by-product Au grades are
about 0.4 g/t.
SPAIN
Rio Narcea’s drilling at Agua Blanca
NiCu returned 45.4 m 0.72% Ni 0.74%
and confirmed a suspected link between
the open-pit and “deep” orebodies.
GREECE
European Goldfield’s geologic work
increased reserves at Strattoni to 2.18
Mt 172 g Ag 6.9 Pb 9.7% Zn; they
expect to add two years to mine life
through an ongoing drill program.
SERBIA
Newcomer Reservoir Capital drilled
five holes at Brestovac Au-polymetallic
target near Bor, and six short holes at
Lece, a Au-polymetallic vein system in
the Tertiary volcanic belt of southern
Serbia.
ROMANIA
Carpathian Gold retained AMEC
Americas Ltd. to complete a 43-101
resource study, and continues drilling at
Colnic-Rovina AuCu porphyries; high-
lights at Colnic include RCD-39, on the
southwest edge of the pattern, with 133
m 0.81 g Au and 0.15% Cu; at Rovina
highlights include RRD-16 with 250 m
at 0.53 g Au/t and 0.25% Cu.
SEG NEWSLETTER
SLOVAKIA
EMED cut a thick intercept at Biely
Vrch Au, central Slovakia (1.2 g/t Au
over the entire 252 m of hole DVE4),
including 97 m 1.8 g/t Au. Grades
increase with depth towards an IP
anomaly, inferred as a porphyry sys-
tem. Six holes (447 m) at Banska Bela,
within EMED’s Banska Stiavnica tar-
get, encountered low-sulfidation Au
mineralisation warranting follow-up
drilling; best interval 25m 0.9g/t to 1m
6.1g/t. Tournigan Gold’s 6200m drill
program discovered a new mineralized
zone at Jahodna U, including 5 m
0.54% and 0.5 m 5.34% U3O8. This rela-
tively shallow U-Mo is 150–200 m SE
along strike and ~100 m shallower than
previous margins of mineralization,
possibly increasing strike length by
~35–40%.
NORWAY
Though small by standards of neighbor-
ing Sweden and Finland, Norway’s
exploration surged in 2006, with focus
both on historic producers and green-
field targets.
Blackstone Ventures Inc.
announced $4M 2007 exploration-
development budget to explore 7 nickel
targets in southern and central Norway.
Since 2003 Blackstone has flown 18,332
km of magnetic-EM surveys at the
Espedalen, Vakkerlien, Bamble, Ertelien,
Skjaekerdalen and Evje areas, covering
roughly 50 historical mines. Their 77
drill holes on Espedalen and Ertelien
projects discovered two new nickel zones
and several prospective intersections.
Blackstone acquired these properties
from Sulfidmalm (Xstrata). Intersections
at Ertelien include 1.46% Ni, 1.32% Cu,
0.08% Co over 28.07 m from 281 m
depth.
Mining will commence in 2007 or
2008 at Gexco’s Bindal Au deposit,
Kolsvik, northern Norway, following
encouraging mining and metallurgical
tests. Ore contains 5–7 g/t Au, with an
identified resource of ~350,000 oz Au.
The deposit is open ended. Gexco are
also exploring at Reppen (0.8 Mt @ 5
g/t) and Finnlifjellet.
Crew Gold explores the large
Henderson-type Nordli porphyry Mo
deposit in Hurdal, 90 km north of Oslo.
First holes of their 4,000-m 2006 pro-
gram returned encouraging values (130
m 0.13% MoS2), but grades in other
holes were below model expectations,
requiring structural explanation. Crew
staked two additional porphyry-type Mo
prospects, one near Hurdal, another
near Ramnes in the southernmost Oslo
region.
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At Gjedde Lake Au, held by Scanor
Mining (50–50 JV of Crew Gold and
ScanMining), early drilling showed
weak results although style of mineral-
ization is reminiscent of structurally
controlled iron formation-hosted Au
deposits. Reconnaissance geochemistry
demonstrated 15 gold anomalies for fol-
low up.
International Gold Exploration
(IGE) explores several past-producing
camps, including Grong. Principal
focus in 2006 has been the past pro-
ducer Bidjovagge Au in northern
Norway, which closed in 1992. IGE
announced an indicated resource of
~126,000 oz Au.
Nordic Mining actively acquires
existing operations and exploration
rights in Norway, including those
around Røysivangen (Eidsvoll, south-
ern Norway).
Store Norske Gull, daughter com-
pany of profitable coal miner SNSK,
plans exploration for NiCuAu in the
Store Russevann and Lemmivara
areas of northern Norway.
Wega Mining AS explores Nussir Cu
property in Kvalsund on what they
believe is Norway’s largest copper
deposit, estimated by the company to
have ~20 Mt ore @ 1.6–1.8% Cu. Wega
EXPLORATION REVIEWS
also owns Repparfjord, an old copper
mine 6 km south of Nussir.
Sigersvold Invest AS seeks to restart
production at Knaben Mo in southern
Norway at a rate of 50 kt/yr of ore.
Knaben was once Europe’s largest
molybdenum producer. Sulitjelma
Minerals AS hopes to start mining in
April 2007 after extensive exploration
at Sulitjelma Cu, where copper mining
ceased in 1991.
SWEDEN
Boliden will invest SEK 300M in explo-
ration in 2007. Exploitation concessions
are sought for Au at Älgträsk (Skellefte
District), and for ZnPb at Dorotea.
Mine-site exploration during 2006 was
partly concentrated on the Kristineberg
mine.
LKAB applied for an extended explo-
ration permit for Kiruna, covering a
large part of the city and perhaps many
of its iron sculptures, to trace orebodies
farther to the south.
Lappland Goldminers staked
Stortjärnhobben Au, and drilled 10
holes in the deeper parts of Fäboliden
Au, the deepest hole (~600 m) demon-
strating continuing mineralization.
Mawson Resources staked Vena
CuCoZnAg north of Zinkgruvan mine,
where mining from 1770 to 1870
resulted in 200 pits
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over a 2500 × 500m
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area. Mawson began a 25-hole/1,000m
program at Tåsjö U, to get to inferred
resource status and obtain metallurgi-
cal samples. The company staked 21-
km strike of the mineralized horizon.
Four holes on geophysical targets at
Nordic Diamond’s Sölvbacktjärn U
project in north central Sweden inter-
sected visible uranium and copper.
Nordic Diamonds also completed 650-
km helicopter-borne EM over Nyborg
VMS in the Skellefte district.
Northland Resources Inc acquired
100% of the Pajala properties in north-
ern Sweden from Anglo American.
Northland delineated an NI43-101 com-
pliant resource at Stora Sahavaara
magnetite, (at 25% Fe cutoff, ~144 Mt
~43% Fe and ~0.07% Cu).
Wiking Mineral AB drilled
Kvarnbäcken Au and drills at Långsele
Au mine in eastern Skellefte district in
search of shallow Au zones.
Blackstone Ventures Inc announced
a $4M program in the Västerbotten
nickel belt, started a ~25,000-m drill
program, and completed 4,000-km
HeliTem airborne mag/EM. Many con-
ductors coincide with historical deposits
EXPLORATION REVIEWS
such as Lappvattnet (historical
resource 2.5Mt @ 1.03% Ni), or are
located immediately along strike of
known mineralization. Blackstone
drilled Lainejaur Ni, north Skellefte dis-
trict, which in the 1940s produced ~0.1
Mt @ 2.2% Ni, 0.93% Cu and 0.1% Co.
Beowulf Mining’s drilling expanded
Central Gold to over 800-m length and
up to 25 m wide. Beowulf initiated a
conceptual study of Ruoutevare FeTi,
hosted in shallowly dipping
anorthosite.
Continental Precious Minerals Inc
acquired uranium licenses on eight
deposits, containing total 43-101
resources of ~20 Mlb indicated plus
inferred. Continental also holds 43
licenses for multi-metal oil shales.
Gold Ore Resources’s Björkdal Au
mine has M&I resources of 2.17 Mt con-
taining ~0.18 Moz Au and 7.8 Mt
inferred containing 0.64 Moz Au. Gold
Ore announced $5.3M for a feasibility
study and will test underground mining
economics.
Tumi Resources completed deep
penetrating, pulse EM at Sala.
International Gold Exploration
received four exploration permits for
diamonds north of Timrå where alka-
line carbonatitic pipes were found
within small circular aeromagnetic
anomalies. Alcaston Diamond
Exploration applied for three diamond
permits in northern Norrbotten.
SEG NEWSLETTER
FINLAND
Agnico-Eagle Mines discovered two
new lodes 1–3 km north of their
Suurikuusikko Au mine, intersecting
9.3 m of 8.1g Au. Agnico, in JV with
Troy Resources, also reports 7.1 m 8.4
g Au and 70.2 g Ag from Oijärvi, west-
ern Finland, indicating a 250-m depth
extension of the Kylmäkangas lode.
Northland Resources Inc completed
42 holes at Hannukainen FeCuAu
deposit, NW Finland, confirming a sub-
horizontal, >850-m-long, 600-m-wide,
5- to 42-m-thick magnetite body with
grades at 26–54% Fe, 0.1–6.8% Cu, and
<0.1–31.8 g Au. Conroy Diamonds and
Gold plc, reports “an extensive gold tar-
get” at Sodankylä, central Lapland
greenstone belt, N Finland. Dragon
Mining Ltd discovered new vertical ore
pipes at Orivesi Au mine. Dragon-
Inco’s MMI surveys in northwestern
Finland indicate Ni anomalies near
komatiite-hosted occurrences
Ruossakero and Sarvisoaivi. Finn
Nickel Ltd, which holds about 10 small
Ni deposits in southern and central
Finland, signed an MOU with
Outokumpu to acquire the small pro-
ducing Hitura mine. The latter will
transform Belvedere from a pure
explorer to a producer.
Scandinavian Minerals applied for
mining and environmental permits for
Kevitsa NiCu (proven + probable 66.8
Mt 0.3% Ni, 0.43% Cu, 0.014% Co, 0.14
g Au, 0.196 g Pd, and 0.303 g Pt). Pilot
plant tests and infill drilling are under-
way.
Vulcan Resources Ltd released
another high-grade intercept from its
Outokumpu-style Kylylahti deposit:
98.5 m @ 1.15% Cu, 0.21% Co, 0.20%
Ni, 0.79% Zn, and 1.25 g Au. The
deposit is at least 1,000 m long (open
along strike), 150 m wide, with average
thickness of 40 m. The current resource
estimate (indicated + inferred) is 7.45
Mt @ 1.07% Cu, 0.22% Co, 0.43% Zn,
0.22% Ni, and 0.69 g Au. Feasibility is
underway.
Gondwana Energy Ltd, renamed as
FinMetal Mining, acquired Magnus
Minerals, and holds a number of nickel-
copper prospects in southern and east-
ern Finland and a few gold prospects in
northern Finland, including the largest
Rautavaara (E Finland) which has
roughly 21 Mt 0.21% Ni, 0.1% Cu and
0.45% Zn. Mantle Diamond’s indicator
mineral work defines drill targets at
Kuusamo continued indicator mineral
work continues at “Kaavi-Nurmes
Corridor” and acquired six tenements
No 69 • APRIL 2007
from Gondwana Investments in the
Kaavi-Kuopio kimberlite field. Agricola
Resources’ radon survey detected new
uranium targets in eastern Finland, near
Paukkajanvaara U, mined 45 years ago.
On 26 January, Geological Survey of
Finland released high-resolution air-
borne magnetic, electromagnetic and
radiometric survey data acquired dur-
ing 2006 (maija.kurimo@gtk.fi).
LATIN AMERICA
With contributions by Country Correspondents:
Angelo Peri Mundaca (SEG 1992) –
Chile-Argentina
Minera Cielo Azul
Subsidiary of Coro Mining
El trovador 4285 – Piso 13
Providencia, Santiago, Chile
E-mail: aperi@mcal.cl
Steve Jensen (SEG 1999 F) - Peru
General Manager
Teck Cominco Peru S.A.
E-mail: steve.jensen@teckcominco.com
CHILE
At last, Phelps Dodge received a drill
permit from the Chilean government to
drill the Escalones project. The project
is located 97 km SE of Santiago in the
high Andes of central Chile. Escalones
was optioned to Minera Aurex, a sub-
sidiary of Phelps Dodge Corporation, in
March 2005. Aurex immediately carried
out an IP geophysical survey that
defined a large anomaly thought to be
related to porphyry copper mineraliza-
tion. Phelps Dodge is presently drill-test-
ing this target. Farther north, south of
Escondida, Condor Resources has
recently completed a 3,000-m RC drill
program in the Escudo project. Drilling
was designed to test IP and resistivity
anomalies as well as other geologic tar-
gets within its 98-km2 property. In addi-
tion, Condor has regained 100% owner-
ship of its Cristal property from
Peregrine Metals after conducting a
10-km IP line across the property. Also
in northern Chile, within the Oligocene
Porphyry copper belt, Codelco is explor-
ing for sulfide potential in its Gaby pro-
ject. Codelco expects to have an esti-
mate of sulfide content by August in
order to update the actual known eco-
nomic reserves. Gaby’s actual reserves
are 548 Mt at 0.41% Cu of oxide ore,
enough to support 150,000 tpy output
for 14 years. Production start-up is
planned for June 2008.
APRIL 2007 • No 69
Meridian Gold amended its initial
technical report for its Minera Florida
Mining operations located at Alhue,
south-central Chile. The gold mineral-
ization occurs in at least 19 mineralized
veins and zones of hydrothermal brec-
cias hosted by volcaniclastic rocks. At a
2.5 gpt cutoff grade, the deposit is
reported to contain 3.9 Mt of measured
and indicated resources at an average
grade of 5.2 gpt Au, 23.37 gpt Ag, and
1.39% Zn, as well as 2.2 Mt at an aver-
age grade of 5.33 gpt Au, 27.07 gpt Ag
and 1.45% Zn of proven and probable
reserves. Meridian will spend over $6 M
for infill drilling in 2007 to test some of
the inferred resources against the mea-
sured and indicated category.
PERU
A prefeasibility study on Northern Peru
Copper’s Galeno Cu-Mo-Au porphyry
deposit has demonstrated that an open-
pit mining operation with 144,000-t
copper annual production is economi-
cally feasible. Results show an after-tax
NPV(8) of US$560 M, IRR of 18.2%, capex
of US$976 M and C1 cost of US$0.51/lb
Cu using US$1.35/lb copper and proba-
ble reserves of 661Mt @ 0.50% Cu, 0.12
g/t Au, and 0.013% Mo. Drilling of 27
holes totaling 8,656 m on their adjacent
Hilorico Au deposit has outlined inferred
resources of 407,000 oz gold in oxides
(19.4 Mt @ 0.65g/t Au) and 641,000 oz
gold in sulfides (21.3 Mt @ 0.93 g/t Au).
The privatization date of Centromin’s
Michiquillay Cu-Mo-Au deposit located
adjacent to Galeno has been delayed
again owing to community problems
and is now planned for April 30, 2007.
Drilling by Peru Copper adjacent to
their Toromocho porphyry Cu deposit
(reserves of 1.26 Bt @ 0.53% Cu, and
0.018% Mo) has intercepted encourag-
ing Zn-Cu skarn mineralization in two
areas, with one zone averaging 48 m @
1.03% Zn and 0.5% Cu and the other
zone averaging 0.52% Zn and 0.39%
Cu. China’s Zijin Consortium made a
US$186 M bid to take over Monterrico
Minerals and their main asset the Rio
Blanco Cu deposit located in northern
Peru. Monterrico is hoping for addi-
tional bids. Rio Blanco has proven
reserves of 133 Mt @ 0.74% Cu &
0.023% Mo and probable reserves of
365 Mt @ 0.59% Cu, and 0.031% Mo.
Capex is estimated at US$1.44 B.
Xstrata plans to drill 120,000 m in
Peru in 2007 comprising 85,000 m in
Las Bambas skarn-porphyry and
35,000 m at Antapaccay porphyry of
the Tintaya district in southern Peru.
SEG NEWSLETTER
With 156,000 m of drilling already at
Las Bambas, Xstrata plans to release an
update resource on Las Bambas soon.
Results are believed to be positive.
Latest drilling on Canariaco Norte by
Candente Resources has returned up to
509 m @ 0.79% Cu, including 102 m @
1.10% Cu from 261 m depth. The cur-
rent resource is 489 Mt @ 0.45% Cu (at
a 0.2% Cu cutoff). BHP Billiton has
shut down exploration in Peru.
Continued drilling on the Silver
Standard-Esperanza Silver San Luis
Au-Ag vein property has returned up to
10.9 m @ 50.16 g/t Au, and 914 g/t Ag
and 9.0 m @ 36.85 g/t Au and 1,281 g/t
Ag on the Ayelen vein. Work to date
has outlined two high-grade ore shoots
on the Ayelen vein. Initial drilling on
the Meridian Gold-Southwestern
Resource Millo-Azucar Au-Ag property
located in southern Peru returned up to
20.3 m @ 2.65 g/t Au, and 317 g/t Ag.
Buenaventura has signed an agree-
ment to earn 60% from Newmont on
the Breapampa gold property located
in southern Peru by spending US$5 M
on infill drilling within one year. Pre-
vious work by Newmont has outlined a
resource of 400,000 oz gold. Peru is
receiving some exploration interest for
uranium, with three companies cur-
rently involved in uranium exploration,
including the Solex Resources-Frontier
Pacific Mining JV (Macusani (Puno)
area of southern Peru (current 20,000-m
drill program), Vena Resources (JV
with producer Cameco Corporation in
southern Peru) and Cardero Resources
(San Ramon-Junin area, central Peru).
ARGENTINA
Minera Andes started a drill program
at the Los Azules porphyry copper pro-
ject in the San Juan province of central
Argentina. A total of 30 holes, for a
total of approximately 10,500 m, are
planned to initially test an area of
2,500 × 750 m, where previous drilling
has intersected enriched primary ore. A
200-m east-west and 400-m north-south
grid has been designed to define an
inferred resource and provide detailed
information for the completion of a pre-
liminary assessment. To the north, in
the Catamarca province, Mansfield
Minerals has been granted an explo-
ration license for the Laguna Los Patos
project, covering an area of 4,500 ha.
This is a low-sulfidation vein system
with gold-silver dissemination in inten-
sively silicified dacitic porphyry. Initial
sampling showed up to 3 gpt Ag and up
to 470 gpt Ag. Further mapping and
29
sampling is planned for the current year,
to define trenching and drill targets.
While in Mendoza province, Exeter re-
ported that results from 14 holes extended
the gold mineralization in the Luna
zone of its La Cabeza gold-silver project.
Assays from the first 9 holes showed
that at least 5 holes yielded 8 to 18 m of
1.1 to 2.4 gpt Au. At present, Exeter has
5 drill rigs on site to complete the explo-
ration program of La Cabeza project,
along with other project development
activities, including engineering, metal-
lurgical, hydrologic, and environmental
studies, with the expectation to start a
definitive feasibility study during the
second quarter of 2007.
CONTIGUOUS
UNITED STATES
Regional Correspondent:
Roger C. Steininger (SEG 1978)
Consulting Geologist
3401 San Mateo Ave.
Reno, Nevada 89509
Tel. 775-323-7775
Fax 775-323-1134
EXPLORATION REVIEWS
E-mail: audoctor@aol.com
Nevada continues to be the center of
exploration in the contiguous United
States, although the uranium search is
booming in Utah and Wyoming. Within
Nevada, the Battle Mountain-Eureka
(or Cortez if you prefer) Trend is the
most favored locale, to the point of need-
ing a reservation to visit an outcrop.
There are the usual suspects of tired,
near-surface anomalies being chased.
Notably, a number of conceptual targets
are being tested under alluvial cover
and below siliciclastic “upper plate”
rocks of the Roberts Mountains Thrust.
Barrick Gold may have nailed this
“lower plate” concept at Miranda Gold’s
Horse Mountain property along the
BME&C Trend. Two recent holes encoun-
tered significant intervals of 0.0X opt
Au below 900 feet from the surface in
lower plate Roberts Mountains Forma-
tion. This is a long way from an eco-
nomic gold deposit but it is a new dis-
covery and displays some original
thinking. What is really needed is a
major new discovery to develop irra-
tional exuberance for the Great Basin.
Currently, most of the triumphs are
associated with known deposits and/or
discovery of modest size deposits.
to page 30 . . .
One of the largest
exploration programs
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... from 29 Exploration Reviews

(Continued)
in Nevada is U.S. Gold’s at Tonkin
Springs where up to seven drills com-
pleted over 50,000 feet of hole during
2006. Initial results indicate that several
of the gold deposits will be expanded
The Society of Economic Geologists
and new areas of gold mineralization will be present at the SGA 9th Biennial Meeting
were identified. Much of this success is “Mineral Exploration and Research: Digging Deeper”
grounded in a reinterpretation of the Dublin, August 20–23, 2007
property’s geology.
Midway Gold continues to expand
the area of known mineralization at
Spring Valley and has also identified
three potentially economic placer gold
deposits. At the Midway property
drilling hydrologic monitor wells dis-
covered gold; including one 10-ft inter-
val of 0.31 opt Au. Does one get credit
for a discovery while drilling for other
reasons?
Hecla Mining sold its interest in the
Hollister Development Block to its
venture partner Great Basin Gold for
$45M cash and $15M in Great Basin
stock. Hecla spent about $30 M on the
property but concluded a one-half inter-
est in this deposit would not make a sig-
nificant impact on Hecla’s bottom line.
Whatever happened to the concept that
EXPLORATION REVIEWS

mines grow as development continues,

or does Hecla have a different view of
the property?
It is not all about gold in the Great
Basin; Nevada Copper is aggressively
drilling the Pumpkin Hallow skarn
chalcopyrite-magnetite deposit. The
program is designed to firm up and
extend the resource base with a focus
on high-grade mineralization. Fury
Explorations is in the midst of a large 9TH BIENNIAL SGA MEETING
drilling program at the Taylor silver Mineral Exploration and Research:
mine in eastern Nevada. Results from
the first few holes suggest that addi-
Digging Deeper
tional silver and gold mineralization
has been discovered. Technical Sessions
The Briggs and Mesquite mines are Specific Ore Types : Sedimentary copper, sea floor systems, uranium deposits, reserve estimation.
being pushed toward production in Regional Studies : Tethyan Belt, Africa, South America.
southern California as a result of recent Special Topics: Ore deposits through time.
drilling expanding the resource base. Future Directions in Economic Geology - Research & Teaching

Revett Minerals is exploring in and

around the Troy mine in Montana and Field Trips
seems to be expanding the resource. Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Spain , Sweden, Wales
There are many other exploration
programs that had various levels of suc- Short Courses
cess last year but given this new report- Gold deposits, sedimentary copper deposits, structural geology, isotopes.
ing format they are beyond the scope of
this column. I maintain a list of web- Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
20th -23 th August 2007 www.conferenceparntners.ie/sga2007
sites for most companies with properties
in the contiguous U.S. and would be
happy to share it; just send me an
email. 1
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SEG-GSSA 2008
July 6–9, 2008
Johannesburg A f r i c a U n c o v e re d —
M i n e ra l R e s o u rc e s
f o r t h e F u t u re

(see back cover for details)

John L. Lufkin, Ph.D.

Consulting Geologist
Golden, Colorado
ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Ores and Orogenesis:
Circum-Pacific Tectonics,
Geologic Evolution, and Ore Deposits
A Symposium Sponsored by Arizona Geological Society
24-30 September 2007, Tucson, Arizona • Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort

• Provocative technical sessions
• Pre-meeting and post-meeting field trips throughout the
Circum-Pacific region
• Pertinent short courses and workshops
• Poster sessions on new ideas and interpretations
• Pretty core from new and mature deposits in the Core
Shack
• Professional vendor exhibits
AND THERE’S MORE!
• SEG Symposium, “Advances in the Understanding of
Supergene Processes”, Chaired by Spence Titley and
Steve Enders
• Generous financial support and a mentoring event for
students
• Reception and banquet honoring career of William R.
(Bill) Dickinson
• Technical sessions presented by the Society of Mining,
Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME) addressing the
“Future of Mining,” with a luncheon address by Jack
Thompson, Jr.
• Economic Geology luncheon address by Douglas B.
Silver, Chairman and CEO, IRC
• The UNESCO IGCP Symposium – “Palaeoproterozoic
Supercontinents and Global Evolution”
• Reunions for mining companies (dead or alive),
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43rd Forum on the

Peru GEOLOGY OF
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
May 20-25th, 2007

Millennium Harvest House Hotel

in Boulder, Colorado

Hosted by the
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S E G C O - S P O N S O R E D M E E T I N G

Call for participation and registration to

4th International Symposium on
Gondwana to Asia & 2007 IAGR Annual Convention
Fukuoka, Japan, November 8–10, 2007
This symposium is organized and sponsored by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Kyushu University, International
Association for Gondwana Research, International Geoscience Programme (IGCP-516), Geological Society of Japan, The
Japanese Association of Mineralogists, Petrologists and Economic Geologists, and Society of Economic Geologists.

The symposium consists of the following scientific sessions: 1) Birth of Gondowana: From Snowball Earth to Cambrian
Explosion (Conveners: M. Santosh, Kochi University; Alan Collins, Adelaide University), 2) After Gondwana: Asian Continental
Growth (Convener: Yasuhito Osanai, Kyushu University), 3) Beyond Gondwana: Archean Earth History (Convener: Simon A.
Wilde, Curtin University), and 4) Gondwana Metallogeny (Conveners: Richard Goldfarb, U.S. Geological Survey, Craig Hart,
University of Western Australia; Sunso Ishihara, Yasushi Watanabe, Geological Survey of Japan; Koichiro Watanabe, Kyushu
University) and post-symposium field excursion to Aso volcano, Hishikari gold mine and the Higo metamorphic belt (November
11–13).

Important dates:
• 15 April 2007: Distribution of First Circular
• 15 May 2007: Deadline for submission of abstract & early registration
• 30 June 2007: Distribution of Second Circular
• 1 October 2007: Distribution of Final Circular including symposium program
• 8 November 2007: Arrival of participants, registration & ice breaker
• 9–10 November 2007: Scientific sessions & Business meetings
• 11–13 November 2007: Field excursion

Venue:
Nishijin Plaza, Kyushu University, 6-2 Nishijin, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka 814-0002, Japan

Registration fee:
200USD including abstract volume, ice breaker, lunches (9th and 10th Nov.), symposium banquet on a luxury cruise
boat (9th Nov.) and refreshments. Students and participants from developing countries get 50% discount.
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Correspondence:
All correspondence to be addressed to Symposium Secretariat: Dr. Nobuhiko Nakano, Division of Evolution of Earth
Environments, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 810-8560, Japan
Fax: +81-92-726-4843, email: gond-asia@scs.kyushu-u.ac.jp

See the website for more detailed information: http://www.scs.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~gond-asia/

APRIL 2007 • No 69 SEG NEWSLETTER 35

SEG MEMBERSHIP NEWS

CANDIDATES FOR 1 FELLOWSHIP

To All SEG Fellows:
Pursuant to the Society’s Bylaws, names of the following candidates, who have been recommended for Fellowship by the Admissions
Committee, are submitted for your consideration. Each applicant’s name and current position are followed by the names of their
SEG sponsors. If you have any comments, favorable or unfavorable, on any candidate, you should send them, in writing before
June 15, 2007. If no objections are received by that date, these candidates will be presented to Council for approval.

Address Comments To:

Chair, SEG Admissions Committee
SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS • 7811 Shaffer Parkway • Littleton, CO 80127 • USA
Adams, Garry J., Newmont Australia, Melville, WA, Australia: Menzies, Andrew H., Intellection, Brisbane, QLD, Australia: John J.
Antonio Arribas, Robert A. Agar; Gurney, Brian G. Hoal;
Arkell, Brian W., Newmont Mining Corporation, Denver, CO: Morche, Wolfgang E., Consultant, La Molina, Lima, Peru: Antonio
Antonio Arribas, M. Stephen Enders; Arribas, Jeffrey W. Hedenquist;
Barnes, Stephen J., CSIRO Exploration & Mining, Bentley, WA, Pontius, Jeffrey A., International Tower Hill Mines Ltd., Highlands
Australia: Brent I. A. McInnes, Brian G. Hoal; Ranch, CO: Owen A. Bavinton, Richard H. Sillitoe;
Creaser, Robert A., University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada: Ressel, Michael W., Newmont Mining Corporation, Sparks, NV:
Holly J. Stein, Judith L. Hannah; Frederick J. Breit, Randall B. Vance;
Gilligan, Lindsay B., Geological Survey of New South Wales, Turner, Stephen J., Newmont Mining Corporation, Englewood, CO:
Maitland, NSW, Australia: Ross R. Large, J. Bruce Gemmell; Antonio Arribas, Jeffrey W. Hedenquist, Charles G. Cunningham;
LaPointe, Martin M. L., Aur Resources, Inc., Santiago, Chile: Peter J. Xu, Guojian, Xstrata Copper Exploration, Mount Isa, QLD,
MacLean, Dale R. Finn; Australia: S. D. Golding, Noel C. White.

Exploration, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Richard Hampshire, Great Britain; Luis E. Cisneros,

The Society Welcomes W. Beck, Eagle Peak Resources, Telkwa, BC, Newmont Peru SRL, Santiago de Surco, Lima,
The Following Canada; Miguel A. Bejar Urquizo, Newmont Peru; Christian Clode, Newmont Mining

NEW 1 FELLOWS:
Johan Arif, PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara,
Mataram, Indonesia; Cailey Barker,
HansonWesthouse, London, Great Britain;
Thomas Bissig, Universidad Catolica del
Norte, Antofagasta, Chile; Paul Carter,
Ivanhoe Mines, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia;
Christopher C. Davies, African Eagle
Resources, Vale of Glamorgan, Great Britain;
Craig Miller, Newmont Mining Corporation,
Charters Towers, Australia.
The Society Welcomes
The Following
Peru SRL, Lima, Peru; Omar A. Bermudez
Ore, Newmont Peru SRL, Lima, Peru; James
M. Berry, Barrick Gold Corporation, Elko, NV;
Cameron Bowie, Consultant, Lively, ON,
Canada; Ken Brook, Desert Ventures Inc.,
Reno, NV; Jared M. Broome, Perilya, Broken
Hill, NSW, Australia; Fred H. Brown,
Consultant, Lynden, WA; Philip A. Brown,
Corbeil, ON, Canada; John E. Buckle,
Geological Solutions, Waterdown, ON,
Canada; Mike R. Burke, Yukon Geological
Survey, Whitehorse, YT, Canada; James R.
Burnell, Colorado Geological Survey, Denver,
CO; Caroline I. Butland, Rio Tinto Mining
and Exploration Limited, Melbourne, VIC,
Australia; Fernando A. Buttazzoni,
Christensen Chile S.A., Santiago, Chile; Peter
Corporation, Englewood, CO; Jamie R.
Cockrell, Newmont Mining Corporation,
Battle Mountain, NV; Jakobus G. Coetzee,
Bradford Minerals, North Vancouver, BC,
Canada; Ma Elveta C. Comsti, Mines &
GeoSciences Bureau, Diliman Q.C.,
Philippines; Scott P. Conley, Goldcorp -
Musselwhite Mine, Bowmanville, ON,
Canada; James R. Conner, Pincock Allen &
Holt, Lakewood, CO; Flaut Constantin,
Geommed Association, Baia Mare,
Maramures, Romania; Jeffrey M. Cornoyer,
Consultant, Phoenix, AZ; David W. Coulter,
Consultant, Golden, CO; Robert G. Cuffney,
White Knight Resources, Eureka, NV; Jason T.
T. Cunliffe, Hochschild Mining PLC, Lima,
Peru; Karin Davalos Flores, Minera

NEW 1 MEMBERS: Butterfield, Consultant, Olympia, WA;

Christopher R. N. Buxton, Goldcorp Canada,
Yanacocha SRL, Lima, Peru; Gordon I.
Davidson, Bayswater Uranium Corp.,

Henry P. Agupitan, Lane Xang Minerals
Limited, Vientiane, PDR, Laos; Ben
Ainsworth, Metamin Enterprises, Inc.,
Vancouver, BC, Canada; Geido Ali Chavez,
Newmont Peru SRL, Los Olivos, Lima, Peru;
Stephane Amireault, Geohabilis Consultants,
Boucherville, QC, Canada; Nazario Anyoza,
Newmont Peru SRL, Lima, Peru; Saul Arias,
Newmont Peru SRL, Lima, Peru; Nick T.
Arndt, LCGA, St. Martin d’Heres, France;
Juan D. Arroyave, Cia Minera De Caldas,
Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia; Allen B.
Atkinson, Maptek/KRJA Systems Inc.,
Lakewood, CO; Bernardo C. Aznaran
Rengifo, Minera Yanacocha SRL, Cajamarca,
Peru; Friedrich-Karl Bandelow, MSSP -
GEOMAP, Konedobu, NCD, Papua, New
Guinea; Abelardo Barboza Mejia, Minera
Yanacocha SRL, Lima, Peru; Diego L.
Barrientos, Mineros SA, Medellin, Antioquia,
Colombia; Gandush Batmunkh, Gobi
Thunder Bay, ON, Canada; Eleazar
Cajachagua Rojas, Minera Yanacocha SRL,
Lima, Peru; Patrick M. Carr, Xstrata Zinc
Canada, Matagami, QC, Canada; Jimmy F.
Carranza, Newmont Peru SRL, Lima, Peru;
Liv S. Carroll, Stratex Exploration, Eastleigh,
We acknowledge Newmont
Corporation’s support of
the Society by encouraging
their employees to join us.
We are very pleased to
welcome 17 new Members
from Newmont Peru SRL in
Lima and 26 new Members
from Yanacocha.
MEMBERSHIP
Vancouver, BC, Canada; William F.
deLorraine, St. Lawrence Zinc Co.,
Gouverneur, NY; Simon C. Dominy, Snowden
Group, Weybridge, Surrey, Great Britain;
Richard H. Dorman, Universal Uranium Ltd.,
Winnemucca, NV; William T. J. Dymott,
Cenkos Securities, London, Great Britain;
Christopher J. Emerson, Inversiones
Republica SA, Lima, Peru; Tony L. Eng,
Enigma Resources LLC, Carson City, NV; Asa
Erlfeldt, Kopparberg Mineral, Kopparberg,
Sweden; William Espinoza Medina, Minera
Yanacocha SRL, Lima, Peru; Art D. Ettlinger,
Golden Predator Mines, Delta, BC, Canada;
Ian J. Farrelly, Aurum Exploration Services,
Kells, Co. Meath, Ireland; Patricio
Fernandez, Minera Escondida Ltda.,
Santiago, Chile; Romarico Fernandez,
Newmont Overseas
Exploration Limited,
Lima, Peru; Enrique
...
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Figueroa, Amera Resources Corp., Lima, Peru;
Elmer J. Flores, Newmont Peru SRL, Lima,
Peru; Paulo R. P. Fragomeni, Pan Brazilian
Mineracao Ltda., Rio De Janeiro, RDJ, Brazil;
Guy Franceschi, GF Consult bvba, Gent,
Belgium; Fernando Ganem, Minera Sud
Argentina S.A., Capital Federal, Argentina; R.
James Garber, Landore Resources Canada
Inc., Thunder Bay, ON, Canada; Jimmy
Garcia Castillo, Minera Yanacocha SRL,
Cajamarca, Peru; Gregory A. Ghidotti,
Resolution Copper Mining, Superior, AZ;
Huver Freddy Gomez Arevalo, Minera
Yanacocha SRL, Lima, Peru; Jaime Gomez
Jimenez, Minera Yanacocha SRL, Lima, Peru;
Robert L. Gordon, Quantec Geoscience,
Toronto, ON, Canada; Zoe E. Grigg, BHP
Billiton, Roxby Downs, SA, Australia; Charles
M. Gryba, First Metals Inc., Toronto, ON,
Canada; Cesar Guerra Carpio, Compania
Minera Antamina SA, Arequipa, Peru;
Alberto Gutierrez Bautista, Minera
Yanacocha SRL, Lima, Peru; Robyn Hee,
Oxiana Limited, Melbourne, VIC, Australia;
Frank Hiebert, Consultant, Belleville, ON,
Canada; Kathleen A. Hill, Geoscience
Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Mark C.
Hinman, Hinman Geosolutions/Asia Gold,
Bardon, QLD, Australia; Alexander C. H.
Hirtz, Transandes Servicios Mineros S.A.,
Quito, Ecuador; Kristl J. Hoksbergen,
Cameco Corporation, Saskatoon, SK, Canada;
Helber Holguino Vizcarra, Minera
Yanacocha SRL, Lima, Peru; Nicholas W.
Holman, Aurum Exploration Ltd., Prestiegne
Powys, Great Britain; Gregory Hryniw,
Consultant, Montreal, QC, Canada; Ernest L.
Hunsaker, III, Hunsaker Inc., Elko, NV; Yvan
Rolando Hurtado Guerrero, Cia Minera
Miskimayo SAC, Lima, Peru; Marc Idziszek,
Oromin Exploration Ltd., Vancouver, BC,
Canada; Joseph R. Inman, Consultant, Salt
Lake City, UT; Bruce C. Jago, Wallbridge
Mining Co. Ltd., Lively, ON, Canada;
Satyendra K. Jain, Scientific Reviews,
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India; John W.
Jamieson, Alberta Geological Survey,
Edmonton, AB, Canada; Jenny Jara
Garamendi, Minera Yanacocha SRL, Lima,
Peru; Edgar Jara Llacho, Newmont Peru SRL,
Lima, Peru; Caitlin L. Jeffs, Mineral
MEMBERSHIP
Exploration Consulting, Thunder Bay, ON,
Canada; John D. Jenks, J. D. Jenks
Consulting, Salmon Arm, BC, Canada; David
Jessey, California Polytechnic University,
Pomona, CA; Ben N. Johnson, Zinifex
Century Mine, Garbutt, QLD, Australia;
Shane E. Kenworthy, SRK Consulting, Perth,
WA, Australia; Stephen A. Kissin, Lakehead
University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada; Jesper
A.C. Kofoed, GeoQuest, Copenhagen,
Denmark; Rustam I. Koneev, National
University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent,
Uzbekistan; Daniel J. Kontak, Laurentian
University, Sudbury, ON, Canada; Mustafa
Kumral, Istanbul Technical University,
Istanbul, Ayazaga, Turkey; Bruno D.
LaFrance, Laurentian University, Sudbury,
ON, Canada; Maureen M. Laroco, Philex
Mining Corporation, Pasig City, Philippines; J.
W. Patrick Lengyel, Consultant, Winnipeg,
MB, Canada; Wenchang Li, Yunnan Bureau
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of Geology and Mineral Resources, Kunming,
Yunnan, China; Richard E. Lippoth, Nova
Gold Resources, Coeur d’Alene, ID; Keith E.
Livo, U S Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO;
James P. Llorca, GeoScience Victoria, Altona
Meadows, VIC, Australia; Robert J. Loranger,
Queenstake Resources, Elko, NV; Walter
Lozano, Newmont Peru SRL, Lima, Peru;
Daniel K Lui, Rimfire Minerals Corp.,
Vancouver, BC, Canada; M. Magdalena
Luna, Minera de Cordilleras S. de R.L. de C.V.,
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; Stephen
MacConnell, Geomac Consultants, Toronto,
ON, Canada; Julianne K. Madsen, Miramar
Mining Corporation, North Vancouver, BC,
Canada; Victor B. Maglambayan, Philex
Mining Corporation, Pasig City, Philippines;
John L. Mair, Geoinformatics Exploration
Inc., West Perth, WA, Australia; Rowena B.
Margallo, Philex Mining Corporation, Pasig
City, Philippines; Eduardo Marquina, Cia
Minera Aguilar, Palpala, Jujuy, Argentina;
Erin E. Marsh, U S Geological Survey, Denver,
CO; Alfonso Martinez-Vera, Minera Aurea
SA de CV, Naucalpan, Mexico; Randolph B.
Matusalem, Lafayette Mining Limited,
Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines; Murray
McClaren, Pacific Coast Nickel, North
Vancouver, BC, Canada; Terrence J.
McMahon, Oxiana Ltd., Main Beach, QLD,
Australia; Pablo E. Mejia, Mineral El Roble
S.A., Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia; Jan M.
Mengal, Lake Resources NL, Surrey, BC,
Canada; Javier Mercado Serruto, Minera
Yanacocha SRL, Cajamarca, Peru; Darcy
Milburn, Icon Resources, Toowong, QLD,
Australia; Ravain Mohammadi Niaei,
IZMDC, Zanjan, Iran; Rodrigo Molina, Aur
Resources, Santiago, Chile; Karen L.
Montgomery, Barrick - Osborne, Glenella,
QLD, Australia; Paula A. Montoya, Mineros
SA, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia; Luis
Morales Bermudez Lamparo, Minera
Yanacocha SRL, Lima, Peru; John M.
Morganti, Teck Cominco Limited, Vancouver,
BC, Canada; Koji Morimoto, Sumitomo
Metal Mining America Inc., Vancouver, BC,
Canada; Seth H. Mueller, U S Geological
Survey, Denver, CO; Roberto L. Narro
Alvarez, Newmont Peru SRL, Lima, Peru;
Steven W. Nelson, Top Notch Educational
Services, Anchorage, AK; Peter J. Nicolson,
Tonkin & Taylor Ltd., Wakatipu, New
Zealand; James W. Nizamoff, Omya, Inc.,
Proctor, VT; Flor Nunez Tintaya, Minera
Yanacocha SRL, Lima, Peru; Lawrence J.
O’Connor, Nevada Colca Gold Inc., Reno,
NV; Maria Sol O’Leary, Universidad Del
Comahue, Neuquen, Argentina; Rhonda E.
O’Sullivan, Xstrata Copper Exploration,
Mount Isa, QLD, Australia; Ricardo Pachas
Rios, Minera Yanacocha SRL, Lima, Peru;
Rodolfo O. Palomino Lescano, Newmont
Peru SRL, Lima, Peru; Jeddalyn J. Parian,
Philex Mining Corporation, Makati City,
Philippines; M. Kent Pearson, Jennings
Capital Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada; Bruce A.
Pertzel, Pertzel Tahan & Associates Pty Ltd.,
Parkville, VIC, Australia; Philip M. Piccoli,
University of Maryland, College Park, MD;
Juan F. Pilco Mamani, Newmont Peru SRL,
Lima, Peru; Richard Pilco Saraza, Minera
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Yanacocha SRL, Lima, Peru; Romina Pinillos
Palomino, Minera Yanacocha SRL, Lima,
Peru; Robert O. Plenge, Tinka Resources S.A.,
Lima, Peru; Miguel H. Ponce Tusa, EMC
s.c.c., Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador; Barry J.
Price, B. J. Price Geological, Vancouver, BC,
Canada; Jose Quispe Quillahuaman, Minera
Yanacocha SRL, Lima, Peru; Jason S. Rampe,
Newmont Mining Corporation, Midway, UT;
Christopher W. Reindler, Caldera Resources
Pty. Ltd., South Perth, Australia; Jesus Pedro
Reyes Vivar, Minera Yanacocha SRL, Lima,
Peru; Jeanne M. Richter, Cortez Gold Mines,
Elko, NV; Dean N. Riley, The Aerospace
Corporation, Chantilly, VA; Victor
Rivasplata Melgar, Minera Yanacocha SRL,
Cajamarca, Peru; Alan A. Roberts, Cowboy
Exploration, Centennial, WY; Paul S.
Roberts, Teck Cominco Ltd., Vancouver, BC,
Canada; Ronald C. R. Robertson, Northern
Freegold Resources Ltd., Calgary, AB, Canada;
Reinaldo Rodriguez Cruzado, Universidad
Nacional de Cajamarca, Cajamarca, Peru;
Mauricio Rodriguez Zuniga, Phelps Dodge
Corporation, Uchumayo, Arequipa, Peru;
Zsolt F. Rosta, Consultant, Reno, NV; Pedro
B. Rovillos, Jr., Omega Gold Resources Phils
Inc, Makati City, Philippines; Nonoy B.
Ruelo, Anvil Mining Ltd., Cainta, Rizal,
Philippines; Joaquin Ruiz, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ; M. Dayle Rusk, Mount
Polley Mining Corp., 150 Mile House, BC,
Canada; Miguel A. Rutti, Newmont Peru SRL,
Lima, Peru; Mahmood Sadeghi Bojd,
Geological Survey of Sweden, Uppsala,
Sweden; Carlos Saenz Juarez, Newmont Peru
SRL, Lima, Peru; Uwe Schmidt, Galore
Resources Inc., Port Moody, BC, Canada;
Marcelo R. Schwarz, Cia Vale do Rio Doce,
Porto Alegre, RG Do Sul, Brazil; Robert J.
Sharp, Trans Polar Geological Consultants
Inc., Calgary, AB, Canada; Adam T.
Simmons, Equity Engineering Ltd.,
Vancouver, BC, Canada; Angel A. Sinche-
Vasquez, Minera Del Suroeste S.A.C., Lima,
Peru; Lourens Smuts, Rio Tinto Mining and
Exploration Limited, Murray, UT; Ismael
Solaz Alpera, Consultant, Valencia, Spain;
Miguel Soncco Vilcapaza, Minera
Yanacocha SRL, Lima, Peru; Michael J.
Steenhoek, Kennecott Greens Creek Mine,
Juneau, AK; Bo Moeller Stensgaard,
Geological Survey of Denmark and
Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark; Ron W.
Stewart, Kinross Gold Corporation, Toronto,
ON, Canada; Mary E. Stollenwerk, ALS
Chemex, Sparks, NV; Stan Stricker,
Stratabound Minerals Corp., Calgary, AB,
Canada; Sorin E. Tamas-Badescu, Geoexpert
S.R.L., Deva, HD, Romania;
Charles A. Tarnocai, Oro Gold Resources,
Vancouver, BC, Canada; Mack Taylor,
Consultant, Sparks, NV; Luis Claudio Tejada,
Phelps Dodge Corporation, Uchumayo,
Arequipa, Peru; Michael J. Thompson,
Mineral Exploration Consulting, Thunder
Bay, ON, Canada; Phillips C. Thurston,
Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada;
Angel Ticona Chavez, Minera Yanacocha
SRL, Lima, Peru; Otgonbayar Togtokhbayer,
Ivanhoe Mines, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia;
Jimmy Trejo Miraval, Minera Yanacocha
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SRL, Lima, Peru; Kazuyasu Tsuda, Mitsubishi
Materials Natural Resources Development
Corp, Saitama, Japan; James A. Tyrrell,
Newmont Australia Ltd., West Perth, WA,
Australia; Efrain Ugarte Zarate, Minera
Yanacocha SRL, Lima, Peru; Hernan R.
Uribe, New World Resource Corp., La Paz,
Bolivia; Mauricio Valencia, Kedahda Society,
Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia; Andre J. Van
Der Merwe, SRK Consulting, Helderkruin,
Gauteng, South Africa; Johnny Vargas,
Newmont Peru SRL, Lima, Peru; Cesar
Velazco Cornelio, Minera Yanacocha SRL,
Lima, Peru; Noe Vilcas, Minera Oro Vega
S.A.C., Lima, Peru; Lionel F. Villarroel, New
World Resource, La Paz, Bolivia; Raymundo
I. Villones, Jr., Mines & GeoSciences Bureau,
Quezon City, Philippines; David A. Von
Perger, Heron Resources Ltd., Kalgoorlie, WA,
Australia; Ken R. Wasyliuk, Rekasa Rocks
Incorporated, Saskatoon, SK, Canada;
Melanie B. Werdon, Alaska Division of
Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks,
AK; Ryan J. Weston, Consultant, Mississauga,
ON, Canada; Kent S. Whiting, Camp Dresser
& McKee Inc., Helena, MT; Djoko A. S.
Wibowo, Chevron Geothermal Indonesia,
Kuningan Timur, Jakarta Se, Indonesia;
Werner Wirowatz, Richmont Mines Inc.,
Wawa, ON, Canada; Chelsea L. Wood,
Liberty Star Gold Corporation, Tucson, AZ;
Giuliano Zeballos Zeballos, Minera
Yanacocha SRL, Lima, Peru; Pusheng Zeng,
Yunnan University of Finance and Economics,
Kunming, YP, China; Hou Zengqian, Chinese
Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing,
China; Sicai Zhu, Asia Now Resources Corp.,
Kunming, YP, China.
The Society Welcomes
The Following
NEW1STUDENT MEMBERS:
Kofi Adomako-Ansah, Akita University,
Akita City, Akita, Japan; Lucas A. L. Alfaro,
Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta,
Argentina; Jhon J. Alfonso, Universidad
Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga,
Santander, Colombia; Amarmend Baatar,
University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Baden-
Wuerttem, Germany; Russell H. Bailie,
University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg,
Gauteng, South Africa; Shannon J. Baird,
Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON,
Canada; Ekaterina A. Bazilevskaya,
Lomonosov Moscow State University,
Moscow, Russia; Justin M Beasley,
University of Missouri - Columbia,
Columbia, MO; Stephen P. Becker, Virginia
Tech, Blacksburg, VA; Istvan Bereczki,
Eotvos Lorand University, Bekes, Hungary;
Justin D. Bernard, University of New
Brunswick, Miramichi, NB, Canada; David
Blanco-Florido, Universidad Nacional
Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, DF, Mexico;
Scott K. Blevings, University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Maxim
Boisvert Tremblay, Université Laval,
Quebec, QC, Canada; Romina Elizabeth
Caba, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta,
Argentina; Cesar A. Cala, Universidad
Nacional de Colombia, Medellin, Antioquia,
Colombia; Heather E. Campbell, University
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of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada;
Alan F. Cardenas, Universidad Nacional de
Colombia, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia;
Jaime A. Cardona, Universidad Nacional de
Colombia, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia;
Helen A. Cocker, University of Auckland,
Auckland, New Zealand; Eilidh M. Cole,
Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON,
Canada; Evan C. Crawford, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada;
Swati Deol, University of Delhi, Delhi, India;
Julian M. Diaz, Universidad Nacional de
Colombia, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia;
Xin Ding, Indiana University, Bloomington,
IN; Charles K. Driskell, University of Texas -
El Paso, El Paso, TX; Jessica L. Duggan,
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO;
Kurtis Dunstone, University of Western
Australia, Morangup, WA, Australia;
Rosario Esposito, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg,
VA; Andras Fall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg,
VA; Alexander J. Finlay, Durham
University, Durham, Great Britain; Beth J.
Fischer, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON,
Canada; Dominic D. F. Fleming, University
of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, QC,
Canada; Nathan Fox, University of
Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia; Laura A.
M. Frankcombe, University of Tasmania,
Elliott, TAS, Australia; Benedek Gal, Eotvos
Lorand University, Pecs, Hungary; Walter V.
Garcia, Colorado School of Mines, Golden,
CO; Jodie L. Gibson, Colorado State
University, Fort Collins, CO; Clare E.
Goddard, Laurentian University, Sudbury,
ON, Canada; Daniela Victoria Gonzalez
Guerra, Universidad de Concepcion,
Concepcion, Chile; Kathryn R. Grodzicki,
University of Auckland, Auckland, New
Zealand; Lucas B. Gutierrez, Universidad
Nacional de Salta, Salta, Argentina; Sara A.
Harkins, University of Missouri - Columbia,
Columbia, MO; Geoff J. Heggie, University
of Western Australia, Crawley, WA,
Australia; Amber D. Henry, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada;
Megan A. Hough, Monash University,
Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Andrea Raquel
Hoyos Arnedo, Universidad Nacional de
Salta, Salta, Argentina; Zsuzsa Jeszenszki,
Eotvos Lorand University, Sarospatak,
Hungary; Carlos A. Jimenez, Universidad
Nacional de Colombia, Medellin, Antioquia,
Colombia; Robert Kaemba, University of
Leicester, Leicester, Great Britain; Paul M.
Kia, Akita University, Akita City, Akita,
Japan; Natalie V. King, Colorado State
University, Fort Collins, CO; Gabriella Kiss,
Eotvos Lorand University, Veszprem,
Hungary; Jason M. Kruszewski, University
of Idaho, Moscow, ID; Htay T. Kyaw, Akita
University, Akita City, Akita, Japan; Adong
Laming, Akita University, Akita City, Akita,
Japan; Joel P. Laurin, University of Ottawa,
Gatineau, QC, Canada; David T. Lewis,
Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON,
Canada; Marek Locmelis, Macquarie
University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia;
Catalina A. Londono, Universidad Nacional
de Colombia, Medellin, Antioquia,
Colombia; Camila S. Luengas, Universidad
Nacional de Colombia, Bogota,
Cundinamar, Colombia; Kenneth D.
MacNeil, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, BC, Canada; George T. Mafany,
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MINRESI, Cameroon, Buea, South West,
Cameroon; Csaba Majercsik, Eotvos Lorand
University, Budapest, Hungary; Caroline A.
Mealin, University of Waterloo, Markham,
ON, Canada; Melanie M. M. Mercier,
University of Ottawa, Gatineau, QC,
Canada; Daniel Merino, Université de
Genève, Geneva, Switzerland; Ashish Misra,
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee,
Uttaranchal, India; Jorge Daniel Moncada
de la Rosa, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA;
Lyndsay N. Moore, University of Western
Ontario, London, ON, Canada; Patrick C.
Moran, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay,
ON, Canada; Stephen W. Moss, University
of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC,
Canada; Mark Mozgai, Eotvos Lorand
University, Budapest, Hungary; Sandor
Nagy, Eotvos Lorand University, Piliscsaba,
Hungary; Norbert Nemeth, Eotvos Lorand
University, Esztergom, Hungary; Michael P.
O’Neil, University of Utah, West Point, UT;
Keith C. Osburn, University of
Johannesburg, Randburg, Gauteng, South
Africa; Daniel W. Pace, University of
Nevada - Reno, Reno, NV; Angela M. Page,
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton,
NB, Canada; Nils D. Peterson, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada;
Cristian F. Puentes, Universidad Nacional
de Colombia, Bogota, Cundinamar,
Colombia; Merouane Rachidi, Université
Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada; Jasmin
Raymond, Université Laval, Lac Delage,
QC, Canada; Sarah Rice-Bredin, Queen’s
University, Kingston, ON, Canada; Louis-
Philippe Richard, Université Laval, Cap
Rouge, QC, Canada; Mark L. Rinne,
Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON,
Canada; Genevieve Robert, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada;
Rafael Rodriguez Alvarez, Universidad
Nacional de Colombia, Medellin, Antioquia,
Colombia; Augusto-Antonio Rodriguez-
Diaz, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de
Mexico, Mexico, DF, Mexico; Massimiliano
Rolandi, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA;
Tyler W. Ruks, University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Jamil
A. Sader, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON,
Canada; Matthew J. Severs, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, VA; Evan M. Smith, Queen’s
University, Caledon, ON, Canada; Jessica L.
Smith, University of Nevada - Reno, Sparks,
MEMBERSHIP
NV; Maja A. Stanislawska, Trinity College,
Dublin, Ireland; Anna E. Stout, Laurentian
University, Sudbury, ON, Canada;
Valentina I. Taranovic, Wayne State
University, Sterling Heights, MI; Cordula
Thielke, Malaspina University-College,
Nanaimo, BC, Canada; Matthew J.
Timmins, University of Leicester,
Bridgnorth, Shropshire, Great Britain;
Daniel I. Veas, Universidad Catolica del
Norte, Calama, Angofagasta, Chile; Alex S.
Wallis, University of Victoria, Surrey, BC,
Canada; Malissa J. Washburn, University
of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC,
Canada; Marcelo L. Weber, Universidade
Do Vale Do Rio Dos Sinos, Montenegro, RG
Do Sul, Brazil; Melissa S. Wilmot, University
of Maryland, College Park, MD; Guang Xue,
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC,
Canada; Yang Zhiming, Chinese Academy
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2007
Carolyn D. Anglin
Judith L. Hannah
Ross L. Sherlock
2008
David R. Burrows
David R. Cooke
John L. Muntean
2009
Sarah-Jane Barnes
José A. Perelló
Yasushi Watanabe
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Richard J. Goldfarb, Chair
Antonio Arribas
John A.S. Dow
Harold J. Noyes
Stuart F. Simmons
Neil Williams
Brian G. Hoal, ex officio
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Gary C. Huber, Chair
Donald J. Baker
Leendert G. Krol
BUDGET COMMITTEE
Harold J. Noyes, Chair
M. Stephen Enders
John A. Thoms
Brian G. Hoal, ex officio
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
Alan D. Goode, 2007 Chair
William X. Chávez, Jr., 2007
Judith A. Kinnaird, 2007
M. Alexandra Skewes, 2007
Fernando Tornos, 2007
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DISTINGUISHED LECTURER COMMITTEE
Hartwig E. Frimmel, 2007 Chair
Nora Foley-Ayuso, 2008
Keenan Jennings, 2009
Glenton J. Masterman, 2009
T. Campbell McCuaig, 2009
Robert S. Penczak, 2007
SEG FOUNDATION OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES
M. Stephen Enders, President, 2007
Donald M. Davidson, Jr., Secretary, 2007 Richard A. Leveille, 2010
John A. S. Dow, 2007
Robert W. Barker, 2008
Odin D. Christensen, 2008
Ronald L. Parratt, Vice President, 2008
Craig S. Bow, 2009
Leigh W. Freeman, 2009
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Marcos Zentilli, Vice President
Neil Williams, President-Elect
Eric Seedorff, Vice President-Elect
John A.S. Dow, Past President
Francisco Camus, Past Vice President
PUBLICATIONS BOARD
2007
Mark D. Hannington
Stephen E. Kesler
François Robert
2008
Jean S. Cline
David L. Kelley
2009
Murray W. Hitzman
Stuart F. Simmons, Chair
Brian G. Hoal, ex officio
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FELLOWSHIP ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE
Jeffrey L. Mauk, 2007 Chair
Adrian J. Boyce, 2007
Christopher J. Carlon, 2009
James A. Coppard, 2008
Stephen J. Piercey, 2007
Anne J. B. Thompson, 2009
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
George R. Ireland, 2007 Chair
Donald J. Baker, 2007
Gary C. Huber, 2007
Jeff Huspeni, 2007
John A. Thoms, 2007
Christopher E. Herald, Alternate
Harold J. Noyes, ex officio
Brian G. Hoal, ex officio
LINDGREN AWARD COMMITTEE
Maria Boni, 2007 Chair
Richard J. Herrington, 2009
Stephen J. Jensen, 2009
K. Brock Riedell, 2008
Richard M. Tosdal, 2007
Neil Williams, 2008
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
John A. S. Dow, 2007 Chair
Carolyn D. Anglin, 2007
Antonio Arribas R., 2007
Michael O. Harris, 2007
Jeffrey W. Hedenquist, 2007
Christoph A. Heinrich, 2007
Douglas J. Kirwin, 2007
Leendert G. Krol, 2010
A. James Macdonald, 2010
Donald J. Birak, 2011
A. Geoff Loudon, 2011
Barton J. Suchomel, 2011
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John A. Thoms, Past President, ex officio
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SEG PUBLICATIONS BOARD Chair
Stuart F. Simmons
Society of Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits
Hartwig E. Frimmel, President
Jan Pašava, Executive Secretary
REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS
2007
Judith A. Kinnaird - Africa
2008
Vertrees M. Canby – Europe
Isidoro B.A. Schalamuk – Latin America
Alexander Yakubchuk – North Eurasia
2009
Xuanxue Mo – Asia
(Yasushi Watanabe – Asia
will serve until July 2007)
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STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Gema R. Olivo, 2007 Chair
Thomas Bissig, 2007
Lucy H. Chapman, 2009
Kurt C. Friehauf, 2008
K. Howard Poulsen, 2007
David F. Volkert, 2008
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STEERING COMMITTEE
Francisco Camus, Chair, 2007
Marcos Zentilli, 2008
Eric Seedorff, 2009
Antonio Arribas, ex officio
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Paul J. Bartos, GSA ’07, 2007
Ferenc Molnár, SGA ’07, 2007
George F. Sanders, SME ’07, 2007
Brian G. Hoal, ex officio
SOCIETY TRAVELING LECTURERS COMMITTEE
Antonio Arribas, ex officio, Chair, 2008
Christine A. Horrigan, Secretary
International Exchange Lecturer Sub-Committee
Laurence P. James, Coordinator, 2007
Juan C. Toro-George, 2007
Sergio L. Rivera, 2007
Andy R. Wilde, 2008
Thayer Lindsley Visiting Lecturer Sub-Committee
David R. Cooke, Coordinator, 2008
Lluis Fontboté, 2008
Gregory C. Hall, 2008
Laurence J. Robb, 2007
SEG CANADA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gerald G. Carlson, SEGCF President
Alex J. Davidson
James M. Franklin
Edward J. Reeve
John F.H. Thompson
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SEG Announcements
& Deadlines
Call for Nominations for Penrose and SEG
Silver Medals and Marsden Award for 2007
Nominations for the Society’s Penrose Gold and Silver Medals
and the Marsden Award are due by September 1, 2007, for
review by the SEG Council. Members and Fellows of the
Society are urged to participate in this important pro-
cess by nominating outstanding candidates for these
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prestigious honors. DENVER, COLORADO • OCTOBER 28-31, 2007
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download the form. If you do not have access to our website, you CALL FOR PAPERS –
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T7. The Environmental Geology and Geochemistry of
Call for Nominations Mineral Deposits: Best Practices for Effective
Prediction, Mitigation, Closure, and Remediation
Lindgren Award for 2007 Geoffrey S. Plumlee, gplumlee@usgs.gov
The Society of Economic Geologists is soliciting nominations for William X. Chávez, wxchavez@msn.com
the 2007 Lindgren Award. The Lindgren Award is offered annu-
ally to a geologist whose published research represents an out- Mark Logsdon, mark.logsdon@sbcglobal.net
standing contribution to economic geology. The contribution T65. Metallogeny and Isotope Geochemistry—New
shall be measured by consideration of one to three papers pub-
lished by age 35. The recipient must be less than 37 years of age Approaches, New Perceptions, New Paradigms
on January 1 of the year in which the award is presented. The Holly Stein, hstein@cnr.colostate.edu
award shall not be restricted as to the candidate’s nationality, Judith L. Hannah, jhannah@cnr.colostate.edu
place of employment, or membership in the Society. Aaron Zimmerman, Aaron.Zimmerman@Colostate.edu
The deadline for submitting nominations is August 31, 2007.
T67. Understanding Mineral Resources: Educating the
Send all nominations to:
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7811 Shaffer Parkway, Littleton, CO 80127-3732 U.S.A.
Tel: +1.720.981.7882, ext. 210, Fax: +1.720.981.7874 T68. Magmatic Nickel Sulfide Deposits: Geology,
E-mail: seg@segweb.org (preferred method) Geochemistry, and Genesis
Stephen J. Barnes, Steve.Barnes@csiro.au
Call for Nominations T69. Spectroscopic Mineral Mapping to Characterize
SEG Distinguished Lecturer for 2007 Alteration Assemblages, Zonation, and Lithologic

Now is the time to support your Society and reward a colleague
by nominating him or her for the highly respected and widely rec-
ognized SEG Distinguished Lecturer Award. The 2007 nominee will
be selected on the basis of his/her preeminence in economic geol-
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Variations in Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks:
Applications to Ore Deposit Research
Barnaby W. Rockwell, barnabyr@usgs.gov
T70. Au-Ag-Te Se Deposits and Other Precious Metal
Deposits
Cristiana L. Ciobanu, ciobanu.cristiana@saugov.sa.gov.au
Nigel J. Cook, n.j.cook@nhm.uio.no
Paul G. Spry, pgspry@iastate.edu
T81. Diversity in Crustal Fluid Compositions: Geological
Origins and Consequences
Brian Rusk, bgrusk@usgs.gov
Murray Allan, mmallan@earth.leeds.ac.uk
T106. Geologic Structures, Fluid Flow, and Ore Deposits
Jonathan Saul Caine, jscaine@usgs.gov
Eric P. Nelson, enelson@mines.edu
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personal notes & news

C A R E E R - R E L A T E D
D E A T H S
C H A N G E S

ODIN D. CHRISTENSEN (SEG 1982 F) has
been named to the board of directors of
Eaglecrest Explorations.
GARNET L. DAWSON (SEG 1990) has joined
Red Dragon Resources Corp as vice presi-
dent of exploration.
MIKE KOZIOL (SEG 2001) has been
appointed to the position of president of
Alto Ventures Ltd.
KEITH A. LASKOWSKI (SEG 1982 F) has
accepted the position of president and
CEO of Amerix Precious Metals
Corporation.
ANTHONY A. LONGO (SEG 1993) has
joined Grayed Resource Corporation as
chief geologist.
THOMAS A. LOUCKS (SEG 1975 F) has been
appointed as a director of Silver Crest Res.
Inc.
DEAN W. A. MCDONALD (SEG 1988 F) was
named vice president-exploration for
Hecla Mining Company.
ARTHUR E. SOREGAROLI (SEG 1977 F) has
been appointed to the advisory board of
Alma Resources Ltd.
HANS J. RASMUSSEN (SEG 2001) has
accepted the position of president at
Eaglecrest Explorations Ltd.
MARK G. STEVENS (SEG 1992 F) was
named chief project geologist for Augusta
Resource Corporation.
FREDERIK W. WARNAARS (SEG 1990 F) has
been appointed president and director for
Aurelio Resource Corporation.
MEMBERSHIP
TERRY M. LEACH (SEG 1995) died February 28, 2007. No additional information is avail-
able at this time.
EDWARD M. MACKEVETT JR. (SEG 1956 SF), bet-
ter known as “Tigrone” to his friends and fam-
ily, died December 29, 2006, in Reno, Nevada.
Ed was born in New York City on September
29, l918, graduated from University High School
in Los Angeles in l938, attended UCLA and went
on to graduate school at Cal Tech, where he
earned his master of science degree in geology.
His university education was interrupted by
World War II; he joined the U.S. Navy and his
meticulous nature served him well as the ship’s
store keeper. He participated in the war in the
Aleutians, the first of his many trips to Alaska.
Geologic field work and understanding the
Earth were Ed’s life-long passions. He worked in
Costa Rica, Nevada, and California, but mainly
in Alaska with the U.S. Geological Survey. He
was an expert field geologist whose crowning
legacy was the geologic mapping of the
Wrangell Mountains in Alaska. While working in the Wrangells, Ed extensively stud-
ied the world-class Kennecott copper deposits and developed a modern and compre-
hensive interpretation of their origin. The Wrangells and Ed had a special relation-
ship and he will always be known for his outstanding work there.
Ed worked in many other parts of Alaska, as well, and was noted for his very pro-
fessional, thorough publications done in notably short order upon his return from
long summer field seasons. He studied mercury deposits in southwestern Alaska and
the Red Devil mine, copper deposits near Sumdum and the rare-earth and uranium
deposits at Bokan Mountain in southeastern Alaska. Ed was party chief for the geol-
ogy and mineral deposit studies of the then largely unknown Glacier Bay National
Monument, and he completed a synthesis of all the mineral deposits in south-central
Alaska.
Ed was a steadfast friend who never criticized or judged people. He was honest,
sincere, and always humble, never talking about himself or his many achievements.
Ed was special and we who knew him were privileged to call him a friend. We will
miss him.
A memorial in Ed’s honor will be held in Carson City, Nevada, in the spring.

A W A R D S & A C C O M M P L I S H M E N T S

WILLIAM L. FISHER (SEG 1970 SF) is the
recipient of the 2007 Marcus Milling
Legendary Geoscientist Medal. The
American Geological Institute (AGI)
medal is awarded to a geoscientist who
has demonstrated a long history of scien-
tific achievement and exceptional service
to the profession.
William received his undergraduate
degree from Southern Illinois University
and his master’s and Ph.D. degrees from
the University of Kansas. He holds the
Leonidas T. Barrow Chair and is professor
in the Department of Geological Sciences
of the John A. and Katherine G. Jackson
School of Geosciences of the University of
Texas at Austin. William was instrumen-
tal in founding the school and served as
its inaugural dean and director. In addi-
tion, he is former director of the Bureau of
Economic Geology and has a prolific pub-
lications history. William’s service to the
profession includes leadership roles as
president of the AAPG, the AGI, the AIPG
and the Association of American State
Geologists.
SIEGFRIED MUESSIG (SEG 1957 SF) was pre-
sented with the Ben F. Dickerson III Award
by the Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and
Exploration, Inc. The award recognizes
professionalism and contributions in the
mining industry. Sig is currently a consul-
tant and president of Crystal Exploration
Inc. Along with other significant achieve-
ments, he led the group that mapped the
extensive borate deposits in the Argentine
Altiplano and was directly involved in the
discovery of the Jabiluka uranium deposit
and the Escondida and Zaldivar copper
deposits. Sig is a past president of SEG.
APRIL 2007 • No 69 SEG NEWSLETTER 43

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The U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center is seeking a full-time,
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May 21–22. Gold Deposit Workshop — New
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May 22–25. ProExplo 2007. Lima, Peru.
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May 20–25. The 43rd Forum on the Geology
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do. Included are summaries of mineral industry
trends over the past approximately 25 years, the
role of exploration in the business of creating
wealth, and issues of sustainability in the minerals
industry. Authors are authorities in their fields,
and the case studies they present will be relevant
to explorationists, economists, and academics.
Price: $75.00; members, $60.00
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Africa Uncovered — SEG

08
Mineral
Resources July 6-9, 2008
for the Future Misty Hills Country Hotel
Muldersdrift, Gauteng,
South Africa
(25 km from Johannesburg)
Joint Conference
Society of Economic Geologists (SEG)
The launch of the conference website
and the
www.seg-gssa2008.org
Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA)
will be broadcast to members of
Incorporating SEG 2008 and GEOFORUM 2008 SEG and GSSA.

Showcasing Africa's outstanding deposits of gold, PGM, vanadium, For further information and expression
uranium, diamonds, base metals, REE, manganese, iron, and of interest, please contact us at
heavy minerals in the legendary deposits of the Witwatersrand Goldfields, info@seg-gssa2008.org
Bushveld Complex, Copper Belt, Phalaborwa, Sishen, Cullinan (Premier),
Orange River, and Richards Bay.

Attractions
Attendees and companions can enjoy visits to some of the world's great
national parks and heritage sites, including Kruger, Serengeti,
Ngorongoro, Olduvai Gorge, Sterkfontein: The Cradle of Humankind,
Vredefort impact crater and Tswaing meteorite crater.

SEG-GSSA 2008 Organizing Committee

SEG
Leo Fusciardi (Anglo American Base Metals, South Africa)
Jock Harmer (African Platinum, South Africa)
Hennie Theart (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
Neil Williams (Geoscience Australia, Australia)
Brian Hoal (SEG staff, USA)
GSSA
Richard Viljoen (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa)
Alan McKenzie (Mintek, South Africa)
Angus Christie (Anglo Coal, South Africa)
Matt Mullins (BHP Billiton, South Africa)
Leopold Bosch (GSSA staff, South Africa)

SEG
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