Workshop & Fieldtrip

Pre-conference workshop 

* The workshop program is available here *

Monday, 22nd May – 9am to 3pm

Where: South Australia Drill Core Reference Library located in the Tonsley Innovation District
https://www.energymining.sa.gov.au/industry/geological-survey/drill-core-reference-library

The Geological Survey of South Australia is hosting this one-day workshop showcasing existing drill cores from known deposits and currently explored areas in South Australia from a variety of critical mineral targets, including REE, graphite, kaolin, nickel, and cobalt amongst others. In addition, hand samples and plates from the Data Metallogenica (DM) collection, as well as examples of IOCG drill cores and mine waste including new drill core through the waste rock tailings at Brukunga, will be on display. There will also be demonstrations on the application of portable XRF and portable LIBS for critical minerals exploration.

Across the core viewing area at the Drill Core Reference Library drill core and samples will be topically laid out and representative from companies, academia and/or the Geological Survey will be available for informal talks and discussion.

The core workshop will run on Monday 22^nd May 2023 from 9am to 3pm and is free for all registered conference participants although max. capacity is 80 people.

A light lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Post-conference field trip

* The fieldtrip program is available here *

When: Friday 26th May 2023

Fieldtrip Leaders: Dr Mitchell Bockmann (Geological Survey of South Australia)
                               Dr Laura Jackson (Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland)

The fieldtrip focuses on exploring opportunities for critical minerals associated with historical or abandoned mine sites. As part of the trip two mines will be visited within one hour’s drive from Adelaide. The first stop will be Brukunga Pyrite Mine in the Adelaide Hills, where GSSA and SMI currently are undertaking a mine waste study on the old tailings and waste rock dumps. The site visit will also include a tour of the onsite treatment and storage facilities, hosted by site manager from the Department for Energy and Mining (DEM).

After lunch the trips heads past the Barossa Valley to Kapunda including a stop at Map the Miner. EnviroCopper will provide a tour about their Kapunda copper & gold In-situ Recovery (ISR) project and visit to their test site. This will be followed by a short walking tour of the old Kapunda Copper Mine where we will talk about cobalt potential in sediment-hosted copper mineral systems.

Workshop and/or field trip registration*

* Limited spots available at the workshop and field trip.
Once the maximum number of RSVPs is reached, a waiting list would be available by contacting: carl.spandler@adelaide.edu.au.