SGA 2025 - registration is now open!

Registration is now open for the 18th Biennial SGA conference to be held in Golden, Colorado, USA in early August, 2025. Updates on field trips, workshops and short courses can be found in the circular here and on the conference website:

https://sga2025.org 

The SGA Mobility Grant - updated 2025

Get ready for SGA networking!

Are you in contact with an SGA member who runs a laboratory that could answer some of your research questions? The SGA Mobility Grant can help to bring you together!

The SGA Mobility Grant offers an opportunity for SGA members to apply for (i) travel funding (up to €1000) to travel to a facility with an SGA background and (ii) funding to cover analytical costs (up to €1000) arising from the visit.  To be eligible for the SGA mobility grant you must have been an SGA member for at least 3 continuous years (i.e. paid up membership fees for the last 3 years). Applications from student members are welcome!. To apply send your completed application form to the SGA Mobility Grant coordinator (thomas.aiglsperger@ltu.se).

Download the application form here.

A list of participating laboratories with available methods and contact details is available here.

Learning and sharing! That’s the spirit of the SGA Mobility Grant.

Call for nominations - SGA Awards 2025

At the upcoming SGA Biennial meeting in Golden in 2025, the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits will recognise the achievements of three scientists for geological research applied to mineral deposits and outstanding service to the Society:

The SGA Young Scientist Award recognises scientists at the beginning of their careers, consists of a citation, prize money of EUR1500 and travel and accommodation costs to attend SGA 2025 in Golden. Previous award winners have included Noreen Vielreicher (2003), Alexandre Raphael Cabral (2005), Gilles Levresse (2007), David Holwell (2009), Kalin Kouzmanov (2011), David Dolejs (2013), Huayong Chen (2015), Sarah Dare (2017), Crystal La Flamme (2019), Matthew Steele-MacInnis (2022) and Clifford Patten (2023).

The SGA-Newmont Gold Medal recognises the career of the awardee involving “unusually original work in the mineral deposit sector, which shall be broadly interpreted to encompass major contributions to (1) the science through research and (2) the development of mineral resources through mine geology, exploration and discovery.” The award consists of a citation, a 999.99 fine gold medal, and travel and accommodation costs to attend SGA 2025 in Golden. Previous medallists include Zdenek Johan (2007), Shunso Ishihara (2009), David Groves (2011), Michel Cuney (2013), Steven Scott (2015), David Leach (2017), Richard Sillitoe (2019), Richard Goldfarb (2022) and Luis Fontboté (2023).

The SGA-KGHM Krol Medal is based on in memory of Gerardus L. Krol (1912-1984) who played a key role in the foundation and development of the Society and recognizes outstanding service to SGA. The award consists of a citation, a 3 troy ounce silver medal, and travel and accommodation costs to attend SGA 2025 in Golden. The inaugural winner of the SGA-KGHM Krol Medal was Frances Saupé (2015), followed by Maurice Pagel (2017), David Leach (2019), Jorge Relvas (2022) and Fernando Tornos (2023).

For all awards, letters of support from three SGA members are required. All nomination forms and letters should be sent to the SGA Executive Secretary with a copy to the Chairman of the Awards Committee, whose addresses can be found on the nomination form. All nominations and letters of support (either digital or hard copy) must be received by 31 March 2025.  More details and nomination forms can be found on the "Awards" page of the SGA website.

9th SGA-IUGS-SEG-UNESCO Short Course on African Metallogeny

"How can West Africa best use its mineral wealth for economic development"

The 9th SGA-IUGS-SEG-UNESCO Short Course on African Metallogeny took place in Dakar, Senegal between the 25th and 29th November 2024.  The short course was organised by the SGA; the SGNS (the National Geological Survey of Senegal); UNESCO;  IUGS; RFG and SEG.

See the updated flyers in English and French for the meeting and an agenda for the meeting can be found here. Click here for a memorandum from the panel discussion "What actions can be taken to ensure West Africa uses its mineral wealth for economic development". Two short films showing some highlights and the atmosphere at the Short Course in African Metallogeny can be downloaded here - film 1 and film 2.

SGA Biennial Meeting abstract volumes - free to all!

The abstract volumes from the SGA biennial meetings are now free to download from our homepage.  Previously the volumes were available as a download for members or for purchase in the webshop.  The decision to allow free download to all was taken by the SGA Council in order to improve their availability and to promote the excellent science published in these volumes.

The volumes are available here or in the dropdown publications menu.

A number of other publications are available as free downloads to our members including SGA short course notes, SGA field trip guides and also SGA special publications.  The special publication "Isotopes in economic geology, metallogeny and exploration" is currently being compiled and a number of chapters are available to download.

Upcoming SGA biennial meetings:

SGA 2025: The 18th SGA Biennial Meeting will be held in Golden, Colorado, USA between 3rd and 7th August 2025.  The meeting will be hosted by the Colorado School of Mines. Registration is now open! See the SGA 2025 website and the circular for more information.

Upcoming SGA-sponsored international meetings:

The 16th IAGOD Quadrennial Symposium 2026
This meeting with the theme "The role of Geoscience in the Energy Transition" will take place in Porto, Portugal between August 30th to September 2nd 2026. Please see the symposium website iagod2026.inporto.events/ and the first conference circular for more details.