SGA 2025 - updated information

The 18th Biennial SGA conference is 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 

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 will be held in Dakar, Senegal between the 25th and 29th November 2024.  The short course is organised by the SGA; the SGNS (the National Geological Survey of Senegal); UNESCO;  IUGS; RFG and SEG.

See the flyer for more details including a link for the registration.

The SGA Mobility Grant - updated

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 regular 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 applicants must have been an SGA member for at least 3 continuous years (i.e. paid up membership fees for the last 3 years). Student members are not eligible for the grant but up to 2 years of student membership can count toward the required 3 years of membership. 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.

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.

Important Information

In accordance with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDRP), SGA has new membership application forms. Please note:

ALL NEW APPLICATIONS MUST BE ON NEW FORMS

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It is widely acknowledged that there is a worldwide shortage of well-trained young professionals in the field of mineral deposit research and economic geology. By establishing the SGA Educational Fund (SGA EF), the SGA wishes to contribute to training the next generation of economic geologists by providing support for educational activities in mineral deposit geology for students and professionals from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

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.  See the SGA 2025 website and the circular for more information.

Upcoming SGA-sponsored international meetings:

Updates coming soon..

Membership to SGA is open to all persons interested in economic geology, mineral resources, industrial minerals and environmental aspects related to mineral deposits. The SGA is an international society with global membership in over 50 countries.

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