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

Workshop, 14th December 2021
Organizer: MinExTarget project

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

Program

Finnish time EET                      

                                                                                                        

12.00-12.10     Opening

                           Pertti Sarala, GTK/OMS and Juha Kaija, GTK

12.10-12.35     CRS Laboratory’s services

                           Ville Anttila, CRS Laboratory                                                             

12.35-13.00     Palsatech – New Way of Mineral Exploration

                           Hannu Ahola, Palsatech                                                           

13.00-13.20     MinExTarget Company

                           Petri Ahokangas, OBS                                                              

13.20-13.30     Break                                                                                             

13.30-13.50     The dynamics of business models in the mineral exploration sector

                           Nina Jorien van Vulpen, PhD, OBS                                                     

13.50-14.10     Rajapalot Au-Co deposit as an example of atypical orogenic gold

                           Jukka-Pekka Ranta, Postdoc, OMS                                                     

14.10-14.30     Trace element and isotope analyses of sulphide minerals in mineral deposit fingerprinting: A case study from Petäjäselkä Au occurrence, northern Finland

                           Atte Taivalkoski, PhD, OMS                                                     

14.30-14.50     Coffee break

14.50-15.10     Scheelite trace elements and source rock characterization: A test at the Rompas-Rajapalot prospect, northern Finland

                           Krisztian Szentpeteri, Research Scientist, GTK

15.10-15.30     The age of monazite grains in till as an indicator of potentially mineralized bedrock: A test at the Rompas-Rajapalot prospect, northern Finland

                            Paavo Nikkola, Research Scientist, GTK                                                        

15.30-15.50      A combined SEM AQM and LA-ICPMS approach for textural, trace element, and U-Pb dating fingerprinting of target minerals in Greenland

                            Tonny Thomsen & Nynke Keulen, GEUS                                           

15.50-16.10     Cobalt mineralization in the Stara Kamienica Range, SW Poland            

                           Paulina Skirak, MSc, AGH                                                        

16.10-16.20     Break                                                                                             

16.20-16.40     Mineralogical study of the heavy mineral concentrate from the Karkonosze-Izera Massif                                                     
                           Krzysztof Foltyn, AGH                                                   

16.40-17.00     New data on polymetallic mineralization in the Gierczyn-Przecznica area, mineralogy, trace elements and geochronology SW Poland

                           Władysław Zygo, AGH                                                              

17.00-17.20     Fingerprinting elements in exploration for copper deposits in Palaeoproterozoic terrains, a case study of the Nussir copper deposit, Repparfjord Tectonic Window, Northern Norway

                           Yulia Munn, Postdoc, UiT                                                        

17.20-17.40     Geochemical characteristics of sediment- and mafic rock-hosted Cu deposits in the Kåfjord area, Alta-Kvænangen Tectonic Window, Northern Norway

                           Sondre Simonsen, MSc, UiT                                                                            

17.40-18.00     The geochemical signature of Cu mineralisation preserved in stream sediments from the Alta-Kvænangen Tectonic Window, Northern Norway

                           Johan Hilmo, MSc UiT                                                              

18.00-18.10     Closing

                           Hugh O’Brien, GTK

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Geochemical fingerprinting and indicator mineral research techniques in mineral exploration

Webinar series, October 8-22, 2021
Organizers: GTK, OMS

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

PROGRAM

Webinar 1

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

Webinar 2

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

Webinar 3

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