Geoforum 2013 PROGRAMME*
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GeoForum 2013 PROGRAMME* Tuesday 2 July 2013 14:00 Exhibition Stand Set-Up & Poster Display Set-Up 18:00 Welcome Function and Exhibition Opening in Turbine Hall by special guest Mxolisi Kota, CEO, Council for Geoscience Day 1 – Wednesday 3 July 2013 Session 1 - Minerals & Mining of the Future SESSION CHAIR: Craig Smith 09:00 Opening & Welcome Pamela Naidoo, GSSA President 2012-2013 09:10 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Minerals of the Future Murray Hitzman, Colorado School of Mines, USA (SEG Invited Lecturer) 09:40 A Review of African REE Projects in the Context of the Global REE Market Jock Harmer, Jock Harmer Consulting 10:00 Molybdenum and Rhenium in the Hana Mining Concession, Botswana Sharad Master, University of the Witwatersrand 10:20 High-grade Rare Earth Element Resource in the Steenkampskraal Monazite Deposit of the Western Cape Brent Jellicoe, Great Western Minerals Group 10:40 Geology of the Wigu Hill Complex in Tanzania Ephraim Masibhera, Bastillion Resources 11:00 Tea & Coffee Break in the Exhibition Hall 11:30 Critical metals of the future: A market overview Lara Smith, Core Consultants 11:50 The Exploration Story for Zandkopsdrift, Namaqualand Grant Hayward, Frontier Rare Earths SA (Pty) Ltd 12:10 Sedimentary Phosphate Deposits in the Western Cape: Their Origin and Potential David Katemaunzanga, Bastillion Resources 12:30 Some Thoughts of Mining in the Future Declan Vogt, CSIR – CMI 12:50 Closing Remarks SESSION CHAIR: Craig Smith 13:00 Lunch Break in the Exhibition Hall * This programme is subject to change by the GSSA and the organisers. ** Please note that only the presenting author is acknowledged on the programme, please see the abstract book for the full author contribution. Session 2 – Gold in Africa SESSION CHAIR: Genevieve Pearson 14:00 **Pre-booked IMA 2014 Guided Tour to MuseumAfrica Departs** 14:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Long Term Outlook for the Global Exploration industry: Gloom or Boom? Richard Schodde, MinEx Consulting Pty Ltd, Australia 14:30 Its time for Africa: The 35th International Geological Congress Richard Viljoen, Chair, ICG 2016 14:50 Mongbwalu Gold Deposit and Environs: Democratic Republic of the Congo Sue Winkler, AngloGold Ashanti 15:10 3D Seismic Contributions to Future Exploration, Mine Planning and Development on the Jeanette Project, Allanridge District, South Africa Charles Pretorius, Geophysical Consultants cc 15:30 Review of Pan-African Gold Developments in Namibia and Brazil Nick Steven, Rockwater Consulting Namibia 15:50 SESSION 2 POSTERS 16:00 Tea & Coffee Break in the Exhibition Hall 16:30 West African Collaboration Research Kim Ncube-Hein, University of the Witwatersrand 16:50 The Nyanzaga Gold Deposit, Sukumaland Greenstone Belt, Tanzania Hannes Henckel, African Barrick Gold 17:10 Gold Mineralisation Models in the South Western Sector of the Barberton Mountain Land Pheladi Makoela, Galaxy Gold 17:30 Global Trends in Gold Exploration Financing and Activity: Implications for South Africa and Africa Keith Scott, The MSA Group 17:50 Closing Remarks SESSION CHAIR: Genevieve Pearson 18:00 Launch of IGC 2016 in the Exhibition Hall * This programme is subject to change by the GSSA and the organisers. ** Please note that only the presenting author is acknowledged on the programme, please see the abstract book for the full author contribution. Day 2 – Thursday 4 July 2013 Session 3 – Base Metals and Bulk Commodities in Africa SESSION CHAIR: Sifiso Siwela 09:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Overview of the Geology of Southern African Sediment-hosted Precambrian Iron and Manganese Ore Deposits Nic Beukes, University of Johannesburg 09:30 Iron Ore in Africa Brendan Clarke, The MSA Group 09:50 The Kamoa Copper Deposit, Central African Copperbelt, D.R.C. David Edwards, IvanPlats 10:10 The Rediscovery and Re-exploration for Bauxite and Rutile, Republic of Cameroon, West Africa Chris Ainsworth, The Mineral Corporation 10:30 A Geochemical and Geometallurgical Analysis of the Kalahari Manganese Deposit, Northern Cape, South Africa Lauren Blignaut, University of Johannesburg 10:50 SESSION 3 POSTERS 11:00 Tea & Coffee Break in the Exhibition Hall 11:30 Exploration in the DRC Susa Maleba, SRK 11:50 Extension of the Central African Copperbelt into Northwest Botswana Mike de Wit, Tsodilo Resources Limited 12:10 The Mboumi VMS near Ndjole, Gabon: an Early Proterozoic Eskay Creek Analogue in Central Africa Paul Karpeta, Bastillion Resources 12:30 Fe-Ore Exploration in Africa: Challenges in Africa Anika Solanki, Kai Batla 12:50 Closing Remarks SESSION CHAIR: Sifiso Siwela 13:00 Lunch Break in the Exhibition Hall * This programme is subject to change by the GSSA and the organisers. ** Please note that only the presenting author is acknowledged on the programme, please see the abstract book for the full author contribution. Session 4 – Layered Mafic Complexes in Africa SESSION CHAIR: Gordon Chunnett 14:00 **Pre-Booked IMA 2014 Guided Tour to MuseumAfrica Departs** 14:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS New Africa Mining Fund - What we do! How we do it! Neil Gardyne, New Africa Mining Fund 14:30 Geology of the Platreef Project Shane Nielsen, Ivan Plats 14:50 Platinum Developments on the Eastern Limb of the Bushveld Complex: Nkwe Platinum Projects Tawanda Manyeruke, Nkwe Platinum(SA) (Pty) Ltd 15:10 Discovery and Exploration of the Lower Platreef Horizon James Winch, AngloAmerican Platinum 15:30 How to Make Chromitities in Layered Intrusions Rich in Platinum Group Elements Rais Latypov, University of the Witwatersrand 15:50 SESSION 4 POSTERS 16:00 Tea & Coffee Break in the Exhibition Hall 16:30 Application of Modern Analytical Techniques and Innovations to the Characterization of Platinum Ores Dave Reid, University of Cape Town 16:50 3D Kinematic Model and Structural Evolution of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa Oluseyi Adunola Bamisaiye, University of Pretoria 17:10 Revised Emplacement Model for the Uitkomst Complex, South Africa Nicolaas Steenkamp, University of Pretoria 17:30 Pentlandite Flotation in Correlation to Ore Mineralogy, Nkomati Nickel Mine, South Africa Gargi Mishra, University of Johannesburg 17:50 Closing Remarks SESSION CHAIR: Gordon Chunnett 18:00 GSSA AGM in the Glass Room - followed by drinks & snacks in the cocktail lounge * This programme is subject to change by the GSSA and the organisers. ** Please note that only the presenting author is acknowledged on the programme, please see the abstract book for the full author contribution. Day 3 – Friday 5 July 2013 Session 5 – Carbon in Africa SESSION CHAIR: Keith Scott 09:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS The Karoo Basin’s Shale Gas Potential John Decker, Petroleum Agency of South Africa 09:30 Geological and Economic Aspects of the Proterozoic Umkondo Group Diamond Placer Near Marange, Zimbabwe John Ward 09:50 Hydrothermal Spring Deposits – Afar Ethiopia Sharad Master, University of the Witwatersrand 10:10 Developments in Karoo Uranium George van der Walt, Peninsula Energy Limited 10:30 Exploration of the Lemphane Kimberlite in Lesotho Mike Lynn, The MSA Group 10:50 SESSION 5 POSTERS 11:00 Tea & Coffee Break in the Exhibition Hall **Pre-Booked Magaliesburg Cable Car and Geological Drive Departs** 11:30 South African Coal Road Map Ian Hall, SA Coal Road Map 11:50 Waterberg Coal Dawie van Wyk, GeoCoal Services 12:10 The Sedimentological Formation of the Tete Coal Fields, Mozambique Andy Lloyd, Rio Tinto Coal Mozambique 12:30 Drilling practices through the years – Legislation & Safety Colin Rice, Colin Rice Exploration & Training 12:50 Closing Remarks SESSION CHAIR: Keith Scott 12:55 GeoForum Closure Avinash Bisnath, GSSA President 2013-2014 * This programme is subject to change by the GSSA and the organisers. ** Please note that only the presenting author is acknowledged on the programme, please see the abstract book for the full author contribution. SESSION 2 – POSTERS The Analysis of Functional Groups and Quantification of Individual Ligands from the Surface of Multi-functionalized Gold Nanoparticles Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. Thingahangwi Madzivhandila, National Institute for Occupational Health Investigation of the Polymorphs of Crystalline Silica/Silicates present in Dust Samples collected from different Gold, Platinum, Coal and Diamond Mines in South Africa. Thingahangwi Madizivhandila, National Health Laboratory Service Interpretation of the Gold-Bearing Lithologies in the Giyani Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Nicolaas C Steenkamp, WorleyParson TWP, Johannesburg SESSION 3 – POSTERS Lithostratigraphic Correlation, Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Lower Manganese Orebody at Kalagadi Manganese Mine, the Northern Cape Province of South Africa Sonwabile Rasmeni, Mintek Petrology and Geochemistry of the Late Palaeozoic Madzaringwe and Mikambeni Formations of the Tshipise-Pafuri Sub-basin, South Africa: Implications for their source, provenance, paleoweathering and tectonic setting. Ntokoza Malaza, University of Fort Hare SESSION 4 – POSTERS Correlated Mineralogical and Geochemical Variations in Merensky Reef Ore Facies and UG2 at Lonmin’s Marikana Mine, Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Thomas Dzvinamurungu, University of Johannesburg Apparent Inverse Alteration Sequence of the Basal Unit, Uitkomst Complex, South Africa. Nicolaas C Steenkamp, University of Pretoria Abundance of Silica in Platinum Mines and the Implications for Silicosis. Cecilia Pretorius & George Henry, CSIR Relations between Chrome-spinels and PGM in UG-2 Chromite Horizon, Eastern Bushveld Evenia Semikolennykh, Saint-Petersburg State University Facies of the Grand Conglomerate, Western Katanga, DRC: Case