Imperial SEG Student Chapter

27/03/2018

We've got a new page. Please use the following link for all things Imperial SEG from now https://www.facebook.com/Imperial-College-London-SEG-Student-Chapter-1761262657515746/

A page to increase awareness of economic geology at Imperial College London and to bring together interested ICL students and geologists from industry.

27/03/2018

We've got a new page. Please use the following page for all things Imperial SEG from now. https://www.facebook.com/Imperial-College-London-SEG-Student-Chapter-1761262657515746/

A page to increase awareness of economic geology at Imperial College London and to bring together interested ICL students and geologists from industry.

04/03/2018

Imperial SEG Chapter will be holding its annual mining symposium for students this Wednesday 7th March in room 1.51 in the Royal School of Mines. The event will begin with registration at 12:30 and finish with a networking reception at 5:30. We are delighted to welcome ten speakers to give a range of talks regarding the different career paths mining may entail.

Beowulf Mining - Kurt Budge (Nordic Exploration & Mining)
Hannam & Partners - Alex Allen (Mining Finance)
Satarla - Sarah Gordon (Risk Management)
SRK - Fiona Cessford (Environmental & Social Consulting)
Rio Tinto - Sandy Walker (Exploration)
Imperial College – Kathryn Hadler (Mineral Processing Consulting & Academia)
First Quantum Minerals – Tom Wesby (Exploration)
Terrabotics - Gareth Morgan (Geospatial)
Hatch - Calliope Lalousis (Consulting)
Mineco – Dominic Roberts (ex-British Army & Balkans Base Metal Mining)

The event is relatively informal, so students may attend for selected talks. I would highly encourage students pursuing a career in any of the related specialisms to attend. It also provides an opportunity to explore non-traditional career paths an Earth Science degree may entail.

For registration, please email [email protected]. If any student is interested in being on the SEG committee in future, please contact us as we are seeking volunteers for this event.

13/10/2017

SEG International Exchange and Honorary Lecturer Chusi Li will be giving a lecture for students in RSM G41 on Monday 16th October at 5PM.

Chusi's research teaching and consultancy to the mineral industry have mainly focused on the geology, genesis and exploration of magmatic sulphide deposits worldwide. He is widely considered the world's leading expert in magmatic sulphide deposits, as well as a specialist in mafic-ultramafic petrology. He has supervised and co-supervised 30 graduate students and visiting scholars, co-edited two books and co-authored more than 140 refereed papers published in top-tier international geological journals. Chusi is based at the University of Indiana.

Chusi will be providing two talks titled:

1) Magmatic sulphide deposits: China versus the world.
2) Use and misuse of magma series and trace element discrimination diagrams for mafic-ultramafic rocks.

As usual, we will be providing drinks and snacks at this event. Please drop us an email if you are interested in attending to give us an idea of numbers.

Cheers,

Imperial SEG

18/05/2017

A reminder to apply for the 11-day field Course to Morocco this summer!

10th-21st July 2017

Site visits include:

Draa Sfar polymetallic VMS deposit
Hajjar polymetallic VMS deposit
Azegour Mo skarn deposit
Imiter Ag deposit (largest Ag mine in Africa)
Bou-Skour Cu hydrothermal vein deposit
Bou-Azzer Co-As deposit (world's only mine producing Co as a primary commodity)

Places will be highly competitive based on academic and industry experience and enthusiasm for this area of economic geology.

12/02/2017

The SEG Students into Mining symposium will be taking place in 1.51 at the Royal School of Mines on 22nd February 2017.The day is designed to introduce students from within the RSM as well as an array of visiting students from across the country to the career prospects in the industry of economic geology.

The day will provide an insight into the full mining cycle, from direct geological employment through to consulting, engineering and finance. There will be presentations by Rio Tinto, Anglo American, AMEC, Gerald, SRK, Rocklore, Accenture and CRU.

The event will be followed by an informal networking event held within the RSM.

To register for the event, please email [email protected]

Cheers,

Rob

12/09/2016

The Imperial College Society of Economic Geologists Student Chapter and the Association of Mining Analysts will be holding an event on 'South America Mining' in the RSM, room 1.47, on Tuesday 27th September from 5:00PM until 7:30PM. The event will include presentations from 3 mining companies, a risk consultancy and a private equity investor.

The event is free to attend, but if you are interested in attending, please email [email protected] to give us an idea of numbers.

Hope to see many of you there!

16/08/2016

We are delighted to announce that Dan Wood, previously the Executive General Manager Exploration of Newcrest Mining, will be giving a talk titled 'Some thoughts on ore body discovery - past and future' at the RSM, room 1.31, next week on Thursday 25th August at 4PM.

Dan Wood was the Executive General Manager Exploration for Newcrest during its hugely successful exploration and development phase in the 1990’s through to early 2000’s. He was very largely responsible for major discoveries via deep drilling in eastern Australia – and has been recognised by his Government with the award of the Order of Australia. Dan was the Society of Economic Geologists’ Distinguished Lecturer in 2012 and he continues to deliver lectures world-wide in his role as an SEG Honorary Lecturer.

The talk is hosted jointly by the Imperial College Society of Economic Geologists Student Chapter and the Association of Mining Analysts. The lecture will be followed by light refreshments and an opportunity to meet with Dan before he and other interested attendees head for the monthly Mining Sundowner held at the Kings Arms, Shepherd Market, 5.30PM onwards. It is not essential register for the event, but if possible please send an email to [email protected] to give us an idea of numbers.

Hope to see many of you there!

14/03/2016

The SEG chapter would like to draw to your attention to this event tomorrow in the RSM:

Careers in mining and mineral exploration (Rio Tinto, FQM, Sakumpu Exploration Oy)

Royal School of Mines, 15th March 2016, 17.00 in G41

Schedule:

17.00 Mineral exploration in 2020: The role of the modern exploration geoscientist – Benny Steiner, Rio Tinto plc

17.20 Changes in exploration techniques through time: Implications for the exploration geoscientist of the future – Chris Hunter, First Quantum Minerals Ltd

17.40 The exploration process: A case study from the Arctic - Peter Dodds, Sakumpu Exploration Oy

18.00 Transition from exploration to resource and mine optimization: The role of geochemistry – Tom Wesby, First Quantum Minerals Ltd

18.20 Open group discussion regarding careers in exploration and mining

10/02/2016

We are delighted to announce that Dr Jeremy Richards, a leading world expert in ore formation from the University of Alberta, Canada, will be giving a talk on 'Tectonomagmatic Controls on Arc Metallogeny' at the Natural History Museum next week on THURSDAY 18TH FEBRUARY AT 3PM.

The talk is being attended by SEG chapters from other UK universities and external individuals, hence seats for this talk are both limited and very popular! If you are interested in attending, please email us at [email protected] by MONDAY 15TH FEBRUARY.

Hope to see many of you there!

11/01/2016

Our SEG chapter will be holding our annual Students into Mining symposium on 20th January 2016 at the Royal School of Mines (RSM).This event is a great chance for students to gain a better insight into the variety of possible careers in the mining industry.

This year we have arranged speakers from a variety of fields related to the mining industry including: Rio Tinto (Mining), Hannam and Partners (Mining Finance), SRK (Mining and Environmental Consultancy), CRU (Commodity research), Wardell Armstrong (Mining due diligence), Grinding Solutions (Minerals Processing), Natural History Museum London (Academia). There will also be a networking reception in the RSM after the event.

If you would like to hear more, have a look at our website: http://www.imperialseg.org.uk/events.html. Furthermore, if you would like to attend, please email [email protected].

Hope to see you there,
Rob (President - Imperial SEG chapter)

04/12/2015

Students inspect a quarry owned and operated by British Fluorspar Limited in Stoney Middleton.

Photo taken during our 2015 Derbyshire Field Trip.