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JULY 2012 • No 90 SEG NEWSLETTER 3
SEG
NEWSLETTER
Nº 90 — JULY 2012
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Contents
FEATURE ARTICLE
1 A Radical Approach to Exploration: Let the Data Speak for Themselves!
NEWSLETTER COLUMNS
4 From the Executive Director: SEG Council Actions
6 Presidential Perspective: See you in Lima! Nos vemos en Lima!
8 SEGF Presidential Perspective: Turbulent Times
SEG NEWS
9 Contributions – SEG, SEG Foundation, and SEG Canada Foundation
20 2012 Distinguished Lecturer Dan Wood — and Distinguished Guests
20 Field Methods in Economic Geology, I and II
21 SIMEXMIN 2012: The 5th Brazilian Symposium on Mineral Exploration
22 SEG Geometallurgy Forum
24-26 Candidates for SEG Officers: Profiles and Vision Statements
24 Vote Now for 2013 SEG Officers
SEG STUDENT NEWS
32 Welcome New SEG Student Chapters • Announcements • Annual Reports
33 Student-Dedicated Field Course – Iberian Pyrite Belt
35 University of British Columbia Student Chapter Philippines Field Trip
36 CODES Student Chapter Field Trip South Africa and Botswana
36 CODES Student Chapter Short Courses
37 Colorado School of Mines Student Chapter Abitibi Field Course
38 IGGCAS Student Chapter Field Trip to Jiaodong Peninsula
38 Leicester Student Chapter Second Annual SEG Student Chapter Symposium
39 Dalhousie University Student Chapter Field Trip to the PotashCorp and Xstrata Mines
39 The University of Nevada, Reno Student Chapter Field Trip to Turkey
40 2012 Student Research Grant Awards
42 SEG Foundation 2012 Graduate Student Fellowship Awards
EXPLORATION REVIEWS
43– Alaska · 43– Australasia · 44– Europe · 44– South America ·
45– Mexico · 45– Northern Eurasia · 46– Contiguous United States
MEMBERSHIP
48-51 SEG Membership: Candidates and New Fellows, Members, and Student Members
52 SEG Announcements & Deadlines
54-55 Personal Notes & News
56-57 Publications Order Form
ANNOUNCEMENTS
7 Announcing Economic Geology through your e-mail or mobile device
8 Thank You SEG 2012 Corporate Sponsors
9 SEG at GSA: 2012 GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition
10 SEG-Midland Valley Structural Evolution Course — Registration open!
18 Rio Tinto — SEG Special Publication: A Tribute to Richard Sillitoe
19 NWMA 118 th Annual Meeting, Exposition & Short Courses
27 Diamonds and their Primary and Secondary Sources Course
28-29 SEG–Western Mining Services — Senior Exploration Management Course
30-31 Lima 2012, XVI Peruvian Geological Congress & SEG 2012 Conference
32 Round II 2012 Student Chapter Funding Proposal – deadline October 31, 2012
34 Mineral Deposits Studies Group (MDSG) 36 th Annual Winter Meeting
46 AIG with Geoscientists Symposia present Structural Geology and Resources 2012
47 46 th Brazilian Geological Congress
53 XX Bolivian Geological Congress – Golden Jubilee
53 34 th International Geological Congress
60 SEG-SEG Canada Foundation Whistler 2013: Geoscience for Discovery (back cover)
60 SEG Contact Information (back cover)
CALENDAR
58 Calendar
ADVERTISERS —
2 Actlabs, Ltd. (inside front cover)
59 ALS Minerals (inside back cover)
58 Anzman, Joseph R.
23 Australian Institute of
Geoscientists
35 AVRUPA Minerals
27 Big Sky Geophysics
53 de Haller & Schmidt
19 Geocon, Inc.
2 Geosense (inside front cover)
19 io global
59 Kinross Gold (inside back cover)
19 Laravie, Joseph A.
27 Logemin S.A.
58 LTL Petrographics
53 Lufkin, John L., Ph.D
35 McKelvey, G.E.
11 Ore Research & Exploration
9 Petrographic Consultants Intl.
9 Recursos del Caribe, S.A.
32 Resource Geosciences de Mexico
2 SGS (inside front cover)
32 Shea Clark Smith
23 Zonge Engineering & Research