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exploration in the gallery 2023

Exploration in the Gallery – the Art of Exploration

Presentations will feature highlights and results of current projects by the Geological Survey of NSW and their implications for exploration, mining, research and investment.

Exploration in the Gallery 2023 Program


8:30 am  |  Registration, tea and coffee


9:00 am  |  Welcome to Country

Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council


9:05 am  |  Introduction

Grant McLatchie, Executive Director Geological Survey of NSW (GSNSW)


9:10 am  |  Welcoming address

Georgina Beattie, CEO, Mining, Exploration and Geoscience (MEG)


9:20 am  |  Opening remarks

Grant McLatchie, Executive Director Geological Survey of NSW


9:30 am  |  Keynote: National foundations for Australia’s critical minerals future

Allison Britt, Director Mineral Resources Advice and Promotion, Geoscience Australia


10:00 am  |  Chemical forensics in the hunt for hidden critical mineral potential in NSW

Phillip Blevin, Director Acquisition & Synthesis, GSNSW


10:20 am  |  Vectoring towards grade in the Girilambone Cu–Au province

Brenainn Simpson, Senior Geoscientist Mineral Systems, GSNSW


10:40 am  |  Morning tea


11:30 am  |  Spectral geology applications to critical minerals, mineral systems and beyond in NSW

Kyle Hughes, Manager Mineral Systems, GSNSW


11:45 am  |  Merging ultra-high resolution geophysical data for Central NSW

Sam Matthews, Geophysicist, GSNSW


12:00 pm  |  Palaeontology as a vital geochronological tool in the service of exploration in NSW

Jodie Rutledge, Contract Geoscientist (Palaeontology), GSNSW


12:15 pm  |  Details matter! Discover new stratigraphic unit information in MinView

James Ballard, Geoscientist GIS, GSNSW


12:30 pm  |  What’s new in MinView

Sam Sirimane, Manager Data Management & Delivery, Assessments & Systems, MEG


12:40 pm  |  Annual Report Release Policy (ARRP) Data Digitisation Project

David Adewuyi, Senior Geoscientist Special Projects, Assessments & Systems, MEG


12:50 pm  |  Closing remarks

Grant McLatchie, Executive Director Geological Survey of NSW


1:00 pm  |  Close


Register for Exploration in the Gallery

 

NSW Exploration Data Workshop

The 2023 NSW Exploration Data Workshop will showcase the latest datasets produced by the Geological Survey of NSW and provide an overview of MinView and its related data discovery and delivery systems.

NSW Exploration Data Workshop 2023 Program


2:30 pm  |  Introduction to the workshop and using MinView to view and access geoscience data

Sam Sirimane, Manager Data Management & Delivery, Assessments & Systems, MEG


3:00 pm  |  Accessing and using the NSW Seamless Geology and stratigraphic database online

James Ballard, Geoscientist GIS, GSNSW


3:30 pm  |  Afternoon tea


4:00 pm  |  Accessing and using data digitised through the Annual Report Release Project

James Parslow, Special Project Officer, Assessments & Systems, MEG


4:30 pm  |  Accessing and using the latest NSW geophysical data via MinView

Astrid Carlton, Senior Geophysicist, GSNSW


5:00 pm  |  Close


Register for the NSW Exploration Data Workshop

Numbers are limited.


Note: Details in the program are subject to change without notice.