Preliminary course outline
COURSES TO BE RUN IN 2013
Module 1 – Exploration Techniques
4 - 8 Feb 2013 – Structural Geology
11 - 15 Feb 2013 - Geophysics
18 – 22 Feb 2013 - Geochemistry
25 Feb – 1 March 2013 - Remote Sensing
4 – 6 March 2013 - Drilling and drilling management
Module 2 – Magmatic Ore deposits
25 – 29 March 2013 - Ore Microscopy
1 - 5 April 2013 - Magmatism and magmatic deposits
8 – 12 April 2013 - Ultramafic – felsic deposits
15 – 19 April 2013 - Hydrothermal Au-Ag deposits
Epithermal AU deposits
AU-U deposits in the Witwatersrand Basin
21 April – 4 May 2013 - Field trip component
Module 3 – Hydrothermal & Sedimentary Ore deposits
27 – 31 May 2013 - Kimberlites
3 – 7 June 2013 - Sedimentary iron-ore & manganese deposits
Stratiform & stratabound Cu-Co deposits in
Zambian-Congo Copperbelt
10 – 14 June 2013 - Coal deposits
Petroleum & natural gas
Geothermal energy
17 – 21 June 2013 - Uranium (sedimentary & magmatic)
Volcanogenis massives (VMS)
SEDEX sulphides deposits
Mississippi-Valley-type (MVT) deposits
Beach heavy mineral sands
Placer & marine diamonds
22 June – 5 July 2013 - Field trip component
Module 4 – Project management & mineral economics
29 July – 2 Aug 2013 - SABLE data management for exploration & mining geology
5 – 9 Aug 2013 - DATAMINE ore body modelling
12 - 16 Aug 2013 - Financial Evaluation of mineral deposits
19 – 23 Aug 2013 - Project management
Environmental requirements & protection
Feasibility study
