Minerals and Energy Resources

Fraser Institute Survey of Mining Companies

The Go-To Global Rankings for Mining Investment The Fraser Institute, Canada’s leading public policy think-tank, conducts an annual global survey of mining industry executives and managers to rank jurisdictions around the world based on their attractiveness to mining investment. The results help identify the countries, states, and provinces whose mining policies either attract or repel

Minimum Standards for Mineral Prospecting in New South Wales

The New South Wales government has issued minimum standards to be considered by the Department of Regional NSW Mining, Exploration and Geoscience (MEG) when assessing an application for the grant, transfer or renewal of an authority.  A copy of the standard is available here. AIG received a copy of the standard dated June 2020 today. The

Exploration Radio

AIG is proud to announce that it has extended its sponsorship of Exploration Radio for a further year. Exploration Radio is considered to be a source of high quality and diverse professional development opportunities for geoscientists interested in the technical, commercial and social aspects of mineral exploration.  The varied content covered by the podcast is

JORC Committee Vacancy: Expressions of Interest Sought

Do you have a passion for best practice in public reporting of exploration results, mineral resources and ore reserves?  Expressions of interest are sought from Fellows and Members for a vacancy on the Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC). AIG has four representatives on the JORC Committee, responsible for representing the interests of AIG’s membership and,

SGA 2021

AIG is proud to be a co-sponsor of SGA 2021: the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits 16th biennial meeting to be held in Rotorua New Zealand, 15-18 November 2021. The conference theme is The Critical Role of Minerals in the Carbon Neutral Future. The meeting will feature presentations on topics related to mineral

Geology of gold course 2020

Can you help with Chinese gold production, resource and reserve figures?

Australia, US partnership on critical minerals formalised

Australia, US partnership on critical minerals formalised Australia and the United States have formalised their partnership on developing both nations’ critical mineral assets, with a project agreement signed today by Geoscience Australia and the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The signing paves the way for both nations to work more closely on understanding each country’s

Mining Geology 2019

Perth, 25-26 November, 2019 Mining Geology 2019 conference program finalised! With the increasing pace of change and emerging technologies in the mining industry, AusIMM’s Mining Geology conference will focus on the future of our industry and the impacts on mining geology and the entire mining value chain. Get a taste of what will be covered

Geology and the energy transition

Policy makers and geoscientists gather in Delft to exchange ideas on the contribution of geoscientists to the energy transition. The EU-funded CHPM2030 project has organised its final conference in the framework of the EuroWorkshop “Geology and the energy transition” on 23 May 2019 at the Science Centre of Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands). Co-organised with the Royal Geological and

30 Things

30 Things, released recently by the Minerals Council of Australia, focusses on the science of materials, materials that mineral and energy explorers, resources developers and miners and petroleum producers find, extract and create for the economies, nations and people of the world. 30 Things is a great resource for pointing out the contribution of minerals