AIG is proud to be joining the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (ASEG) and the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA) to present what will become a regular event on the Australian geoscience calendar, showcasing exploration geoscience in Australia. Mark these dates in your diary now and watch the web site and events calendar for updates. Click

        The Fraser Institute’s 20th annual survey of mining companies has commenced.  Collection of data will continue until Friday November 4th, 2016.  The data collected will allow the survey team to identify those provinces, states, and countries that pose the greatest barriers to investment in the mining sector, as well as the reasons

Frank Arnott (1951 – 2009) Innovation in Data Visualisation & Integration The exploration industry faces the challenge of finding mineral deposits to support a global population expected to grow beyond 9 billion in 2050. Geoscience data is critical to exploration success, and yet increased expenditure on acquiring more data has not translated into higher discovery rates. Exploration

AIG is pleased to host the second instalment of its very successful Drilling for Geology conference held in 2008. Drilling for Geology II will again focus on the collection and analysis of geoscientific information from drilling. From grassroots exploration through to mining operations, drilling is the prime method used for geological data collection and is

Members of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists were actively involved in setting up of UNCOVER in 2010 by the Australian Academy of Science in consultation with the broader geoscience community. UNCOVER was developed to address the slowing discovery rate of major new mineral deposits despite increasing investment in mineral exploration.  Since inception the AIG have

At the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines (DNRM)’s Digging Deeper 2016 Seminar recently, Simon Crouch of the Geological Survey of Queensland quoted figures of the benefit of Collaborative Drilling Initiative (CDI) drilling programs to the Queensland economy. These figures did not include the economic stimulation of Conduct and Compensation Agreements (CCAs). CDI grants

The 2017 bi-annual Australasian Groundwater Conference is being convened by IAH and UNSW in Sydney, 11-13 July, 2013. The theme for the conference will be Groundwater Futures: Science to Practice. An engaging three-day event is planned that will enable delegates to examine the multi-dimensional challenges affecting the sustainable development of the regions groundwater resources. Engaging panels,

Julian Vearncombe presented a Distinguished Lecturer tour throughout Australia in the first half of 2016, speaking on “Value from Exploration – a geologists perspective on (gold) data, perceptions and messages”.  A copy of Julian’s presentation is available here for those who couldn’t attend one of the presentations or would like to review it again. The presentation is available in the AIG on-line library.

Gold17@Rotorua will take place in Rotorua, New Zealand, from 21st to 23rd February 2017. This is the first time the event has been held in New Zealand, and is being organized by local gold experts and the team that ran the most recent Gold’14 event in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.  The meeting will focus on developments

Did you know that the British Geological Survey publishes statistics of global mineral production? The latest edition of this annual publication from the British Geological Survey (BGS) is now available to download. This volume contains mineral production statistics for the five year period from 2010 to 2014, for more than 70 mineral commodities, by country