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

AIG Queensland Branch technical talks are moving to the Transcontinental Hotel, 482 George St, Brisbane Qld 4000. Closure of the Theodore Club has led to the change in venue.   The first talk at our new venue will be Dr Greg Maddocks “Geology, Geochemistry and the Social License to Operate” on 12 April.  The Transcontinental

Queensland’s Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Dr Anthony Lynham, today (17 Feb) announced government will reduce by up to 50 percent, the expenditure that explorers are required to make under their minerals exploration permits. The Queensland Resource Council (QRC) welcomed the announcement, stating that the Government’s initiative will provide much needed relief to mineral explorers

The Geological Survey of Queensland announced the release of the final processed sections of the recent deep crustal seismic reflection survey at this year’s Digging Deeper 2015 seminar. Line 14GA-CF1 was acquired in 2014, beginning at Longreach and running along major roads through Winton, Kynuna and Julia Creek before ending just north of Fourways for

The Queensland Geological Survey’s Exploration Data Centre at Zillmere in Brisbane’s north and the John Campbell Miles Drill Core Facility at Mount Isa hold valuable drill core and cuttings collections from over 9000 boreholes. The facility is used by industry, universities, researchers and Government scientists. The Zillmere centre was built in 1979 and has reached capacity.

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While some schools are winding down in their last week of the year, Nanango SHS students will dedicate this time to learning more about possible career pathways into the resource sector as part of the Queensland Minerals and Energy Academy’s (QMEA) Career Café program, managed by the Queensland Resources Council and being hosted at the

Thursday 7th August 2014 marked 20 years since the Moura No.2 Mine disaster that took the lives of 11 coal mine workers in Central Queensland. This was the third coal mining disaster to strike Moura in less than 20 years. On the evening of 7th August 1994, 21 miners were working in No 2 Underground

The Geological Survey of Queensland has announced five projects selected from the second round of submissions to the Queensland Government’s Government’s Future Resources Program Industry Priorities Initiative that will be implemented by the survey in coming months.  The projects were selected on the basis of having the greatest perceived potential to have significant positive impacts on

EGRU (Economic Geology Research Unit) at James Cook University, Townsville, is looking for 3 postdoctoral research fellows. Two highly motivated postdoctoral Research Fellows  are sought to investigate the mineralisation and alteration, magma fertility, petrogenesis/geodynamic setting, and mineral prospectivity of the northern Bowen Basin / southern part of the Kennedy Igneous belt in NE Queensland. The