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![]() | November 2022 In this anniversary issue we take the opportunity to acknowledge the contributions they have made, and are continuing to make, to geoscience knowledge and practice |
![]() | October 2021 - issue includes -Structural controls applied to the evaluation of hydrothermal gold deposits |
![]() | July 2020 - issue includes -Biotite geochemistry as an indicator of fluid conditions at the Geita Gold Mine, Tanzania - an Archaen greenstone-hosted gold deposit -Trace elements in magnetite and pyrite from the Geita Hill gold deposit -EGRU Online -2019 Annual report -Resources and Services |
December 2019 - issue includes | |
Previous issues are available by contacting judith.botting@jcu.edu.au |
The Economic Geology Research Centre is turning 40!
Engagement Day
EGRU at JCU is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion the annual EGRU Engagement Day will focus on future directions for economic geoscience, including geoscience research and data, technological developments, knowledge and skills, continuing education, and graduate requirements for professional practice.
The Engagement Day program will include presentations from Geoscience Australia, industry geoscientists, EGRU researchers, past and current EGRU board members and JCU geoscience alumni.
Full Speaker Program 01-NOV-22
Webinar Speaker Program 01-NOV-22
This is a free event and you can choose to attend in person on JCU Campus (catering included and there is a social hour at the conclusion of the talks), or online.
Register Here:
Friday 04 November 2022
The Science Place
James Cook University,
Townsville - Bebegu Yumba Campus
Building 142, Room 111
9am - to 4pm approx.
2022
Tongan volcano pumice expected to wash up on Townsville beached this year
Dr Maree Corkeron
11 June 2022
Researchers forge path for students in STEM
Dr Melanie Finch
08 March 2022
2021
How the continents and Earth’s oxygen are linked
Dr Alex McCoy-West
14 October 2021
JCU researcher uncovers a possible 'Jurassic Arc'
PhD Candidate Elliott Foley
12 August 2021
2020
After 66 million years - amazing duelling dinosaurs can be studied
Prof. Eric Roberts
01 December 2020
Rare earth metals: an untapped resource
Assoc. Prof. Carl Spandler
11 March 2020
2019
Geologists focus on Tablelands Tin History (Atherton Tablelands Nth Qld)
Published in The Tablelander newspaper 02 July 2019