Professional Development Training
2022 Courses
Registration for the January to April courses is now open.
| Ore Textures: Recognition Techniques | January |
| Geology Essentials | February |
| Strategic Planning for Mineral Exploration in a Changing World | February |
| Management in Mineral Exploration | March |
| Geophysics - Course Full | April |
| Field Training for Exploration and Mine Geologists | September |
| Exploration Geochemistry - course full - email judith.botting@jcu.edu.auto be placed on the waiting list | May/June |
If you would like further information about the short course program, if you're interested in running a short course in-house, or would like to be added to our mailing list to stay informed about upcoming EGRU short courses, please email judith.botting@jcu.edu.au
All fees are $AU and inclusive of GST.
The following courses are presented online or in the field.
Scenario & Strategic Planning in Uncertain Times, Option Development, and Structured Decision Making
An online workshop for Leaders and Managers, and their Teams who will implement the plan.
This course is relevant to all those involved with mineral exploration in the current uncertain times, including senior executives (and directors), exploration managers, and any other individuals who are keen to develop an agile, strategic mindset.
| Lecturers | Tim Craske -Thinker Events & Geowisdom Nick Franey - NJF Consulting |
Presentation | Via ZOOM |
Course Dates | 22 - 23 February 2022 2 x half day workshops - 4.25hrs each day |
| Time - both days | Perth, Australia - Tue, 22 Feb 2022 at 12:00 noon AWST Brisbane, Australia - Tue, 22 Feb 2022 at 2:00 pm AEST Sydney, Australia - Tue, 22 Feb 2022 at 3:00 pm AEDT Ankara, Turkey - Tue, 22 Feb 2022 at 7:00 am TRT Vientiane, Laos - Tue, 22 Feb 2022 at 11:00 am ICT Almaty, Kazakhstan - Tue, 22 Feb 2022 at 10:00 am ALMT Johannesburg, South Africa - Tue, 22 Feb 2022 at 6:00 am SAST London, United Kingdom - Tue, 22 Feb 2022 at 4:00 am GMT |
| Course Fee - AUD incl.GST | |
| EGRU Member | $485 |
| Non EGRU Member | $665 |
| AIG / GSSA Member | $565 |
| Student | $245 |
| REGISTER for the COURSE | This course is confirmed |
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 | Professional Development Hours - 8.5 hrs for the full course Participation in this event may contribute to meeting Continued Professional Development (CPD) requirements of professional institutes. |
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Learning Outcomes Crises create uncertainty - which may lead to confusion and loss of competitiveness – but they can also lead to new opportunities. This workshop will teach you how to address uncertainty, embrace change, identify opportunities and grow stronger – all in a structured framework which facilitates regular review. Traditional strategic planning and analyses often fail us because we cannot predict the future well. Scenario planning overcomes that problem. But to generate plausible future scenarios, we have to be creative and use imagination. From any number of scenarios, we can develop multiple options for action, and the final step in the process is to prioritise the options and decide on a way forward (the strategic plan). As well as learning how to develop your own strategic plan, this workshop will allow you to experience the actual process. Participants will engage with each other in two facilitated exploration-relevant exercises: for commodity selection and new country expansion. You will learn how:
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A series of stand-alone course modules covering some the main geophysical methods used in mineral exploration and the application of these methods in an exploration program.
| Lecturer | James Daniell, Kim Cook, Kate Hine |
| Location | Via ZOOM |
| Course Dates/Times | |
| Module 1 | 05 - 07 April 2022 |
| Times - daily | 10.30am - 3.00pm (AEST) 08.30am - 1.00pm (AWST) |
| Module 2 | 20 - 22 April 2022 |
| Times - daily | 9.30am - 12.45pm (AEST) 7.30am - 10.45pm (AWST) |
| Module 3 | 27 - 29 April 2022 |
| Times - daily | 11.00am - 2.45pm (AEST) 09.00am - 12.45pm (AWST) |
Fees Per Module - AUD incl. GST | Module 1 | Module 2 | Module 3 |
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| EGRU Member | $725 | $485 | $485 |
| Non EGRU Member | $995 | $665 | $665 |
| AIG Member | $845 | $565 | $565 |
| Student | $365 | $245 | $245 |
| Register for the Course | Confirmation Date: 14 March 2022 |
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| Participation in this event may contribute to meeting Continued Professional Development (CPD) requirements of professional institutes | |
 | Professional Development Hours - 12 Hrs. for Module 1 |
 | Professional Development Hours - 8 Hrs. for each Module 2 & 3 |
Course Description |
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Module 1: 05 - 07 April Introduction to Exploration Geophysics A 1.5 day course presented over 3 days James Daniell, Fender Geophysics Course content
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Module 2: 20 - 22 April Aeromagnetics in Mineral Exploration A 1 day course presented over 3 days Kim Cook, Geomagik Course content
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Module 3: 27, 28 & 29 April Electromagnetics in Mineral Exploration A 1 day course presented over 3 days Kate Hine, Mitre Geophysics Course Content
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This course is primarily aimed at geologists who have recently been appointed as an Exploration Manager, or anyone who aspires to become an Exploration Manager within the next few years. It will also serve as a useful introduction to the business of mineral exploration for any non-technical professionals who track the activities of mineral explorers in the market, or others who work in the industry.
The course is an abridged version of the one-week Management in Mineral Exploration course previously offered by EGRU. It is offered as three stand-alone modules of two half days each per week, over a three week period, to allow participants to attend with minimal interruption to their work day.
| Lecturer | Nick Franey, NJF Consulting |
| Location | Via ZOOM |
| Course Dates | 2 x 4 hr daily sessions per module (includes a break) |
Module 1 | 08 - 09 March 2022 |
Module 2 | 15 - 16 March 2022 |
Module 3 | 22 - 23 March 2022 |
| Times - daily | Perth, Australia - Tue, 8 Mar 2022 at 12:00 noon AWST Brisbane, Australia - Tue, 8 Mar 2022 at 2:00 pm AEST Sydney, Australia - Tue, 8 Mar 2022 at 3:00 pm AEDT Ankara, Turkey - Tue, 8 Mar 2022 at 7:00 am TRT Vientiane, Laos - Tue, 8 Mar 2022 at 11:00 am ICT Almaty, Kazakhstan - Tue, 8 Mar 2022 at 10:00 am ALMT Johannesburg, South Africa - Tue, 8 Mar 2022 at 6:00 am SAST London, United Kingdom - Tue, 8 Mar 2022 at 4:00 am GMT |
Fees per Module - $AU incl. GST | |
| EGRU Member | $485 |
| Non EGRU Member | $665 |
| AIG/GSSA Member | $565 |
| Register for the Course | This course is confirmed |
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| Professional Development Hours - 7 hrs per module Participation in this event may contribute to meeting Continued Professional Development (CPD) requirements of professional institutes. |
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Module 1: 08-09 March Managing for Exploration Success
Day-to-Day Exploration Management
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Module 2: 15-16 March Data Management and Advanced Projects
Managing the Non-Technical Aspects of the Business
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Module 3: 22-23 March Mineral Economics and the Economic Evaluation of Projects
The Financial Analysis of Companies
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| Nick Franey is an exploration geologist with a broad range of experience, from grassroots to advanced project (feasibility study) and near-mine operations. He has explored for most types of gold and base metal deposits in a variety of geological terranes, in more than 20 countries, on three continents |
Course Full - email judith.botting@jcu.edu.au if you would like to be to be placed on the waiting list.
This comprehensive 3-module course (presented as 6 x 3.5 hr teaching days) is designed for geology graduate students and mineral exploration professionals looking for continuing professional development in exploration and applied geochemistry. Module 1 of the course would also be suitable for database professionals wishing to know more about the collection of geochemical data and the assessment of its quality, as well as for more seasoned geologists wishing to review recent advances in the collection, analysis, QA/QC and management of data.
| Lecturer | Dr Dennis Arne, Telemark Geoscience |
| Presentation | Via ZOOM |
| Module Dates | |
| Module 1 | 19 - 20 May 2022 |
| Module 2 | 26 - 27 May 2022 |
| Module 3 | 02 - 03 June 2022 |
| Module Times | 9am - 1pm AEST - for all modules 2 x 4hr daily sessions per module (includes a 30min break) |
| Fee per Module - $AU, incl. GST | |
| EGRU Member | $485 |
| Non EGRU Member | $665 |
| AIG/GSSA Member | $565 |
| Student | $245 |
| Register Here | Registration is open - Confirmation date 03 May 2022 |
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| Professional Development Hours - 7hrs per module Participation in this event may contribute to meeting Continued Professional Development (CPD) requirements of professional institutes. |
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The course involves Powerpoint lectures to introduce concepts but will be interspersed with short practical exercises to reinforce some of the strategies and methods. Examples will be drawn from publicly available data sources from Canada, Australia and Sudan, with detailed data sets from the central Victorian goldfields used for data integration exercises. The aim of the complete 3-day short course series is to equip the participants to confidently design, implement and interpret diverse data sets from geochemical exploration programs while ensuring “fit for purpose” data quality and data management. |
Module 1: Data Acquisition, Quality Assessment and Management
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Module 2: Exploratory Data Analysis using ioGAS
The first part of this module, will be immediately preceded by an optional one-hour session - Introduction to ioGAS - for those unfamiliar with the software. |
Module 3: Integration of Geochemical, Mineralogical and Geological Data
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| Dennis Arne has nearly 30 years experience in geology and applied geochemistry globally. He has overseen regional geochemical exploration programs in the Yukon, Nunavut and northern Quebec in Canada, the USA, eastern Australia, Suriname, Sudan and Laos. He was Managing Director and Principal Consultant - Geochemistry of CSA Global Canada until late 2017, General Manager and Principal Consultant – Geochemistry for Revelation Geoscience (purchased by CSA Global in 2012), Principal Consulting Geochemist with ioGlobal (now Reflex Geochemistry) and formerly Senior Geochemist with Geoscience Victoria (now Geological Survey of Victoria, Australia). Dennis is currently director and principal consulting geochemist at Telemark Geosciences. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, a Fellow and President of the Association of Applied Geochemists, is a Registered Professional Geoscientist (Geochemistry) in Australia and a registered Professional Geoscientist in British Columbia. |
This course is planned for September 2022 and is being redesigned to combine online learning components with field study.
It will include learning how to map and recognise structures, rocks and alteration in the field and how to integrate field data and geophysical datasets into map areas of prospective for mineralisation.
This course is not modularised - participants will be required to attend the online and field components to obtain accreditation.
Full course details and registration will be available early to mid 2022.
The following Courses are 'face to face' teaching on campus - James Cook University Townsville, Qld.
This three-day course* covers the fundamentals of textural observation and interpretation in mineralised hydrothermal systems. The techniques used are simple, highly effective and require no specialised equipment for their implementation. The techniques are also extremely practical in that they generate numerous questions concerning the mineralisation being studied and commonly provide vectors toward mineralisation for drill testing. Critical evaluation factors considered during the course include:
| Leader | Dr Gavin Clarke, James Cook University |
| Date | 19 - 21 January 2022 |
| Location | Room TBC - James Cook University Townsville, Bebegu Yumba campus |
| Delivery | Face-to-face (not available online) |
| Times | 9am - 5.30pm daily |
| Course Fee | |
| EGRU Member | $990 |
| Non-EGRU Member | $1650 |
| AIG Member | $1400 |
| Student | $330 |
| Register Here |
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This three-day course* covers the fundamentals of textural observation and interpretation in mineralised hydrothermal systems. The techniques used are simple, highly effective and require no specialised equipment for their implementation. The techniques are also extremely practical in that they generate numerous questions concerning the mineralisation being studied and commonly provide vectors toward mineralisation for drill testing. Critical evaluation factors considered during the course include:
*This is a Level 4 course (Honours) suitable for early career geologists. Participants will be working alongside JCU geoscience honours students. The course includes a 2 part assessment. |
| Leader | TBA |
| Date | Dates for 2022 TBA |
| Location | James Cook University Townsville, Bebegu Yumba campus |
| Delivery | Face-to-face (not available online) |
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This two-day course* introduces the basic skills and methodology required to review and log geological core. Emphasis is placed on the recognition, description and acquisition of oriented data (bedding planes, faults, fractures, shear zones), and how this data relates to field observations. The course aims to familiarise participants with the key requirements of core logging, and how to interpret and integrate drill logs with geological models. The course will comprise short morning lectures introducing the principles of core logging on day one and, the integration of core logs into structural sections and geological models on day two, with substantive time each day spent undertaking practical group exercises. Day 1 - Logging at suitable scales to capture the required degree of information for a successful interpretation, and, importantly, present that data and interpretation to their peers. Day 2 - Construct cross sections from existing core logs, orientation data and geological maps. This will require careful consideration of how to connect critical markers to best reflect the geology of the area. Results will be discussed within the group at the end of the practical sessions. Core Logging Information *This is a Level 4 course (Honours) suitable for early career geologists. Participants will be working alongside JCU geoscience honours students. The course also includes exercises for assessment. | |
This course is designed for geologists who wish to advance their core geological skills and maximise the information they gather from fundamental geological data sets. The course will help participants enhance their understanding, interpretation, and modelling of geological systems.
| Leader | Dr Helen McCoy-West |
| Date | 31 January - 04 February 2022 |
| Location | Room TBC - James Cook University Townsville, Bebegu Yumba campus |
| Delivery | Face to Face (Not available online) |
| Course Fee | |
| EGRU Member | $1650 |
| Non EGRU Member | $2750 |
| AIG Member | $2335 |
| Students | $550 |
| REGISTER HERE |
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This 5-day practical course will develop skills in:
*This is a Level 4 course (Honours) suitable for early career geologists. Participants will be working alongside JCU geoscience honours students. |
Cancellation Policy
EGRU reserves the right to cancel a course if minimum numbers are not registered by the confirmation date for a course to go ahead or if unforeseen circumstances require the cancellation/rescheduling of the course. Registration fees will be fully refunded should EGRU reschedule or cancel the course |
If a registrant cancels their place on the course before the confirmation date for a course to go ahead, the registration fees will be fully refunded. Fees for cancellations received on or after the confirmation date, will not be refunded BUT a registration place can be transferred to another person. Cancellations will only be accepted by email to judith.botting@jcu.edu.au |