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OGG welcomes members to 2026 with a strong programme of talks, breakfast meetings and Zoom presentations running from February to April.
Join the Overberg Geoscientists Group and the University of Melbourne for a series of insightful presentations on gold deposits. Experts will explore topics like placer gold, Witwatersrand structures, metamorphic waters, and porphyry deposits. Sessions run weekly from 6 March to 10 April, featuring international and local specialists.
Upcoming Highlights:
• Prof Dave Craw - Placer gold science (6 March)
• Dr Julian Vearncombe - Witwatersrand structures and gold (13 March)
• Prof Neil Phillips - Metamorphic waters and gold (20 March)
• Prof John Clemens - Cu–Au porphyry deposits (27 March)
• Dr Bjorn Von Der Heyden - Southern African gold metallogeny (3 April)
• Keith Kenyon- The Witwatersrand Gold Ore controversy (10 April)
Join via Zoom: Meeting Link
Read more here.
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