CODES - Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences

The latest edition of the CODES newsletter Ore Solutions (Spring 2024) is now available. This issue includes articles on: - Wrap-up from the CODES Critical and Strategic Metals Symposium - ARC Fellowships- Rebecca Carey and Sheree Armistead - The class of 2024 (PhDs) - Fieldwork, conferences and outreach https://lnkd.in/gaCc4yWf To be added to our mailing lists, please email CODES.Info@utas.edu.au

The CODES 2023 Annual Report is now available from: https://lnkd.in/dQt7tGrT

Was my honour yesterday to chair the first session of the CODES - Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences Critical and Strategic Metals Symposium at University of Tasmania. Thank you to all presenters for your excellent talks and to David Cooke for introducing the themes of the symposium. Simon Jowitt presented on what makes different commodities critical (and strategic) in different places and some of the current and potential future challenges and opportunities - both research and societal - in this area. Denis Fougerouse presented amazing images of atom probe tomography showing nanoscale variability of metals in sulfides, highlighting challenges in understanding critical metal deportment. Rachael M. highlighted Geoscience Australia's many initiatives on critical and strategic metals plus precompetitive national datasets. Vinicius Godoi P. da Cruz presented part of his PhD study on Rosebery, focusing on potential of critical metals like indium after I presented some highlights on the Environmentally Sustainable Production of Critical Metals- Regional Research Collaboration, which Vinicius' project is part of. Plenty more sessions to come with granite-derived tin-tungsten on now!

The Critical and Strategic Metals Symposium has kicked off today at CODES - Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences with a fantastic keynote overview presentation by Simon Jowitt. Our in person and on line participants are going to enjoy three days of new insights into lithium, tin-tungsten, rare earth elements, cobalt - copper and nickel - PGE resources. Thanks to all of our speakers and poster presenters / it’s going to be a highly informative and stimulating series of presentations and conversations. #criticalmetals #copper #lithium #REE #nickel #cobalt #tin #tungsten #PGEs #mineralexploration University of Tasmania

Next week the hyperspectral team from CSIRO Discovery, will be presenting a case study based on targeting Li-pegmatites from satellite-based sensors, at the CODES - Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences, Critical and Strategic Metals Symposium 2024, University of Tasmania. There are several exploration challenges associated with these small complex mineral systems, one being how well can we characterise SWIR active minerals, such as phyllosilicates (i.e. mica), across the field of ~1000 pegmatites. It should be a good discussion. Carsten Laukamp, Heta Lampinen, Monica LeGras, Mario Iglesias Martínez, Jo M.

FINAL CALL! It is no more than 10 days to kick off the Critical and Strategic Metals Symposium ran by CODES - Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences in Hobart on 10th-12th July 2024. We have an exceptional lineup of speakers covering different topics, from the Global and Australian context to specific deposit models and exploration strategies, including Lithium, Tin, Tungsten, Rare Earth Elements, Cobalt, Copper, Nickel and Platinum Group Elements deposits. It will be a great opportunity to bring together academia, governmental agency and industrial professionals focusing on the latest research, policies, exploration and production pathways of critical and strategic metals/minerals in Australia and beyond! Registrations will remain open for the Critical and Strategic Metals Symposium, until to 5pm 28th June (Australia Eastern Time). If you do not want to miss this opportunity, please visit: https://lnkd.in/eVe5PKwZ or just scan the QR code in the image. If you are currently researching any of these topics, please do not hesitate to contact CODES.Info@utas.edu.au to request a discounted rate. We also have a few spots for the post-symposium field trip to the iconic Western Tasmania, where you will have the rare and great opportunity to visit Kara Fe-W, Roseberry Cu-Zn-Pb, Mt Lyell Au-Cu, and Avebury Ni deposits (core shed). The second image is a big chunk of euhedral scheelite (bluish-yellow) crystals cemented by magnetite taken from Kara. You will have an excellent opportunity to visit the Kara open pit and add jewellery-level pieces of minerals such like scheelite, magnetite, garnet, epidote, and vesuvianite to your collections!   See you in Tassie in person or online! CODES - Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences Environmentally Sustainable Production of Critical Metals- Regional Research Collaboration David Cooke Owen Missen Lejun Zhang Sheree Armistead Yamila Cajal Contreras Paula Montoya Ivan Belousov Julie Hunt

One month til the CODES Critical and Strategic Metals Symposium CODES - Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences! The format of the Symposium is an introductory session covering some of the current challenges facing critical metal industries, from supply chains to nanoscale heterogeneity of critical metals lead by Owen Missen, followed by sessions on lithium led by me, granite-related tin and tungsten led by Lejun Zhang, rare earth elements led by Wei Hong, cobalt and copper led by Sheree Armistead and last but not least, nickel and platinum group elements led by Yamila Cajal Contreras. Still time to register your attendance, follow the instructions at https://lnkd.in/gXhZA6tz to register. We look forward to welcoming you to Hobart!

One month til the CODES Critical and Strategic Metals Symposium CODES - Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences! The format of the Symposium is an introductory session covering some of the current challenges facing critical metal industries, from supply chains to nanoscale heterogeneity of critical metals, followed by sessions on lithium led by Paula Montoya, granite-related tin and tungsten led by Lejun Zhang, rare earth elements led by Wei Hong, cobalt and copper led by Sheree Armistead and last but not least, nickel and platinum group elements led by Yamila Cajal Contreras. I will be presenting on the current critical metals project underway at University of Tasmania, the Environmentally Sustainable Production of Critical Metals- Regional Research Collaboration led by David Cooke and also on cobalt in regolith environments. Still time to register your attendance, follow the instructions at https://lnkd.in/gXhZA6tz to register. We look forward to welcoming you to Hobart!

A big thank you to Noel White, Terry Hoschke, Campbell McCuaig, Ned Howard, Penny Sinclair, Adi Maryono, Jeneta Owens, and Tim Ireland for kicking off CODES - Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences' flagship Ore Deposit Models and Exploration Strategies Short Course shortcourse this week. The speakers provided us all with great insights into exploration strategies for a diverse array of commodity styles, and practical advice with regards applying mineral system concepts, ore deposit models and geophysical methods to mineral exploration. The speakers have set the bar very high for the rest of the course, but with another 36 speakers to come over the two-week program, I am very confident all of our on-line and in-person course participants will continue to be inspired, entertained and educated on all aspects of precious, base, critical and strategic metal mineralisation. University of Tasmania #oredeposits #mineralexploration #copper #gold #tin #tungsten #zinc #lead #silver #lithium #REE #nickel #cobalt #PGE #porphyry #epithermal #VHMS #skarn #CRD #orogenic #carlin #IOCG

We are pleased to be running a Critical and Strategic Metals Symposium here at CODES - Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences in Hobart on 10th-12th July, 2024. I am organizing the Lithium session, which is focus on lithium in Australia, geochemistry, and exploration strategies. We have an exciting lineup of speakers for this session, including Evgeniy Bastrakov, John Bishop, Wei Hong and Ryan Manton. An-hour panel discussion will follow these invited talks. You are welcome to attend this event with us and listen to how these inspiring experts provide their solutions and thoughts to tackle with the challenges, regarding the formation, exploration and/or production pathways of Lithium. Registration details can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gU8kZRB6, including other sessions on Introduction and Overview, Rare Earth Elements, Tin-Tungsten, Cobalt-Copper, and Nickle-Copper. There are discounted places available for university researchers, so please get in touch to find out more information! #CODES David Cooke Julie Hunt Yamila Cajal Contreras Wei Hong Owen Missen Sheree Armistead Lejun Zhang Ivan Belousov #rareearth #criticalmetal #criticalmineral #criticalmaterial