Ausimm Central Victoria Branch

14/12/2024

This week, the Victorian Critical Minerals Roadmap was published. Details of the Roadmap can be found through the below link:

Victoria has the potential to be a major player in ethically produced critical minerals from our significant mineral deposits. To support the emerging industry and to build community confidence in its development, the Victorian Government has launched its first Critical Minerals Roadmap.

10/09/2024

Great presentation by Chris Greet in Bendigo last night for the AusIMM G D Delprat lecture for 2024.

Pleasing to see a good turnout from central Victorian Metallurgists, including Agnico Eagle's Fosterville gold mine and Mandalay's Costerfield operations.

A big thank-you to Metso for sponsoring the event. Jarrod Pyke flying the flag for Metso.

01/03/2024

A great turnout and presentation at this year's Branch Annual Meeting on Monday 26th February, 2024.

A big thank-you to the venue Henry of Harcourt, Branch committee, friends of the committee and to Joseph Ogierman for his presentation on Busang, the world's "largest gold deposit".

15/06/2022

The AusIMM Central Victoria Branch is excited to bring the Regional Symposium back!

The theme for this year is Narrow Vein, and will feature insights from experts involved in mining and finding these challenging orebodies.

The symposium will be followed by the President's Dinner. These events will be held at the Federation University in Ballarat, VIC.

Link to the event registration:
https://www.ausimm.com/conferences-and-events/community-events-details/central-victoria-branch---regional-symposium-narrow-vein-2022-and-ausimm-presidents-dinner/

07/06/2022

Our upcoming workshop on the 12th July 2022 titled, "Drilling with Diamonds", aims to provide a comprehensive overview on diamond drilling techniques. It will be followed by a social gathering at the Blue Pyrenees Estate Winery, Avoca.

Link to registration:

An introduction to the extensive applications of diamond drilling in the Victorian Minerals Exploration Sector.

24/05/2022

Dr Dennis Arne will conduct a workshop focussing on the geochemical signatures in Central Victoria in Bendigo on the 8th of June 2022. Registrations and more information via link below:

This 1-day workshop would involve a review of publicly available geochemical and mineralogical data from representative central Victorian gold deposits, including Bendigo, Ballarat, Fosterville, Castlemaine, Costerfield, Maldon and Wildwood. Emphasis will be placed on the identification of alteratio...

29/03/2022

https://www.australianmining.com.au/news/bhp-backing-ausimm-for-the-long-haul/

BHP and AusIMM expand their partnership at a time when professional development in the resources industry has never been more important.

05/02/2022

https://www.facebook.com/731273046931305/posts/5095497273842172/?sfnsn=mo

16/11/2021

AusIMM CVB Branch: Networking-Social Event
The CVB of the AusIMM invites you to attend a social event to catch up and network. The branch aims to make this a regular occasion in order to support and strengthen industry professionals' networks and to celebrate the ability for people to meet face-to-face.

Event Details:
Date: Tuesday 30th November
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Central Deborah Mine - Fosterville Function Room - 76 Violet Street, Bendigo, VIC
Finger food and first drink will be provided

Free for Members - $10 for non-members

There will be a registration page going up in the coming days

28/10/2021

https://www.australianmining.com.au/news/research-explores-how-to-turn-copper-waste-into-cobalt/

The QLD Government has partnered with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation and the University of Queensland to retrieve cobalt in copper tailings.