b'Branch newsASEG newsASEG Branch newsSouth Australia & Northern Territory details about venues and relevantFinally, Id like to take this opportunity contact details can be found on theto announce that Greg Walker, our On 27 August the ASEG and SEG hostedTasmanian Branch page on the ASEGdear Branch Treasurer, will be stepping Dr Manika Prasad from the Coloradowebsite. As always, we encouragedown from his role by the end of spring. School of Mines. She presented herMembers to also keep an eye on theGreg has humbly served your Victorian Distinguished Instructor Short Courseseminar programme at the UniversityBranch since 2016 by regularly cooking (DISC) on Physics and Mechanicsof Tasmania / CODES, which routinelythe books. Its alright Greg, the Federal of Rocks: A Practical Approach. Tenincludes presentations of a geophysicalexecutives still havent questioned participants enjoyed an informative andand computational nature as well as on athose outrageous expensesyet. Greg well-taught course by Manika. broad range of earth sciences topics. has reluctantly agreed to educate our On Friday 13 September we held anotherMark Duffettnorthern hemisphere contemporaries student night at the University oftaspresident@aseg.org.au in his new role as chief geowizard for Adelaide, and it was great to sign up aNewmont Goldcorp. We wish you all the few new Members. best, mate!Victoria Victorian Branch meetings are generally Looking forward, Laz Katona from theActivity at the Victorian Branch of theheld on the third Thursday of each month Geological Survey of South AustraliaASEG was effectively put on ice duringfrom 17:30 in the Kelvin Club, 1830 will be giving a lunchtime presentationthe Melbourne winterno pun intended.Melbourne Place, Melbourne. Meeting on 10 October, Which anomaly shouldYour committee members searched withnotices, addresses and relevant contact I drill? Using spatial statistics to informabandonment for highly contentious anddetails can be found on the Victorian exploration in covered IOCG terranes.provocative topics of interest with whichBranch page of the ASEG website.On 22 October we will be co-hostingto shock Branch members, but the search our second (hopefully annual) Springwas to no avail. Also, unfortunately,Thong Huynh Fling event with PESA, SPE and Youngnone of the potential speakers thatvicsecretary@aseg.org.auPetroleum Professionals at the Havelockwe harassed would agree to wear a Hotel, and taking expressions of interestsponsored bear suit whilst presenting atWestern Australiafor the 2020 Mentoring programme.a technical meeting.Last year this was a very successfulOver 50 WA Branch members attended networking event with over 50Our search extended to this years jointthe 14 August Tech Night that featured attendees, and we are excited to repeatASEG-PESA-SPE Winter Social event thata presentation by Andrew Fitzpatrick this event with our fellow societies.was held on 28 August at the perennialfrom Independence Group on On 5 November we will be hosting ahome of socials; Henry and The Fox.Geophysics in the search for Ni-Cu Melbourne Cup Luncheon sponsored byThe last gasp of this years dreadfuldepositsAn IGO perspective.Terrex and Vintage Energy at the GalleryMelbourne winter was on show that Hotel on Waymouth St. Join us for a funnight, as attendees were ushered into aSeptember Branch events were day with prizes for best dressed and aprivate room at the back of the venue tocancelled in lieu of the AEGC 2019, Calcutta sweep. continue the festivities. The social waswhich was held at Crown Burswood very well attended. No drinks were spilt,from 25 September. The AEGC 2019 We look forward to a busy end of year,and no squabbling took place. In fact, nowas very well attended with over 1200 look out for emails to your inbox or byengineers were harmed at any stage ofprofessionals, sponsors, exhibitors, checking the www.aseg.org.au/events.the evening, much to everyones dismay.and students from the fields of mineral In the last part of the year we have ourOtherwise it was, surprisingly, anotherexploration, geophysics, petroleum annual student honours night, Christmasvery successful inter-society social eventexploration and production, geology, party, and more technical events tofor 2019. Maybe we should let PESA rungeochemistry, consulting, and round the year off. If you are readingour events more often? government.this and you are not a Member, please do come along to one of our events, weTo revive our spring series of events, weUpcoming WA events include:would love to see you there and there ishave managed to secure a couple of actsOctober 3Young Professionals usually something for everyone! over the coming months. First cab off theSpeaker NightKate Robertsonrank on 1 October is Dr Mark lamb- October 9Mark Lindsay, What is sa-ntpresident@aseg.org.au shanks McLean from the Geologicalthat anomaly? Using machine learning Society of Victoria, who will be speakingto obtain geological knowledge from about the GSVs full spectrum airbornedownhole petrophysical data, Celtic Tasmania gravity survey that was acquired overClub, West Perththe Otway Basin as part of the VictorianNovember TBCAnnual student An invitation to attend TasmanianGas Programme. FYI, Mark may or maypresentation night, Curtin & UWABranch meetings is extended to allnot agree to wear a bear suit on theDecember TBCAGM and Christmas ASEG Members and interested parties.night but please keep an eye out forpartyMeetings are usually held in theannouncements regarding meeting CODES Conference Room, Universitydates as one of our future speakers mayThe Tech night schedule is subject to of Tasmania, Hobart. Meeting notices,be prepared to do the honours! change due to speaker availability. OCTOBER 2019 PREVIEW 8'