b'Branch newsASEG newsASEG branch newsAustralian Capital Territory at Club York. News, meetings notices,Our last planned hybrid online and in-addresses and relevant contact detailsperson technical talk of the year was on 16 The ASEG-ACT chapter have beencan be found at the NSW Branch website.November, when Peter Fullagar presented winding down after furious activityAll are welcome. the second part of his talk from earlier in leading up to AEGC 2021, where chapterthe year titled Beyond platesfast TEM members from GA, Neil Symington,Stephanie Kovach and Jim Austininversion using conductive ellipsoids.Anandaroop Ray, Yusen Ley-Cooper,nswsecretary@aseg.org.au Richard Taylor and Ross C. Brodienswpresident@aseg.org.au We look forward to our joint end of year won the best near surface geophysicsChristmas Party with PESA, FESQ, QUPEX paper award for probabilistic integrationand SPE on 25 November.of AEM data and sonic bore salinityQueensland Finally we would like to thank all our measurements in the Kimberley.In October the Qld Branch welcomedmembers for their contributions during Randall Taylor of Taylor Explorationanother tough year for many in the The ASEG-ACT Committee organisedConsulting who presented a talk onindustry, and we look forward to more a Christmas lunch on 27 November The OZ Min Explorer Challenge 2019:engaging events in 2022.which was a welcome opportunity toWhen petroleum explorers go searching catch up with colleagues - and are in thefor minerals. Randall presented aJames Alderman process of scheduling technical talks forcomprehensive overview of his teamsqldpresident@aseg.org.aunext year. contribution to the OZ Min challenge, giving us all food for thought on differentSouth Australia & Northern TerritoryAnandaroop Ray actpresident@aseg.org.au methods of collating, reviewing andOn 5 October we had Sam Jennings summarising large datasets. For mineralsfrom the University of Adelaide present geophysicists it was great to see howat the Coopers Alehouse where members New South Wales seismic data could be expertly integratedwere given new insight into the origins with more traditional mineral explorationof the Newer Volcanic Province. Sams With summer around the corner, NSW ismethodologies. talk entitled Crustal resistivity of the gradually opening up again, so cheers toMt Gambier sub province: origins of the field work in regional NSW, going backFollowing on from the virtual ASEG to the office, and beers at the pub! AfterAward Ceremony at the AEGC, theNewer Volcanic Province and implications a tough year, were all looking forward toQueensland Branch was proud to hostfor exploration in the Western Otway finally kicking off summer with the NSWa joint in-person awards night with ourwas well received. He discussed the Branch Annual Dinner at the Australianannual Trivia Night hosted jointly withorigins of the NVP, the role of complex Heritage Hotel on 1 December. PESA. Thanks to the Awards Committeebasement structures in providing fluid for sending through the awards. We werepathways and the implications of a While we were still in lockdown inable to present Mal Cattach with hisdistal melt source for exploration in the October, ASEG NSW hosted a Zoom event,ASEG Gold Medal, Henk Van ParidonWestern Otway Basin.Dr Sam Matthews (GSNSW) and Astridwith his Honorary Membership and Carlton (GSNSW) presented a GSNSWFiona Duncan with her ASEG Service Geophysical Update. Sam explained howCertificate. The Trivia, as always, was starting with the QA/QC of metadataexpertly hosted by Henk and nearly 40 harvest of legacy geophysics data, anattendees fought it out in a tight contest algorithm was applied to quantitativelywhich included a biscuit identification aid survey selection for merging the high- round and some rockin tunes.resolution company data. He also included a small workshop to demonstrate to attendees how to access this data through the GSNSW online portal; MinView. Astrid discussed the many and varied surveys currently occurring in NSW from 2021 and into the future, including Cobar AEM and AMR surveys and the Mundi AEEM survey. Watch this space!An invitation to attend NSW Branch meetings is extended to interstate and international visitors who happen to be in town at the time. Most talks are livestreamed on Zoom and uploaded Sam Jennings from the University of Adelaide to ASEGs YouTube page later, so youpresenting his talk entitled Crustal resistivity of also have the option to join us online.the Mt Gambier sub province: origins of the Newer Meetings are generally held on the thirdMal Cattach receiving his ASEG Gold Medal fromVolcanic Province and implications for exploration Wednesday of each month from 5:30 pmJames Alderman and Jim Wordsworth (GAP GM). in the Western Otway.7 PREVIEW DECEMBER 2021'