2018 AusIMM NZ Branch Annual Conference Programme Web Version #1

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1 2018 AusIMM NZ Branch Annual Conference Programme Web Version #1 Draft - 26 July 2018 Note that there will be some changes to this programme leading up to the conference New versions will be posted on the conference web site following changes Friday 14 th September pm Field trip 1: Broken Hills. Visit to Broken Hills epithermal gold deposit, Tairua, Hauraki Goldfield Saturday 15 th September am & pm Field trip 2: Karangahake and Waihi. Visits to Karangahake and Waihi epithermal gold deposits, Hauraki Goldfield Sunday 16 th September am & pm 8.30am 5.00pm 3.30pm 6.00pm 4.00pm 7.00pm 6.00pm 9.00pm Field trip 3: Coal. Rotowaro and Maramarua coal mines, Waikato Epithermal gold workshop, Poolroom, Trinity Wharf Hotel, Tauranga Venue available for exhibitors to set up booths Registration desk open Welcome Function with finger food followed by light buffet meal (all registered conference delegates and accompanying persons are welcome to attend) Page 1

2 Monday 17 th September 7.45am 5.00pm 10.00am 3.00pm Registration desk open Accompanying persons tour: Tauranga and Mt Maunganui Plenary 1: Conference Opening & New Zealand s Mining and Exploration Scene Plenary 1 Chairperson: Vivienne Bull 8.30am 8.40am Vivienne Bull, Chairperson, 2018 Conference Organising Committee Welcome and conference opening 8.40am 8.50am Dean Fergusson, Chairman, AusIMM NZ Branch Committee Welcome from the AusIMM NZ Branch 8.50am 9:10am Tony Haworth, Director, Campbell Macpherson Review of the New Zealand Mining Sector 2017/ am 9:30am Bernie O Leary, General Manager Waihi, OceanaGold OceanaGold update 9.30am 9.50am Richard Tacon, CEO, Bathurst Resources Bathurst update 9.50am 10.10am Wayne Chowles, COO, New Talisman Gold Karangahake update 10.10am 10.30am Michael Gazley, Epithermal gold workshop facilitator Epithermal gold workshop report back 10.30am 11.00am Morning Tea Concurrent Session 1A: Green minerals and new opportunities Concurrent Session 1B: Mining 1 Session 1A Chairperson: Doug MacKenzie 11.00am 11.20am Robert Smillie, GNS Science Zealandia the Continent: A major upgrade for the mineral potential of New Zealand Session 1B Chairperson: Les McCracken Charles Gawith, OceanaGold Narrow vein mining at Waihi 11.20am 11.40am Rose Turnbull, GNS Science New Zealand's "Green" mineral potential Ciaran Thayer, Bathurst Resources The benefits of implementing real-time deformation monitoring at the Takitimu mine, Nightcaps 11.40am 12.00pm Dave Craw, University of Otago Strategic metals in the Otago Schist belt Jesse Puller, SCT Operations Experience of using the ANZI strain cell in exploration boreholes to determine the three dimensional stresses at depth 12.00pm 12.20pm Patricia Durance, GNS Science Nickel and cobalt mineral potential in New Zealand Noel Becker, Waikaia Gold Shifting a 270 tonne gold plant: A logistical challenge with a good outcome Page 2

3 12.20pm 1.20pm Lunch Concurrent Session 2A: Minerals Research Concurrent Session 2B: Environment 1 and Mining 2 Session 2A Chairperson: Paul Angus 1.20pm 1.35pm John Mering, University of Waikato Applying laser spectroscopy to measure isotopic alteration in carbonates and phyllosilicates at Waihi 1.35pm 1.50pm Tony Christie, GNS Science An update on biogeochemical surveys of epithermal gold occurrences in the Hauraki Goldfield and Taupo Volcanic Zone Session 2B Chairperson: Dave Craw James Pope, CRL Energy Hana Christenson, CRL Energy NZ minerals sector environmental research - tools to make better mines Enhanced passive treatment systems: additions of nutrients to bioreactors 1.50pm 2.05pm Doug MacKenzie, University of Otago Controls on gold mineralisation at the SE end of the Hyde-Macraes Shear Zone, East Otago, NZ Kirstine Malloch, O Kane Consultants Mine drainage management replicating dump physiogeochemical conditions in laboratory columns 2.05pm 2.20pm Michael Gazley, RSC Mining and Mineral Exploration Vectors to orogenic-style mineralisation in southern New Zealand using standardised and transformed chemistry in soil Jeff Tuck, GHD Probabilistic water balance modelling for informed mine water management and planning 2.20pm 2.35pm Mark Simpson, GNS Science Hyperspectral (SWIR) characterisation of alteration at the Wharekirauponga epithermal Au-Ag prospect, Hauraki goldfield, New Zealand Jo Cavanagh, Landcare Research The Mine Environmental Lifecycle Guide Series 2.35pm 2.50 pm Michael Gazley, RSC Mining and Mineral Exploration Examination of the Macraes Gold Mine portable X-ray fluorescence dataset Paul Weber, O Kane Consultants Managing the effects of modern day mining 2.50pm 3.05pm Ben Andrew, University of Waikato New isotopic and thermal constraints for fluid flow during copper mineralisation, Mount Isa, Australia Michael Begbie, Bathurst Resources Final sealing of Huntly West mine: A geosynthetic solution to long term stability Page 3

4 3.05pm 3.35pm Afternoon tea Plenary 2: Keynote and Poster Quick Fire Presentations Plenary 2 Chairperson: John St George 3.35pm 3.55pm 3.55pm 4.00pm 4.00pm 4.05pm 4.05pm 4.10pm 4.10pm 4.15pm 4.15pm 4.20pm 4.20pm 4.25pm 4.25pm 4.30pm 4.30pm 4.35pm 4.35pm 4.40pm 4.40pm 4.45pm 4.45pm 4.50pm 4.50pm 4.55pm 4.55pm 5.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 10.30pm Cam Wylie, RDCL: The role of ethical commitment and governance for enduring company strength John St George, Chairman of the AusIMM Education Endowment Trust committee Marlese Fairgray, University of Canterbury: Water chemistry changes in Cannel Creek following remedial work of Bellvue Mine AMD Carlos Hilman, University of Canterbury: Quantifying and treating contaminant discharges from the James Mine on New Zealand s West Coast Carrie Jewiss, University of Otago: The influence of rainfall on the characteristics of historic acid mine drainage on the Denniston Plateau, New Zealand Erin Weightman, University of Otago: Geochemistry and mineralogy of mine waste from autoclave processing Stephie Tay, University of Otago: Placer rare earth element minerals, West Coast, New Zealand Hamish Lilley, University of Otago: The paragenesis of the greisen-hosted W-Sn ore body, Tin Range, Stewart Island Susana Guzman, University of Auckland: Modelling uncertainties with gravity and petrophysical data Frances Blake, University of Otago: Arsenic mobility in loess above the Hyde-Macraes Shear Zone in Otago, New Zealand Stephanie Junior, University of Otago: Deep Earth gold; Exploring Au in peridotites Engda Bahiru, University of Auckland: Structural control on epithermal mineralisation in the Southern Coromandel Volcanic Zone (CVZ), New Zealand: Insights from potential field analysis Daniel Pickering, University of Otago: Geochemistry and grain size of scheelite at Golden Point, Macraes Kacee Grant, University of Otago: Mobilisation of gold in the shallow levels of the Otago Schist at Coronation North, Macraes Mine AusIMM NZ Branch Annual General Meeting (Poolroom) Pre-dinner drinks Conference Dinner (Trinity Rooms) Page 4

5 Tuesday 18 th September 7.45am 4.00pm 10.00am 3.00pm Registration desk open Accompanying persons tour: Tauranga and Mt Maunganui Plenary 3: Plenary 3 Chairperson: Kit Wilson 8.00am 9.00am DOC land access forum Kit Wilson facilitator Presentations by a panel, followed by discussion 9.00am 9.20am Colin Moorhead, President, AusIMM Tas McKee Memorial Address 9.20am 9.40am Richard Johnson, Environmental Protection Authority Are we nearly there yet? Finding a sweet spot for seabed mining consents after four years 9.40am 10.00am Dinghy Pattinson, Pike River Recovery Agency Pike River mine - plan for re-entry 10.00am 10.30am Morning Tea Concurrent Session 3A: Mineral Exploration 1 Session 3A Chairperson: Geoff Price Concurrent Session 3B: Environment 2 and Coal Mining Session 3B Chairperson: Dean Fergusson 10.30am 10.50am Jackie Hobbins, Hobbins Consulting Recent exploration results from the Puhipuhi epithermal camp age relationships, structure and geochemical trends Eden Sinclair, Bathurst Resources Managing sediment and erosion at Canterbury coal mine, Malvern Hills 10.50am 11.10am Paul Angus, Strategic Materials Exploration potential of Golden Blocks, Northwest Nelson, New Zealand 11.10am 11.30am Warren Batt, Matakanui Gold Rise and Shine Shear Zone A fresh look and new ideas 11.30am 11.50pm Kerry Stanaway, Mineral Rangahau Looking for gold in Otago schist rather than lode, crush zone or shear Christine McLachlan, Bathurst Resources Basil Beamish, CRL Energy Chris Dyer, Bathurst Resources 11.50pm 12.10pm Geoff Boswell, Consultant The Lobo gold project, Luzon, Philippines Hamish McLauchlan, Bathurst Resources Acid mine drainage analysis and mitigation of a rehabilitated overburden dump of Kaiata mudstone from Mt Fred Quarry, Stockton Mine Self-heating incubation behaviour of New Zealand lignite Geology, structure and development of the Maramarua open pit mine Starting from scratch, Albury coal project 12.10pm 1.10pm Lunch Page 5

6 Concurrent Session 4A: Aggregate & Data Analysis and Management Session 4A Chairperson: Rene Sterk Concurrent Session 4B: Industrial Minerals Session 4B Chairperson: Tony Haworth 1.10pm 1.30pm Matthew Hill, GNS Science Aggregate mineral potential modelling: Understanding our resource and planning for the future 1.30pm 1.50pm Emory Beck, Kenex Project generation from mineral potential target analysis 1.50pm 2.10pm Suzanne Bergman, Kenex Big data and mineral exploration, how to be an organised data hoarder 2.10pm 2.30pm Peter Joynt, Seequent The next step in geological data management Bob Brathwaite, GNS Science Tom Ritchie, Hardie Pacific Bob Brathwaite, GNS Science Chris Bumby, Robinson Institute, Victoria University of Wellington Zeolites at Ngakuru in the Taupo Volcanic Zone and their use as environmental minerals Placer garnet of the West Coast, South Island Stratigraphy, mineralogy and provenance of the sand sequence at Waikato North Head, south Auckland Disruptive research: New process technologies for NZ ironsand 2.30pm 3.00pm Afternoon tea Plenary 4: Closing Session Plenary 5 Chairperson: Vivienne Bull 3.00pm 3.20pm Sarah Kenward, NZ Petroleum & Minerals New developments in operations at NZ Petroleum & Minerals 3.20pm 3.40pm Mark Le Messurier, Tasman Mining Developing the Blackwater gold mine, Reefton Goldfield 3.40 pm 4.00pm Buddy Mikaere, Manataiao Māori Consultation How to avoid digging yourself into a hole 4.00 pm 4.20pm Stephen Bell, North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery A story in alliance collaboration 4.20 pm 4.40pm Tony Hogg, CEO, NZ Institute for Minerals to Materials Research IMMR update 4.40pm 4.50pm Vivienne Bull, Chairperson of the 2018 Conference Organising Committee Award of the student paper prize and closing comments Page 6

7 Posters 1 Ayrton Hamilton, University of Otago Detailed analysis of siliceous sinters to assess epithermal mineralisation potential 2 Matthew Hill, GNS Science Evaluating historic exploration data from the Carrick Goldfield to make informed exploration decisions 3 Rose Turnbull, GNS Science Lithium mineral potential in New Zealand a minerals system approach 4 Rose Turnbull, GNS Science Rare Earth Element mineral potential in New Zealand a minerals system approach 5 Adam Martin, GNS Science A new 1:50,000 scale map of the Hyde-Macraes Shear Zone Up to 12 additional posters on the student topics listed under Plenary 2 - Poster Quick Fire Presentations 4:00 pm 5:00 pm on Monday Page 7