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Exploration in the House – celebrating 150 years

Presentations will feature highlights and results of current projects by the Geological Survey of NSW and their implications for exploration, mining, research and investment.

Exploration in the House 2025 program

 

8:30 am  |  Registration, tea and coffee


9:00 am  |  Welcome to Country
Yvonne Weldon, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council


9:05 am  |  Introduction
Georgina Beattie, Deputy Secretary, NSW Resources


9:15 am  |  Geological Survey of NSW, 150 years of excellence in geoscience
Dr Phillip Blevin, Chief Geoscientist and Head of the Geological Survey of New South Wales (GSNSW)


9:25 am  |  Keynote address: A plate tectonic approach to targeting future exploration opportunities for critical minerals and high-tech metals in NSW
Dr Richard Glen, Adjunct Professor Macquarie University


9:55 am  |  Regional scale thermal and isotopic mapping, redefining the exploration space in NSW
Dr Joel Fitzherbert, Principal Geoscientist, GSNSW


10:10 am  |  2025 – a stellar year for geophysics products in NSW
Dr Samuel Matthews, Senior Geophysicist, GSNSW 


10:25 am  |  New datasets and functionality available in MinView
James Ballard, Senior Geoscientist Geospatial, GSNSW


10:40 am  |  Morning tea and MinView display


11:15 am  |  Insights into the Cobar–Hermidale–Yathong region from seismically constrained potential field modelling
Max Milz, Geophysicist, GSNSW


11:30 am  |  Advances in hyperspectral capability: the new HyLogger 4 and the potential of mid-infrared
Dr Jon Huntington, CSIRO Honorary Fellow


11:45 am  |  Updates on critical mineral and high-tech metal related projects being undertaken by the Geological Survey of NSW
Karen Montgomery, Geoscientist, GSNSW


12:00 pm  |  Core library refurbishment and preservation of our state significant collections
Dan Logan, Manager Mineral Systems, GSNSW


12:10 pm  |  Closing remarks
Dr Phillip Blevin, Chief Geoscientist and Head of the Geological Survey of New South Wales


12:20 pm  |  Networking lunch


1:00 pm  |  Close


Please note this program is subject to change.

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