Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to the success of Discovery Day 2024!
From our passionate GSSA speakers and external presenters, to our dedicated organisers and enthusiastic attendees, we couldn't have done it without you.
Since 2016, Discovery Day has been an integral part of the Geological Survey of South Australia's calendar. Thank you for joining us again this year!
Registration
- Registrations closed Sunday 24 November 2024
- If you have any questions about registration, please contact DEM.Events@sa.gov.au
Our theme for 2024
“Trends come and go, geoscience is foundational.”
This year we focused on new developments in fundamental geoscience that will underpin future exploration, investment, and land-use planning decisions.
The program for this year’s event was a diverse showcase of new information on the geology and commodity potential of South Australia.
Come, learn, discuss, act.
View the program and presentations
Take a look at the program, presentations, and previews of some of our speakers.
PDF copies of presentations will be added as they become available, videos will be available in early 2025.
| 8:00am | Registration and event opens |
Session 1 - Looking ahead: Initiatives and commodities
| 8:30am |
Welcome to Country Cliffy Wilson, Kuma Kaaru |
| 8:40am | Opening address Paul Heithersay, Department for Energy and Mining |
| 8:50am | Resourcing Australia’s Prosperity Initiative, Geoscience Australia and the Geological Survey of South Australia working together Karol Czarnota, Geoscience Australia |
| 9:10am | GSSA Director’s 2024 highlights Bronwyn Camac, Department for Energy and Mining |
| 9:30am | Magnesium and Manganese opportunities in South Australia for facilitating the increasing global Critical Minerals demand Carmen Krapf, Department for Energy and Mining |
| 9:45am | An update on natural hydrogen exploration in South Australia Chris Cubitt, Department for Energy and Mining |
Session 2 - The sedimentary search space
| 10:45am | Linking South Australia’s geology - fostering new workflows through digital report data (Officer Basin Case Study) Sam Connell, Department for Energy and Mining |
| 11:00am | Paleovalleys and sedimentary characteristics of the northwestern Gawler Craton Baohong Hou, Department for Energy and Mining |
| 11:15am | A new turbidite play in the Otway Basin - The value of revisiting the rocks Sharon Tiainen, Department for Energy and Mining |
| 11:30am | Play mapping workflow; a practical example from the onshore Otway Basin, South Australia Paul Strong, Department for Energy and Mining |
| 11:45am | Stack ‘em, hack ‘em and smack ‘em: Seismic stories of basins building an orogen Tom Wise, Department for Energy and Mining |
| 12:00pm | Narrowing the search space: A wrap up of the sedimentary Copper project Adrian Fabris, Department for Energy and Mining |
Session 3 - Core, copper and complexities
| 1:35pm |
Keynote: A Beautiful Science Lee Harrop |
| 2:00pm | Unravelling complex basement geology via SADM: an example from the Mount Woods Domain, Gawler Craton Rashed Abdullah, Department for Energy and Mining |
| 2:15pm | Just how relevant is the IOCG model to the Curnamona Province? Tobias Schlegel, CSIRO |
| 2:30pm | Where are South Australia’s Carbonatites? Mitchell Bockmann, Department for Energy and Mining |
| 2:45pm | Northern Gawler National Drilling Initiative Claire Wade, Department for Energy and Mining |
Session 4 - Making time and space for mineral systems
| 3:45pm | Refining Uranium exploration models with field data Steve Hore, Department for Energy and Mining |
| 4:00pm | HyLogger Hy-lights 2024 Alicia Caruso, Department for Energy and Mining |
| 4:15pm | Geochronology of the Middleback Range metasediments and implications for the Hutchison Group stratigraphy Mario Werner, Department for Energy and Mining |
| 4:30pm | Aeromagnetic Character and Kinematics of the Yarlbrinda Shear Zone, Eastern Nuyts Domain Frank Rarity, Department for Energy and Mining |
| 4:45pm | Polymetamorphism and gold (re)mobilisation in the central-western Gawler Craton Alex Van Leeuwen, Department for Energy and Mining |
| 5:00pm | Closing remarks |
Dr. Lee Harrop is an innovative ecologically-oriented artist and researcher known for her collaborative interdisciplinary projects.
For over a decade, Dr. Harrop has collaborated with geologists and core libraries across Australia, incorporating geological core samples into her art. With a diverse publication record in both traditional and non-traditional formats, she has received several prestigious awards and grants, including recent funding for a public art project in Darwin.
Recently, our South Australia Drill Core Library hosted Dr. Harrop for a three-week residency, which culminated in the inaugural viewing of her research for the Mapping Shadows of the Bight (MSB) project. One of her research outputs is an engraved core sample featuring a line from T.S. Eliot’s poem "Little Gidding," the final poem in Four Quartets. This engraved core will remain in its original library core tray (hidden in the shadows) and can be viewed at the drill core library upon request.
View Dr Harrop's keynote speech 'A Beautiful Science' below in the presentations section above.
Dr Carmen Krapf
Carmen’s talks were around two Critical Minerals. Carmen discussed Magnesium and Manganese opportunities in South Australia for facilitating their increasing global demand.
Adrian Fabris
Adrian discussed the results of a prospectivity assessment for sedimentary-hosted copper on the Stuart Shelf. Adrian talked through recent results from the GSSA’s SedCu project.
Tom Wise
Tom talked through Geoscience Australia’s seismic line 22GA-DL1, from the Gawler Craton to the Victorian border. Tom discussed the outcomes of a collaborative interpretation project and highlights surprises hidden deep beneath the Flinders-Mount Lofty Ranges.
View these talks in the presentations section above.
Dr Karol Czarnota
Karol is the Principal Science Advisor for minerals, energy, and groundwater at Geoscience Australia focused on shaping strategic science direction. He has over 20 years of experience in undertaking and leading precompetitive geoscience programs focused on understanding Australia’s geology and its resource potential.
Karol talked through Resourcing Australia’s Prosperity, an initiative by the Australian Government to accelerate precompetitive geoscience, support the net zero transition, and build a ‘Future Made in Australia’ over the next 35 years.
Dr Tobias Schlegel
Tobias is an Economic Geologist and Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO Mineral Resources. He works on IOCG-REE systems, Fe-Au skarns, and genetically related ore deposits mostly in the Gawler and Curnamona Cratons as well as in the Cloncurry region.
Tobias discussed the IOGC model, and how relevant it is to the Curnamona Province.
View these talks in the presentations section above.
Partner events
Each year, accompanying events are also held in South Australia the same week as Discovery Day.
SAEMC is an annual collaborative event that brings together both the exploration and mining industries in South Australia.
- Friday 29 September 2024
- Adelaide Convention Centre
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