Summer Symposium 2024

Friday, 1 November, 2024

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Summer Symposium and Macgregor Memorial Lecture, 2024

Date: 1 November

Venue: Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo

Time: 7:30 am

The highlight of the symposium is the Macgregor Memorial Lecture, which will be delivered

by Professor Benjamin Mapani (Namibia University of Science and Technology) at 3:30 pm.

The lecture is titled ‘Zircon geochronology: a handle in plate reconstructions, geological

evolution of mobile belts and assessment of mineral deposit fertility.’ The lecture is open to

the public.

Symposium registration

Registration fee is USD$30 for ordinary members and USD$15 for students. Non-members

are encouraged to register. The fee covers abstract booklet, teas and lunch. Members who

wish to attend the symposium are encouraged to register on the link below.

Networking braai

There will be a networking braai after the Macgregor Memorial Lecture at a venue to be

advised soon. The braai is however not covered by registration fee. Our sponsors consisting

of companies who provide services and products to exploration and mining houses will be

marketing their products at the braai. Be sure to visit their stands.

Post-symposium field trip

The society is planning a 1-day field trip to Diana’s Pool area in Matobo on the 2nd of

November 2024 to see the orbicular granite and other interesting outcrops along the way. The

trip will be led by Dr Tony Martin.

Economically important pegmatites in Africa	Judith Kinnaird
The petrogenesis of orbicular granites in the Diana's Pool area, Zimbabwe	Senamile S. Dumisa
An outline of the activities of the International Commission for the History of Geological Sciences, and a call for volunteers for “The INHIGEO 2026 Conference at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe”	Sharad Master
A review of the geology and Au-Ag mineralization in the Gwanda Greenstone Belt: Implications to exploration	Godfrey Chagondah
Some observations on the Dwaars River chromitite seams and a nearby breccia pipe, Bushveld Igneous Complex	Tony Martin
Regional zonation of rare-element pegmatites: Why understanding the distribution of LCT and NYF pegmatites matters	Paul Nex
The Limpopo Belt in Zimbabwe as a geological heritage	Forbes Mugumbate
The Dokwe gold discovery	William Collett
The implication of metamorphism and deformation of the Vioolsdrif domain on the Haib Porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit, Namibia	Silvanus Shafiishuna
Modern-style and scale plate tectonics is Mesoarchaean in IGCP Project 280 'two cratons and an orogen' of southern Africa; novel kinematic and geodynamic constraints	Mark J. Tsomondo
Cast in stone	Theodora Rondozai
Innovation evolution in Geosciences: why technology is central in geological spaces	Vhusafheli Ramanugu

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