The Summer Symposium was held on 20th November 2015 at Caribbea Bay -  Kariba and attended by 45 members.

 

The Director of the Zimbabwe Geological Survey Temba Hawadi officially opened the symposium.

 

The program was as follows and abstracts can be uploaded from the list below:-

Welcome Ali Ait-Kaci,  Society Chairman 

Official Opening Temba Hawadi,  Director of Geological Survey

Professional Status and the Geological Society of Zimbabwe Andrew du Toit

The vanished orogeny: Geochronology of Palaeoproterozoic “basement” gneisses of the Kariba and adjacent areas, western Magondi Belt (Zimbabwe and Zambia) Sharad Master (Keynote)

Impact of hydrothermal solutions on the world economy Tony Martin

Implications for the extent of the Zimbabwe Craton, from U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Dete-Kamativi Inlier (NW Zimbabwe) and the Choma-Kalomo Block, of SE Zambia. Sarah Glynn

Ruby Bearing Amphibolitic Gneisses - Montepuez Complex, Mozambique Tenyears Gumede

Kariba - 60 Years Since Inception.  A Geological and Geotechnical Review Tim Broderick

Waterberg Pt deposit, update Gordon Chunnett

Challenges in the interpretation of luminescence dating of quartz grains in the Kalahari environment. Andy Moore

Summary Sharad Master