The Summer Symposium was held in the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on the 1st November 2024 and attended by 120 members and 110 students.

 

The abtracts can be found at https://www.geologicalsociety.org.zw/documents/summer-symposium-abstract...

 

The presetnations are available below.

 

The event included the following:-

 

Welcome - Ernest Mugandani- Geological Society Chairperson

 

Official opening Edwin Gwaze - ZSM Principal

 

Economically important pegmatites in Africa - Judith Kinnaird

 

The petrogenesis of orbicular granites in the Diana's Pool area, Zimbabwe - Senamile Dumisa presented by Paul Nex

 

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

 

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 Tsomondo

 

Cast in stone - Theodora Rondozai

 

Summary - Sharad Master

 

Macgregor Memorial Lecture - Zircon geochronology: a handle in plate reconstructions, geological evolution of mobile belts and assessment of mineral deposit fertility - Benjamin Mapani

 

Vote of thanks Caston Musa – GSZ Vice Chair