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Passing of Chiedza Mugwagwa

The Geological Society wishes a sad farewell to Chiedza Mugwagwa who died of COVID 19 in June 2021.
A graduate of the University of Zimbabwe Geology Department she also obtained an MBA and an MSc in GIS from University of Salzburg, Austria.
 
Chiedza had a successfull career both in the Zimbabwean mining industry and in South Africa, Tanzania and the USA.
 
She will be greatly missed and leaves behind two daughers.
 
Her obituary is attached below:-
Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Thu, 24/06/2021 - 17:13

Passing of Neil Bliss

It is with great sadness that the family of Neil Welbourne Bliss, aged 88, of Bedford, Nova Scotia announces his passing on May 29th, 2021 at Victoria General in Halifax. 
 
Born and educated in London, Neil moved to Rhodesia to work with the Rhodesian Geological Survey from 1959 to 1969.   He then went to McGill to complete his Ph.D and settled in Canada.
 
Neil is survived by his children, grand children and great grandchildren.
 
Please refer to his obituary below.
Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Thu, 24/06/2021 - 17:03

Talk Online - Long-term low-price benchmarks for metals and their effects on exploration, mining and investment - Peter Buchholz

On Friday 4th June 2021 Peter Buchholz delivered an online talk titled:-
 
'Long-term low-price benchmarks for metals and their effects on exploration, mining and investment'
 
Please find a copy of the presentation below.
 
A recording of the talk can be found at this link:-
 
Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Wed, 09/06/2021 - 18:44

Talk Online - Studio Mapper: An Underground Mapping Solution - Solomon Gumbie

On Thursday 6th May 2021 Solomon Gumbie  delivered an online talk titled:-
 
'Studio Mapper: An Underground Mapping Solution'
 
Please find a copy of the presentation below.
 
A recording of the talk can be found at this link:-
Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Fri, 14/05/2021 - 08:06

Passing of Sydney Simango

 
Sydney was a well known and active member of the geological community.
 
 
 
Sydney joined the Geological Survey in 1981 as a graduate from Aston University in Birmingham, UK with a BSc (Honours) Degree in Geology.  Sydney was assigned as counterpart to the British Geological Survey team and sent to map the country between Rushinga and Nyamapanda (Bulletin 92, 1991)where he was responsible for mapping that section of the area north of Sutswe and Chikwizo.  Here he supervised field teams in the stream-bed geochemical sampling of his area,
Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 15:32

Talk Online - Alluvial Diamond Deposits across Africa - A Travelogue- Tanya Marshall

On Thursday 15 April Tanya Marshall  delivered an online talk titled:-
 
 'Alluvial Diamond Deposits across Africa -  A Travelogue'
 
Please find a copy of the presentation below.
 
A recording of the talk can be found at this link:-
Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Thu, 15/04/2021 - 17:42

AGM 2021

The 2021 AGM was held at 1700 hours on 26th February 2021 via Zoom.
 
 The following agenda was dicussed:
 
1. Convening of Meeting
2. Obituaries  and Minute of Silence
3. Apologies
4. Minutes of Previous AGM – 28 th February 2020
          Consideration and approval of the minutes
          Matters arising not covered  elsewhere in the agenda
5. Chairman’s Statement – Ellah Muchemwa
6. Treasurer’s report – Collins Mwatahwa
     a. 2021 Subscription rate
7.
Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Wed, 10/03/2021 - 13:13

Passing of Godfrey Gundani

We regret to announce that one of our members, Godfrey Gundani, passed away on 16th January 2021.
 
The Geological Society of Zimbabwe offers sincere condolences to his family.
 
Godfrey was a well known and active member of the geological community.
Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Thu, 04/02/2021 - 18:45

Talk Online - Insights into the deformation and gold mineralisation of the Mwanesi Greenstone Belt, central Zimbabwe Craton - Brian Mapingere

On Friday 15 January Brian Mapingere delivered an online talk titled:-
 
'Insights into the deformation and gold mineralisation of the Mwanesi Greenstone Belt, central Zimbabwe Craton'
Please find a copy of the presentation below.
 
A recording of the talk can be found at the link below
 
Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Mon, 18/01/2021 - 16:54

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