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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

Talk Online - Contrasting rare-element mineralization in the Bikita & Mweza pegmatite fields Zimbabwe - Godfrey Chagondah

On Friday 11 December 2020   Godfrey Chagondah delivered an online talk titled:-
 
'Contrasting rare-element mineralization in the Bikita & Mweza pegmatite fields, Zimbabwe'
 
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, 14/12/2020 - 09:05

Talk Online - Origin of sulfide mineralization of the Main Sulfide Zone, Shurugwi Subchamber of the Great Dyke: summary of recent studies - Jeff Chaumba

On Friday 16 October 2020, Jeff Chaumba delivered an online talk titled -
 
'Origin of sulfide mineralization of the Main Sulfide Zone, Shurugwi Subchamber of the Great Dyke: summary of recent studies'
 
The presentation is attached below:
Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Wed, 21/10/2020 - 20:35

Talk Online - A Reassessment of the Geodynamic Evolution of the Zimabwe Craton - Hielke Jelsma

On Friday 9 October 2020, Hielke Jelsma delivered an online talk titled -
 
'A Reassessment of the Geodynamic Evolution of the Zimabwe Craton'
 
The presentation is attached below:
 
A recording of the talk can be found at the link below:
 
 
A similar talk was given to GSSA/Overberg on 4 March 2021 and the video link is
Submitted by Andrew du Toit on Fri, 16/10/2020 - 17:55

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