GSWA Open Day 2020 program – 21 February 2020, Esplanade Hotel Fremantle

8.15 – 8.45 REGISTRATION

8.45 – 9.00 Welcome and opening remarks Hon Bill Johnston MLA, Minister for Mines and Petroleum

SESSION 1 Chair: Jeff Haworth

9.00 – 9.20 The next generation of outcrop: MinEx CRC and the National Drilling Initiative in Western Australia Richard Chopping

9.20 – 9.40 Land Use Planning Warren Ormsby

9.40 – 10.00 Stratigraphic drilling in the southwest Canning Basin: GSWA Waukarlycarly 1 Leon Normore

Morning tea 10.00 – 11.20

SESSION 2 Chair: Michele Spencer

11.20 – 11.40 World’s oldest regional salt seal in the Amadeus and Officer Basins: implications for subsalt helium and hydrocarbons Peter Haines

11.40 – 12.00 Loop 3D geological modelling: speeding up the workflow Mark Jessell, CET

12.00 – 12.20 The Eastern Goldfields High Resolution Seismic Survey: preliminary interpretation and tectonic implications Ivan Zibra

Lunch 12.20 – 1.30

SESSION 3 Chair: Simon Johnson

1.30 – 2.40

In this session, seven 10-minute talks will be given on the following: Managing an abandoned mine as a future resource; AusAEM20–WA; Rare-element pegmatites in the Mineral Systems Atlas; The last gasp of King Leopold: new insights into the evolution of the West Kimberley; Exploring the link between a suture zone, an ophiolite, and a seahorse; A subduction origin for c. 2820 to 2735 Ma magmatism in the western Youanmi Terrane, Yilgarn Craton; Leading impactful research, meaningful collaboration and effective knowledge transfer

Tara Read, John Brett, Paul Duuring, Imogen Fielding, Catherine Spaggiari,

Jack Lowrey, Anil Subramanya

Afternoon tea 2.40 – 3.30

SESSION 4 Chair: Klaus Gessner

3.30 – 3.50 Tectonic setting and exploration potential of the northern Capricorn Orogen David Martin

3.50 – 4.10 Smart exploration starts with Western Australia’s rich data endowment: using the MINEDEX, WAMEX and WAPIMS databases Nicole Wyche

4.10 – 4.30 Interactive feedback session Robin Bower

Sundowner 4.30 – 6.00