August 6 – 14 th

MRB-01 General contributions to industrial mineral deposits Nikolaos Arvanitidis et al.MRC-08 Geological construction materials Mika Räisänen, Björn Schouenborg, Katarina Malaga, Peer R. NeebMRD-01 General contributions to mineral deposits Krister Sundblad, Eiji Izawa, Milka K. de BrodtkorbMRD-02 Deep sources and signatures of ore forming systems - a tool for new discoveries of mineral deposits Sergei Cherkasov, Lawrence M. Cathles, Vadim I. KazanskyMRD-03 Recent advances and future developments in marine minerals David S. Cronan, Peter A. Rona, Akira Usui (IMMS)MRD-04 Giant ore deposits Peter Laznicka, Pei Rong Fu, Mikhail Rafailovich MRD-05 Results of First Global Mineral Resource Assessment and other large-region assessment studies Michael Zientek, Andor Lips, Daniel Cassard, Hee-Young Chun, Sergej Cherkasov, Leon Ehlers, Edwardo Zappettini MRD-06 Granitic magmatism and related mineralizations Alcides Nobrega Sial, Jorge da Silva Bettencourt, Cristina Pinheiro De CamposMRD-07 Geology and mineral potential of CIS countries Oleg Petrov, Reimar Seltmann (IAGOD)MRD-08 Volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposits: Controls on distribution and timing Rodney Allen, Fernando Tornos, Jan Peter, Namik Cagatay (IGCP 502)MRD-09 Au-Ag telluride-selenide deposits Nigel Cook, Kari Kojonen (IGCP 486, IAGOD, IMA-COM)MRD-10 Large ore provinces of Central Asia Ginayat R. Bekzhanov, Bernd Lehmann, Dmitry Pushcharovsky (SGA)MRD-11 Metallogeny of Fennoscandia Felix Mitrofanov, Krister Sundblad, Pär Weihed MRD-12 Fluvial palaeo-systems: Evolution and mineral deposits Natalia Patyk-Kara, Alejandra Duk-Rodkin, Baohong Hou (IGCP 514)MRD-13 Ore deposits associated with black shales: from their origin to their environmental impacts J. Pašava, Hartwig E. Frimmel (SGA)MRD-14 Ophiolites, greenstone belts and ore deposits Paul T. Robinson, Yildirim Dilek MRD-15 Ni-Cu-PGE sulphide deposits Heikki Papunen, Anthony Naldrett (SGA)MRD-16 Iron oxide copper gold deposits Robert Marschik, Lluis Fontboté (SEG)MRD-17 Gold deposits: Refl ections of their tectonic environments Richard Goldfarb, Jeffrey Hedenquist (SEG)MRD-18 Iron deposits Mark Barley, Jan-Olov Nyström, Fernando HenriquezMRD-19 Uranium deposits Michel Cuney, Claude Caillat, Olli Äikäs (SGA)MRD-20 Porphyry-type deposits David Cooke, Peter Hollings (SEG)

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August 6 – 14 th

The Nordic Countries invite you to The 33rd IGC

INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS O S LO 2 0 0 8August 6 – 14 th

Interested in Economic Geology?The IGC in Oslo from the 6th to 14th of August will be one of the largest Economic Geology gatherings in Northern Europe, featuring more than 20 symposia with leading international experts and a thematic day devoted to mineral resources. Is the huge demand for mineral resources going to last and will we fi nd new reserves to cover and increase production? We will have representatives for the governments in China and Australia to answers these questions and leading experts in all fi elds of economic geology. The symposia will give you an update on exploration and research, covering all commodities from aggregates to gold. The IGC is the meeting place for industry, government and research – join us in Oslo!

Submit your registration at www.33igc.orgIf you have any questions contact par.weihed@ltu.se or Arne.Bjorlykke@ngu.no

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Professor, Ross Large Cu, Zn, Ni major types of deposits and their geographical distributionDr, Rich Goldfarb Gold deposit outlookDr. Yasushi Watanabe REE and strategic metalsVP, Timothy Gitzel Uranium resources: today and tomorrowProf, Steve Scott Seafl oor miningDr, Neil Williams Plenary: Mineral resources and reservoirs – why prognoses of reserves are always wrongDr. Michael L. Zientek Global resource assessment of metalsCEO, Magnus Eriksson The metal market: overview and outlookCEO Lennart Evrell Supply of mineral resources: Mining in the European contextDr. Corina Hebestreit Challenges of the European Mining Industry in the Years to ComeDr. Hans-Sierd Pietersen The EU perspective on sustainable mineral resources.

Representatives from the Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources and from the Australian Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy will give lectures.

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Themes of the DayMajor aspects of Earth Sciences that are particularly relevant for society today will be highlighted during the 33rd IGC. More than 80 internationally leading experts will contribute to the programme for these seven “Themes of the Day”. They are all related to the priorities of the International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE). In parallel with the Congress symposia programme, we will highlight one of these major themes each day.

The themes include Early life and evolution; Climate change; Geohazards; Water, health, and environment; Mineral resources; Energy resources and the future; and Planetary geoscience. The programme focuses on both scientifi c and societal aspects of each theme. Speakers for the lunchtime key-note “StatoilHydro lectures” are Richard Fortey, Gerald Haug, Herbert Einstein, Ghislain deMarsily, Neil Williams, Mark Moody Stuart, and Maria Zuber. Each day will have lectures demonstrating the state-of-the-art science, as well as the societal aspects of each theme, and will end with a panel debate.

A congress cannot solve major problems, but does provide a forum for exposing them and providing recommendations for their solution. We therefore want as many scientists from different fi elds and others as possible to attend the congress. We will also underline that it is possible to attend the congress on a one day registration. Tickets which give access to the Theme of the Day only, are sold on-site at the price of NOK 200 per day. One-day full registration with access to the entire Congress are sold on-site at the price of 150 Euro. Please visit our website www.33igc.org for more information.

The Nordic Countries invite you to The 33rd IGC

INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS O S LO 2 0 0 8August 6 – 14 th

Theme of the Day , August 11: Mineral resources in a fast growing global economy: Are there any natural limits?Coordinators Pär Weihed and Pierre Heeroma

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