SAGA 2017Expanding Frontiers

15th Biennial Conference & Exhibition

10 –13 September 2017

The Lord Charles | Cape Town

Technical Programme

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Geophysical signatures of mineral

systems workshop

Practical inversion of AEM data workshop

EM data processing and inversion

workshop

EM data processing and inversion

workshop

Airborne EM processing and

modelling workshop

Plenary Session

Technical Streams Technical Streams

The Cape Peninsula Tour

Technical Streams

Morning Tea Morning Tea

Golf Day

Morning Tea(by SkyTEM)

Morning Tea Morning Tea

Geophysical signatures of mineral

systems workshop

Practical inversion of AEM data workshop

EM data processing and inversion

workshopEM data processing

and inversion workshop

Airborne EM processing and

modelling workshop

Technical Streams Technical Streams Technical Streams

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Lunch

Lunch Lunch Lunch

Geophysical signatures of mineral

systems workshop

Practical inversion of AEM data workshop

EM data processing and inversion

workshop

Lunch

EM data processing and inversion

workshop

Airborne EM processing and

modelling workshop

Technical Streams Technical Streams Technical Streams

Afternoon Tea Afternoon Tea Afternoon Tea

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Technical Streams

Technical StreamsClosing Ceremony &

Awards

Networking Cocktail&

Poster SessionWelcome Function

Gala Dinner(by Lockheed

Martin)

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8:00 1:20Welcome Plenary

Sponsors addressesPetro du Pisani - Geophysics and Change

Welcome PlenarySponsors addresses

Petro du Pisani - Geophysics and Change

Welcome PlenarySponsors addresses

Petro du Pisani - Geophysics and Change

9:20 0:20

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Hernan Ugalde - Extracting structure from Airborne EM data: a case from the Irish

Midlands

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Chris Wijns - Exploration geoscience inside the mine gate

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Peter Dekker - Has South Africa got remaining Hydrocarbon Potential: Frontier

Exploration or Brown Field?9:40 0:20

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Robert Wilson - Interpretation of high-resolution Airborne Geophysical Survey of

North-eastern Burkina Faso 20

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Lebogang Sehoole - Geophysical methods to locate potential underground voids at

Springlake Colliery, SA 20

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2 Vuyolwethu Mahlalela - Tectonic evolution of the Orange Basin (offshore South Africa)

using 3D reflection seismic data: Implications for hydrocarbon systems

10:20 0:20

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Flemming Efferso - TDEM for Environmental Studies and Mine Operations

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4 Ahmed Isiaka - High-resolution Seismic Reflection Investigation of Subsidence and Sinkholes at Abandoned Coal Mine Sites in

South Africa 20

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Neil Pendock - Deep learning shale gas plays using LWIR satellite imagery

10:40 0:20

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Des FitzGerald - High Accuracy 2.5D AEM Inversion Method for Banded Iron- Formation

(BIF) and Other Geological Settings 20

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5 John Moilanen - Combined Frequency Domain and Time Domain Airborne Data

for Environmental and Engineering Challenges 2

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19 Moctar Doucoure - 2D and 3D

Magnetotelluric Modelling of the Eastern Karoo Basin, South Africa: Imaging a

Potential Shale Gas Bearing Formation

11:00 0:20 Morning Refreshments (sponsored by SkyTEM) Morning Refreshments (sponsored by SkyTEM) Morning Refreshments (sponsored by SkyTEM)

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Jean Legault - Tracing 10 years of ZTEM natural field airborne EM: from design innovation to

discovery tool

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Laurent Ameglio - Airborne monitoring of soil moisture using GNSS reflectometry

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Anthony Fielies - A Seismic Stratigraphic comparison between the Durban Basin

and the Natal Valley, offshore South Africa

11:40 0:20

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3 Jonise Coetzee - Physical property measurements for hydrocarbon

exploration in the Main Karoo Basin, South Africa.

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Lena Persson - Exploration of new groundwater resources on Gotland, Sweden by airborne TEM

measurements 20

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Lukumon Adeoti - Assessment of Aquifer Vulnerability Using Integration Approach

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Cyril Boateng - Identifying Depositional Environments Using Acoustic Reservoir

Heterogeneity: A Case Study

12:20 0:20

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7 Jean Legault - VTEM and Magnetic survey results over the Izok Lake Zn-Cu-Pb-Ag volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit,

Nunavut, Canada 20

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7 Siyanda Mngadi - An integrated approach to understanding different geotechnical

zones using high resolution microseismicity in underground mines 2

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78 Abigail Enyonam Ayikwei - The Economic

Potential of the Frontier Volta Basin: Geophysical Constraints on the Basin

Structure

12:40 0:20

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3 Tim Munday - 1, 2.5 or 3D AEM inversion methods for targeting base-metal mineral

systems in the McArthur Basin, NT? Decisions, decisions… 2

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Latifa Qobi - Geomechanical Engineering Screening Tool for Field Development

Evaluation, Selection and Planning 20

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7 Don Pridmore - Recent Case Histories of 2D and 3D Reflection Seismic from Gold

and Base Metal Mines in complexly deformed environments.

13:00 1:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch

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AEM

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Andrea Viezzoli - Robust 1D modelling of AIP in conventional AEM systems

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Dan DiFrancesco - Technical Innovations in Geophysical Exploration: Sensors and

Platforms

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Peter Betts - Multiscale structural geophysical analysis of IOCG mineral

systems of Proterozoic Australia14:20 0:20

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Giovanni Manca - A Methodology Tightening Data and Model Space in AIP

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9 Chawa Nkanokang - Characterization of an Abandoned Waste Dumpsite Using 2-D

Electrical Resistivity Tomography, Gaborone, Botswana 2

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41 Minenhle Buthelezi - Geophysical Mineral

Characterisation on the Wortel farm, Namaqua Sector, Northern Cape, South

Africa

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Adam Smiarowski - Mineral Exploration in the Mount Lyell region of Tasmania with the

Helitem35C® System 20

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7 Onkgopotse Ntibinyane - Investigating the possible causes of Earth fissures in Kgwakgwe wellfield using Electrical

Resistivity Tomography (ERT) 20

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4 Ivor Kahimise - Pre-liminary Interpretation of the Geophysical Data and Modeling of

the Magnetic Data in the Eiseb Area, Omaheke Region, Namibia

15:20 0:20

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Hayley Cawthra - The 'South African Nearshore Mapping Programme' sheds

light on the wealth of the seafloor 20

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5 Malcolm Moreton - Assessing Risk to the Ermelo Ring Road from Historical Coal

Undermining using Helicopter TDEM and Ground Geophysics

15:40 0:20 Afternoon Refreshments Afternoon Refreshments Afternoon Refreshments

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James Macnae - Towards and Extremely Low Frequency AEM system with AIP capability:

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Stoffel Fourie - Exploration of South Africa’s Geothermal Resources

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Des FitzGerald - Dykes, Synclines and Geophysical Inversion – is geology

important?16:20 0:20

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7 Francois Fourie - Using TLERT surveys and infiltration tests to characterise the

unsaturated zone and assess the groundwater recharge potential

16:40 0:20

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Jean Legault - Introducing VTEM ET: An Improved Helicopter Time-Domain EM System for High Resolution Near-Surface Applications 2

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Ray van Rensburg - Geophysics in Agriculture

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Neil Pendock - LWIR for mapping mantle minerals for diamond exploration

17:00 0:20

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Laurent Ameglio - Identifying Vertical Contacts by HTEM Peak Migration

20

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Raymond Durrheim - Could Fracking in the Karoo Trigger Damaging Earthquakes?

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JP Mubita - First 3D modelling of the sub-surface of east-central Namibia combining

geophysics with distal geological data.

17:20 0:20

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0 Emmanuel Chirenje - Geophysical appraisal of the Zululand Basin as a test site for the geological storage of carbon

dioxide in South Africa 20

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2 Simon Sebothoma - Applications of geophysical techniques for Alluvial

diamond exploration at Itsoseng, North West Province

17:40Networking Cocktail &

Poster SessionNetworking Cocktail &

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Poster Session

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Mark Dransfield - Gravity Gradient Simulations over the SEAM II Arid Model

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Branko Corner - Integration of Geophysics and Geology - an all too often distant

frontier in minerals exploration

Open Science Discussion Panel

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Taronish Pithawala - On using regional gravity field data to reference inversion of gravity

gradiometer data 20

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8 Josia Shilunga - An Integrated Geological and Geophysical Study of the Deblin

Copper Mine area, Kombat South, Otavi Mountain Land, northern Namibia

9:00 0:20

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Mark Dransfield - Full Spectrum Falcon –acquiring both short and long wavelength

gravity from the air 20

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Iris Lenauer - Fault Control on Intrusives in central British Columbia, Canada

9:20 0:20

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Neil Pendock - LWIR: a cost-effective gravity proxy for kimberlite exploration

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6 Matome Sekiba - Assessment of Geophysical Techniques as an Exploration Tool for Alluvial Deposits in the Southern

Fields, Schweizer-Reneke, North

9:40 0:20 Morning Refreshments Morning Refreshments Morning Refreshments

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Gordon Cooper - Determining the Depth of Potential Field Sources Without Specifying the

Structural Index

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3 Geoff Campbell - From the air, on the ground and down the borehole:

geophysical contributions to exploration over the Kalahari maganese fields 2

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25 Paul Miller - ADU - where investor interest

appears to be and the impact of recent regulatory changes in countries like SA and

Tanzania10:20 0:20

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Patrick Cole - Tensor Based Modelling of Magnetic Data

10:40 0:20

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Tamara Makhateng - 3D Modelling Lebombo volcanic rocks using potential fields

20

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8 Robin Armit - Combining structural analysis with sequential potential-field

inversions to constrain the architecture of poly-deformed terranes

SAGA in Industry Discussion Panel11:00 0:20

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Teagan Blaikie - Constraining the timing of a major basin inversion event from potential field

data; the 1740 – 1710 Ma Leichhardt Event 20

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Prof Mike Dentith - Petrophysics and Mineral Exploration Targeting: Best

Practice and Applications

11:20 0:20

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Gordon Cooper - A Tale of Three Filters; TheTilt Angle, the Theta Map, and Sunshading

20

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Buhle Donga - Structural interpretation using seismic attributes: a case study from

offshore Orange Basin, South Africa

11:40 1:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch

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Ronny Stolz - SQUIDs in exploration: the past, present and future

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Musa Manzi - New seismic technology drives trends in land and offshore

exploration

IAGSA Meeting(All Welcome)

13:00 0:20

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Manish Kumar - Remote Mapper: An unmanned aerial vehicle acquiring high-resolution

magnetic data. 20

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8 Eric Takam Takougang - Imaging Fractures and Small Faults in a Carbonate Reservoir

using Waveform Tomography and Reverse Time Migration

13:40 0:20

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Gordon Cooper - Generalising the GDO

20

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0 Stephanie Enslin - Using 3D reflection seismics to map loss-of-ground structures in the western Bushveld Complex: Faults zones, dykes, IRUPS, potholes and diapirs

14:00 0:20

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Paul Cavalier - On the Use of Maximum Wavelet Coefficient Scales in Potential Fields Analysis

and Inversion 20

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Thifhelimbilu Mulabisana - Local Site Effects Study based on the Orkney

Earthquake of 5 August 2014

14:20 0:20 Afternoon Refreshments Afternoon Refreshments Afternoon Refreshments

Tues

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0 Teagan Blaikie - Constraining the 3D structural architecture of the greater McArthur Basin through potential field interpretation and

modelling

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8 Musa Manzi - Seismic constraints on the Neoarchaean-palaeoproterozoic crustal-

scale tectonics, Witwatesrand Basin (South Africa)

IAGSA Meeting(All Welcome)

15:00 0:20

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Janine Cole - A 3D potential field model of the Bushveld

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8 Lucian Bezuidenhout - Extracting empirical Green’s from ambient seismic noise to

map the subsurface of the south-eastern Karoo, South Africa

15:20 0:20

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Bill Morris - Fracture framework mapping from magnetics: A SLIC example

20

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1 Michael Westgate - Theoretical Overview of Complex Seismic Attributes and Applications to Soft and Hard Rock

Environments in South Africa

15:40 0:20

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Billy Steenkamp - Application of the Magnetic Method to Explore for Shipwrecks on the South

African Coast 20

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Emmanuel Onyebueke - Assessment of site effect at the seismological stations in

South Africa using the HVSR Technique

16:00 0:20

20

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1 Zusakhe Nxantsiya - Geophysical investigation of a known kimberlite and probable fissure

using magnetic and gravity data at Kareevlei Mine 2

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Fenitra Andriampenomanana - On the Origin of the Cenozoic Alkaline Volcanism

of Madagascar: Evidence from Pn Tomography and Receiver Function

Imaging

16:20 1:40 Break / Travel to Gala Venue Break / Travel to Gala Venue Break / Travel to Gala Venue

18:00 Gala Dinner (sponsored by Lockheed Martin) Gala Dinner (sponsored by Lockheed Martin) Gala Dinner (sponsored by Lockheed Martin)

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Wesley Harrison - Method Refinement of the DC Resistivity Method for Near Surface

Exploration and Hazard Detection

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Gordon Cooper - Enhancing Seismic Data Using Symmetry

8:20 0:20

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Jan Francke - Realistic Performance of Deep GPR Systems

20

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Manish Kumar - Application of Passive Seismic in determining overburden

thickness: North West Zambia

8:40 0:202

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22 Ute Weckmann - Constrained 3D inversion of

MT data with sparse and irregular station coverage: Example from the Namibian passive

margin 20

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5 Seeiso Moshoeshoe - Use of the seismic reflection method to optimize safety and

extraction: A case study from a South African platinum mine

9:00 0:20

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Prof Oliver Ritter - Modern concepts for exploration and monitoring using CSEM on land

20

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7 Matt Terracin - Spatial Corrections for Post-stack Time Migrated Legacy 2D Seismic Data: a Case Study from the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa

9:20 0:20

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8 Melvin Sethobya - Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) applications for alluvial

diamonds exploration in different geological terraces – successes and shortcomings. 2

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Tsiriandrimanana Rakotondraibe - Focal Mechanisms and Stress Field Inversion in

Central Madagascar

9:40 0:20 Morning Refreshments Morning Refreshments Morning Refreshments

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Adouley Guirou - IP from MT measurements, Case study from Atlántida Cu-Au-Mo deposit,

Atacama Desert, Northern ChileTe

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Jean Legault - Results from an Integrated Helicopter ZTEM Electromagnetic,

Airborne gravity and Aeromagnetic System over the Vredefort Dome Structure, South

Africa

10:20 0:20

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Jonathan Rudd - The Facility of a Fully-Distributed DCIP System with CVR

20

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Janine Cole - Data contribution of the CGS to the proposed Vredefort Impact

Structure geophysical test site

10:40 0:20

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Cas Lotter - Sparse 3D IP Electrode Array Data and Inversion over a Cu Ag Deposit in the

Kalahari Copper Belt. Vredefort Test Site Discussion Panel(sponsored by Geotech)

11:00 0:20

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7

Ame Thato Selepeng - Dealing with Negative Apparent Conductivity Response in Slingram

Electromagnetic Sensors

11:20 0:20

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Saheed Oke - Geohydrological Parameters Estimation from Electrical Resistivity

Applications to the Dahomey Basin of Nigeria 20

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Raymond Durrheim - The SSA-GEM Seismic Hazard Model for the East African Rift

11:40 1:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch

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Dennis Woods - Exploration 17 Review of Advancements in Ground and Borehole

Geophysical Systems and Interpretations

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Susan Webb - Implications of geophysical studies of the Bushveld Complex for

exploration and deep Earth processes13:00 0:20

13:20 0:20

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Valeriya Hallbauer - Electrophysical paramaters of mineralized samples measured in frequency

and time-domain systems 20

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Raymond Durrheim - The SSA-GEM Seismic Hazard Model for the East African Rift

13:40 0:20

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6Julius von Ketelhodt - Multi - Component

Anisotropic Seismic Borehole Tomography

20

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Sikelela Gomo - Analysis of GPS Position Time Series in Africa

14:00 0:20

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Igor Yeltsov - Collection of The Multiphysical Formation Models

20

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Chris Hatton - Deep Mantle Carbonate and the Development of Continental

Sedimentary Basins

14:20 0:20

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Iain Mason - Blast-hole radar excitation of a Bushveld chromitite waveguide

20

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3 Raymond Durrheim - Drilling into Seismogenic Zones of M2.0–M5.5

Earthquakes in Deep South African Gold Mines (DSeis)

14:40 0:20 Afternoon Refreshments Afternoon Refreshments Afternoon Refreshments

15:00 1:00Closing Ceremony

Conference Awards (sponsored by FQM)Oleg Brovko - SAGA President

Closing CeremonyConference Awards (sponsored by FQM)

Oleg Brovko - SAGA President

Closing CeremonyConference Awards (sponsored by FQM)

Oleg Brovko - SAGA President

16:00 Departure Departure Departure