Description
This five-day post-conference field trip will visit the Domes Region of the Zambian Copperbelt which is part of the world class Sedimentary Hosted Cu-Co (SHC) district the Central African Copperbelt. The Domes region is a structural domain characterized by gabbroic intrusions and exposed basement domes as a result of the Pan African Lufilian orogeny and hosts world class copper mines such as the 845Mt Kansanshi Cu-Au deposit.The trip will focus on the geology and mineralization of four distinct copper deposits. This trip will commence by air-travel arriving in Solwezi town (North-western Province, Zambia) which will be the base for Day 1 and Day 2. On Day 2, participants will visit the renowned world-class vein-hosted Kansanshi Cu-Au Mine approximately 10km north of Solwezi.
Subsequently, on Day 3, a group bus will take participants by road to Lumwana Cu (± Co, ± U) Mine which is located 100km west of Solwezi. Mineralization at Lumwana is hosted within the basement of the Katangan Stratigraphy. Participants will overnight in Kalumbila town on Day 3 and Day 4.
On Day 4 participants will have the opportunity to visit Sentinel Cu Mine (hosted within shales of in the upper parts of the Roan Group) and the new Enterprise Ni Mine (occurring within quartz - carbonate metasedimentary rocks at a lower stratigraphic position in the Roan Group).
Participants will then end the trip on Day 4 and return travel is recommended on Day 5 from Solwezi Airport and subsequently a short flight to Kenneth Kaunda International Airport, Lusaka, before further onward travels.
About the Leaders
Murray Hitzman
iCRAG
Murray is Science Foundation Ireland Professor in the School of Earth Sciences, University College Dublin and Director of the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre in Applied Geosciences (iCRAG). He previously served as Associate Director for Energy and Minerals at the U.S. Geological Survey, Charles Fogarty Professor of Economic Geology at Colorado School of Mines, policy analyst in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the U.S. Senate, and exploration geologist conducting mineral exploration worldwide. Hitzman has B.A. degrees in anthropology and geology from Dartmouth College, an M.S. in geology from University of Washington, and a Ph.D. in geology from Stanford University. He currently serves as Technical Advisor for KoBold Metals.
Elijah Mwelwa
Lubambe Copper Mine Limited
A geologist with 22 years of experience in mining and mineral exploration for both base metals and gold. Participated in producing a BFS for Lubambe Mine re-opening and was recently involved in the pre-feasibility study of the Lubambe Extension area. Competent in planning and executing diamond drilling programs. Conversant with the use of QGIS and CAD tools for mineral resource and ore reserve estimation.
Has carried out green field project planning, target generation, and supervision of discovery teams. Elijah has also been involved with drillhole planning, contract negotiation, and supervision. Can use QGIS, Oasis Montaj, and Datamine software for effective geological planning and interpretation.
A team player keen on passing on his skills and knowledge to upcoming geoscientists to give them a foothold in this noble profession. Able to provide visible and leadership that positively impacts the careers of fellow geoscientists.
Tim MacIntyre
President and Chief Geoscientist, MacIntyre Geologic Consulting, LLC
Tim got started in sediment-hosted copper 20 years ago and has over 10 years of experience in the Central African Copperbelt. He completed a master’s thesis on the Cashin deposit in the Paradox Basin under Murray Hitzman at Colorado School of Mines and a PhD on the Kansanshi deposit with the support of First Quantum. He spent over four years with Ivanhoe’s exploration team in the DRC working on regional exploration and the Kamoa discovery. Tim is currently an independent consultant and has worked on several sediment-hosted copper exploration projects in the Copperbelt, as well as others globally. Tim is a Fellow in the Society of Economic Geologists and will be helping to lead the Kansanshi portion of the field trip.
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Robert Kaemba
Robert is an experienced Economic Geologist and completed his B.Sc. (Hons.) in Applied Geology at University of Leicester, U.K. in 2007. He has spent the majority of his career working on early stage to advanced stage Sediment Hosted Copper (SHC-type) mineral exploration in the Central African Copperbelt, initially as an Exploration Geologist and in several other capacities thereafter. He has worked on projects in various geological settings of the Central African Copperbelt from inception to completion, at different scales. Rob is a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG), member of the SEG DEI committee, and is a member of the SEG Council. He has participated in previous SEG conferences and was a speaker at the SEG 2022 Conference in Denver as well as a panelist at SEG 2023 in London. He is also an M.Sc. Candidate at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and has particular interest in the nature and characteristics of sulfide mineralization in the Central African Copperbelt.
Registration
Due to high interest in this trip, SEG is working with trip leaders to potentially secure additional spaces. Thank you for your understanding.
Early Deadline: July 22, 2024
Regular Deadline: September 12, 2024
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