SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS, INC.
The informative meeting for the 2017–2018 term was conducted. A presentation involving information on SEG and METU Student Chapter was given for the new members. The presentation involved brief information about the events (seminars and field trips) that took place during the 2016–2017 term and the responsibilities of the Executive Committee. Read More …
The METU SEG Student Chapter 2018 Field Trip was organized in early October (between October 3rd and October 7th, 2018) with 14 student chapter members. The field trip was guided by Dr. Ali İmer and accompanied by Dr. Fatma Köksal from Geological Engineering Department of Read More …
The topic of this workshop was “How an academic report should be written?”. Members were informed on this topic and several important points were highlighted. The basic arrangement and requirements of a detailed report were introduced considering both format and text quality. Both well and purely written report samples were shown, and Read More …
Exploration industry in Turkey and the wealth of the Turkey in terms of metallic mines and industrial raw material were discussed by Dr. Mesut Soylu. The principles and the risk factors of the exploration industry were outlined. Later, the world place of the SEG and Read More …
Curriculum vitae (CV) writing workshop was conducted in the computer laboratory. Requirements of a detailed CV was provided for upcoming internship and/or job applications of the chapter members. This workshop continued with participants writing out their own CV interactively. This workshop Read More …
One of Turkey’s leading mining company Demir Export was introduced by İsmail Cihan, Exploration Manager, and Batuhan Kesim, Exploration Geologists. The company’s exploration operations all around Turkey were summarized. Furthermore, Esra Türk and Aslıhan Sevil Çolak from HR introduced job and internship opportunities Read More …
Concepts of greenfield and brownfield exploration projects were introduced by Şafak Utku Sönmez, Exploration Geologist, TUPRAG (Subsidiary of Eldorado Gold). Each step of greenfield exploration were explained with emphasizing the importance of integration of subdisciplines of geology. Information on sampling methods that are used in exploration projects Read More …
Bayram Artun, Vice-President of Turkish Association of Economic Geologists (MJD) and Senior Geologist in Teck Resources conducted the seminar. Information about the main steps of production and the concept of economic mining exploration were provided. From beginning of an exploration project to the end, evolution of a Read More …
This seminar is arranged annually in order to prepare students, who haven’t taken the Mineral Deposits course and planning to conduct an internship in the mining and exploration industry. To introduce the students with the mining terminology and exploration methods, Assist. Prof. Dr. Ali İmer gave an introductory seminar on mineral deposits. Furthermore, internship Read More …
This seminar was presented by Mr. Ali Can Akpınar, Metallic Mines Director and Mrs. Sare Büşra Yaylalı, Exploration Geologists of Eczacıbaşı ESAN. The company, its procedures, digitalization standards and the applied exploration methods were introduced. The risk factors of the mining industry were addressed and the importance of the work Read More …