Yazar: SEG METU Student Chapter

Informative Meeting and 2019 – 2020 Executive Committee Selection Mining Exploration and Industry in Turkey Grade Control and Reconciliation in Gold Mine Greenfield Exploration in Mining Industry Internship in Mining Industry

METU Geological Engineering Department annually organizes a Career Day. This year, with the support of Prof. Dr. Erdin Bozkurt (Head of Department), METU SEG Student Chapter attended this event again. SEG Student Chapter was provided a booth in the exhibition hall showcasing our Read More …

Part I: CV Writing Workshop 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 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 …

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 …

One of Turkey’s leading mining company Demir Export was introduced by İsmail Cihan, Exploration Manager, and Akın Yıldız, Resource Geologist. The company’s exploration operations all around Turkey were summarized. Furthermore, job and internship opportunities were introduced to the participants.  Speakers: İsmail Cihan, Exploration 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 …

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 …

The first meeting was organized as an informative meeting for which the main objectives of the SEG and METU Student Chapter were presented for the new members of the student chapter. Previously organized events (seminars, field trips, and workshops), that took place during 2016-2017, 2017-2018 & 2018-2019 terms, were introduced.  For the new executive committee selection, the Read More …

The METU SEG Student Chapter 2019 Field Trip took place between 20th to 23th of September 2019 with 12 student chapter members. The field trip was guided by our academic advisor Dr. Mesut Soylu.  Divriği Fe – Skarn Mine [Çiftay] Kangal Lignite Mine Read More …