Decennial Mineral Exploration Conferences

The Decennial Mineral Exploration Conferences (DMEC) is a Canadian voluntary association dedicated to the advancement of geoscience applied to exploration for mineral resources. The inaugural 1967 conference "Canadian Centennial Conference on Mining and Groundwater Geophysics",[1] held in Ottawa, Canada, was organized by the Geological Survey of Canada as part of the Canadian Centennial. While the original session focussed on mining and groundwater geophysics, the purpose of subsequent conferences expanded to include geochemistry, and other geoscience disciplines as they are applied in mineral exploration.

Decennial Mineral Exploration Conferences
Formation1967 (1967)
Founded atCanada
Typevoluntary association
Region
Worldwide
MethodsConferences, Publications
WebsiteDMEC

Conferences have been held in Canada every 10 years since, and are attended by geoscience delegates from around the world.

Proceedings

The organizing committees have published the proceedings of each meeting for the benefit of and reference by the global exploration community, with the intention that each proceeding provides a 10-year perspective of the state of applied geoscience in mineral exploration.

  • Exploration 67: Mining and Groundwater Geophysics[1]
  • Exploration 77: An International Symposium on Geophysics and Geochemistry Applied to the Search for Metallic Ores[2]
  • Exploration 87: Third decennial International Conference on Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration for Minerals and Groundwater[3]
  • Exploration 97: Geophysics and Geochemistry at the Millenium[4]
  • Exploration 07: Exploration in the New Millenium[5][6]
  • Exploration 17: Integrating the Geosciences: the Challenge of Discovery[7][8]

References
  1. Morley, Lawrence A. (1970). Mining and Groundwater Geophysics/1967: Proceedings of the Canadian Centennial Conference on Mining and Groundwater Geophysics. Geological Survey of Canada.
  2. Hood, Peter J. (1979). Exploration 77 Symposium: An International Symposium on Geophysics and Geochemistry Applied to the Search for Metallic Ores. Geological Survey of Canada.
  3. Garland, George David (1989). Proceedings of Exploration '87: third decennial International Conference on Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration for Minerals and Groundwater. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. ISBN 9780772947956.
  4. Gubins, Arnis G. (1997). Proceedings of Exploration '97: Geophysics and Geochemistry at the Millenium. Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada.
  5. "Exploration 07: Exploration in the New Millenium". Decennial Mineral Exploration Conferences.
  6. Witherly, Ken (2008). "Exploration 07—A decennial review of mining geophysics 1997–2007". The Leading Edge. 27: 38–39. doi:10.1190/1.2831677.
  7. "Exploration 17: Integrating the Geosciences: the Challenge of Discovery". Decennial Mineral Exploration Conferences.
  8. Heffernan, Virginia. "In search of answers". Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

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