The GREENPEG project partners are presenting their latest results to worldwide pegmatite experts at the GAC-MAC-PEG 2024 at Brandon University in Manitoba, including the 10th International Symposium on Granitic Pegmatites Committee to which GREENPEG experts Dr. Encarnacion Roda-Robles (University of the Basque Country) and Dr. Alexandre Lima (University do Porto) are proud members of the Organising Committee. More information about GAC-MAC-PEG 2024 can be found here ➡ https://lnkd.in/gCSU6tAx
More than 30 participants gathered in Windhoek on 14 May 2024 to be introduced into GREENPEG toolset for exploration of pegmatites and exchanging latest news about lithium, tin and tantalum potential, exploration and mining in Namibia and other African countries. Her Excellency, the EU Ambassador to Namibia, Ane-Beatriz Martins, pointed out in her opening speech the strategic partnership between Namibia and the European Union in achieving energy transition targets by securing the required raw material supply. The workshop also included a field excursion to the Uis pegmatites on 15-16 May 2024, providing an opportunity to discuss the experiences, challenges and opportunities in pegmatite exploration by industry. Organized by GREENPEG in collaboration with the Geological Survey of Namibia, the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) in Germany, and Gecko Exploration, the workshop aimed to enhance the EU strategic raw materials partnership and to promote a sustainable development in the region.
Together with GeoSphere Austria, the newly founded Federal Institute for Geology, Geophysics, Climatology and Meteorology, the EU research project GREENPEG organized a workshop on Pegmatite and hardrock exploration "Made in Europe" in the service of the European Geological Surveys in Vienna. The workshop addressed the question of what level of knowledge we have achieved in pegmatite exploration in Europe, where the industry and geological services of the EU member states have been involved to date and which framework conditions in the EU promote and restrict the exploitation of pegmatite deposits. The event was well received by over 50 participants from several EU countries and Canada and complemented the successful start of the GeoSphere Austria Lithium Symposium. Here you can find the conference program of both events.
GREENPEG well presented by a number of partners booths such as from NGU, terratec, NHM London. Coordinator Axel Müller presented the GREENPEG findings at the workshop "R&I for
mineral exploration and extraction in the EU at the European Unions´ booth on 5th of March. More information was available at the German Pavilion and the NGU pavilion, Norway.
"Do you speak English - Honey I do". That was the song in the German hit parade almost 50 years ago. A song that conveyed how you can fall in love with more than just the English language. Nothing has changed to this day, except that the "lingua franca" has become more of a professional language than ever before. And as such, it is also playing an increasingly important role in the natural sciences.
As part of its work with "young careers", GREENPEG partner GKZ invited a group of first-year geophysics students led by Ms. Darlene Ann Kilian from the Bergakademie Freiberg to its office to discuss the work of the GKZ and its members, with a particular focus on the GREENPEG project. The project is concerned with optimizing exploration technologies and methods for pegmatites as carriers of important metals for the energy transition. The 10 men and women listened with equal interest to Managing Director Wolfgang Reimer's explanations and his "knowledge of languages" from 30 years of professional life on six continents. - However, he found his sweetheart in Dresden - in Saxon!
GREENPEG project was nominated to the "Research & Innovation Day" at Raw Materials Week in Brussels (RMW) session "Horizon Technology Success Story". Six H2020 projects had the opportunity to present themselves and GREENPEG was the only one dealing with exploration. The project delivers i.a. three technological innovations, which were prioritized in the presentation: The first helicopter-compatible "nose boom magnetometer system" with full EASA certification in Europe, a hyperspectral system based on an "acoustic-optical monochromator" for use with drones, and a newly developed piezoelectric seismograph for direct detection of quartz in the subsurface. The latter is a unique technique for mapping granitic pegmatite in the subsurface.
GREENPEG is now in the final phase and is working on dissemination and marketing of the project results. We started at the biggest EU raw materials event of the year: the EU RMW. Claudia Haase and Marco Brönner from NGU, as our ambassadors, received encouraging feedback from both, industry and academia, on their both presentations.
Make yourself familiar with the RMW and GREENPEG findings:
Link to EU RMW: https://www.rawmaterialsweek2023.eu/
Link to agenda R&I Day: https://rawmaterialsweek2023.eu/images/system-files/13112023-EU-Raw-Materials-RI-Day_Agenda_3.pdf
Link to short article piezoelectric seismograph: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bringing-piezoelectric-technology-pegmatite-marco-br%C3%B6nner-v8ojf
