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            The four day long “Mineral Resources for Society” conference, organized by the SGA Student

            under the auspices of the Faculty of Science, took place on April 16-19. Attended by 40 mo
            students from Russia, Finland, Germany and Poland and 15 Czech students, its programme con
            tour of historical mining shafts in Příbram and Jáchymov.

            The conference, aimed at students of geology in Bachelor’s, Master’s and doctoral programm
            by the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA) international association, wh
            international mining companies and which aims to support students’ research activities rel

            geology by organizing lectures, training and field trips to mines and quarries. 12 years a
            founded its Students Chapters in Prague in cooperation with students from Freiberg. Five y

            groups relaunched their activities after a break and it was the Prague Student Chapters wh
            international meeting of the future generation of geologists.
            The conference offered a programme of four plenary lectures of renowned professors: Precam

            gold with case studies from the Fennoscandian Shield by Professor Pär Weihed from Sweden, 
            in general, with a case study from India by Professor Bernd Lehman from Germany, Orogenic 
            in the Bohemian Massif: review and case studies by Dr. Jiří Zachariáš from the Charles Uni

            of Science and Actual problems of metallogeny in Slovakia: Au-porphyry mineralisation at B
            Kremnica hydrothermal systém by Dr. Petr Koděra from the Comenius University in Bratislava
            Students of mostly doctoral programmes contributed to three lecture series: a) Ore deposit

            metamorphic terrains, b) Hydrothermal mineralization styles, and c) Mineralogy and crystal
            Among the most attractive parts of the conference were two field trips. First of them was 
            Anna adit in a historical mine in Příbram, which also included exploration of the Příbram 

            is of interest as a deposit of polymetallic minerals and minerals related to mineralizatio
            Svornost mine in Jáchymov is a witness of a whole different era of mining. Being a uranium
            1950’s, it is closed to the public. Among its interesting features is the fact that water 

            being pumped into the Jáchymov spa which offers radioactive water treatment. Students also
            mining museums and observed their collections of mining technology and minerals.


            Kateřina Schlöglová
            And what can a geologist find in an old mine? “Mineralization control, ore structures, vei
            mineralization and structural faults that the mineralization is bound to”, said the organi

            conference, Kateřina Schlöglová, “also relicts of original ores and minerals as they are f
            terrain and historical ways of silver mining, such as polymetallic deposits used in produc
            coins. In Jáchymov, the modern uranium mining is interesting, too.”


            (Marie Kohoutová)