Geostatistical Association of Southern Africa

Isatis courses!

Geovariances will be conducting the following courses in Johannesburg during May 2010:

Multivariate Non-linear Resource Evaluation (17^th to 19^th May)
Isatis Optimum (24^th to 28^th May)

More information may be obtained on their website www.geovariances.com.

Prestigeous Acknowledgement of Dr. Danie Krige

Dr Danie Krige has been elected as a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Engineering. This election is a high honour and has been awarded for Dr. Krige’s development of Statistical methods and their application to resource evaluation.

GASA would like to Congratulate Dr. Krige on this most deserved award.

New Course - Resource Estimation and Project Risk Implications

The Geostatistical Association of Southern Africa in conjunction with the School of Mining Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand is pleased to present a 5 day short course:

MINN 7057:

Resource Estimation and Project Risk Implications

John Vann

15^th -19^th March 2010

University of the Witwatersrand

Dr Jean-Michel Rendu

Dr Jean-Michel Rendu will be delivering a lecture entitled “Sampling of In-situ and Broken Rock” at the Snowden offices on the 12th of February. Snowden has invited interested GASA members to attend.

If you are interested please RSVP Charlotte at cgovender@snowden.co.za.

This is a great opportunity to meet a world renowned authority in our field

Fourth World Conference on Sampling and Blending (WCSB4)

Brought to you in association with the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM), The Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA) and the Geostatistical Association of Southern Africa (GASA)…

The Fourth World Conference on Sampling and Blending (WCSB4) was held in October 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa. For information on the conference highlights and to access conference proceedings, go to http://www.wcsb4.com.

Recent Courses

Sampling: Theory and Methods

Presented by the Geostatistical Association of Southern Africa in conjunction with the School of Mining Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand. MINN 7061: Sampling: Theory and Methods, with Francis Pitard. 12th -16th October 2009. Full Details Here.

Data Analysis and Resource Estimation

Presented by Geovariances, 12th to the 16th of October 2009. Full details at http://www.geovariances.com/training/data-analysis-and-resource-estimation-ar0098.html

Conversational Geostats

An introduction to Geostats short course, co-hosted by the GSSA and GASA on 21 August 2009.