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05/01/2005
Minister opens Geological Society conference in Belfast
The first Geological Society conference to be held in Northern Ireland was opened today by Enterprise Trade and Investment Minister, Barry Gardiner.
Representing industry, academia and government, the three-day conference has attracted 130 delegates from the UK and Ireland, Europe, the US and Australia, providing an opportunity for many students to present their research in an international arena.
The Minister said: “Understanding how a particular commodity formed in a particular location at a particular time in the geological past is of importance, not only to increase our knowledge base, but to allow us to focus and better assess where the next deposit might be found.
“The Tellus project, which I launched in October last year, will gather new geological data from all over Northern Ireland and will help identify new natural resources and support the sustainable development of these commodities. In addition, Tellus will establish an environmental baseline for Northern Ireland in the 21st century.”
The annual conference of the Mineral Deposit Studies Group of the Geological Society of London was held in the Ulster Museum and was organised by the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland.
In addition to visiting Belfast, conference delegates will visit Europe’s largest zinc mine at Navan in Co. Meath and some of the gold discoveries in the Sperrin Mountains.
(MB)
Representing industry, academia and government, the three-day conference has attracted 130 delegates from the UK and Ireland, Europe, the US and Australia, providing an opportunity for many students to present their research in an international arena.
The Minister said: “Understanding how a particular commodity formed in a particular location at a particular time in the geological past is of importance, not only to increase our knowledge base, but to allow us to focus and better assess where the next deposit might be found.
“The Tellus project, which I launched in October last year, will gather new geological data from all over Northern Ireland and will help identify new natural resources and support the sustainable development of these commodities. In addition, Tellus will establish an environmental baseline for Northern Ireland in the 21st century.”
The annual conference of the Mineral Deposit Studies Group of the Geological Society of London was held in the Ulster Museum and was organised by the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland.
In addition to visiting Belfast, conference delegates will visit Europe’s largest zinc mine at Navan in Co. Meath and some of the gold discoveries in the Sperrin Mountains.
(MB)
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