INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMME (IGCP)

Annual Report* of IGCP Project No. 502 IGCP project short title: Global Comparison of Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulphide (VMS) Districts Duration: 2004 - 2008 Project leader(s): 1. Name: Rodney Allen Address: Lulea University of Technology, Division of Ore Geology and Applied Geophysics, 971 87 Luleå, Sweden.

Tel.: +46 910 774339 Fax: +46 910 774285 e-mail: Rodney.Allen(at)ltu.se

2. Name: Namik Çagatay Address: Istanbul Technical University, Maden Fakültesi, Department of Geological Engineering, Ayazaga 80626 Istanbul, Turkey.

Tel.: (90-212) 2856211 Fax: (90-212) 2856080 e-mail: cagatay(at)itu.edu.tr

3. Name: Jan Peter Address: Geological Survey of Canada, Central Canada Division, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0E8.

Tel.: +1 613 9922376 Fax: +1 613 9963726 e-mail: jpeter(at)nrcan.gc.ca

4. Name: Fernando Tornos Address: Instituto Geológico y Minero de España. C/Azafranal 48 37002 Salamanca, Spain.

Tel.: +34-923-265009 Fax: +34-923-265066 e-mail: f.tornos(at)igme.es

Project Secretary: Rodney Allen (see address above) Date of submission of report: December 19, 2008

Signature of project leader(s):

1. Website address(es) related to the project IGCP-502 uses Lulea University of Technology (LTU), Sweden, as host institution. Access is via the home pages of the Institution of Applied Chemistry and Earth Sciences, and the Division of Ore Geology and Applied Geophysics <http://www.ltu.se/tkg/ >. The first page of the IGCP-502 site is at: < http://www.ltu.se/tkg/avd/Geovetenskap/d23216/IGCP > This website is linked to the International Geoscience Programmes home page (via Geoscience, Earth Resources). 2. Summary of major past achievements of the project • The project has built up an active scientific network that includes the majority of the

world’s leading scientists in the field of volcanic-associated massive sulphide (VMS) ore deposits, plus 39 scientists from 21 developing countries and postgraduate students. This network now comprises 207 scientists from 43 countries.

• Increased level of cooperation amongst several government institutions and private mineral resource companies in Turkey, Russia, Namibia, Mexico, Morocco, Canada, Sweden, Spain, Australia and Saudi Arabia. This increased cooperation has been of tangible benefit to all involved, and especially to scientists in the developing countries.

• Discovery of fossil hydrothermal chimneys in a VMS deposit of Cretaceous age in Turkey during an IGCP-502 field workshop in 2004. This is the first discovery of hydrothermal chimneys in Turkey and one of few such discoveries in ancient rocks.

• Joint field meeting with IGCP-450 in Namibia and South Africa in 2005 concluded that classification schemes for VMS deposits don’t allow for transitional deposit types between the end-members VMS, SEDEX, BIF, epithermal and skarn deposits. This has a negative effect on exploration strategies worldwide. Accordingly, our project is studying transitions between VMS and SEDEX deposits in the Rosh Pinah area, Namibia, and between VMS, BIF and skarn magnetite deposits in Bergslagen, Sweden, and seeks to revise the classification and genetic models of VMS deposits.

• Increased awareness of the effects of metamorphism, deformation and weathering on massive sulphide deposits, and how these processes affect the economics of mining. Papers on these topics are included in the IGCP-502 special volume (see below).

3. Achievements of the project this year only 3.1. List of countries involved in the project (* countries active this year)

IGCP-502 has 207 participants (see list at section 8) from the following 43 countries. During 2008 we attracted 14 new members and increased our coverage to 2 new countries.

Argentina* Great Britain* Norway* Australia* Greenland Oman Brazil* Hungary Papua New Guinea Bulgaria India* Peru Canada* Iran* Portugal China* Ireland Russia* Cuba Japan* Saudi Arabia Czech Republic* Kosovo South Africa* Denmark* Malaysia Spain* Equador Mexico Sweden* Finland* Morocco* Switzerland* France Myanmar Turkey* Ghana Namibia USA* Georgia New Zealand* Venezuela Germany*

3.2. General scientific achievements and social benefits (Meetings listed under heading 3.3.) • The IGCP-502 group produced a large number of high quality publications during 2008

(see list attached in section 8). Several of these have resulted from scientific exchange and “networking” at IGCP-502 meetings and field workshops.

• The IGCP-502 Special Volume of Mineralium Deposita Journal entitled: "Key Issues And Controversies In The Geological Setting And Genesis Of Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulphide (VMS) Deposits" continued to progress during 2008 (see sections 4.1, 8.3).

• The Turkish team has been very engaged in IGCP-502. During 2008, they carried out applied research in the Giresun, Trabzon and Eastern Anatolian regions. An exciting result is the discovery of a copper-rich massive sulphide horizon along the Eastern Anatolian Thrust Zone. Preliminary results suggest that this new mineralization is a Cyprus-type massive sulphide. Drilling and further studies are underway to determine whether the new discovery can lead to a mining operation.

• The Russian team discovered hydrothermal vent chimneys for the first time in the Palaeozoic VMS deposits of Nikolayevskoe, Artemyevskoe, Zarechnoe and Molodezhnoe.

3.3. List of meetings with approximate attendance and number of countries 3.3.1 33rd International Geological Congress, Oslo, Norway, 6-14 August 2008 IGCP-502 organised the scientific session MRD-08 entitled: “Volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposits - Controls on distribution and timing”. 28 excellent papers were presented by authors from 17 countries, including the developing countries India, Yemen, China, Russia, Iran, Mexico and Argentina (see meeting report below). 3.4. Educational, training or capacity building activities 3.4.1. Field workshops IGCP-502 ran two field workshops this year. The first workshop was run in the Bergslagen mining district in Sweden in cooperation with the 33rd IGC (Excursion 12, see meeting report below). This workshop had 30 participants from 14 countries. The second field workshop was run in Kasakhstan and Russia with focus on the Rudniy Altay VMS deposits. This workshop was attended by 8 scientists from Kasakhstan, Russia and England. The IGCP-502 field workshops are very popular and have proved to be an excellent way of disseminating experience and skills between scientists from the developed and less developed countries. This year the field workshops provided an opportunity for 17 scientists from developing countries and 3 PhD students to interact with VMS specialists in the IGCP-502 group. 3.4.2. Post-graduate students Ten PhD and MSc students have been sponsored by, or involved with, IGCP-502 activities during 2008: Fardin Mousivand (Iran), Alireza Monazami (Iran), Marcello Imana (Peru), Carmen Conde (Spain), Joseph Zulu (Africa), Hannah Grant, William Gray and Amanuel Bein (Canada), Peter Dahlin and Nils Jansson (Sweden).

3.4.3. Collaboration and capacity building activities IGCP-502 continues to assist scientists in Iran, Namibia, Peru, Russia, Turkey and Morocco (see previous reports). These projects are aimed at introducing new technology, methods and experience to the local organizations. This year, collaboration between the Spanish, Canadian, French and Moroccan teams resulted in 10 major publications on VMS deposits in Morocco (e.g. Belkabir et al., 2008; Marcoux et al., 2008; Moreno et al., 2008; see full list in section 8.2). In Turkey the Mineral Research and Exploration Authority (MTA) has 3 projects in collaboration with IGCP-502 for which MTA provided 547,000 USD. The Czech team continued collaboration with the Spanish team on the distribution of PGE in VMS deposits of

the Iberian Pyrite Belt (Pasava et al. 2007), and with IFM-GEOMAR (Germany) on the study of PGE fractionation in seafloor hydrothermal systems (Pasava et al. 2007). 3.4.4. Short courses IGCP-502 members ran 5 short courses during 2008. J. Peter presented “Hydrothermal sediments” and “Target Vectoring for Massive Sulfide Deposits” in Sudbury Canada; S. Piercey and J. Peter presented a course on VMS deposits to the Newfoundland and Labrador Chamber of Mineral Resources; F. Tornos presented "Sulfuros masivos y su encuadre geológico" at the XIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Metalogenia in Lima Peru; M. Hannington presented a course on VMS deposits in Turku Finland; and P. Golani held a short course on ore deposit modeling and mineral exploration at Zawa Mines, Udaipur, India. 3.5. Participation of scientists from developing countries, and in particular young and women

scientists The project’s 207 members include 39 scientists from 21 developing countries: Morocco, Namibia, Mexico, Bulgaria, Georgia, Cuba, China, Equador, Ghana, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Hungary, Iran, India, Kosovo, Russia, Turkey, Argentina, Peru, Venuzuela and South Africa (see list of members in section 8). Furthermore, this number is not a true picture of the participation from developing countries, because in many cases the project has just one or two email contacts with chosen IGCP-502 co-ordinators in these countries. These co-ordinators disseminate information from our project to other scientists in their country.

About half of the participants from developing countries are young scientists and 5 are women. It is difficult to reach women scientists in many developing countries, because these countries generally nominate men as their representatives, but we are trying.

Scientists from Morocco, Turkey, Russia, Iran, India, Argentina, Mexico, China and South Africa have been particularly active in the project this year.

The project supervises several PhD and MSc students from developing countries (see section 3.4.2). 3.6. Publications in 2008 (including maps; no abstracts). The projects incorporated within IGCP-502 produced 56 major peer-review papers, and 8 books and other peer-review publications during 2008 (see list in section 8.2). 3.7. Activities involving other IGCP projects, UNESCO, IUGS or others Collaboration and capacity building activities continue in Namibia and stem from the joint field workshop held by IGCP-450 and IGCP-502 in Namibia and South Africa in 2005. The Finnish team has collaborated with IGCP- 486 in joint research on Bi-Pb-Te sulphide minerals. 4. Activities planned 4.1. General goals The general goal of IGCP-502 is to make a major step forward in the understanding of where, when and how VMS deposits form during the evolution of extensional plate margin terranes. We believe that in order to make this step forward it is essential to compare and contrast the geology of the world’s major VMS mineral belts so that the critical common features can be distinguished from the myriad of other less important features. The IGCP-502 field workshops are an important step toward realizing this goal. To date IGCP-502 has run field workshops in 10 VMS belts in 12 different countries. A major specific goal is the IGCP-502 Special Issue of Mineralium Deposita Journal. An update on the contents of this volume is provided in section 8.3 below. The volume is

scheduled to contain 18 papers; about half of the manuscripts have been received by the editors. The other half should be submitted during the first half of 2009. Due to delays by authors, our estimate for the publication date has been shifted to late 2009. 4.2. Tentative list of specific meetings and field trips (please list the participating countries) 4.2.1. IGCP-502 Field workshop, Morocco, March 22-28, 2009 A 7-day field workshop to discuss the geology and genesis of VMS deposits of the Marrakech region has been organised by the Moroccan team of IGCP-502. To date we have received registrations from Morocco, Argentina, Turkey, Sweden, Spain, Canada and New Zealand. 4.2.2. Society for Geology Applied to Ore Deposits (SGA), Townsville, Australia, 2009 SGA is one of the largest scientific organisations in the world concerning earth science applied to ore deposits. IGCP-502 has been invited by SGA to run the major scientific session on “Base metal ore deposits” at the bi-annual congress in 2009. We have accepted this offer. 4.2.3. Geology of the Black Sea Region, Ankara, Turkey, October 2009 IGCP-502 is invited to run the session on “Mineral Deposits and Metallogeny of the Black Sea region” at the International Symposium on the Black Sea Region in Ankara. 4.3. Publication in Episodes Journal IGCP-502 plans to write an article for Episodes Journal during 2009 on the goals and accomplishments of the project and future work needed. 5. Project funding requested IGCP-502 requests full funding from IGCP/IUGS. Section 7.2 and 8.7 provide details of funding that was granted to IGCP-502 from other sources for 2008. A similar amount of funding has been requested from these organisations for 2009. 6. Request for extension IGCP-502 "Global VMS Project" is now in the fifth year. We would like to extend the project for one more year. Reasons for an extension are: 1. We are in the middle of writing and editing a special IGCP-502 volume on VMS deposits

for Mineralium Deposita. We see now that this volume will take at least until the second half of 2009 to complete (see more details in sections 4.1 and 8.3).

2. The Moroccan team, who have been active in the IGCP-502 project, have organised an IGCP-502 meeting for March 2009. This is an important opportunity for Moroccan earth scientists to work together and organise an IGCP meeting.

3. IGCP-502 has been invited to organise scientific sessions at international conferences in Australia and Turkey in 2009 (see details above).

7. Financial statement ($ USD only) 7.1. Use of IGCP funds IGCP-502 was allocated US$ 8,000 for 2008 by the IGCP committee. This funding was used completely to support project members, especially those from developing nations, to attend project meetings. The financial statement is attached below in section 8. 7.2. Additional funding obtained from other sources (funding for 2008 only is shown) US$ 2,569,000 was obtained from other sources in 2008. Details are attached in section 8.7.

8. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NOT INCLUDED IN THE FIVE MAIN TEXT PAGES OF THIS REPORT 8.1. List of participants in IGCP-502 and their email addresses (207 members) Abdelhay Belkabir <abelkabir@yahoo.fr> Abdelkhalek Al Ansari <alansari@ucam.ac.ma> Abderrahim Essaifi <essaifi@ucam.ac.ma> Adong Bin Laming <adong@galena.mine.akita-u.ac.jp> Akalemwa Kamona <afkamona@unam.na> Alan Coutts <<couttsa@bms.ca>> Alan Galley <agalley@NRCan.gc.ca> Alireza Monazami <monazamialireza@yahoo.com> Alvaro Pinto <alvaro.pinto@fc.ul.pt> Ana Maria Dreher <amdreher@rj.cprm.gov.br> Anders zetterqvist <anders.zetterqvist@zgeo.se> Andrew Barnicoat <andrew.barnicoat@ga.gov.au> Anfilogov <anfilogov@ilmeny.ac.ru> Ann Allen <Ann.Allen@boliden.com> Annika Wasström <Annika.Wasstrom@boliden.com> Antoni Camprubi <camprubi@geociencias.unam.mx> Aral Okay <okay@itu.edu.tr> Arne Bjorlykke <arne.bjorlykke@ngu.no> Asko Kontinen <asko.kontinen@gtk.fi> Bernd Buschmann <Bernd.Buschmann@mineral.tu-freiberg.de> Bill Chadwick <William.W.Chadwick@noaa.gov> Bill Sheppard <washere@indigo.ie> Bimal Kumar Bandyopadhyay <bkb_gsi@yahoo.com> Bob Embley <robert.w.embley@noaa.gov> Bob Stewart <stewartr@accesscable.net> Bruce Gemmell <bruce.gemmell@utas.edu.au> Carlos Canet <ccanet@tonatiuh.igeofcu.unam.mx> Carmen Conde <c.conde@telefonica.net> Carmen Moreno <moreno@uhu.es> Casilda Ruiz (ETSIM) <casruiz@dinge.upm.es> Colin Burge <BurgeC@inmetmining.com> Cornel de Ronde <Cornel.deRonde@gns.cri.nz> Craig Feebrey <craig_feebrey@yahoo.com.au> Crispin Little <c.little@earth.leeds.ac.uk> Daizo Ishiyama <ishiyama@galena.mine.akita-u.ac.jp> Dan Layton-Matthews <dlayton@geol.queensu.ca> David Butterfield <david.a.butterfield@noaa.gov> David Huston <David.Huston@ga.gov.au> David Lentz <dlentz@unb.ca> Denis Schlatter <dms@geus.dk> Derek Blundell <d.blundell@gl.rhbnc.ac.uk> Diana Mutti <muttix@gl.fcen.uba.ar> Dick Tosdal <rtosdal@eos.ubc.ca> Ed Baker <edward.baker@noaa.gov> Emilio Pascual <pascual@uhu.es> Eric Marcoux <Eric.Marcoux@univ-orleans.fr> Erik Lundstam <erik.lundstam@boliden.com> Esko Korkiakoski <esko.korkiakoski@gtk.fi> Fardin Mousivand <mousivand@modares.ac.ir>

Felipe Gonzalez <fbarrio@aldoc.uhu.es> Fernando Tornos <f.tornos@igme.es> Francisco Alonso <alonso@uhu.es> Francisco Velasco <nppverof@lg.ehu.es> Gabriel Ruiz de Almodovar <almodovar@uhu.es> Garnet Dawson <gdawson@reddragonresources.com> Garry Davidson <Garry.Davidson@utas.edu.au> Garth Earls <garth.earls@detini.gov.uk> Geoff Glasby <g.p.glasby@talk21.com> Gobain Ovejero (Cobre las Cruces) <gobainovejero@cobrelascruces.com> Grainne Byrne <Grainne.Byrne@Boliden.com> Gregor Borg <gregor.borg@geo.uni-halle.de> Guiqing Xie <guiqingxie@sohu.com> Håkan Sjöström <Hakan.Sjostrom@geo.uu.se> Halil Turkmen <turkmen@mta.gov.tr> Hannu Huhma <hannu.huhma@gtk.fi> Hannu Lahtinen <halahtin@paju.oulu.fi> Hans Årebäck <hans.areback@boliden.com> Harold Gibson <orequest@sympatico.ca> Heikki Puustjarvi <heikki.puustjarvi@outokumpu.com> Hiroshi Kubota <Kubota-hiroshi_1@jogmec.go.jp> Hiroshi SATO <satow@eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp> Holger Paulick <Holger.Paulick@uni-bonn.de> Htay Thura Kyaw <Tora7406@galena.mine.akita-u.ac.jp> Iskender Kurt <iskenderkurt2000@yahoo.com> Jan Pasava <pasava@cgu.cz> Jan Peter <jpeter@nrcan.gc.ca> Jens Gutzmer <jens.gutzmer@mineral.tu-freiberg.de> Jiankang Li <Li9968@126.com> Jim Franklin <jfranklin4@compuserve.com> Jim Mortensen <jmortens@eos.ubc.ca> Jim Walker <jim.walker@gnb.ca> Jingwen Mao <jingwenmao@263.net> Joan Carles Melgarejo <joanc@geo.ub.es> Joaquin Proenza <joaquin@geo.ub.es> Jocelyn McPhie <j.mcphie@utas.edu.au> John Ashton <John.ashton@boliden.com> John Lupton <John.E.Lupton@noaa.gov> John Slack <jfslack@usgs.gov> John Thompson <john.thompson@teckcominco.com> Jordi Tritlla <jordit@geociencias.unam.mx> Jorge Carriedo <j.carriedo@gmail.com> Jorge Relvas <jorge.relvas@fc.ul.pt> José Miguel Herrero <nppheruj@lg.ehu.es> José Miguel Nieto <nieto@uhu.es> Juhani Ojala <juhani.ojala@gtk.fi> Jukka Kousa <Jukka.Kousa@gtk.fi> Jun Li <junli741001@hotmail.com> Junichiro Ishibashi <ishi@geo.kyushu-u.ac.jp> Kalevi Rasilainen <kalevi.rasilainen@gtk.fi> Kamal Targuisti <kamal@fst.ac.ma> Kåre Höglund <kare.hoglund@agnico-eagle.com> Katja Sahala <Katja.Sahala@pyhasalmi.com> Kazuhiko Kano <kazu.kano@aist.go.jp>

Kemal Revan <kemalrevan@yahoo.com> Ken Nakayama <nakayama-ken@jogmec.go.jp> Kjell Billström <Kjell.Billstrom@nrm.se> Kofi Adomako-Ansah <kofi@galena.mine.akita-u.ac.jp> Krister Sundblad <krister.sundblad@utu.fi> Lluis Fontboté <Lluis.Fontbote@terre.unige.ch> Louise Corriveau <Louise.Corriveau@nrcan.gc.ca> Louise Sjögren <Louise.Sjogren@boliden.com> Luis Rodriguez Pevida <lrp@rngm.es> Mac Fjellerad Persson <MFP@scandinavian-highlands.com> Magnus Ripa <magnus.ripa@sgu.se> Mansour Ziaii <goharkavir@yahoo.com> Manuel González Roldán <manuel.gonzalez@dgeo.uhu.es> Manuel Toscano <mtoscano@uhu.es> Marcello Imaña <Marcello.Imana@ltu.se> Marco Rubio <marrubio@geofisica.unam.mx> Mark Hannington <MHanning@uottawa.ca> Markku Lappalainen <markku.lappalainen@pyhasalmi.com> Marta Polgari <polgari@geochem.hu> Martin Jutzeler <jutzeler@gmail.com> Mike Doyle (Cobre las Cruces) <mdoyle@cobrelascruces.com> Mike Solomon <Mike.Solomon@utas.edu.au> Mohamed Hibti <hibti@fstg-marrakech.ac.ma> Mohammed Sahl <Dr_Sahl@hotmail.com> Namik Cagatay <cagatay@itu.edu.tr> Nasir Al-Jahdli <aljahdli@yahoo.com> Nick Arndt <Nicholas.Arndt@ujf-grenoble.fr> Nick Burcham <Nikolai.Burcham@eumik.org> Nigel Cook <nigelc@nhm.uio.no> Niilo Karkkainen <Niilo.Karkkainen@gtk.fi> Nils Jansson <nils.jansson@ltu.se> Nobuaki Ishikawa <ishikawa-nobuaki@jogmec.go.jp> Olavi Kontoniemi <Olavi.Kontoniemi@gtk.fi> P R Golani <prgolani@yahoo.co.in> Pär Weihed <Par.Weihed@ltu.se> Pasi Eilu <pasi.eilu@gtk.fi> Pat Carr <pcarr@xstratazinc.ca> Patrick Mercier-Langevin <pmercier@NRCan.gc.ca> Paul Moiya Kia <Paulmoiya@galena.mine.akita-u.ac.jp> Pedro Zarate Del Valle <zavp.pvaz@gmail.com> Pekka Nurmi <pekka.nurmi@gtk.fi> Peter Appel <pa@geus.DK> Peter Dahlin <peter.dahlin@geo.uu.se> Peter Herzig <pherzig@ifm-geomar.de> Peter Ward <peter.sorjonen-ward@gtk.fi> Petri Peltonen <petri.peltonen@gtk.fi> Petri Saarela <Petri.Saarela@pyhasalmi.com> Pia Fagerström <Pia.Fagerstrom@boliden.com> Pierre Heeroma <Pierre.Heeroma@boliden.com> Raimo Lahtinen <raimo.lahtinen@gsf.fi> Ramaz Migineishvili <ram_migi@yahoo.com> Raul Hidalgo <r_hidalgo@prehenita.es> Raul Hidalgo <rhid@eresmas.com> Ray Cas <ray.cas@sci.monash.edu.au>

Reimar Seltmann <rs@nhm.ac.uk> Reinaldo Saez <saez@uhu.es> Ricardo Castroviejo <ricardo.castroviejo@upm.es> Richard Arculus <rarculus@ems.anu.edu.au> Richard Herrington <R.Herrington@nhm.ac.uk> Ritesh Purohit <ritesh_purohit@rediffmail.com> Robert Marschik <robert.marschik@iaag.geo.uni-muenchen.de> Rodney Allen <Rodney.Allen@ltu.se> Rolf Jonsson <Rolf.Jonsson@boliden.com> Ron Morton <rmorton@d.umn.edu> Ross Large <Ross.Large@utas.edu.au> Ross Sherlock <rsherlock@miramarmining.com> Rumen Petrunov <petrunov@geology.bas.bg> Ryoichi Yamada <yamadary@geo.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp> Salah Al-Khirbash <khirbash@squ.edu.om> Salvador Morales <smorales@ugr.es> Sarah Gordee <smgordee@utas.edu.au> Sean McClenaghan <ventcomplex@hotmail.com> Sean McKinley <smckinle@oberon.ark.com> Selvia Mabel Tourn <selvia@gl.fcen.uba.ar> Seppo Gehor <seppo.gehor@oulu.fi> Simon Granbacka <Simon.Granbacka@boliden.com> Simon Rodriguez <rodsimon@hotmail.com> Stefan Sädbom <stefan.sadbom@bergskraft.se> Steve McCutcheon <steve.mccutcheon@gnb.ca> Steve Piercey <spiercey@nickel.laurentian.ca> Steve Scott <scottsd@geology.utoronto.ca> Susan Belford <sbelford@utas.edu.au> Sven Petersen <spetersen@ifm-geomar.de> Svetlana Tesalina <svetes@ipgp.jussieu.fr> Takeshi Ohguchi <tks_ohg@yahoo.co.jp> Takeyoshi Yoshida <tyoshida@mail.tains.tohoku.ac.jp> Teodosio Donaire <donaire@uhu.es> Terje Bjerkgård <terje.bjerkgard@ngu.no> Tetsuro Urabe <urabe@eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp> Thomas Monecke <tmonecke@mines.edu> Tim Barrett <tjbarrett@bmts.com> Timo Mäki <Timo.Maki@pyhasalmi.com> Tony Crawford <Tony.Crawford@utas.edu.au> Tor Greene <tor.grenne@ngu.no> Toshio Mizuta <mizutt@ipc.akita-u.ac.jp> Tucker Barrie <barriect@sympatico.ca> Ulrich Schwarz-Schampera <Ulrich.Schwarz-Schampera@bgr.de> Urpo Kuronen <urpo.kuronen@dragonmining.fi> Valery Maslennikov <maslennikov@mineralogy.ru> Wang Liquan <cdwliquan@cgs.gov.cn> Wayne Colliston <CollisWP.SCI@ufs.ac.za> Wayne Goodfellow <wgoodfel@NRCan.gc.ca> Xiomara Cañazas <xiomara@igp.minbas.cu> Zuoheng Zhang <zuoheng@hotmail.com>

8.2 . List of publications in 2008 (including maps; no abstracts). 8.2.1. Most important peer review literature (those dated 2007 were actually published in 2008) Acocella V., YoshidaT., Yamada R., and Funiciello F. (2008) Structural control on Late

Miocene to Quaternary volcanism in the NE Honshu arc, Japan. Tectonics, 27 doi: 10.1029/2008TC002296.

Baker, E.T., Embley, R.W., Walker, S.L., Resing, J.A., Lupton, J.E., Nakamura, K., de Ronde, Belkabir, A., Gibson, H., Marcoux, E., Lentz, D., Rziki, S. 2008. Geology and Wall-Rock Alteration at the Hercynian Draa Sfar Zn-Pb-Cu deposit, Morocco. Ore Geology Reviews 658, 33/ 280-306.

Belkabir A, Gibson H, Marcoux E, Lentz D, & Rziki S. 2008. Geology and Wall rock alteration at the hercynian Draa Sfar Zn-Pb-Cu deposit, Morocco. Ore Geology Reviews, 33, 280-306.

Belkabir, A., Jébrak M, Maacha L, M. R. Azizi-Samir, Madi A. 2008. Gold mineralization in the Proterozoic Bleida ophiolite, Anti-Atlas, Morocco, Geological Society, London, Special Publications: 297: 249-264.

Berrada H-S., Belkabir A. & Marcoux E. (in press) Pyrophyllite-zunyite-diaspore peraluminous hydrothermalism at Chouchiat, Anti-Atlas, Morocco. Canadian Mineralogist. No 3790.

Beaudoin, Y., S.D. Scott, M.P. Gorton, Z. Zajacz and W. Halter. 2007. Effects of hydrothermal alteration on Pb and other trace elements in the active Pacmanus hydrothermal field, ODP leg 193, Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea; a LA-ICP-MS study: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 71, p. 4256-4278.

Beaudoin, Y., S.D. Scott, M.P. Gorton, Z. Zajacz and W. Halter. 2007. Pb and other metal budgets in modern seafloor tectonic environments: evidence from melt inclusions: Marine Geology, v. 242, p. 271-289.

Bradshaw, G.D., Rowins, S.R., Peter, J.M., and Taylor, B.E. 2008. Genesis of the Wolverine volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposit, Finlayson Lake district, Yukon, Canada: mineralogical, mineral chemical, fluid inclusion, and sulfur isotope evidence, Economic Geology, v. 103, no. 1, p.35-60.

Chadwick, W.W., Jr., Cashman, K.V., Embley, R.W., Matsumoto, H., Dziak, R.P., de Ronde, C.E.J., Lau, T.-K., Deardorff, N. & Merle, S.M., 2008, Direct Video and Hydrophone Observations of Submarine Explosive Eruptions at NW Rota-1 Volcano, Mariana Arc. J. Geophys. Res. 113, B08S10, doi:10.1029/2007JB005215.

Chadwick, W.W., Jr., Wright, I.C., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Hyvernaud, O., Reymond, D. & de Ronde, C.E.J., 2008, Cyclic eruptions and sector collapses at Monowai submarine volcano, Kermadec arc: 1998-2007. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. doi:10.1029/2008GC002113 (in press).

Embley, R.W., de Ronde, C.E.J., J Ishibashi, J., 2008, Introduction to Special Section: Active Magmatic, Tectonic and Hydrothermal Processes at Intraoceanic Arc Submarine Volcanoes. J. Geophys. Res. 113, doi:10.1029/2007JB005871.

Embley, R.W., Baker, E.T., Butterfield, D.A., Chadwick, W.W., Jr., Lupton, J.E., Resing, J., de Ronde, C.E.J., Nakamura, K., Tunnicliffe, V., Dower, J., & Merle, S.G., 2007, Exploring the Submarine Ring of Fire: Mariana Arc - Western Pacific. Oceanography 20, 68-79.

Essaifi, A. and Hibti, M. 2008. The hydrothermal system of central Jebilet (Variscan Belt, Morocco) : a genetic association between bimodal plutonism and massive sulphide deposits?. Journal of african earth Sciences, 50, 188–203.

Glasby, G. P., K. Iizasa, M. Hannington, H. Kubota, K. Notsu, in press. Mineralogy and composition of Kuroko deposits from northeastern Honshu and their possible modern analogues from the Izu-Ogasawara (Bonin) Arc south of Japan: Implications for mode of formation. Science Direct.

Grigorian, S.V., Liakhovich, T.T., Getmansky, I.I., Ziaii, M., 1999. Trace elements in minerals as a criterion of geochemical anomaly estimations. J. Sci. Tech. No.1, 22–26 (in Russian with English abstract).

Inverno, C., Solomon, M., Barton, M., Foden J. 2008. The Cu-stockwork and massive sulfide ore of the Feitais volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposit, Aljustrel, Iberian Pyrite Belt, Portugal: A mineralogical, fluid inclusion, and isotopic investigation. Economic Geology, 103, 241-267.

Layton-Matthews, D., Peter, Jan M., Scott, Steven D., Leybourne, Matthew I. 2008. Distribution, mineralogy, and geochemistry of selenium in felsic volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits of the Finlayson Lake area, Yukon Territory, Canada: implications for source, transport and depositional controls; Economic Geology, v. 103, no. 1, p. 61-88.

Lotfi F., Belkabir A., Brown A.C., Marcoux E., Brunet S, Maacha L. (in press). Geology and mineralogy of the Hercynian Koudiat Aïcha polymetallic (Zn, Pb, Cu) massive sulfide deposit, Central Jebilet, Morocco.Exploration and Mining Geology.

Lotfi F., Belkabir A., Brunet S, Brown A.C.,Marcoux E, (in press) Lithogeochemical and Mineralogical Investigations of the Hercynian Massive Sulfide Deposits: An Example From The Zinc-Copper-Lead Koudiat Aicha Deposit, Morocco. Journal of African Earth Sciences.

Marques, A.F.A., F.J.A.S. Barriga and S.D. Scott (2007) Sulfide mineralization in an ultramafic-rock hosted seafloor system: From serpentinization to the formation of Cu-Zn-(Co)-rich massive sulfides: Marine Geology, v. 245, p. 20-39.

Marcoux E, Belkabir A, Gibson H, Lentz D. 2008. The Draa Sfar ore deposit (Jebilet, Morocco): an example of pyrrhotite dominant-polymetallic VHMS in Hercynian terranes – Ore Geology Review 33, p-220-240.

Marcoux, E., Belkabir, A., Gibson, H., Lentz, D. 2008. Draa sfar: a Hercynian pyrrhotite–Zn–Cu–Pb ore deposit in the Jebilet, Morocco. Mineralogy, geochemistry and deformation as constrains for a genetic model. Ore geology reviews 33, 307–328.

Massoth, G., Baker, E., Worthington, T., Lupton, J., de Ronde, C., Arculus, A., Walker, S., Nakamura, K., Ishibashi, J., Stoffers, P., Resing, J., Greene, R. & Lebon, G., 2007, Multiple Hydrothermal Sources along the south Tonga arc and Valu Fa Ridge. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 8, Q11008, doi:10.1029/2007GC001675.

Moreno, C. Saez, R. Gonzalez, F. Almodovar, G. Toscano, M. Playford, G. Alansari, A. Rziki, S. Bajddi, A. 2008. Age and depositional environment of the Draa Sfar massive sulfide deposit, Morocco. Mineralium Deposita, Doi10.1007/s00126-008-0199-x.

Mumin, H., S.D. Scott, A.K. Somarin and K. Oran (2007) Structural controls on massive sulfide deposition and hydrothermal alteration in the south Sturgeon Lake caldera, northwestern Ontario: Exploration and Mining Geology, v. 16, p. 83-107.

Nimis P., Zaykov V.V., Omenetto P., Melekestseva I. Yu., Tesalina S.G., Orgeval J.-J. 2008. Peculiarities of some mafic-ultramafic- and ultramafic-hosted massive sulfide deposits from the Main Uralian Fault Zone, southern Urals. Ore Geology Reviews 33: 49-69.

Pašava, J., Vymazalová, A., Tornos, F. 2007. PGE distribution in massive sulfide deposits of the Iberian Pyrite Belt. Mineralium Deposita. 42, p. 309-314. Peloquin, A.S., Piercey, S.J., and Hamilton, M.A., in press. The Ben Nevis Volcanic

Complex, Ontario, Canada: Part of the final volcanic phase of the Blake River Group, Abitibi Subprovince. Economic Geology.

Piercey, S.J., Chaloux, E.C., Peloquin, A.S., Hamilton, M.A., and Creaser, R.A., in press. Synvolcanic and younger intrusive rocks in the Blake River Group: Implications for regional metallogenesis. Economic Geology.

Piercey, S. J., Peter, J. M., and Mortensen, J. K., 2008, A special issue on continental margin massive sulfide deposits and their geodynamic environments: Economic Geology, v. 103, No. 1, p. 1-4.

Piercey, S.J., Peter, J.M., Mortensen, J.K., Paradis, S., Murphy, D.C., Tucker, T.L. 2008. Geological, geochemical and U-Pb age constraints on the origin of footwall porphyritic

rhyolites from the Wolverine volcanic-hosted massive sulfide (VHMS) deposit, Finlayson Lake District, Yukon, Canada, Economic Geology, v. 103, no. 1, p. 5-33.

Piercey, S.J., Peter, J.M., Mortensen, J.K., Paradis, S., Murphy, D.C., Tucker, T.L. 2008. Geological, geochemical and U-Pb age constraints on the origin of footwall porphyritic rhyolites from the Wolverine volcanic-hosted massive sulfide (VHMS) deposit, Finlayson Lake District, Yukon, Canada, Economic Geology, v. 103, no. 1, p. 5-33.

Pitcairn, I.K. and Arndt, N.T. 2008. Shock brecciation around the Kidd Creek deposit, Abitibi belt, Canada Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 45, 871-878.

Playford, G., Gonzalez, F., Moreno, C., Alansari, A. 2008. Palynostratigraphy of the Sarhlef series (Mississippian), Jebilet massif, Morocco. Micropaleontology, 54, 89-124.

Ravikant, V. and Golani, P.R. under review. The Rb-Sr direct dating of pyrite and ancient hydrothermal fluids from the Pipela VMS Zn-Cu prospect, Rajasthan, NW India. Mineralium Deposita.

Resing, J.A., Lebon, G., Baker, E.T., Lupton, J.E., Embley, R.W., Massoth, G.J., Chadwick, W.W., Jr. & de Ronde, C.E.J., 2008, Venting of acid-sulfate fluids producing a high-sulfidation setting at NW Rota-1 submarine volcano on the Mariana Arc. Econ. Geol. 102, 1,047-1,061.

Ríos AM, Castroviejo R & García JM. (in press). Los sulfuros masivos volcanogénicos de la Cuenca Lanconoes (Perú) / Volcanogenic massive sulphides of Lancones Basin (Perú). Geogaceta.

de Ronde, C.E.J., Baker, E.T., Massoth, G.J., Lupton, J.E., Wright, I.C., Sparks, R.J., Bannister, S.C., Reyners, M.E., Walker, S.L., Greene, R.R., Ishibashi, J., Faure, K., Resing, J.A. & Lebon, G.T., 2007, Submarine Hydrothermal Activity Along the mid-Kermadec Arc, New Zealand. Large-Scale Effects on Venting. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 8, Q07007, doi:10.1029/2006GC001495.

de Ronde C.E.J. & Massoth, G.J, 2008, Hydrothermal activity and volcano distribution along the Mariana Arc. J. Geophys. Res. 113, B08S09, doi:10.1029/2007JB005423.

Sáez, R., González, F., Moreno, C. in press. Synchronous deposition of massive sulphide deposits in the Iberian Pyrite Belt. New data from Las Herrerías and La Torerera ore-bodies. Comptes Rendus Geosciences. doi:10.1016/j.crte.2008.08.002

Saphina N.P., Maslennikov V.V. 2008. Succession of mineralization in Clastic sulfides of Saphyanovskoe VHMS deposits // Zapiski Mineralogicheskogo obshestva. CXXXVII.N4. P. 89 – 103.

Solomon, M., 2008. Brine pool deposition for the Zn-Pb-Cu massive sulphide deposits of the Bathurst mining camp, New Brunswick, Canada. I. Comparisons with the Iberian pyrite belt. Ore Geology Reviews, 33, 329-351.

Solomon, M., 2008. Brine pool deposition for the Zn-Pb-Cu massive sulphide deposits of the Bathurst mining camp, New Brunswick, Canada. II. Ocean anoxia during mineralisation. Ore Geology Reviews, 33, 352-360.

Suzuki, R., J-I. Ishibashi, M. Nakaseama, U. Konno, U. Tsunogai, K. Gena, H. Chiba. 2008. Diverse range of mineralization induced by phase separation of hydrothermal fluid: a case study of the Yonaguni IV hydrothermal field in the Okinawa Trough Backarc Basin. Resour. Geol., 58, 267-288.

Takai, K., Nunoura, T., Suzuki, Y., Stott, M., Massoth, G.J., Christenson, B. W., Butterfield, D.A., Ishibashi, J., Ditchburn, R.G., Lupton, J.E., Evans, L.J., Horikoshi, K. & de Ronde, C.E.J. 2008, Variability in microbial communities in black smoker chimneys at the NW caldera vent field, Brothers volcano, Kermadec arc. Geomicrobiol. J. special vol., (in press).

Tesalina S., Bourdon B., Maslennikov V.V., Orgeval J.-J., Birck J.-L., Gannoun A., Capmas F., Allègre C.-J. 2008. Os isotope distribution within Paleozoic seafloor hydrothermal system in Southern Urals, Russia. Ore Geology Reviews 33: 70-80.

Tessalina S., Maslennikov V.V., Orgeval J.-J., Birck J.-L., Gannoun A. (in press) PGE distribution and Re-Os isotope systematics in Urals VHMS deposits. Mineralium Deposita, Special issue dedicated to the MinUrals project.

Tessalina S., Orgeval J.-J., Taylor R., Herrington R., Sundblad K., Bushman, B., Buley C., Zaykov V., Bourdon B. (in press) Lead isotopic systematics of Urals massive sulphide deposits. Mineralium Deposita, Special issue dedicated to the MinUrals project.

Tornos F. 2008. La geología y metalogenia de la Faja Pirítica Ibérica. Macla 10: 13-23. Tornos F, Heinrich CA (2008) Shale basins, sulfur-deficient ore brines, and the formation of

exhalative base metal deposits. Chemical Geology 247: 195-207. Tornos, F., Solomon, M., Conde, C. and Spiro, B. 2008. Formation of the Tharsis Massive

Sulfide Deposit, Iberian Pyrite Belt: Geological, Lithogeochemical, and Stable Isotope Evidence for Deposition in a Brine Pool. Economic Geology v. 103, pp. 185-214.

Weihed, P., Eilu, P., Larsen, R. B., Stendal, H. & Tontti, M, 2008. Metallic mineral deposits in the Nordic countries. Episodes 31:1, 125-132.

Wright, I.C., Chadwick, W.W. Jr., de Ronde, C.E.J., Reymond, D., Hyvernaud, O., Gennerich, H.-H., Stoffers, P., Mackay, K., Dunkin, M. & Bannister, S.C., 2008, Collapse and reconstruction of Monowai submarine volcano, Kermadec arc, 1998–2004, J. Geophys. Res. 113, B08S03, doi:10.1029/2007JB005138.

Ziaii, M. 2007., Geochemical and Mineralogical Pattern Recognition and Modeling with Bayesian Approach at the Hydrothermal Gold Deposits,. Journal of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol.71, P.A1131-A1176.

Ziaii M., Abedi A. and Ziaei M. in press. Geochemical and mineralogical pattern recognition and modeling with a Bayesian approach to hydrothermal gold deposits. Special issue of Applied Geochemistry.

Ziaii, M., Pouyan, A.A., Ziaei, M., in press. Neuro-Fuzzy modelling in mining geochemistry: Identification of geochemical anomalies. Journal of Geochemical Exploration.

8.2.2. Books, Special Volumes and other peer reviewed publications Allen, R. L., Ripa M. and Jansson, N. (editors) 2008. Palaeoproterozoic volcanic- and

limestone-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag-(Cu-Au) massive sulphide deposits and Fe oxide deposits in Bergslagen, Sweden. Field guide to IGCP project 502 field workshop and 33 IGC excursion No 12, August 14 – 20, 2008, 84 pages.

Chapman, J. B., J.M. Peter, and D. Layton-Matthews, 2008 (in press). VMS vectors? Decoding Geochemical Variability in Metalliferous Black Shales of the Kidd-Munro Assemblage, Ontario Geological Survey Summary of Fieldwork 2008, p. __-__.

Monecke, T., Gibson, H., Dubé, B., Laurin, J., Hannington, M.D., Martin, L. 2008. Geology and volcanic setting of the Horne deposit, Rouyn-Noranda, Québec: Initial results of a new research project. Current Research 2008-9, 16 pp.

Peter, J.M., Layton-Matthews, D., Piercey, S.J., Bradshaw, G.D., Paradis, S., and Boulton, A., 2007. Volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposits of the Finlayson Lake district, Yukon Territory. In Mineral Resources of Canada: A Synthesis of Major Deposit-types, District Metallogeny, the Evolution of Geological Provinces, and Exploration Methods. Edited by W.D. Goodfellow. Geological Association of Canada, Mineral Deposits Division Special Volume 5, p. 471-508.

Piercey, S.J., in press. An overview of petrochemistry in the regional exploration for volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, and Analysis (GEEA).

Piercey, S.J., in press. Lithogeochemistry of volcanic rocks associated with volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits and applications to exploration. In Subaqueous Volcanism and Mineralization, Short Course Notes, Geological Association of Canada. For short course at the Quebec City GAC-MAC-SEG-SGA, May, 2007.

Piercey, S.J., 2007. An overview of petrochemistry in the regional exploration for volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits. In Conference Proceedings for Exploration 07: Exploration in the New Millennium, Fifth Decentennial International

Conference on Mineral Exploration (Toronto, Canada, Sept. 9-12, 2007). Edited by B. Milkereit, p. 223-246.

Rogers, N., van Staal, C., Zagorevski, A., Skulski, T., Piercey, S.J., and McNichol, V., 2007. Timing and tectonic setting of volcanogenic massive sulphide bearing terranes within the Central Mobile Belt of the Appalachians. In Conference Proceedings for Exploration 07: Exploration in the New Millennium, Fifth Decentennial International Conference on Mineral Exploration (Toronto, Canada, Sept. 9-12, 2007). Edited by B. Milkereit, p.1199-1205.

8.3. Update of the contents of the IGCP-502 Special Issue of Mineralium Deposita Title: "Key issues and Controversies in the Geological Setting and Genesis of Volcanic-

hosted Massive Sulphide (VMS) deposits" Publication: Special volume of Mineralium Deposita Journal Editors: Allen, Peter, Tornos Contents 1) Introduction to the Special Volume and synthesis of results. Rodney Allen, Jan Peter,

Fernando Tornos 2) Tectonic Settings of VMS Deposits. Richard Herrington + co-authors 3) The timing and location of VMS deposits in the evolution of the NE Honshu volcanic

arc, Japan. Or: The roles of felsic and mafic arc magmatism in the formation of VMS deposits: evidence from the NE Honshu Arc, Japan. Ryoichi Yamada, Takeyoshi Yoshida

4) Volcanic facies and eruption styles related to kuroko-type massive sulphide deposits: a re-assessment based on the Hokuroku district, NE Japan. Rodney Allen, Takeshi Ohguchi

5) What are the large-scale volcanic-tectonic structures that host clusters of VMS deposits: rift basins, calderas, cauldrons? Harold Gibson, Rodney Allen

6) The relevance of recent studies of the modern ocean floor to understanding the tectonic and volcanic setting of ancient VMS deposits. Cornel de Ronde + co-authors

7) Styles of volcanic-associated massive sulphide mineralization and genetic processes: Plumes, Brine Pools, Mounds, Replacements. Fernando Tornos, Jan Peter, Wayne Goodfellow, Rodney Allen

8) The Roles of Felsic and Mafic Magmatism in the Formation of VMS Deposits. Steve Piercey + co-authors

9) The Role of Magmatic Fluids and Volatiles in the Formation of VMS Deposits. David Huston + co-authors

10) Basinal fluids and the origin of massive sulfides: A numerical fluid flow study from the Iberian Pyrite Belt. Carmen Conde, Matthai, Fernando Tornos

11) The Role of Water Depth in the Formation of VMS Deposits. Mark Hannington, Thomas Monecke.

12) A Critical Appraisal of the Role of Oceanic Anoxia in the formation of VMS Deposits. Wayne Goodfellow, Jan Peter, Steve Piercey

13) Black shales and massive sulphides: causal or casual relationships. Moreno, C., Sáez, R., Almodóvar, G.R. and González, F.

14) Hydrothermal sedimentary rocks associated with VMS deposits. Jan Peter and co-authors

15) Textural and Chemical Evolution of Clastic Sulphide Textures in VMS deposits.. Maslennikov and co-author(s) Bruce Gemmell, Ron Berry

16) Post-depositional tectonic modification of VMS deposits and its economic significance. Ricardo Castroviejo and Cecilio Quesada

17) Applicability of Heat and Fluid Flow Modelling in the Study of VMS Deposit Formation. Larry Cathles

18) Supergene alteration of VMS deposits. Paco Velasco + co-authors 8.4. Meeting report: 33rd IGC Norway and Sweden,11-20 August 2008 Title: Volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposits - Controls on distribution and timing Date: 11 and 14-20 August 2008 Place: 33rd IGC Oslo Norway Itinerary: Symposium MRD-08 at 33rd IGC on 11 August, followed by field workshop in

Sweden 14-20 August Scope of Meeting This meeting comprised a 1-day symposium in Oslo followed by a 6 day field excursion in the Bergslagen mining district, Sweden. The symposium included 28 presentations with authors from 17 countries. The symposium opened with a group of presentations on the regional tectonic, volcanic and structural settings of VMS deposits world-wide and in Iran, India, Spain and Finland. This was followed by a group of presentations on specific VMS deposits and exploration strategies in the Bergslagen and Skellefte mining districts in Sweden, and Bathurst, Canada. The symposium then focused on specific features of modern and ancient VMS hydrothermal systems, and finally on the application of new concepts and analytical techniques. Each section started with a longer introductory presentation, which was followed by shorter specific studies. Valery Maslennikov (Russia) delivered the keynote paper: Trace elements in ancient and modern “black smokers”. The poster session comprised a diverse and interesting range of studies on VMS deposits and mining districts in Yemen, Iran, China, Mexico, Sweden, Canada, Argentina (Deception Island) and Japan. The symposium was attended by about 200 scientists and generated lively discussion. The field workshop was attended by 30 scientists from 14 countries, including the developing countries listed above. Six women scientists attended the meeting. Achievements of Meeting • The meeting was attended by field geologists, modern seafloor specialists, igneous

petrologists, ore deposit geologists and geochemists, with the result that there was excellent scientific exchange and multi-disciplinary debate.

• The 28 formal presentations at the meeting were of very high quality. • The meeting was attended by a good number of scientists from developing countries (see

above) and PhD students. • The field workshop was well supported by the Swedish mining companies: Boliden

Mineral, Zinkgruvan Mining and Dannemora Mineral. Outcome of Meeting • Participants gained an appreciation of the geology and ore deposits of the Bergslagen

mining district, which is one of the most unusual and scientifically exciting metal mining provinces in the world.

• Discussions during the field workshop led to the conclusion that the unusual polymetallic ore deposits in the Bergslagen Province include features typical of VMS, SEDEX, intrusion-related skarn and Broken Hill-type deposits. The Bergslagen ore deposits are difficult to classify as just one of these ore deposit types.

• A group of scientists made a plan to propose an international multi-disciplinary project to study the similarities and differences between the Bergslagen polymetallic ore deposits and two other regions where similar geology and ore deposits are thought to occur: Broken Hill, Australia, and Gamsberg, South Africa. This proposal will be submitted to

funding organisations and mining companies in Sweden, South Africa and Australia during 2009.

8.5. Financial statement for 2008

IUGS funds forwarded by IUGS treasurer USD 8000

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Received by (list names) Country of origin Allocation (in USD) Fardin Mousivand Iran 1000 Carmen Conde (PhD) Spain 750 Sean McClenaghan (PhD) Canada 750 Diana Mutti Argentina 1500 Tr

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Enter GRAND Total of Above 8000 USD 8.7. Additional funding obtained from other sources (only funding for 2008 is shown) Vinnova-Industry 4D modelling of the Skellefte VMS district, Sweden: 650,000 USD Swedish Geological Survey-Mining industry: VMS research, Bergslagen 150,000 USD Boliden Mineral and Lulea University, Sweden, for IGCP-502 coordination 20,000 USD Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, for IGCP-502 coordination 8,000 USD MTA Turkey, applied VMS research associated with IGCP-502: 547,000 USD Iranian Grant to M. Ziaii: for study of VMS deposits in Iran 50,000 USD GNS Science New Zealand for research of VMS deposits and the sea floor: 700,000 USD

CNRS (Canada) grant to Nick Arndt for study of Kidd Creek ore deposit 3,750 USD Geological Survey of Canada TGI-3: Study of LaRond-Bousquet area 50,000 USD Geological Survey of Canada TGI-3: Study of the Horne VMS Deposit: 53,000 USD CAMIRO (Canada) “Hydrothermal event recognition” 130,000 USD DIVEX Canada: “Mineralogy applied to mineral exploration” 130,000 USD NSERC Discovery Grant Canada to S. Piercey 18,000 USD Aur Resources/Teck-Cominco: Study of Duck Pond VMS deposit, Canada 25,000 USD Sabina Silver Corporation, Canada: Silver in Hackett River VMS, Nunavut 12,000 USD Russian Academy of Science: “Global comparison of ore facies of VMS” 10,000 USD Czech Geological Survey: Grant to J. Pašava. 2,250 USD Australian Research Council grant to study the tectonics of VMS deposits 10,000 USD ---------------- Total additional funding 2,569,000 USD

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