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GEO MYANMAR 2012

MGS is going to organize Geomyanmar2012, the first international conference the first international conference of its kind ever to be held in Yangon, the business city of Myanmar. The Conference is designed to be a forum for exchange of various geological perspectives on Myanmar in a regional context and is aimed to promote investment for E & P in petroleum sector and in mineral resources sector. The Conference is to be held for two full days on March 1 and 2, 2012 at Sedona Hotel in Yangon. Details of the conference are on www.geomyanmar.org  and its flyer and registration forms are downloadable.

Support to MGS and its Activities

MGS central executive committee like to share the good information i.e. some mining companies and foundations in Myanmar donated the Society for our GeoMyanmar 2012 and training, knowledge dissemination activities recently. Some of them are highlighted here.
MYAUK KYUN THU MA MA mining company limited. – 15 million Kyats
FUTURE ENGINEERING company limited – 10 million Kyats
TAW WIN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION – 5 million Kyats
GEOMINES company limited – 2 million Kyats
 

 

MGS Field Trips to Kwin Thonze Gold Mine and
Paper Reading Session at Mandalay

MGS seniors have had a field trip along the Yangon Mandalay new highway on 21st December 2011. The team also visited Kwin Thonze where the gold mine of Future Engineering Co. situated.
MGS conducted its 16th Bi-Annual Paper Reading Session on 24th December 2011 in Mandalay University Campus. Abstract Volume is downloadable here.
Abstract Volume of the MGS’s 15th Bi-Annual Paper Reading Session on 24th July 2011 at can be downloaded here.
 

Collaboration with Chinese Academy of Sciences

Professor Ding Zhongli, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) had a visit to Myanmar from 1st to 6th of January 2012. The 6 member team, accompanied with MGS executive members visited Kwin Thonze Gold Mine in Thabeikkyin Area, Sabe Taung in Kyaukse area and then had calls with H.E. Ministers of Environment and Forest, and Science and Technology in Nay Pyi Taw. The team also visited Geology Department at Mandalay Hall in University of Yangon and discussed for mutual cooperation with geology departments of the Yangon, Dagon and West Yangon Universities.

After signing MOU with Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and MGS, some MGS senior members also visited Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry (GIG) in November 2011 and discussed for joint fieldwork across northern Myanmar border and other cooperative tasks. The Myanmar team also visited Zinjie Gold Mine in Fujian Region of China.

 

MGS executive members in Southern China, Guangzhou and Fujian

MGS joint field work to High-grade Metamorphic Terrane with Kyushu University

From 21st November to 2nd December, 2011, MGS geologists, jointly with Professor Yasuhito Osanai and team from Kyushu University, Japan, conducted a field observation to Kyanigan, Madaya and Kyaukse areas in the Central Myanmar and Kyaukto Area in Southern Myanmar. The joint fieldwork aimed to sample high-grade metamorphics for genetic interpretation to contribute tectonic evolution of Myanmar

Geotechnical Engineering Development of MGS

3-month Geotechnical Engineering Course (Level 1) for young geoscientists has been over a year. Seven successive courses were organized in Department of Irrigation (Yangon Head Office). Also, U Shwe Zin Oo, Survey Consultant in Singapore and former teacher from Yangon University, offered special survey training in December, and also a talk of “Knowledge of Surveying for Geologists and Engineers” in MES Building on 20th January 2012.
MGS delivered a new technical course, namely Advanced Surveying Couse, in Department of Irrigation Head Office in Yangon from last week of June 2011. The six-week course, equipped with modern survey instruments, has been led by experts from Amigos International survey consultant company and MGS’s experienced survey instructors.

MGS executive members in Kunming Meeting

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