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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.
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MGS executive members in Southern China, Guangzhou and Fujian |
MGS joint field work to High-grade Metamorphic
Terrane with Kyushu University
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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
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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.
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MGS executive members in Kunming Meeting |
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