Tuesday – May 21st , 2024 – morning

5. STRATEGIC/CRITICAL MINERALS RESEARCH IN BRAZIL: ADVANCES AND NEW ALTERNATIVE SOURCES

Moderator: Henrique Portella (Senior Manager in Geosciences Latam/Anglo Gold Ashanti)

09:00 – 09:30
Keynote Speaker

Critical minerals and rare earths: lessons from Australia to support the global energy transition
Mark Noppé
WH Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre/Director
The university of Queensland (Australia)

09:30 – 09:45	A new Tier 1 Rare Earth Province in the Jequié Block, Northeastern São Francisco Craton Matheus Dias Oliveira Mineração Borborema
09:45 – 09:50	Q&A
09:50 – 10:05	The Barro Alto Bauxite Deposit – GO: Geology and economic significance Lucas Portes Ramos Geologist/Terra Goyana
10:05 – 10:10	Q&A
10:10 – 10:25	The Caldeira Deposit – Ionic Clays in Poços de Caldas – MG Marcelo Carvalho Executive Director /Meteoric Resources
10:25 – 10:30	Q&A
10:30 – 10:50 Keynote Speaker	Lithium ores in Eastern Brazilian Pegmatite Province: a review and new discoveries of spodumene-rich pegmatites Antonio Carlos Pedrosa Soares Professor at IG/UFMG and Independent Consultant

COFFEE BREAK – 10:55 – 11:10

6. ADDING VALUES FOR THE MINERAL PRODUCTION: BY-PRODUCT METAL RECOVERY FROM THE MINE TO THE ORE TAILINGS

Moderator: Lúcia Helena Xavier (Principal Investigator/Mineral Technology Center – CETEM)

11:10 – 11:25	Potential for extracting rare earths from tailings Lucy Takehara Chemale Researcher in Geosciences/Brazilian Geological Survey (SGB)
11:25 – 11:30	Q&A
11:30 – 11:45	Use of tailings and steel aggregate in mine closure and rural mobility projects Flavio Vasconcelos CEO/Hidrogeo Engineering and Project Management
11:45 – 11:50	Q&A
11:50 – 12:05	Use of mining by-products as sources of nutrients for agriculture: Perspectives, challenges and success stories Fernando Vilela Director/Campo Analysis
12:05 – 12:10	Q&A
12:10 – 12:25	Innovation and Sustainable Development in the Downstream Rare Earth Production Chain: The Viridis case with the Colossus Project in Poços de Caldas – MG Klaus Petersen Country Manager Brazil/Viridis Mining
12:25 – 12:30	Q&A

LUNCH BREAK – 12:30 – 14:30

Tuesday – May 21st, 2024 – afternoon

7. GEOPHYSICS APPLIED TO MINERAL EXPLORATION

Moderators: Luiz Fernando Braga (Brazilian Geophysical Society/SBGf) e Alan Cunha (Brazilian Geophysical Society/SBGf and UFRJ/CPGA)

14:30 – 14:50	Geophysical Borehole Logging Applied to Fertilizer Exploration Marco Antônio Braga IG/UFRJ Maria Filipa Perez da Gama Applied Geophysics Research Center/UFRJ
14:50 – 14:55	Q&A
14:55 – 15:10	Regional Airborne Geophysical Surveys (Country Mapping) to unlock critical minerals. Andre Rabelo Xcalibur Multiphysics Business Development Manager/Latin America
15:10 – 15:15	Q&A
15:15 – 15:30	Electrical Structure of Tapajos Mineral Province Raphael Teixeira Correa Researcher in Geosciences/Brazilian Geological Survey (SGB)
15:30 – 15:35	Q&A
15:35 – 15:50	New perspectives for petrophysical studies in hydrothermal mineral systems Adalene Moreira Silva Associate Professor/IG-UNB
15:50 – 15:55	Q&A

COFFEE BREAK – 16:00 – 16:20

8. AGROMINERALS AS SOIL REMINERALIZERS: RESOURCES, PRODUCTION AND FUTURE PREVISIONS

Moderator: Magda Bergmann (Researcher in Geosciences/Brazilian Geological Survey – SGB)

16:20 – 16:35	The work of the Brazilian Geological Survey in the research of silicate agrominerals in Brazil Alessandra Elisa Blaskowski Executive Coordinator DIPEME/Brazilian Geological Survey – SGB
16:35 – 16:40	Q&A
16:40 – 16:55	Autazes Potassium Project – Food Security for Brazil and the World Adriano Espeschit President/Brazil Potash
16:55 – 17:00	Q&A
17:00 – 17:15	Agrogeological Zoning for the development of regional soil fertility management solutions Éder de Souza Martins Researcher at Embrapa Cerrados
17:15 – 17:20	Q&A
17:20 – 17:35	The CMOC´s Phosphate Deposits in Brazil: Geology and Production Fabrizzio Rodrigues Costa/CMOC Brasil
17:35 – 17:40	Q&A

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