Events Calendar
Grow your professional network, increase your skillset, and earn CPD credits at a GSSA event. We host workshops, expeditions, online courses, and more.
Free access for a limited number of students.
Together with our sponsorship partners, every year we select a number of students to attend certain events at no cost to them.
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Event Spotlight
Drilling Methods & Techniques in Resource Exploration
New geoscientists are frequently placed on drilling projects with very little understanding of the drilling operation. This course provides newly-qualified geoscientists with a fundamental understanding of a drilling operation so they can effectively contribute to the project.
126th Annual General Meeting
Join us for our 126th AGM.
The Country Club, Auckland Park, Johannesburg
Attend Online
2026-07-16
Free Event
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Upcoming Events
Beyond the Rocks: Essential Skills for Geoscientists
Join the GSSA for a multi-speaker session that builds essential people-centered professional skills, including communication, teamwork, leadership, adaptability, and problem-solving, helping early-career geoscientists stand out in today's industry.
Professionalism and Code of Ethics
This online course by Natalie Brand explains how ethical behaviour, guided by professional codes of ethics and the ability to balance competing values, is essential to being a true professional in the mining industry.
Lichtenburg100
The 2026 Lichtenburg Diamond Fields Centenary will be marked by a two-day geology conference in Pretoria and a two-day field excursion, celebrating a century of discoveries, geological research, and heritage associated with the region's significant diamond deposits.
African Exploration Showcase
AES aims to provide an opportunity for professionals in the industry to be informed about new African exploration projects and current developments. It is an ideal opportunity to learn more about deposits that could potentially add significant economic value to the continent's pipeline. Our speakers are from major and junior mining companies, and from large consulting companies to independents, which should ensure an interesting event.
The Country Club, Auckland Park, Johannesburg
2026-09-18 to 2026-09-19
Paid Event
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Structural Geology Course and Field Trip
This is a 2-day integrated course involving both lectures and field work on the complexly deformed high grade metamorphic rocks of the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. Participants will be instructed on how to observe, describe, map, measure and analyse ductile structures as well as superimposed deformation. The aim is to be able to produce a geometrically constrained 3D reconstruction and to unravel the sequence of structural events recorded in the rocks. The factors that control the development and progressive deformation of ductile structures will be explained.
Data Analytics & Machine Learning for Geoscientists
This two-day training course introduces geoscience students and practising professionals to the theory and application of GeoData Science and machine learning. A strong background in mathematics or previous knowledge of machine learning is not required to undertake this course. It is pitched at an introductory level to help you understand modern GeoData management, automate routine tasks and visualise data to gain insights. Speaker : Glen Nwaila
SAMREC/SAMVAL Advanced Course
Save the date for the Advanced Course.
The Country Club, Auckland Park, Johannesburg
2026-10-21 to 2026-10-22
Paid Event
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