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About IAGOD
The objective of the International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits (I.A.G.O.D.) is to promote international co-operation in the study of the genesis of ore deposits and to further the growth of knowledge in this field. These tasks are achieved in several ways. International symposia are organized by IAGOD, and a variety of meetings and symposia are held in conjunction with other organizations interested in the genesis of mineral deposits. The association continues to expand its international activities and membership, having members in about 70 countries world-wide.
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Mission
Research into the origin of ore deposits lies at the cornerstone of many sub-disciplines in the geological sciences. The number of methods that can be successfully applied to understand the processes involved in the generation, localization and preservation of economic concentrations of ore minerals continues to grow. High levels of expertise in mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry and structural geology are increasingly needed by those who wish to understand ores. Whatever part of the world one lives in, the economic importance of mineral exploitation is evident, even though dramatic structural changes in the mining industry have occurred in the past two decades, leaving large parts of the industrialized world without a significant domestic metal mining industry, despite ever growing consumer demand.
Although focus may have changed sub-stantially in recent years as a consequence of political actions, including appreciably more research on the environmental effects of mining, ore deposit research has never been more important, as the search for new, undiscovered ore deposits becomes more difficult and costly. Despite the lack of focus on ore geology in some universities, the central role of ore geology is just as evident today, in the 3rd millennium A.D., as ít was in the past. With this, and ever-increasing globalization in mind, good possibilities for international collaboration are more important than ever before to all scientists whose goal is to understand how and why ore deposits are formed.
