AIMS Notice Board

AIMS is pleased to extend the offer of free membership to all eligible full-time students for the full calendar year 2025. 

On Sunday 18th August 2024 the annual business planning meeting was held for the Australian Institute of Mine Surveyors.

Building on the phenomenal success of the recent AIMS National Conference in Perth, we are thrilled to announce our return to the east coast for the 2025 AIMS National Conference at the stunning Novotel Sunshine Coast Resort!

AIMS Member Mark Scholes, a Registered Mine Surveyor, has been awarded the prestigious title of AIMS Fellow at the recent 2024 AIMS National Conference.

Corporate Membership applications for 2025 are now available, with a substantial first-year discount being offered for new applications!

The AIMS 2024 National Conference has been held in Perth WA and has been declared a major success.

The 2024 AIMS Scholarship at Curtin University has been awarded to Blake Botica.

In April 2024, long-time AIMS member Jason Gray was awarded a prize for the most outstanding mining surveying candidate at the annual NSW BOSSI awards ceremony in Sydney. 

The Mudgee Regional AIMS Seminar for 2024 was another great success.

The NSW Board of Surveying and Spatial Information (BOSSI) held its annual presentation and awards ceremony in Sydney on Friday 12th April 2024, recognising those land and mining surveyors who have become Registered in the past year.

The latest AIMS Salary Survey and Feedback Report is now available for members after login. The report has been independently compiled and is available to view and download with various filters for added convenience.

The Surveyors Competency Advisory Committee (SCAC) team have been working closely with DEMIRS over the last few months to have the Authorisation process completed and documented. I can share some news below from Martin Ralph – Chief Inspector of Mines (see below in blue).

Congratulations to Benjamin Dewar, the 2023 recipient of the AIMS Scholarship at Curtin University.

AIMS are very pleased to advise that Pete Sergeant is the new AIMS representative for BOSSI.

The AIMS 2023 Hunter Valley Regional Seminar was held in Pokolbin on Thursday 16th November at the Mercure Resort Hunter Valley Hardens, with over 60 people in attendance.

Ian Payne was elected a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mine Surveyors on 14th September 2023 at the AIMS 2023 Annual General Meeting held during the AIMS 2023 National Conference in Sydney.

The 2023 AIMS National Conference was held in September 2023 at the Hyatt Regency in Darling Harbour, Sydney.

On Saturday 16th September 2023 the annual strategic planning workshop was held for the Australian Institute of Mine Surveyors (AIMS).

The Office of the Surveyor-General has advised that the revised SGD No 8 – Mining Tenure Surveys has been approved and published on the DCS Spatial Services website.

The AIMS Board wishes to express sincere condolences, on behalf of all members, to the family and friends of Chris Hutchison, AIMS Fellow since 2010 and highly respected member since 2004, following his recent passing.