Notices

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.

The AIMS Board has presented Mark McShane with an honorary membership at the 2023 AIMS Conference formal dinner in Sydney.

Matt Hutchison has been awarded the RMIT University AIMS Mine Surveying Prize for 2023.

On July 12, the Central Queensland town of Emerald played host to another highly successful AIMS regional event. The event saw an impressive turnout of over thirty delegates and featured nine interactive technology booths.

Mount Isa is uniquely placed with a working, underground tourist mine, so AIMS capitalises on this and uses the resource to conduct its annual field day. 

The AIMS 2023 Newcastle Regional Seminar was held on 12 May 2023 with a welcome dinner the night before.

The Cairns 2023 AIMS Seminar and Networking event was held on 27 April 2023.

The Mudgee Regional AIMS Seminar for 2023 was a great success.

Thanks to Matt Jones for once again organising a Kalgoorlie Regional Seminar.