SOLD OUT – FEM 2023 registration is closed
Do you want to know what’s hot in the Fennoscandian exploration and mining – the current players and upcoming commodities?
The 14th Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining conference (FEM), will be held on 31 October – 2 November 2023 in Levi, Lapland, Finland.
As customary, our participants represent a wide range of exploration and mining sector companies operating in the Fennoscandian region, key stakeholders, public authorities, and businesses supporting the industry.
We aim to keep the FEM conference as one of the most significant and largest mining industry events in Europe. FEM 2021 Online event had 1749 participants, and the latest live conference FEM 2019 brought together 1215 participants from 32 different countries and more than 400 organizations to the snowy Lapland.
Top reasons to attend
Outstanding networking opportunities – meet the key actors and influencers face-to-face
- Mix and mingle with your colleagues, business partners, form new relationships, and strengthen existing ones. Learn more about the exploration and mining, economic geology, research, environmental and social aspects, permitting and investments in Fennoscandia.
High-level speakers, engaging presentations, short courses and mine excursions.
- Opportunities and challenges in the mineral sector are increasing – there is much to talk about and discuss. When you are active in your industry, you can develop a reputation as an expert to your peers and your clients.
Be inspired, learn and share your vision.
- Our goal is to advance and develop business by sharing ideas and insights. We aim to help building connections globally and promoting mineral industry.
Widen your network, do business, bring fresh ideas back to your company – and have fun!
– FEM 2023 Organizers

STEFFEN HAGEMANN
Professor for Economic Geology, Director, Centre for Exploration Targeting, University of Western Australia, Director of Geology, Latitude 66 Cobalt Oy
Keynote: The golden Mile: evolution of giant Au-Te-S ore system
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Steffen is a Professor for Economic Geology and Director of the Centre for Exploration Targeting at the University of Western Australia. He has 35 years’ experience in economic geology specialising in mineral system analyses of orogenic Au, BIF-hosted Fe ore, porphyry Cu-Au, epithermal Au-Ag, VHMS Cu-Zn mineralization and Li-Cs pegmatite. Most of his present research projects are in the Yilgarn craton of Western Australia and in South America with projects in the eastern Andes of Peru, NW Argentina and the Precambrian shields of Brazil and Guyana. Steffen is also a Technical Director at Latitude Cobalt 66 Ltd and Nero Resource Fund.

JESSICA STROMBERG
PhD, Research Scientist, CSIRO, Australia
Pre-conference short course: The hyperspectral mineralogy and applications across the value chain
Keynote: The hyperspectral mineralogy and applications across the value chain
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Dr Jess Stromberg is a Senior Research Scientist and Team Leader of the Mineral Footprints team. She is a geoscientist with a background in ore deposit geochemistry, spectral techniques, and in the minerals industry. In the spectral sensing space, Jess works largely at the drill core scale with spectral mineralogy data from HyLogger and field-based spectrometers, and in knowledge transfer through delivery of workshops on the applications of hyperspectral mineralogy as a part of the AuScope NVCL. Jess works across a range of applied research and technology development projects and is broadly interested in improving the workflows in which we collect and integrate spectral datasets from the X-ray to far-infrared.

HETA LAMPINEN
PhD, Research Scientist, CSIRO, Australia
Pre-conference short course: The hyperspectral mineralogy and applications across the value chain
Keynote: The hyperspectral mineralogy and applications across the value chain
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Dr Heta Lampinen is a Research Scientist with a versatile geology background including economic geology, nuclear waste geological disposal and geotechnical structural geology. Heta works with a wide range of hyperspectral, geological, geochemical and geophysical survey data to facilitate mineral mapping across multiple scales on the surface and subsurface. Heta’s technical skills include operating hyperspectral core and field sensors, hyperspectral data processing and integration with complimentary geoscience data, and use of various microscopy techniques (optical, SEM, XRF, XRD) for linking broader alteration haloes to metal deposits. Heta is also skilled in processing hyperspectral airborne and satellite images (e.g. HyMap and PRISMA) and translating their content to mineral systems footprint targeting tools.

RICH GOLDFARB
Research professor, Colorado School of Mines, FireFox Gold Corp., USA
Pre-conference short course: The orogenic gold model (including commonalities and contrasts with occurrences in the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt)
Keynote: The orogenic gold model
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Richard J. Goldfarb received his BSc in geology from Bucknell U., MSc in hydrogeology at University of Nevada-MacKay School of Mines, and his PhD in geology at the University of Colorado. He was a research geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey for 36 years where his studies focused on global metallogeny, geology of ore deposits in the North American Cordillera with emphasis on orogenic gold, lode gold deposits in China, and geochemical applications to the understanding of ore genesis. He is a past-president of the SEG and past chief editor of Mineralium Deposita. He was awarded the Silver Medal by SEG in 2011 and the SEG Penrose Gold Medal in 2023, Kutina-Smirnov Medal by IAGOD in 2014, and the Gold Medal by SGA in 2022 for his various contributions to economic geology. Presently, Rich is a research professor at Colorado School of Mines, serves as a technical advisor to Firefox Gold Corp., and is an independent consultant to the exploration and mining industry.

ALAN R BUTCHER
Professor of Geomaterials & Applied Mineralogy, Geological Survey of Finland
Pre-conference short course: Analytical methods in geology
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Alan has over 40 years’ experience in the use and development of geoanalytical technologies. His specialism is in the development of workflows that allow geologists to image and analyse minerals, ores and rock textures at variable scales, with different modalities, and in different dimensions (2D, 3D and 4D). This novel approach allows all of the key materials at our disposal (drill cores, drill chips, thick & thin sections, polished blocks) to be evaluated for ore characterisation, mineral liberation and elemental deportment, all of which reduce risk and increase the likelihood of success in exploration & mining.

LEENA RAJAVUORI
Manager, Growth and Innovation, Agnico Eagle Finland Oy
Keynote: Combining Artificial Intelligence and core scanning technology – opportunities and risks
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Leena Rajavuori is a geologist and is currently Manager, Growth and Innovation at Agnico Eagle Finland. She has 20 years of experience in exploration and mining industry, and has diverse experience in project management, operational excellence, and business development.
Leena holds a MSc in Geology and Mineralogy from University of Turku and an eMBA from Quantic School of Business and Technology. She holds EurGeol title and is member of EFG’s Panel of Experts on Minerals and their sustainable use. She is currently a board member in Finnish Association of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers.

ERIKA INGVALD
Head of Division, Geological Survey of Sweden
Keynote: Current development in the Nordic Countries
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Erika is Head of Division, Mineral Information & Mining Industry at SGU since 2015. Her division runs the Mineral information office in Malå, statistics on mining, exploration, raw materials, government commissions, and also runs international capacity building projects. Among other things, Erika is part of the team that negotiated the CRMA during the Swedish EU Presidency, and one of the experts contributing to the Swedish government FIMM inquiry on securing innovation critical raw materials.

RAYMOND GOLDIE
President of the PDAC, PhD, Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada
Keynote: Shifting Sands Across the Mineral Industry
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Dr. Raymond Goldie is the current President of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). He has also served on six PDAC committees. Born and raised in New Zealand, Raymond received his PhD from Queen’s University, Canada, with a thesis on the geology of Archean rocks in Noranda, Quebec.
Raymond has held positions as a field geologist, and has worked in Toronto, Canada as a mineral economist and financial analyst with investment dealers; for a law firm as Expert Witness in a Voisey’s Bay lawsuit; and as a director of junior mineral exploration companies. His published work includes the book Inco Comes to Labrador (Flanker Press, 2005); trademarking of the mineral economics term “pinch-pointTM”; and many technical papers, most recently Grade Control and Deleterious Materials in Polymetallic Deposits (AusIMM, 2022).

JEANETTE STOVEL
Ambassador to Finland, Embassy of Canada
Ambassador’s address: Canada, combatting climate change through sustainable mining
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Jeanette Stovel (BA Hons [East Asian Studies], McGill University, 1986; Executive MBA, Warsaw School of Economics and University of Calgary, 2001) worked for 15 years in multilateral and non-governmental organizations in Canada and Poland and throughout the former Yugoslavia before joining Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada in 2006.
During her time at Headquarters, she has served as deputy director of peace operations policy for the Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force (2008 to 2009) and deputy director for the Middle East in the Peace and Stabilization Operations Program (2016 to 2019).
Her positions overseas have included political counsellor in Poland, where she was concurrently the most senior Canadian diplomat accredited to Belarus; chargé d’affaires en pied in Lithuania, with responsibility for Latvia and Estonia; and, most recently, high commissioner in Brunei (2019 to 2022).

FRANCISCO JAVIER GONZÁLEZ SANZ
PhD, Head of Marine Geology Resources and Extreme Environments research group at the Geological Survey of Spain (IGME-CSIC)
Keynote: Exploring seabed minerals and their associated critical raw materials in pan-European seas
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Javier Gonzalez has 20 years´ experience from the Geological Survey of Spain (IGME-CSIC). PhD in geology, mineralogy and geochemistry of seabed ferromanganese deposits. He has been coordinator of the H2020 GeoERA-MINDeSEA project, mapping the metallogeny and critical raw materials potential of seabed minerals in pan-European seas. Since 2004, he collaborates with a number of research institutions on several projects in the Iberian continental margins, Canary Islands, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Baltic Sea, South China Sea, Cocos-Nazca Ridge and South Shetland Islands and Scotia Sea (Antarctica). Oriented to national and international career with responsibility for marine minerals mapping and research in the framework of Europe, Iberoamerican countries and the International Seabed Authority. His main research interests include marine mineral deposits, critical raw materials, sustainability and energy transition.

QUENTIN DEHAINE
PhD, Senior Researcher, Geological Survey of Finland
Pre-conference short course: Analytical methods in geology
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Quentin is a senior researcher at the Geological Survey of Finland where he has been leading several national and EU research and innovation projects on ore geology, mineral processing, traceability and geometallurgy of battery minerals (Cobalt, Lithium) and critical raw materials (CRMs) such as Rare Earths Elements (REEs). After completing his Ph.D. at the University of Lorraine (Nancy, France), he worked as a postdoc researcher at the Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter (UK) working on the geometallurgy of cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In 2019, Quentin joined the GTK with the objective of developing innovative integrated approaches to support mine value chain optimisation, responsible sourcing, reducing technical risk, maximising resource efficiency and minimising environmental impacts. Quentin is also the officer for Scandinavia within the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Initiative on Forensic Geology (IFG).

KRISZTIAN SZENTPETERI
PhD, Senior Researcher, Geological Survey of Finland
Pre-conference short course: Analytical methods in geology
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Krisztian is a senior Ore Geology researcher at the Geological Survey of Finland where he has been working in several projects related to mineral exploration potential mapping and modelling, utilizing Mineral Systems approach and new exploration methodology developments by using field portable and laboratory-based analytical technologies, in the field of Critical and Battery Metals. Prior to joining GTK he has worked in the exploration and mining industry for 20 years in 12 countries with various commodities and from target generation to resource.
FEM News 9 October 2023
FEM 2023 is sold out and registration closed. We have 1200 registered participants.
FEM News 30 September 2023
FEM 2023 programme with speakers is now published.
FEM News 1 March 2023
Welcome to register for the FEM 2023! Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining (FEM 2023) participants, presenters and exhibitors must register for the conference in advance and pay the registration fee. Fees include VAT 24 %. As FEM 2023 is not a fair, entrance to the...
FEM News 7 June 2022
FEM 2021 was organized as an online event and now it is time to return to Levi, Lapland, Finland. The 14th Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining conference (FEM), will be held on 31 October - 2 November 2023.
FEM News 21 September 2021
FEM 2021 Online event, the 13th Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining, is approaching step by step. We will publish the programme and open the registration free of charge on Wednesday 6 October 2021. All participants, including speakers, must register in advance. The...
FEM News 25 February 2021
FEM 2021 will be delivered Online Safety is our top priority. Due to the current uncertainties and restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have decided to hold the 13th Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining Conference (FEM 2021) as a condensed online event...