The SGA Student Chapter Prague was founded by SGA student members from Charles University in Prague in the spring of 2002. In addition to excursions across our geologically diverse home region, the Bohemian Massif, we have also been organising international field trips, lectures, and workshops for many years. Some of our notable events in the past 10 years include the Field Trip to the High Atlas, Morocco (2016, in cooperation with the SGA Student Chapter Morocco), Field Trip through Catalonia (2017, Barcelona, Prague, and Siberian SGA Student Chapters cooperation), the Gold Short Course (2018, led by Professor David I. Groves), the Mineral Deposits of Colombia field trip (2019, in cooperation with the SGA Student Chapter Colombia-Bogotá), the seminar Giant Impacts and the Formation of Ore Deposits, featuring Professor Hartwig E. Frimmel, held as part of the SGA Keynote Speaker Programme in 2023 or the Scandinavia Field Trip (2025, in cooperation with the SGA Baltic Student Chapter).
Currently our Chapter has 62 members (56 student and 6 regular members), and we look forward to continuing to organise exciting events that enrich students’ knowledge and connect them with experts from both the scientific and applied fields — from the Czech Republic and abroad alike. We will continue to enthusiastically cooperate with other Student Chapters to exchange knowledge and build new friendships on an international scale. For any collaboration opportunities, please contact the SGA Student Chapter Prague President, Jan Mráček (mracekja@natur.cuni.cz).
About the SGA
The Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA) is an international scientific society that promotes the science of mineral deposits geology. Its worldwide membership of approximately 1300 is composed of researchers, professionals and students from university, industry and government interested in economic geology, mineral resources, industrial minerals and environmental aspects related to mineral deposits. Its publication, Mineralium Deposita, is recognized as a premier international scientific journal on mineral deposits geology. The SGA organizes biennial scientific meetings and publishes the proceedings. The SGA also supports student chapters worldwide.
The objectives of the SGA are:
- To advance the application of scientific knowledge in the study and the development of mineral resources and their environment,
- To promote the profession of geology in science and industry,
- To cultivate personal contacts for mutually beneficial relationships,
- To protect and improve professional and ethical standards among its members.
The SGA was founded in 1965 in Heidelberg and incorporated in Switzerland in 1971.
