SGA - Student Chapter Prague

24/04/2026

Last week, we had the honor of welcoming Malte Junge, who gave a lecture at the Ústav geochemie, mineralogie a nerostných zdrojů titled “Tiny minerals, big stories: How platinum-group minerals record the history of ore formation.” 🎓✨
Malte Junge has been active in SGA for many years and currently serves as the Academic Advisor for the SGA Student Chapter Erlangen. 🌍
We were very pleased to show him around the Národní muzeum and the faculty’s mineralogical collection. 🏛️💎
After the lecture, we continued our discussions in a more informal setting, where we talked about future joint international SGA activities. 🍻🤝

16/02/2026

🏔️ At the end of the last year, the SGA Student Chapter Prague organised another autumn excursion, this time to the Bohemian Paradise and Podkrkonoší regions. The excursion, led by Jan Bubal, took place from November 14 to 16, 2025, and one of its main purposes was to welcome the first-year geology student members of the Prague Chapter 🤗

💎 The first stop was the cooperative of artistic production Granát Turnov, which has been producing original jewellery with Bohemian garnets since 1953. They not only process garnets, but also mine them in shallow open-pit mines in the České středohoří and Podkrkonoší regions 🌋

🪨 Our second stop was a quarry well known for its decorative granite – the Liberec granite. The feldspars vary in colour from pink to green or blue due to changes in their chemical composition. This granite is one of the most iconic and most widely used decorative stones in the Czech Republic 🪦

🇨🇿 We ended the first day with a visit to the Bohemian Paradise Museum. We had the opportunity to walk through an exhibition dedicated to the geology and mineral recourses of the region, an exhibition presenting the systematic mineralogical classification, and a particularly interesting exhibition focused on UV-luminescent materials. In addition to minerals, the collection included synthetic crystals (e.g. REE:YAG) and uranium glass, both produced exclusively in the Czech Republic 🔦

During the field trip, we also visited several smaller quarries and old waste dumps – the last remnants of historical ore mining in the region ⚒️

🤩 This field trip sparked interest among our young student members, further motivating them toward the field of economic geology 🤝

10/12/2025

🎓🌍 XXV International Conference of Young Geologists (ICYG 2026) – Registration now open❗️

We are happy to invite you to ICYG 2026, taking place from 14–17 May 2026 at the beautiful Renaissance castle in Kostelec nad Černými lesy, just 40 km east of Prague, Czech Republic. The Conference is organised by our SGA Chapter Prague and Faculty of Science, Charles University.

ICYG is an annual international conference for emerging geoscientists – from undergraduate (BSc) students presenting their first results to MSc and PhD candidates and early-career researchers. We welcome contributions from all areas of the geosciences, including general geology, economic geology and mineral deposits, environmental geosciences, geomorphology, hydrogeology, engineering geology, geophysics, geoinformatics, mineralogy, geochemistry, petrology, structural and sedimentary geology, and palaeontology. 🌋💎

At the conference wil be organized SGA session with focus on the economic geology and mineral deposits topics!

Thanks to generous support from Charles University and the SGA Network, ICYG 2026 offers student-friendly fees, including on-site accommodation and full board, a pre-conference icebreaker in a local brewery, an SGA-sponsored keynote speaker talk by Prof. Simon M. Jowitt, and SGA travel grants for selected students working in economic geology and mineral deposits.

🔑 Key dates
• Online registration opens now: 10 December 2025
• Registration deadline: 15 February 2026
• Abstract submission deadline: 28 February 2026

👉 More information about the programme, venue, fees, excursion, travel grants and abstract submission: www.icyg.eu
Please share this announcement with your colleagues and students.

We look forward to meeting you in the Czech Republic for an inspiring and friendly conference of young geoscientists!

🎓🌍 XXV International Conference of Young Geologists (ICYG 2026) – Registration now open❗️

We are happy to invite you to ICYG 2026, taking place from 14–17 May 2026 at the beautiful Renaissance castle in Kostelec nad Černými lesy, just 40 km east of Prague, Czech Republic.

ICYG is an annual international conference for emerging geoscientists – from undergraduate (BSc) students presenting their first results to MSc and PhD candidates and early-career researchers. We welcome contributions from all areas of the geosciences, including general geology, economic geology and mineral deposits, environmental geosciences, geomorphology, hydrogeology, engineering geology, geophysics, geoinformatics, mineralogy, geochemistry, petrology, structural and sedimentary geology, and palaeontology. 🌋💎🦕

Thanks to generous support from Charles University and the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA), ICYG 2026 offers student-friendly fees, including on-site accommodation and full board, a pre-conference icebreaker in a local brewery, an SGA-sponsored keynote speaker talk by Prof. Simon M. Jowitt, and SGA travel grants for selected students working in economic geology and mineral deposits.

🔑 Key dates
• Online registration opens now: 10 December 2025
• Registration deadline: 15 February 2026
• Abstract submission deadline: 28 February 2026

👉 More information about the programme, venue, fees, excursion, travel grants and abstract submission: www.icyg.eu
Please share this announcement with your colleagues and students.

We look forward to meeting you in the Czech Republic for an inspiring and friendly conference of young geoscientists! 🙌

01/12/2025

🎄Dear friends and colleagues, we are pleased to invite you to the SGA Student Chapter Prague Christmas Party 🎅🏼, which will take place on Tuesday, December 9, starting at 6:00 p.m. (LS, Albertov 6, 1st floor). You can look forward to delicious refreshments, entertainment, and great company 🍻. Once again this year, you will have the opportunity to try your luck in a geology-themed raffle 💎. We hope you will accept our invitation and join us in celebrating the Advent season 🌟.

09/11/2025

In September, together with members of the SGA Student Baltic Chapter, we went on an unforgettable geological excursion to Scandinavia! ⚒️🇸🇪🇫🇮
Our journey took us from Prague all the way to Kiruna, a Swedish town located 200 km north of the Arctic Circle – in just two weeks, we traveled nearly 7,000 km 🛣️. We had the opportunity to visit world-class mining sites such as the Aitik copper deposit and the Kiruna iron/REE deposit, which rank among the largest and most significant mines not only in Sweden but in all of Europe ⚒️. We also got to see how field mapping is carried out at the Kristineberg copper deposit 🧭. During our visits to active mines, we connected with industry professionals and leading scientists, laying the groundwork for future collaborations and our own career development 📚. The program also included numerous visits to historical mines, important geological and mineralogical sites, and a gemological museum in Finland 💎. An unforgettable highlight was witnessing the Northern Lights – for some of us, it was the very first time ✨🌌. Of course, no Scandinavian experience would be complete without enjoying a traditional sauna beyond the Arctic Circle and tasting local cuisine 🫎.
It was truly an unforgettable expedition that gave us valuable experience, new knowledge, and lasting friendships 🇨🇿🤝🇵🇱🤝🇸🇪.

06/11/2025

🧠⚒️🪨 Vážení členové,

zveme Vás na tradiční podzimní schůzi SGA Student Chapter Prague. Sejdeme se v úterý 18. 11. 2025 od 18:00 v učebně M (Mineralogická posluchárna, Albertov 6). Kromě prezentace letošních aktivit spolku bude důležitým bodem schůze výběr nového správce webových stránek. Prozatím se prosím zamyslete, kdo by tuto pozici mohl zastávat. Zároveň prosím všichni popřemýšlejte, jaké činnosti byste od spolku v příštím roce očekávali, kam byste se s SGA rádi podívali a s jakými zahraničními SGA Chapters byste rádi navázali spolupráci. Vaše impulzy a nápady jsou pro chod spolku klíčové! Všechny návrhy probereme a některé se jistě zrealizují!

Následně se přesuneme do restaurace U Tří Bojovníků, kde bude pokračovat neformální diskuze 🍻.

19/10/2025

02/10/2025

⚒️📚🪨 In August, we had the honor of representing the SGA Student Chapter Prague 🇨🇿 at the 18th SGA Biennial Meeting in Golden, Colorado 🇺🇸. We presented our research, joined inspiring lessons and plenary talks on ore deposits and critical minerals, built international networks and friendships, and in person explored world-class geology on several field trips. We are grateful to SGA for organizing this incredible meeting and for their continuous support of geology students. Get ready for the 2027 19th SGA Biennial Meeting in Perth, Australia 🦘!

08/08/2025

24/03/2025

12/12/2024

🎄Vážení přátelé,
všechny vás zveme na letošní Vánoční večírek SGA Student Chapter Prague

📆17.12.2024
⏰Od 18:00
📍Ložiskové sbírky, Albertov 6, Praha

Můžete se těšit na:

⛰️Ohlédnutí za uplynulým rokem a výhledy do roku 2025
🍗Občerstvení
💎Geologickou tombolu

📄Na večírku bude probíhat prodlužování stávajících členství a zároveň registrace nových členů, takže chcete-li být součástí našeho spolku, neváhejte dorazit! Poplatek ročního členství pro studenty činí 10 eur (případně 260,- Kč)

💰V případě, že se nebudete chtít stát členy, ale na večírek byste rádi, budeme vybírat poplatek 100,- Kč

🎅🏼Těšíme se na vás!