Gold27 13 - 14 April 2027
Gold Reef City Theme Park, Johannesburg 
Conference Theme: Back to the Future

On behalf of the Gold Conference 2027 Programme Committee, we are delighted to invite researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and industry professionals from around the world to submit abstracts for our upcoming international conference.  Gold Conference 2027 will serve as a premier global forum for the exchange of cutting-edge research, emerging trends, and transformative ideas across our field. We welcome contributions that challenge existing paradigms, present novel findings, or bridge theory and practice in meaningful ways. 

Thematic Areas

- Prospect, artisanal working, small mine, additions, world-class

- New technology, imaginative analytics, modern mining

- Legacy data, new methods, fresh eyes

- Research and exploration

- Mineral economics

Presentation formats

- Invited keynote speakers (45 min address + 15 min Q&A)

- Submitted oral presentations (20 min presentation + 5 min Q&A)

- Poster presentations (displayed throughout conference (5 mn oral presentation + 5 min Q&A)

Full paper submissions / abstracts are welcome before the deadline, all submissions must follow this guideline to be considered: Gold27 Abstract Submission Template.doc 

Please submit all submissions and abstracts to: Gold27.Geosciences@wits.ac.za

Submission Deadline: 17:00 SAST on 15 December 2026