Awards

Lecturers

• 1985J.F. WilsonA Craton and its Cracks
• 1987A.C. ColvineGenetic Models in Gold Exploration
• 1992K.A. ErikssonCrustal Growth, Surface Processes and Atmospheric Evolution of the Early Earth
• 1994R.G. ParkEarly Proterozoic Plate Tectonics – An Analogue for the Archaean?
• 1998E.G. NisbetThe influence of life on the face of the Earth
• 2000M.J. de WitOld rocks act lies: that’s why it is so difficult to reconstruct what Earth looked like long ago
• 2003J.D. KramersThe Limits of Uniformitarianism
• 2005T.J. Broderick130 Years of Regional Geological Mapping – Zimbabwe’s Heritage and a Challenge for the Future
• 2009A.H. WilsonEarth’s Earliest Volcanoes – an insight into planetary processes 3 billion years ago
• 2012T.G. BlenkinsopCratons, Mobile Belts and Gold Mineralisation
• 2016M.D. PrendergastNickel laterite deposits of the northern part of the Great Dyke: geomorphology, regolith stratigraphy, geochemistry, mineralogy, distribution and genesis
• 2019H. JelsmaA.M. Macgregor’s (1951) Gregarious Batholiths and a Tripartite Subdivision of the Greenstone Belt Stratigraphy – exploring our understanding of the geological evolution and mineral endowment of the Zimbabwe Craton
• 2022S. MasterGeological Evolution and Metallogeny of the Palaeoproterozoic Magondi Belt, Zimbabwe and Botswana
• 2024B. MapaniZircon geochronology: a handle in plate reconstructions, geological evolution of mobile belts and assessment of mineral deposit fertility

Recipients

• 1979J.F. Wilson“A Preliminary Reappraisal of the Rhodesian Basement Complex” Geol. Soc. S. Afr., Spec. Publ. 5, pp. 1–23.
• 1980A. Martin, E.G. Nisbet & M.J. Bickle“Archaean Stromatolites of the Belingwe Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe” Precambrian Research, 13 (4), pp. 337–362.
• 1981No award made
• 1982A.H. Wilson“The Geology of the Great ‘Dyke’, Zimbabwe: The Ultramafic Rocks” J. Pet., 23 (2), pp. 240–292.
• 1983M.K. Watkeys, M.P.R. Light & T.J. Broderick“A Retrospective View of the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, Zimbabwe” Geol. Soc. S. Afr., Spec. Publ. 8, pp. 65–80.
• 1984R.P. Foster (Ed.)“GOLD ’82: The Geology, Geochemistry and Genesis of Gold Deposits” Geol. Soc. Zim., Spec. Publ. 1, 731 pp., A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
• 1985No award made
• 1986R.P. Foster, A.G. Mann, C.W. Stowe & J.F. Wilson“Archaean gold mineralization in Zimbabwe” pp. 43–112 in C.R. Anhaeusser and S. Maske (Editors), Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa, Vol. 1, Geol. Soc. S. Afr., Johannesburg.
• 1987L.A. Lister“The Erosion Surfaces of Zimbabwe” Zim. geol. Surv., Bull. 90, 163 pp.
• 1988No award made
• 1989M.D. PrendergastFor his co-authorship of the first three papers in ‘Magmatic Sulphides – The Zimbabwe Volume’ and his editorship of that volume.
• 1990J.D. Kramers & J.R. Ridley“Can Archaean granulites be direct crystallization products from a siallic magma layer?” Geology, 17, pp. 442–445.
• 1991J.F. Wilson“A craton and its cracks: some of the behaviour of the Zimbabwe block from the Late Archaean to the Mesozoic in response to horizontal movements, and the significance of some of its mafic dyke fracture patterns” J. Afr. Earth Sciences, 10 (3), pp. 483–501.
• 1992O. Gwavava, C.J. Swain, F. Podmore & J.D. Fairhead“Evidence of Crustal Thinning beneath the Limpopo Belt and Lebombo Monocline of Southern Africa, based on Regional Gravity Studies, and Implications for the Reconstruction of Gondwana” Tectonophysics, 212, pp. 1–20.
• 1993M.J. Bickle & E.G. Nisbet (Editors), with A. Martin & J.L. Orpen“The Geology of the Belingwe Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe: A Study of the Evolution of Archaean Continental Crust” Geol. Soc. Zim., Spec. Publ. 2, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, 239 pp.
• A.H. Wilson“Geology of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe: Crystallization, layering, and cumulate formation in the P1 Pyroxenite of Cyclic Unit 1 of the Darwendale Subchamber” J. Petrol., 33, pp. 611–663.
• 1994B. Goscombe, P. Fey & F. Both“Structural Evolution of the Chewore Inliers, Zambezi Mobile Belt, Zimbabwe” J. Afr. Earth Sciences, 19, pp. 199–224.
• 1995S.D.G. Campbell & P.E.J. Pitfield“Structural Controls of Gold Mineralization in the Zimbabwe Craton – Exploration Guidelines” Zim. geol. Surv., Bull. 101, 270 pp.
• 1996H.A. Jelsma, M.L. Vinyu, P.J. Valbracht, G.R. Davies, J.R. Wijbrans & E.A.T. Verdurman“Constraints on Archaean crustal evolution of the Zimbabwe Craton: a U-Pb zircon, Sm-Nd and Pb-Pb whole-rock isotope study” Contr. Min. Pet., 124, pp. 55–70.
• 1997H. Munyanyiwa, R.E. Hanson, T.G. Blenkinsop & P.J. Treloar“Geochemistry of amphibolites and quartzofeldspathic gneisses in the Pan-African Zambezi Belt, northwest Zimbabwe: evidence for bimodal magmatism in a continental rift setting” Precambrian Research, 81, pp. 179–196.
• M. Berger & H. Rollinson“Isotopic and geochemical evidence for crust-mantle interaction during late Archaean crustal growth” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 61, pp. 4809–4829.
• 1998B. Goscombe, R. Armstrong & J. Barton“Tectonometamorphic evolution of the Chewore Inliers: partial re-equilibration of high-grade basement during the Pan-African orogeny” J. Pet., 39, pp. 1347–1384.
• 1999M.L. Vinyu, R.E. Hanson, M.W. Martin, S.A. Bowring, H.A. Jelsma & P.H.G.M. Dirks“U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar geochronological constraints on the tectonic evolution of the easternmost part of the Zambezi orogenic belt, north-east Zimbabwe” Precambrian Research, 98, pp. 67–82.
• 2000H.A. Jelsma & P.H.G.M. Dirks“Tectonic evolution of a greenstone sequence in northern Zimbabwe: sequential early stacking and pluton diapirism” Tectonics, 19, pp. 135–152.
• 2001T.G. Blenkinsop & P.J. Treloar“Tabular intrusion and folding of the late Archaean Murehwa Granite, Zimbabwe, during regional shortening” J. geol. Soc. Lond., 158, pp. 653–664.
• 2004M.D. Prendergast“Contact relationships between the Koodoovale- and Manjeri-type lithostratigraphic units of the late Archaean Bulawayan Supergroup at Hunters Road, central Zimbabwe” S. Afr. J. Geol., 107, pp. 325–332.
• 2005G. Barale, M.K. Bamford, B. Gomez, T.J. Broderick, M.A. Raath & A. Cadman“A fossil peat deposit from the late Triassic (Carnian) of Zimbabwe with preserved cuticle of Pteridospermopsida and Ginkgoales, and its geological setting” Palaeont. Afr., 41, pp. 89–100.
• 2006A. Moore & J. Moore“A glacial ancestry for the Somabula diamond-bearing alluvial deposit, central Zimbabwe” S. Afr. J. Geol., 109, pp. 625–636.
• W. Moyce, P. Mangeya, R. Owen & D. Love“Alluvial aquifers in the Mzingwane Catchment: their distribution, properties, current usage and potential expansion” Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 31.
• 2007M.D. Prendergast & M.T.D. Wingate“Zircon geochronology and partial reinterpretation of the late Archaean Mashaba Igneous Complex, south-central Zimbabwe” S. Afr. J. Geol., 110, pp. 585–596.
• 2008J.E. Danielsen, T. Dahlin, R. Owen, P. Mangeya & E. Auken“Geophysical and hydrogeologic investigation of groundwater in the Karoo stratigraphic sequence at Sawmills in northern Matabeleland” Hydrogeology Journal, 15, pp. 945–960.
• 2009A.E. Moore, F.P.D. Cotterill, T. Broderick & D. Plowes“Landscape evolution in Zimbabwe from the Permian to present, with implications for kimberlite prospecting” S. Afr. J. Geol., 112 (1), pp. 65–88.
• 2010S. Master, A. Bekker & A. Hofmann“A review of the stratigraphy and geological setting of the Palaeoproterozoic Magondi Supergroup, Zimbabwe – type locality for the Lomagundi carbon isotope excursion” Precambrian Research, 182, pp. 254–273.
• 2011H. Rollinson & M. Whitehouse“The growth of the Zimbabwe Craton during the late Archaean: an ion microprobe U-Pb zircon study” J. geol. Soc. Lond., 168, pp. 941–952.
• 2012M.D. Prendergast & M.T.D. Wingate“Zircon geochronology of late Archean komatiitic sills and their felsic country rocks, south-central Zimbabwe: a revised age for the Reliance komatiitic event and its implications” Precambrian Research.
• 2013M.D. Prendergast“Landscape evolution, regolith formation and nickel laterite development in the northern part of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe” S. Afr. J. Geol., 116 (2), pp. 219–240.
• 2014R. Ranganai“Structural and subsurface relationships between the Fort Rixon – Shangani greenstone belt and the Nalatale pluton, Zimbabwe, as derived from gravity and aeromagnetic data” S. Afr. J. Geol., 116 (2).
• 2015R.M. Key, F.P.D. Cotterill & A.E. Moore“The Zambezi River: an archive of tectonic events linked to the amalgamation and disruption of Gondwana and subsequent evolution of the African Plate” S. Afr. J. Geol., 118 (4), pp. 425–438.
• 2016M.D. Prendergast“The Snake’s Head Platinum Project – layering, PGE mineralization and deformation of the Musengezi Subchamber of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe” S. Afr. J. Geol., 119 (2), pp. 305–328.
• 2017F.R. Chauque, U.G. Cordani, D.L. Jamal & A.T. Onoe“The Zimbabwe Craton in Zimbabwe: a brief review of its geochronological pattern and its relation to the Mozambique Belt” J. Afr. Earth Sci., 129 (May), pp. 366–379.
• 2018P.A. Viglietti, P.M. Barrett, T.J. Broderick, D. Munyikwa, R. MacNiven, L. Broderick, K. Chapelle, D. Glynn, S. Edwards, M. Zondo, P. Broderick & J.N. Choiniere“Stratigraphy of the Vulcanodon type locality and its implications for regional correlations within the Karoo Supergroup” J. Afr. Earth Sci., 137, pp. 149–156.
• 2019M. Prendergast & J. Hollaway (Editors) et al.“Mining in Zimbabwe from the 6th to the 21st Centuries” Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe, 645 pp.
• 2020L. Sciscio, P.A. Viglietti, P.M. Barrett, T.J. Broderick, D. Munyikwa, K.E.J. Chapelle, K.N. Dollman, S.F. Edwards, M. Zondo & J.N. Choiniere“Sedimentology and palaeontology of the Upper Karoo Group in the Mid-Zambezi Basin, Zimbabwe: new localities and their implications for interbasinal correlation” Geological Magazine, Cambridge University Press, 24 pp.
• 2021Not awarded
• 2022C.T. Griffin, B.M. Wynd, D. Munyikwa, T.J. Broderick, M. Zondo, S. Tolan, M.C. Langer, S.J. Nesbitt & H.R. Taruvinga“Africa’s oldest dinosaurs reveal early suppression of dinosaur distribution”
• 2023A.P. Gumsley, M. de Kock, R. Ernst, A. Gumsley, R. Hanson, S. Kamo, M. Knoper, M. Lewandowski, B. Luks, A. Mamuse & U. Soderlund“The Mutare-Fingeren dyke swarm: the enigma of the Kalahari Craton’s exit from supercontinent Rodinia”
• 2024H. Rollinson, G. Chagondah & A. Hofmann“The late Archaean granite paradox: a case study from the Zimbabwe Craton”
• 2025L. Koopmans, N.J. Gardiner, B. St. Pierre, R.M. Palin, R. Musinga & L.J. Robb“Structural controls on lithium mineralization in shear-zone hosted granitic pegmatites of the Zulu pegmatite field, Zimbabwe – implications for exploration”

Recipients

• 1983C.G. CareyThe geology of the area around and to the east of Mushandike Dam
• 1984C.D.B. PayneThe geology of the Gairezi sediments of the Umkondo Group in the Nyanga area with special reference to the structure and stratigraphy
• 1985K.G. ChenjeraiThe geology of an area north of Mazoe Mine
• 1986C.M. TsomondoThe geology of the greenstone-granite terrain between Adzwe Mine and St Joseph’s School, Wedza
• 1987S. MundondoThe geology of an area around Muchi River, Magondi Mobile Belt
• 1988C.T. MhinduStructural controls of gold mineralization and the geology of the Pink Reef Mine
• 1989D.M. CarrThe geology of the Freda Mine and mine area, Gwanda Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe. A metallogenic and emplacement model
• F.C. MujuruGeological, geophysical and geochemical investigation of BIF-hosted gold mineralisation around Lennox Mine, Mashava, and the implications for gold exploration in BIF-hosted ore
• 1990P.M.B.C. MandorebaThe geology of the country around Pompeii Mine (SW of Shurugwi)
• 1991F.T. NhiwatiwaThe geology, metamorphism, structure and gold mineralisation in and around Tiger Reef Mine, Kwe Kwe
• 1992M. ChivasaGeology, metamorphism, structure and sulphide mineralisation potential in and around Shabanie Mine, Zvishavane
• 1993M. MakanzaThe geology of an area around Chiswiti, north of Mount Darwin
• K. RuswayiThe geology of the area around Isabella Mine: structural controls on gold mineralization
• 1994K. ChisiThe geology of the Gadzema Schist Belt: tectonics and structural constraints on gold precipitation
• W. MtisiThe geology of an area south of Rushinga
• 1995R.W.A. TennantA structural re-appraisal of the Chimanimani Mountains
• J.A. van der MerweA structural re-appraisal of the geology about Dalny Mine, Chakari, with particular reference to gold mineralisation
• 1996G. GundaniMetabasites and the tectonic evolution of the Northern Marginal Zone, Limpopo Belt
• 1997K. DandaThe geology, geochemistry and alteration patterns associated with the Maramba base metal (Cu-Pb-Zn) deposit: implications for volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) exploration
• 1998B. MangwiroCharacterising the source, type of placer accumulation and environmentally sustainable production of gold in the Angwa River, NW Zimbabwe
• 1999A. MamuseGeological, geochemical and petrogenic features of tantalum pegmatites: a study of the Benson Mine area (NE Zimbabwe) and implications for tantalum exploration
• 2000B. RuziveAn assessment of the contribution of mine dumps to siltation and environmental pollution by heavy metals in Mutorashanga, northern Great Dyke
• 2001G. ChinodaStratigraphic and structural relationships around Shabani: implications on gold mineralisation
• 2004No award
• 2005No award
• 2006I.T. NyamukondiwaGeological mapping of the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe from Darwendale to Impinge – North Dyke (with emphasis on seam characteristics and occurrence of the blank zones)
• 2008C. MarambaThe geology and gold mineralization relationships between Shamva Danton Claims and Shamva Mine; could Danton be an extension of the Shamva Mine orebody?
• 2009No award
• 2010No award
• 2011No award
• 2012No award
• 2013No award
• 2014No award
• 2015No award
• 2016P.A. DinginyaDetermining possible source rock/s for alluvial gold in Matsitsi River, Ayrshire Mine: a soil geochemical approach
• 2017P. MaradzaThe effects of geological structures on ground stability at Ayrshire Mine, Banket, Zimbabwe
• 2018W. MagazaCharacterisation of mineralisation at Bubi Mine, implications for gold exploration
• 2019T. KandemiriGeology and gold mineralization styles of the Glenn High Prospect, Bulawayo Greenstone Belt
• 2020K. MoyoFootwall splay faults: implications to gold mineralization at How Mine, Bulawayo Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe
• 2021G. KupetaPetrography and depositional features of the Lower Argillaceous Series, Dunstan Farm, Chimanimani: possible Charleswood Diamondiferous Grits extension
• 2022T.T. DingaanMtshingwe Fault Zone associated alterations and implications on PGM mineralization of the Main Sulphide Zone
• 2023T. MwaguraThe effect of the Paarl Fault on the Main Sulphide Zone, Selukwe Subchamber, Great Dyke
• 2024T.F. MakunguwoEffects of the Wedza Fault Zone on South Hill North Section ore resource at Mimosa Mine
• 2025B. GwitiraPotential link between Benson Mine Pegmatites, Mataki Greenstone Belt and adjacent granites: insights from granitoid zircon U-Pb age constraints

Recipients

• 2021N.M. Gerema
• 2022R. Mavesera
• 2023M. Mugwagwa
• 2024L. Banda
• 2025P.R. Goronga

Recipients

• 2007Daniel Chavandora
• 2008Miss Nosizo
• 2009Lloyd Chiyamuchiko
• 2010Wiseman Chipangamate
• 2011Lawrence Poterai
• 2012Luckmore Chiteshe
• 2013Sarah Sindiso Masendeke
• 2014Nyasha Natasha Chitsa
• 2015Brian Tapuwa Chinheya
• 2016Bayanda Brian Moyo
• 2017Alfred Chikandiwa
• 2018Blessing Jean Msipha
• 2019Godwill Mutukura
• 2020No awardCOVID-19 restrictions
• 2021W. Makwanya
• 2022M. Mupamhadzi
• 2023J.K. Chakawa
• 2024M.K. Maphosa
• 2025E. Mawadza

Recipients

• 2008Mike KellowUltra-detailed aeromagnetic surveys – new insights into the Perseverance Nickel Belt
• 2009Hillary Gumbo3D Earth Exploration
• 2010No awardZGS Centenary Symposium held
• 2011Hillary Gumbo & Peter BourhillIntegrated exploration on a coal project in southern Zimbabwe
• 2012Dumisayi MapunduGround penetrating radar (GPR) as a ground monitoring system
• 2013Lovemore ChimukaExploration techniques: discovery of the Sese and Murowa kimberlite fields
• 2014Freddy ChikwiriA comparison between the PGM mineralogy of the pristine sulphide and oxidized ores of the Wedza Subchamber, Great Dyke, Zimbabwe
• 2015Tenyears GumedeGeophysics of the ruby-bearing amphibolite gneisses – Montepuez Complex, Mozambique
• 2016Hillary Gumbo & Mark TsomondoGround magnetics and gold-camp scale structural controls at Mazowe Mine
• 2017Tim BroderickFrom Archosaurs to Dinosaurs
• 2018Tom BlenkinsopTectonic controls on the intrusion of the Great Dyke and the Bushveld Complex
• 2019Sharad MasterSijarira surprise! Preliminary age data on detrital zircons from the Sijarira Group, western Zimbabwe reveals an unexpected Antarctica connection
• 2020No awardNo symposium due to COVID-19
• 2021Brian MapingereStructural constraints on the evolution of the south-eastern Mwanesi Greenstone Belt and adjacent granitoids, central Zimbabwe Craton: implications for gold mineralisation
• 2022Scott MaclennanHigh temperature thermochronology from the Paleoarchean eastern Pilbara craton and relevance to the granite-greenstone terranes of the Zimbabwe craton
• 2023Godfrey ChagondahThe mineralogy and geochemistry of Archaean late-granite suites along the southern extent of the Zimbabwe Craton
• 2024William CollettThe Dokwe Gold Discovery
• 2025Evgeny NikolenkoDiamond potential of the lithospheric mantle beneath the Limpopo Mobile Belt (southern Zimbabwe) based on the geochemistry of mantle garnets