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This journal introduces original research in the field of economic geology, including nonmetallic mineral deposits, experimental and applied geochemistry, with emphasis on mineral deposits. It contains short and comprehensive articles, letters, notes, review papers, scientific discussions on mineral deposit geology. Emphasis is placed on high-quality content and form for all articles and on international coverage of subject matter. The journal is intended to be of interest to those engaged in field geology, mineral deposit research, and ore deposit exploration. All papers will be subject to international peer review.

Editors
Georges Beaudoin
Université Laval
Département de géologie et de génie géologique
Faculté des sciences et de génie 
1065 avenue de la Médecine 
Québec, Canada G1V 0A6
Fax: +1-418-656-7339
email : beaudoin@ggl.ulaval.ca
Bernd Lehmann
Technical University of Clausthal
Mineral Resources
Adolph-Roemer-Strasse 2A
38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld
Germany
Fax: +49-5323-722511
e-mail: bernd.lehmann@tu-clausthal.de

Editorial Board
David Banks
University of Leeds
Leeds, UK
e-mail: d.a.banks@leeds.ac.uk
Alexandre Raphael Cabral
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
e-mail: arcabral@geol.igc.ufmg.br
Zhaoshan Chang
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO, USA
e-mail: chang@mines.edu
Huayong Chen
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guangzhou, China
e-mail: huayongchen@gig.ac.cn
Pasi Eilu
Geological Survey of Finland
Espoo, Finland
e-mail: pasi.eilu@gtk.fi
Mostafa Fayek
University of Manitoba, 
Winnipeg, Canada
e-mail: Mostafa.Fayek@umanitoba.ca
Marco Fiorentini
The University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
e-mail: marco.fiorentini@uwa.edu.au
Hartwig E. Frimmel
University of Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
e-mail: hartwig.frimmel@uni-wuerzburg.de
Albert Gilg
Technical University of Munich
Munich, Germany
e-mail: agilg@tum.de
Steffen Hagemann
The University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
e-mail: steffen.hagemann@uwa.edu.au
Pete Hollings
Lakehead University
Thunder Bay, ONT, Canada
e-mail: pnhollin@lakeheadu.ca
Ruizhong Hu
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guiyang, Guizhou, China
e-mail: huruizhong@vip.gyig.ac.cn
David Huston
Geoscience Australia
Canberra, ACT, Australia
e-mail: david.huston@ga.gov.au
Shao-Yong Jiang
China University of Geosciences
Wuhan, China
e-mail: shyjiang@nju.edu.cn ; shyjiang@cug.edu.cn
Karen D. Kelley
United States Geological Survey
Denver, CO, USA
e-mail: kdkelley@usgs.gov
Robert Linnen
Western University
London, ONT, Canada
e-mail: rlinnen@uwo.ca
Wolfgang D. Maier
Cardiff University
Cardiff, UK
e-mail: MaierW@cardiff.ac.uk
Frank Melcher
Montanuniversität Leoben
Leoben, Austria
e-mail: frank.melcher@unileoben.ac.at
Thomas Monecke
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, USA
e-mail: tmonecke@mines.edu
Robert P. Moritz
Université de Genève
Genève, Switzerland
e-mail: Robert.Moritz@unige.ch
Rolf Romer
GeoForschungsZentrum
Potsdam, Germany
e-mail: romer@gfz-potsdam.de