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May 7th, 2017 
Awake Goy 
nsnbc : Fifteen Afghan experts received training in mining and geological exploration during a two-week workshop heled in Iran and organized jointly with efforts of Finland, Germany, Iran, as well as Afghanistan.
Germany’s Office for Cooperation with Afghanistan, last week, issued a statement, saying that a two-week training program in geophysics in Shiraz, Iran, had come to an end. Three lecturers from Kabul Polytechnic University as well as 12 mining engineers from the Afghanistan Geological Survey (AGS) participated in the workshop.
In its statement the German Office for Cooperation with Afghanistan also noted that the Geological Survey of Finland has already been working with the AGS and organized this two-week seminar. The seminar was in part funded by Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The German Program for Academic Mining Education in Afghanistan (AMEA) sponsored the seminar as well. The AMEA aims to support further development and strengthening of cooperation between universities, state institutions and others in the Afghan mining and geology sector. The German office noted that trainers from Finland and Iran led all courses. The training focused primarily on the application of different geophysical methods in mineral exploration.
Other topics such as groundwater, hydrogeology as well as building and construction, and assessment of rock were covered. The participants also learned how to combine these methods and how to cooperate between different units and departments.
Besides theoretical parts, the training also included sessions on practical modelling and data interpretation. In small groups, the 15 participants had the opportunity to strengthen in-depth knowledge and to network.
The geophysics training is part of the continuous cooperation between the Geological Survey of Finland and the Afghanistan Geological Survey – a partnership that the Afghan-German Cooperation aims to collaborate with. In November 2017, a follow-up field training for Afghan sector experts will take place in Iran, organized by the Geological Survey of Finland. Afghanistan is rich in minerals including gems, and Afghanistan holds one of the world’s largest lithium reserves.
F/AK – nsnbc 07.5.2017
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