ARTeMIS -A European training-through-research program for exploration geologists

The ERASMUS+ ARTeMIS (Action for Research and Teaching Mineral exploration Inclusive School) program is a training-through-research project for mineral exploration that brings together Master students from four partner universities (Univ. Lorraine, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and NKUA Athens) and the mining company Hellas Gold. The program includes training for lecturers and students on portable spectroscopic tools (pXRF, pLIBS, pVNIR-SWIR and pRAMAN), and classroom instruction in mineral resource geochemistry. The course is supplemented by a two-week field school in NE Greece (Central Macedonia and Thrace regions) dedicated to the application of portable spectroscopic tools in demanding field work environments. The field training is combined with mapping of porphyry-epithermal type deposits metallogenic systems, which are exploration targets for various base, critical and precious metals (e.g. Cu, Fe, Pb, Zn, Au, Ag, Pb, In, Ge, Ga, Sb, Bi, ...) on the European continent. The expected results of this training work are: (1) Creation of complementary teaching units for lecturers and graduate students in the context of mineral exploration and resources in Europe (2) Use and development of portable spectroscopic tools during field work adapted to mineral exploration (3) Publication of an educational field guide dedicated to the mineral resources of northeastern Greece (4) Creation of a methodology for logistical preparation of an international field school for teaching in exploration geology Another aspect of the ARTeMIS program aims to offer new opportunities to students with disabilities by making training courses accessible. To this end, a collaboration with occupational therapists permits to identify ways of improvement by bringing together lecturers, students, Earth Sciences professionals and therapists.