OREANDA-NEWS. The ceremony of closing the second open field Republican Olympiad of young geologists took place in the Kazan children's health improvement camp "Zarechye".

Engel Fattakhov, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Education and Science of Tatarstan, and Rais Khisamov, Chief Geologist - Deputy General Director of PJSC TATNEFT, summed up the results and congratulated the winners and participants of the Olympiad.

Overall, about 290 children from different parts of Tatarstan, young geologists from the Crimea and the Republic of Kazakhstan participated in the competition.

As part of the profession-oriented session there were courses provided on the basics of field dwelling site arrangement, heavy mineral sampling, petroleum geology, etc. The Olympiad participants took part in various competitions and contests for the best knowledge of mineralogy, paleontology and radiometry. Cultural events were also organized for children.

The first place in the team competition was awarded to "Devon" team of Almetyevsk region, the second - to "Selenit" team of the Soviet district of Kazan and the third place - to "Azurit" team from Nizhnekamsk.

The picked team of the Republic of Tatarstan will be formed based on the results of the Olympiad to take part in the Xth All-Russian open field competition of young geologists, which will be held from July 30 to August 10, 2015 in the city of Tyumen.

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The organizers of the forum were the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan, Department of Mineral Resources Management of the Volga Federal District in the Republic of Tatarstan and the Tatarstan regional branch of the public organization "Russian Geological Society" (TatRosGeo), the main sponsor of the event was TATNEFT Company jointly with independent oil companies of the Republic of Tatarstan.