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</div> </div><div class="et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column_4_tb_body et_pb_specialty_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child"> <div class="et_pb_row_inner et_pb_row_inner_0_tb_body"> <div class="et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_inner et_pb_column_inner_0_tb_body et-last-child"> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_de_mach_acf_item et_pb_de_mach_acf_item_0_tb_body dmach-text-before-pos-same_line dmach-label-pos-same_line dmach-vertical-alignment-middle et_pb_de_mach_alignment_ dmach-acf-has-value dmach-image-icon-placement-left"> <div class="et_pb_module_inner"> <div class="dmach-acf-item-container"> <div class="dmach-acf-item-content"> <h3 class="dmach-acf-value ">Calling All Authors</h3> </div> <div class="repeater_sep"></div> </div> </div> </div><div class="et_pb_module et_pb_de_mach_acf_item et_pb_de_mach_acf_item_1_tb_body dmach-text-before-pos-same_line dmach-label-pos-same_line dmach-vertical-alignment-middle et_pb_de_mach_alignment_ 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Abstracts due Nov. 6, 2024. </p> </div> <div class="repeater_sep"></div> </div> </div> </div><div class="et_pb_module et_pb_de_mach_acf_item et_pb_de_mach_acf_item_2_tb_body dmach-text-before-pos-same_line dmach-label-pos-same_line dmach-vertical-alignment-middle et_pb_de_mach_alignment_ dmach-acf-has-value dmach-image-icon-placement-left"> <div class="et_pb_module_inner"> <div class="dmach-acf-item-container"> <div class="dmach-acf-item-content"> <span class="acf_prefix"></span><a class="dmach-acf-value et_pb_button" data-icon="E" href="https://groundcontrolmining.org/authors-overview" >Authors Overview</a><span class="acf_suffix"></span> </div> <div class="repeater_sep"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="et_pb_row_inner et_pb_row_inner_1_tb_body"> <div class="et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_inner et_pb_column_inner_1_tb_body et-last-child"> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_de_mach_acf_item et_pb_de_mach_acf_item_3_tb_body dmach-text-before-pos-same_line dmach-label-pos-same_line dmach-vertical-alignment-middle et_pb_de_mach_alignment_ dmach-acf-has-value dmach-image-icon-placement-left"> <div class="et_pb_module_inner"> <div class="dmach-acf-item-container"> <div class="dmach-acf-item-content"> <h3 class="dmach-acf-value ">International Attendees</h3> </div> <div class="repeater_sep"></div> </div> </div> </div><div class="et_pb_module et_pb_de_mach_acf_item et_pb_de_mach_acf_item_4_tb_body dmach-text-before-pos-same_line dmach-label-pos-same_line dmach-vertical-alignment-middle et_pb_de_mach_alignment_ dmach-acf-has-value dmach-image-icon-placement-left"> <div class="et_pb_module_inner"> <div class="dmach-acf-item-container"> <div class="dmach-acf-item-content"> <p class="dmach-acf-value ">If you require a Letter of Invitation to attend the International Conference on Ground Control in Mining we can help. </p> </div> <div class="repeater_sep"></div> </div> </div> </div><div class="et_pb_module et_pb_de_mach_acf_item 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