The journal, now published semi-quarterly, was first published in 1905 by the Economic Geology Publishing Company (PUBCO), a not-for-profit company established for the purpose of publishing a periodical devoted to economic geology. On the founding of SEG in 1920, a cooperative arrangement between PUBCO and SEG made the journal the official organ of the Society, and PUBCO agreed to carry the Society's name on the front cover under the heading "Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists". PUBCO and SEG continued to operate as cooperating but separate entities until 2001, when the Board of Directors of PUBCO and the Council of SEG, by unanimous consent, approved a formal agreement of merger. The former activities of the PUBCO Board of Directors are now carried out by a Publications Board, a new self-governing unit within SEG.

该期刊现为半季刊，于 1905 年由经济地质出版公司 (PUBCO) 首次出版，PUBCO 是一家非营利性公司，成立的目的是出版一份专门介绍经济地质学的期刊。1920 年 SEG 成立时，PUBCO 和 SEG 达成合作协议，使该期刊成为学会的官方刊物，PUBCO 同意在封面上印上学会的名称，标题为“经济地质学家学会公报”。PUBCO 和 SEG 继续作为合作但独立的实体运营，直到 2001 年，PUBCO 董事会和 SEG 理事会一致同意批准了正式合并协议。PUBCO 董事会以前的活动现在由出版委员会执行，出版委员会是 SEG 内一个新的自治单位。

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