Volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposits are an important source of global base, precious, and some strategic metals. They have formed for over 3 billion years and are currently forming on the modern seafloor. They are still considered valued targets for metals, but exploration requires integrated geological, geochemical, and geophysical approaches to find them. Lithogeochemistry has been a critical tool in VMS exploration for nearly 40 years (see review by Piercey, 2009) and continues to be an important tool in the exploration for VMS deposits. In this presentation current tools and future trends in exploration lithogeochemistry for VMS deposits will be discussed. CITATION: Piercey, S, 2019. Exploration lithogeochemistry for volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits, in Proceedings PACRIM 2019, pp 4344 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).