| Inside AME BC - Rick Conte to Join the AME BC Team
- 18th Annual AME BC Invitational Golf Tournament and Fundraiser a Success!
- Nomination Time! 2010 AME BC Awards
- Follow AME BC on Twitter!
- 7th Annual AME BC Photo Contest
Health & Safety - AME BC/PDAC Safety Survey Due Today!
Mineral Exploration News - Teck Celebrity Pie Throw a Success!
- CIM Conference / BC Mining Week “Mining In Society” Trade Show a Success!
- Vote for Dr. Sheila Stenzel - YWCA Vancouver Women of Distinction Awards!
- Knight Piésold Wins Engineering Division and Corporate Division Challenges - 2010 Vancouver Sun Run
AME BC Announces New & Renewed Corporate Members - AME BC Welcomes New Corporate Member
- Thank You to all Renewed Corporate Members
Employment Opportunities
Courses & Education
Upcoming Events and Conferences
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| Inside AME BC |
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| Rick Conte to Join the AME BC Team |
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| We are pleased to announce that Mr. Rick Conte will be joining the AME BC team as Vice President, Technical and Regulatory Affairs as of June 1. Rick has been the Executive Director with Mineral Titles Branch, a part of the provincial Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, since 2002. One of his key roles as Executive Director of the Branch was the interpretation and application of the Mineral Tenure Act, Coal Act, Mines Act and other related statutes for government, industry and the general public. He has been responsible for the development of key amendments and related regulations as well as the supporting policy positions. With a British Columbia Institute of Technology mining education and years of practical work experience in B.C., Rick is widely respected for his technical and regulatory background and has a strong working knowledge of the mineral exploration sector, from grass roots exploration through to site reclamation. He has also worked outside government for companies such as Kennco Explorations, Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd. and Wesfrob Mines Ltd. Rick’s role at AME BC will entail working on issues such as land use planning, permitting and environmental assessment, mineral tenure and rights, geosciences, and economic incentives. |
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| 18th Annual AME BC Invitational Golf Tournament and Fundraiser a Success! |
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| The 18th Annual AME BC Invitational Golf Tournament and Fundraiser was held on Tuesday, May 18, at Mayfair Lakes Golf and Country Club in Richmond. Despite the rain in the morning, over 140 golfers showed up and braved the conditions. By mid afternoon, the sun came out and a gorgeous sunset was enjoyed by all at the post-round banquet. Special thanks to all of the tournament sponsors! As a result of the sponsorship program, over $15,000 was raised for the Mineral Resources Education Program of BC. For a list of sponsors, please visit www.amebc.ca/news-and-events/eventsummaries/golf/sponsors.aspx. As a result of mulligan sales, Hit the Tarp contest sales, and the Water Balls 50/50, $1,155 was raised for the Prostate Centre at VGH. Congratulations to the winning team! - Jon Bey
- Brad Cooke
- Dan Nixon
- Marty Rendall and
- Jaclyn Ruptash
And congratulations to the contest winners: - Longest drive, ladies – Barb Collins
- Longest drive, mens – Dan Dickson
- Closest to the pin, hole 4 – Rolph Biggar
- Closest to the pin, hole 8 – Andrea Taggart
- Closest to the pin, hole 12 – Mike Sieb
- Closest to the pin, hole 15 – Paddy Nicol
Thanks again to all of the sponsors, and to all of the golfers who came out to the event! Photos from the event will be posted on our website within the next 2 weeks. The 19th annual tournament will be held in May 2011; stay tuned for details! |
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| Nomination Time! 2010 AME BC Awards |
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| It's that time of the year again! Nominations for the 2010 AME BC Awards are now being collected. Do you know somebody who should receive one of AME BC’s prestigious awards? If so, please nominate them using our online form. Alternatively, you may fill out the hard copy form at the end of our Nominations Brochure and mail it to us at: Association for Mineral Exploration BC
800-889 West Pender Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 3B2 For more information, visit http://www.amebc.ca/about-us/awards.aspx. |
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| Follow AME BC on Twitter! |
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| You can now follow AME BC on Twitter at @AME_BC. Our twitter feed features news, events, announcements, and is a great way of keeping up to date with our activities. AME BC’s twitter feed is another one of the many ways that AME BC is striving to keep members informed and engaged. |
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| 7th Annual AME BC Photo Contest is now Open! |
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The 7th Annual AME BC Photo Contest is now open. The categories have changed slightly this year and are as follows: - People at Work
- Exploration Scenery
- Animals, Minerals, Harmony
- Health & Safety
To increase you chances of winning, get more details on each category at www.amebc.ca/media/photo-contest-2010.aspx $100 prizes will be awarded for each category winner. A top prize of $500 will be awarded for the overal best photo, along with an appearance in the 2011 AME BC Photo Calendar and on the cover of Mineral Exploration Magazine. Submission deadline is September 30, 2010. Please submit your photos to Mary Hughes, Coordinator, New Media & Creative, AME BC at mhughes@amebc.ca. View our past photo contest winners in our photo gallery! |
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| Health & Safety |
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| AME BC/PDAC Safety Survey Due Today! |
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The Canadian Mineral Exploration Health & Safety Survey is almost due. The survey, conducted annually by the Association for Mineral Exploration BC (AME BC) and the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) aims to capture all work carried out by mineral exploration companies, mining companies with exploration projects, government geological surveys, and diamond drilling companies in Canada. The survey is strictly confidential and will be solely used by AME BC and the PDAC to develop our fifth annual Canadian Mineral Exploration Health & Safety Report. View the 2008 report here. Companies who report no lost workdays will be eligible for the Safe Day Everyday Award. However, no individual company information will accompany incident reports. We respectfully request that you take the estimated 5 to 10 minutes to complete the confidential survey at http://64.114.94.36/survey.aspx?survey=1&RD=1 by Friday, May 21. To review the questions before filling out the survey, or to fill out a paper version of the survey, Word and .pdf versions of the survey are found here www.amebc.ca/policy/health-and-safety/health-safety-survey.aspx. (Note: fill out the survey for 2009, and report work in days (as opposed to hours). We again congratulate Northgate Minerals Corporation for receiving the Safe Day Everyday Gold Award for reporting 195,192 lost workday incident free hours in 2008, and the 71 other recipients of the Safe Day Every Day Award for having no lost workday incidents in 2008. Thank you again for completing the survey, and have a safe day, everyday during the 2010 field season. |
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| Mineral Exploration News |
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| Teck Celebrity Pie Throw a Success! |
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| Teck hosted its annual Celebrity Pie Throw in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery during Mining Week on May 13, and as usual, it was an unqualified success. The BC mining community raised $1,370,950 at this event for the Mining for Miracles campaign to benefit BC Children’s Hospital. 100% of the funds raised in 2010 will be directed to the purchase and operation of a state-of-the-art 3 Tesla (3T) MRI scanner which will be located in the Pediatric Imaging Analysis & Neuroinformatics Centre at BC Children’s Hospital. Together with the expertise of BC Children’s Hospital world-renowned researchers, this new facility promises to help deepen the understanding of pediatric brain development and how children are affected by brain disorders, as well as provide ways to evaluate new therapies for protecting the brain. Wayne Cox emceed and Nova Scotia’s Men of the Deeps performed a concert for the masses, with a special guest appearance from Vancouverite Brian Riback (Brian, at age 12, was excused from the two-years-of-underground-duty requirement of singing with Cape Breton’s famous coal miners’ choir). Top honours go to the team of Don Lindsay, President & CEO, Teck Resources Limited, and Frank Giustra. Frank Giustra “delivered” a pie to Don Lindsay worth $725,150. Congratulations also go to the following teams: - Buddy The Miner and pie-ee Dr. Ken Poskitt
- Sunny Bear and Dr. Steven Miller
- Bruce McLeod, Creston Moly and Troon Ventures, and Darren Pylot, Capstone Mining
- Clem Pelletier, Rescan, and Brent Thompson, Wardrop
- Pierre Gratton, Mining Association of BC, and Jean Vavrek, CIM (Jean was pied with some help from AME BC’s own Gavin C. Dirom, and new Mining Suppliers Association of B.C. chair Patty Moore)
- François Tougas, Lang Michener, and Boyd Payne, Teck Coal
- Randy Smallwood, Silver Wheaton, and Geoff Burns, Pan American Silver
- Michael Murphy, Woodman Capital and Torex Resources, and Colin Joudrie, Teck (After 13 successful years in being involved with the pie throw, past Mining for Miracles chair Colin was called up for pie-ee duty).
There were also two special pies. Jerry Bried, Mining for Miracles Chair, was lovingly pied by mother Gwen Bried, and Men of the Deeps got to share a pie as well. Thank you to everyone who has supported this worthwhile cause. The Mining for Miracles grand total will be unveiled during Miracle Weekend on Global TV on June 5 and 6. If you have not yet contributed, visit www.miningformiracles.ca to give to BC Children’s Hospital today. |
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| CIM Conference / BC Mining Week “Mining In Society” Trade Show a Success! |
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| AME BC was pleased to support CIM’s (Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy) Mining In Society trade show that took place as part of BC Mining Week at the new Vancouver Convention Centre May 9-11. The free show was open to members of the general public and to pre-booked school groups. Almost 5,700 students, 250 teachers, and countless parents from over 90 schools in the Lower Mainland visited the event. The show was comprised of a series of pavilions that showcased the various stages of the mining cycle through interactive displays and activities. AME BC sat on the Mining In Society Organizing Committee, and helped coordinate the Exploration themed pavilion with the Mineral Resources Education Program of BC. The CIM conference comes to Vancouver every five years. For more information on the CIM conference, visit www.cim.org. AME BC was pleased to support BC Mining Week that took place May 9-15. AME BC sat on the BC Mining Week Committee, and sponsored the event. |
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| Vote for Dr. Sheila Stenzel - YWCA Vancouver Women of Distinction Awards! |
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Dr. Sheila Stenzel has been nominated for the YWCA Vancouver Women of Distinction Awards for her tremendous work in Education, Training & Development category as Director of the Mineral Resources Education Program of British Columbia. The Awards began in 1984 to honour, encourage and recognize women whose outstanding contributions make a difference to the community.
Sheila will also have an opportunity to allocate $10,000 to healthy choices for youth, all you need to do is vote online for her! Visit http://ywcavan.org/vote to vote now. The nominee with the most votes will receive the Connecting the Community Award. Scotiabank will designate $10,000 to the YWCA program area she selects.
Vote once a day until Friday, May 28 at noon. Please help us spread the word about Sheila's nomination and secure funding for healthy choices for youth!
You can also join the Facebook Fan Page for updates. |
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| Knight Piésold’s Team Wins Engineering Division and Corporate Division Challenges at the 2010 Vancouver Sun Run |
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| Congratulations Corporate Member Knight Piésold Ltd. (KP) who's Vancouver office finished first place in both the overall corporate division as well as the engineering division in the 26th Annual Vancouver Sun Run. Approximately one third of the Vancouver KP office staff participated in the race, beating 682 other teams and taking the title from last year’s overall team winner, ICBC, with a top-ten average time of 39 minutes and 12 seconds. Using the same focus, enthusiasm and commitment they show for their work, participants trained hard to capture the top spot. Over 50,000 people took to the sunny streets of Vancouver on May 9, 2010 to run, walk or wheel the 10km race, the second largest of its kind in the world. The Sun Run has been described as an icon of west coast culture since it promotes health, fitness, community spirit, and amateur athletics with this year’s event raising more than $50,000 for literacy and more than $70,000 for amateur athletics. |
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| AME BC Announces New & Renewed Corporate Members |
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| AME BC Welcomes the Following New Corporate Member |
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Pacifica Partners Inc. - Crossborder Wealth Management provides full-service customized Private Wealth Management for Canadians, American and Expatriates. The firm is a Discretionary Portfolio Manager licensed in select Provinces and is also a Registered Investment Advisor with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the USA.
*To all Corporate Members: Don't see your 50 word company description on our website? email it to info@amebc.ca. |
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| AME BC Thanks All Recently Renewed Corporate Members! |
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Terrane Metals Corp. For more information on AME BC Membership or to become a member, visit www.amebc.ca/membership/overview.aspx. |
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| Employment Opportunities |
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| Want to Post an Ad on the AME BC Job Board? If you are an employer and would like to post a job, use the post a job function here. The cost for each posting is $200, which will remain active for 45 days. AME BC corporate members receive one free posting with a yearly membership or renewal, with all subsequent postings at a 50% member discounted rate. To use your free posting, please email the complete job posting information to mhughes@amebc.ca. To use your subsequent 50% discount, simply make sure you are logged in and let the payment calculator do the rest. |
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| Courses & Education |
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| AME BC’s tradition of education for the mineral exploration sector dates back to 1918, when it held its first prospecting seminar. Since then, thousands of students have received training in prospecting, mineral exploration, health and safety, and aboriginal engagement through AME BC. Click here to view AME BC’s Education and Professional Development section. Other Professional Development Opportunities Several of AME BC’s Corporate Members have professional development programs geared toward our diverse membership. Current offerings are available here. |
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| Upcoming Events & Conferences |
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| AME BC Events Calendar
External Event Calendar AME BC helps to facilitate and promote external events that benefit our members. Use this calendar to see what events are on the horizon and get detailed information. |