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| AME BC Awards Nominations Deadline is September 30! |
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| Do you know someone that deserves recognition for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the industry? Nominate them for an award! AME BC presents nine awards to recognize the remarkable achievements and contributions of individuals and teams in the mineral resource, investment, and mineral exploration industry. Nominations are requested for the Association for Mineral Exploration BC Awards that are to be presented at Mineral Exploration Roundup. Nominations should be submitted by September 30, and letters should be addressed to: Chairman, Awards Committee
Association for Mineral Exploration BC
800 – 889 West Pender Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 3B2 Nominations shall be made, in writing, to the Awards Committee. Each nomination shall clearly state the reason for the nomination and provide a brief synopsis of the nominee’s career. Unsuccessful nominations will be considered for up to three additional years beyond the original year of nomination. Supporting letters are required. For more information on the awards and to fill out a nomination form, please click here. |
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| 2008 Award Winner Spotlight (Cont. from Aug. 27) |
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| Hugo Dummett Diamond Award for Excellence in Diamond Exploration and Development |
| Winners: Ken MacNeill, George Read, Harvey Bay and Pieter Du Plessis, Shore Gold |
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| The Shore Gold team took home the Hugo for their leadership, consolidation and coordination in the systematic evaluation of the very large and widespread Star-Orion South Diamond project in the Fort à la Corne diamond district in central Saskatchewan from a grassroots stage to an advanced exploration/development stage. +Read more in the spring 2009 issue of Mineral Exploration Magazine! |
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| Colin Spence Award for Global Mineral Exploration |
| Winner: Charles Forster, CAMEC |
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| Forster had the vision and tenacity to explore the Oyu Tolgoi project in southern Mongolia with Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. from 2001 until 2008 and discover the Southwest Oyu, Hugo Dummett and Heruga deposits, which collectively contain more than 45 million ounces of gold and 80 billion pounds of copper. Although Forster is happy to avoid the limelight, his vision and dedication are the key reasons one of the world’s largest copper-gold deposits was discovered. Ivanhoe invited him to Mongolia to evaluate its newly optioned Oyu Tolgoi property in 2001. The site had yielded copper for many years, but exploration by BHP Billiton had only defined a small deposit. Forster identified a target warranting diamond drilling in 2001, and over the next seven years the project took on global proportions. Forster and the Ivanhoe exploration team spent long periods on-site with few breaks, bearing the hot, dry summers and cold, windy winters without complaint. With the most recent Heruga deposit discovery, Oyu Tolgoi is now considered the largest copper-gold discovery in 20 years. +Read more in the spring 2009 issue of Mineral Exploration Magazine! |
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| Robert R. Hedley Award for Excellence in Social and Environmental Responsibility |
| Winner: Dr. Robert L. Carpenter, Kivalliq Energy Corporation |
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| In 2007, after a 20-year uranium exploration and mining moratorium, Kivalliq Energy Corporation, under Carpenter’s guidance as chairman, director and founder, was awarded an exploration permit for the historic Lac Cinquante Uranium Deposit in Nunavut. Kivalliq won an open-bid process for access to this highly sought-after property, largely thanks to the collaborative negotiation process Carpenter coordinated with the Inuit people. It allowed the Inuit to become shareholders in Kivalliq, extended their royalty structure to federal lands surrounding the deposit and provided them with a 25 per cent back-in right, as well as business opportunities related to the project, pending feasibility. In turn, Kivalliq will have the opportunity to not only develop the Cinquante deposit, but also to explore for uranium on other regions of Inuit-owned land. This remains the only uranium project to have successfully signed an agreement with Nunavut Inuit to date. +Read more in the spring 2009 issue of Mineral Exploration Magazine! |
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| David Barr Award for Excellence in Leadership and Innovation in Mineral Exploration Health and Safety |
| Winner: Bill Mercer, Avalon Ventures Ltd |
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| Bill Mercer is a tireless campaigner for health and safety in mineral exploration. As chair of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Health & Safety Committee, Mercer draws on over 30 years of experience in Canada and abroad, including his current role as vice-president of exploration at Avalon Ventures Ltd., and previous positions as chief geologist for Noranda-Falconbridge and president of the PDAC. +Read more in the spring 2009 issue of Mineral Exploration Magazine! |
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| Health & Safety |
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| Women in Mining Run for the Cure on October 4 |
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| When: Sunday October 4, 2009
Where: Concord Pacific Place Last year, more than 170,000 participants in 55 communities raised $28.5 million across Canada! Women in Mining had 65 members in 3 cities and contributed $34,022.49 to that amount. Come and join Laureen Whyte and Mary Hughes of AME BC, and the rest of the 2009 Women in Mining team and help us surpass last year's goal! Join our team in the 1km Walk/5km Run - Registration is Easy! - Visit www.cbcf.org
- Click on the “CIBC Run for the Cure” logo
- Click on Register and start fundraising today! You can register as either a returning participant or a new participant. Once you register, you can set up a personal donation page where friends and family can support you. Online donations are quick, easy and secure.
- Select your nearest run site location
- Enter your profile information - click continue
- Check the box to agree with the Run Waiver and click continue
- Register under the third option: Join an existing Team at my Run location and select continue
- On bottom half of the page enter: Team Name: Women in Mining, Team Captain Last Name: Cox
- Select continue
- Select Join this team Choose your registration method and welcome to the team!
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| Mineral Exploration News |
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| Canadian Mineral Industry Federation Brief to the 66th Mines Ministers’ Conference |
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| The Mining Association of Canada, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) and the fifteen other mining-related associations including AME BC that are members of the Canadian Mineral Industry Federation (CMIF) were given an opportunity to provide federal, provincial and territorial Mines Ministers with views and recommendations regarding policy issues of importance to our industry. Click here to read the full paper - Positioning for Future Growth - A Brief to the 66th Mines Ministers’ Conference, St. John’s. As detailed in this paper, there are four priority areas worth particular focus – areas where enhanced effort and investment on the part of Canada’s Mines Ministers would contribute significantly to a stronger Canadian industry. The CMIF members represent the majority of companies engaged in mineral exploration, mining, and processing – accounting for most of Canada’s production of base and precious metals, uranium, diamonds, metallurgical coal, mined oil sands and industrial minerals. |
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| Graduates of Environmental Monitor Assistant Program, Newest NWCC School of Exploration & Mining Program, Ready for Mineral Industry |
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| Students from Northwest Community College School of Exploration & Mining's newest program are ready to work with the minerals industry and its service providers as environmental assistants. The Environmental Monitor Assistant Program (EMAP) was developed with input from industry specialists to prepare graduates to work on environmental aspects of all phases of the industry from exploration through development, operation, closure and reclamation. The two month program prepared students to work safely in the bush and covered data collection, information management, aquatic and terrestial monitoring, site characterization and equipment setup and operation. All the training took place at the School of Exploration & Mining's Ganokwa field camp, 20 kilometres from Smithers, B.C. Funding for the program was provided by the Province of British Columbia and the Government of Canada through the joint Labour Market Agreement.
The EMAP graduates join the graduates of the school's very successful Reclamation and Prospecting (RAP), Mining Exploration Field Assistant, Driller Helper, Core Tech and Camp Manager programs. For more information on how graduates from any of the NWCC School of Exploration & Mining programs can help you finish out the field season, or plan for next spring, please contact Rob Maurer, Job Placement Advisor & Industry Liaison 1.877.277.2288 Ext. 5831 or rmaurer@nwcc.bc.ca. |
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| BC Geoscience BC News |
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| Geoscience BC Announces QUEST-South Airborne Gravity Survey |
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| Geoscience BC has announced the launch of an airborne gravity survey in the southern interior of British Columbia. This $2 Million airborne gravity survey, to be carried out by Sander Geophysics Ltd., will cover approximately 45,000 square kilometres and extend from Williams Lake to the US Border including the Kamloops, Merritt and Princeton areas. "The Province is pleased to support regional geoscience projects like the QUEST-South geophysical survey, which provide valuable new public information for the mineral exploration industry," said Minister of State for Mining Randy Hawes. "These new geoscience datasets will stimulate increased exploration investment and job opportunities in British Columbia's southern interior". This survey represents Phase 2 of Geoscience BC's QUEST-South Project, a $2.5 million project that combines regional geochemical and geophysical techniques to help exploration geologists identify different rock types and structures that will aid the exploration industry in identifying promising areas for more intensive exploration. Phase 1 of the QUEST-South Project, which includes the reanalysis of over 9000 archived stream sediment samples and the collection and analysis of over 1000 new stream sediment samples in south-central British Columbia, is already underway. "The QUEST-South area has significant potential for copper-gold and copper-molybdenum deposits, but much of the area in the north is obscured by young volcanic rocks which make exploration challenging," said Dr. 'Lyn Anglin, President and CEO of Geoscience BC. "These surveys will provide the exploration community with new data in which to evaluate this prospective part of BC, reduce the risk and help to attract and guide more exploration activities and investment." Sander Geophysics Ltd. will use both a helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft to fly the over 25,000 line-kilometre survey. Geoscience BC expects that this data, which will be contiguous with the combined QUEST and QUEST-West airborne gravity datasets collected in 2007 and 2008, will be released in early 2010. "We're extremely pleased that Sander Geophysics has been selected to fly the QUEST-South airborne gravity survey," stated Luise Sander, Co-President of Sander Geophysics Ltd. (www.sgl.com). "We have flown the two previous QUEST gravity surveys (QUEST and QUEST-West) so we are well aware of the exploration interest these surveys generate, and we are confident that our unique AIRGrav airborne gravity technology will help make QUEST-South a similar success." For more information on Geoscience BC's Projects, please visit www.geosciencebc.com. |
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| Employment Opportunities |
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| AME BC has launched its new Job Board, the best way to find a job in the mineral exploration industry. We aim to connect qualified personnel with companies seeking skilled employees. If you are looking for work, use the view jobs function and browse all of the current postings. If you are an employer and would like to post a job, use the post a job function. 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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| Education & Courses |
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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
AME BC hosts a range of events every year. Use this calendar to see what events are on the horizon and get detailed information.
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. |
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| AME BC News is a newsletter released twice monthly by the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia. Please send any suggestions, news, or ideas for articles to Mary Hughes, Communications Coordinator: 800-889 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 3B2
Tel. 604.630.3927 Fax: 604.681.2363
mhughes@amebc.ca |