Contests

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Junior Miner of Ontario Competition
OMA High School Video Competition
Where Challenge
2009 Junior Miner of Ontario Winners

Junior Miner of Ontario Competition!
Enter Mining Matters’ Junior Miner of Ontario Competition. One or a group of you could be named Junior Miners of Ontario and win cash prizes! If your teacher hasn’t told your class about this fun way to learn and win, you could mention it! Cash prizes ranging from $50 to $150, are based on five standards of achievement.

How You Can Enter
Make a poster or write a composition, essay, poem, story, or article describing why the Earth’s rock and mineral treasures are important in our daily lives. You could get together with friends to submit a group or class project.  For complete information, download the Competition Application Form. Mail your entry, with the completed application forms, to:

Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Mining Matters

Junior Miner of Ontario Competition
135 King Street East
Toronto, ON M5C 1G6
 
We must receive your entry before June 1, 2010.



OMA High School Video Competition!

Ontario high school students - could you use $5,000?ᅠCreate a 2-3 minute video on the benefits of mining to society and submit it by April 16, 2010 and you could be a winner! More.





Where Challenge!

The Where Challenge is a national contest endorsed by the Canadian Earth sciences community that asks students aged 10 - 14 years to discover the answers to these questions: What on Earth is in your stuff and WHERE on Earth does it come from? There are thousands of dollars in regional and national prizes to be won and you can enter as a group, an individual or a school. All you have to do is use your imagination and dig up some interesting facts about your stuff. Entries received before February 1, 2010 go into Early Bird draw for a second iPod nano! More.



2009 Junior Miner of Ontario Winners

Junior Intermediate
Diamond:
Brook Rumpel
Murray Centennial Public School
 
Platinum:
Emily Quinn
Murray Centennial Public School
 
Gold:
Shalom Yuen
Whitefield Christian Academy
 
Dawson Ellis
St. Mary’s School
Diamond:
Elissa Faiazza
St. Theresa’s Catholic School
 
Platinum:
Sabrina Elahie
St. Theresa’s Catholic School
 
Gold:
Chris Johnson
St. Theresa’s Catholic School





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Junior Miner of Ontario Competition



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