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PDAC e-News and Activities, August 2, 2002 - No. 4
Page Index
Robinson
case and its implications
Join the Core!
Gold Fields is
latest e3 founding partner
Total Landscape
Management (TLM)
Transportation
& disposal of waste lubricants
PDAC
represented on Mineral Policy Research Institute panel
Diamond company is hiring
Robinson
case and its implications
In our July e-newsletter, we told you
about Doug Robinson, a prospector in Ontario who recently won a
settlement in small claims court over two mining claims in which he
held an interest and which were affected by the province’s
land-use program (story). Reginald
Willoughby, a lawyer and PDAC director, has prepared an opinion on
the implications of this case and, at the behest of the board, has
agreed that it should be distributed to our members.
Click
here for a copy.
Join the
Core!
Thanks to the many members who have
sent in their applications to become Core members of the
association. By becoming a Core member, you are not only
demonstrating your loyalty and support for the work of the PDAC, you
are also saving money! Core members will pay $85.00 for their 2003
membership. A regular membership (non-Core) will cost $150. If you
haven’t joined the Core, there’s still time.
Click
here to apply and to find out more about this program.
Gold
Fields is latest e3 founding partner
We are delighted to welcome Gold
Fields as a founding partner of e3 (Environmental Excellence in
Exploration). Project manager Neil Westoll reports that, with this
contribution, fundraising is now over the $400,000 mark and well on
the way to its goal of $500,000. Material is now being compiled for
the e-manual by the technical committee and a style guide is being
developed to ensure consistency throughout the manual. Chairman of
the steering committee, Dave Orava, gave a presentation about e3 on
June 20 at the annual meeting of the Canadian Diamond Drillers
Association in Mont Tremblant, Quebec. If you have questions about
e3, please contact Neil Westoll, nwestolle3@cogeco.ca,
or go to the e3 web page at http://www.e3mining.com.
Total
Landscape Management (TLM)
On July 9, the PDAC board of
directors heard a presentation on Total Landscape Management, a land
management tool that offers a wider vision and more coherent and
integrated approach to resource development and conservation
objectives than more traditional tools such as protected areas.
Peter Koning of the Alberta Chamber of Resources and Ed Hanna of
York University talked about the theory of TLM and its application.
The association published a Communiqué a few years ago on this
topic. Click here for a copy
http://www.pdac.ca/pdac/members/communiq/land.pdf, or contact
Tony Andrews.
Transportation
& disposal of waste lubricants
Past president Gerald Harper is the
PDAC’s representative on a joint Mining Association of Canada-PDAC
Environment Committee. He attended a meeting of the committee in
Trail and Kimberley, British Columbia, in June where the recent
federal legislation on hazardous wastes was one of the items
discussed. He warns members that, as a result of the new
legislation, a permit is required to transport and dispose of waste
lubricants (as little as five litres of a routine engine oil change)
from remote sites on federal lands. It appears that this is the
result of an ill-conceived law, and members who are affected are
urged to voice their complaints to the territorial government or to
the local DIAND office. For more information, contact Gerald Harper,
gharper@gamah.com.
PDAC
represented on Mineral Policy Research Institute panel
The Mineral Policy Research Institute
(MPRI) is a North American-Latin American, multi-stakeholder
initiative that promotes sustainable development in mining in Latin
American countries and the Caribbean. Executive director Tony
Andrews, who is a member of the MPRI advisory group, was an invited
panelist at a meeting in Ottawa on June 13 to discuss the future of
the institute. His presentation focused on the needs of junior
companies operating in Latin America. The meeting was held at the
headquarters of the International Development Research Council, the
umbrella organization of MPRI. Other panelists included
representatives from Natural Resources Canada, CIDA, Placer Dome and
the Environmental Mining Council of British Columbia.
Diamond
company is hiring
Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. is looking
for individuals to fill positions in its sorting and splitting
facility in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
Click
here for details.
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