PDAC e-News and
Activities, May 20, 2004, No. 16
Page Index
Industry responds to Canada’s National Diamond Strategy
Industry’s brief to Canada’s mines
ministers
Mary-Claire Ward Geoscience Award
Diamond exploration company mission
to Europe
UBC Summer
Institute in Mining Studies
PDAC individuals honoured by CIM
Full convention presentations available
on CD-ROM
Industry responds to Canada’s National Diamond Strategy
The PDAC recently joined forces with the NWT and Nunavut Chamber of
Mines and the Mining Association of Canada to prepare a response to
a national diamond strategy that is being led by Canada’s provincial
and territorial governments. Click here
for a copy of the response.
Industry’s brief to Canada’s mines ministers
The association is currently developing a brief on issues of
concern to the exploration industry for submission to the 2004 Mines
Ministers Conference. Key topics of the brief include: securities
regulatory reform; geoscience funding levels; landscape management;
and the inclusion of community consultation and baseline
environmental costs in CEE. The conference will be held in Iqaluit
from July 19-20. For more information, please contact
David Comba. A full copy of the brief will be
posted on the PDAC’s website once it has been approved by the board
of directors.
Mary-Claire
Ward Geoscience Award
The Mary-Claire Ward Geoscience Award has been established to
honour the memory of Mrs. Ward who died on April 18. She believed
strongly in the importance of maintaining Canada’s geoscience
knowledge base and used every opportunity to deliver this message.
An obituary is contained in the April 2004 issue of PDAC in Brief.
The new award, which has been created by the PDAC; the Geological
Association of Canada; Watts, Griffis and McOuat Limited; the
National Geological Surveys Committee, and Mrs. Ward’s many friends
and colleagues, will be presented annually to a post-graduate
student enrolled in geology at a Canadian university. The award
recipient will be undertaking a geoscience project with a geological
mapping component. The award fund, which is being administered by
the Canadian Geological Foundation, is now accepting donations,
which qualify for a tax deduction. If you would like to make a
donation, please click here.
Diamond exploration company mission to Europe
A mission to increase awareness about Canada’s diamond industry and
to introduce diamond exploration companies to the European financial
community will take place from June 14-18. The PDAC is assisting the
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in the
organization of the mission which will consist of company
presentations in five European centres.
Click here for more information.
UBC Summer
Institute in Mining Studies
The Summer Institute in Mining Studies at the University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, begins on June 14 and runs for 12 class days,
until June 26. Courses are eligible for credit towards the UBC
Certificate in Mining Studies. Click here for
program and
registration
details.
PDAC
individuals honoured by CIM
At the CIM’s annual meeting held recently in Edmonton, PDAC
director Maureen Jensen was presented with the Robert Elver Mineral
Economics Award. This award recognizes an individual who has made a
significant contribution in the mineral economics field in Canada.
Also honoured at the same meeting was the PDAC’s director of issues
management, David Comba, who received the CIM's Distinguished
Lecturer Award. For the next twelve months, from June 2004 to May
2005, David will be visiting CIM branches to present a report card
on the flow-through share program in Canada. Honorary director
Gerald Cooper joined the ranks of the CIM's 50 year club.
Full
convention presentations available on CD-ROM
The complete set of presentations given in the main technical
sessions (invited papers) at the 2004 PDAC convention are now
available on CD-ROM. The audio on the CD-ROM consists of the
speakers’ actual delivery of their papers, and this is fully
synchronized with their Powerpoint slides. The CD-ROM can be
purchased for CAD$295 plus taxes and shipping and handling. Online
ordering is available at
http://www.softconference.com/040307. For information, please
call 1 888-711-1138. Where text versions of
technical papers have
been provided by speakers, these are available free of charge on the PDAC
web site. |
