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PDAC e-News and Activities, January 20, No. 31
Page Index
'Super’
flow-through program has ended
Federal election candidates hear about industry challenges
Register before February 1 and save $160.00 on convention fees
Aboriginal
participation at PDAC convention
Members invited to student-industry networking lunch, March 7
PDAC submits its views on a single securities regulator to Crawford
Panel
Amendments to NI 43-101
Director Keith Spence represents PDAC at China Mining
Canadian Environment Awards
2006
Revitalization of CIM’s Exploration and Mining Journal
Inco
comes to Labrador, Ray Goldie’s recent publication
'Super’ flow-through program has ended
Despite a prolonged and intensive advocacy campaign by PDAC
representatives for its extension, the Investment Tax Credit for
Exploration [“super” flow-through program] came to an end on December
31, 2005. In a statement made early in the New Year, Prime Minister Paul
Martin made it clear that his government would not reinstate the ITCE
but would consider re-allocating the funds to some other exploration
related activity such as geoscience. The Conservative and NDP platforms,
however, appear to support the re-introduction of the tax credit.
Click here for
details.
Federal election candidates hear about industry challenges
The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC),
formerly the BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines, and the Mining Association of
BC have been working together to inform federal election candidates
about the challenges and opportunities facing the mineral exploration
and mining sector. A letter and background document have been sent to
all candidates in the federal general election.
Click here
for copies. Election night, January 23, coincides with the start of
the Mineral Exploration Roundup 2006 conference [Vancouver, January
23-26]. The PDAC will be well represented at this event. Please visit us
at the PDAC booth, F4, on the trade show floor.
Register before February 1 and save $160.00 on convention fees
Just a reminder to members planning to attend the PDAC convention [March
5-8 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre] that it will pay you to
register before February 1. Members who will be registering as regular
convention delegates, i.e., not seniors or students, will save $160 if
they register before the beginning of February. Our online registration
system is safe and efficient and is always accessible.
Our call for papers resulted in over 100
submissions. These have now been selected for presentation and are
listed in the
open session.
Aboriginal
participation at PDAC convention
This year's PDAC convention will feature a session on aboriginal
participation in the mineral industry. The session will be held from 2
p.m. to 4.30 p.m. on Monday, March 6, and will be chaired by Don Bubar
and Michael Fox, chair and member respectively of the PDAC’s Aboriginal
Affairs Committee.
Click here for the full list of speakers. This will be an excellent
opportunity for PDAC members to introduce community representatives to
the exploration and mining sector. We are asking corporate members to
make every effort to encourage and assist members of aboriginal
communities to participate in this session.
Members invited to student-industry networking lunch, March 7
There is much discussion these days about the human resource challenges
that the mineral industry is facing. The main challenge, first
identified in a study by the Mining Industry Training and Adjustment
Council and summarized
here, is how to attract the 81,000 new industry recruits who will be
needed to meet the strong world demand for minerals and metals. Clearly,
there will be many opportunities for students and it is incumbent on
industry people to get this message out to them. The Student Affairs
Committee is planning two events to this end.
The first, a networking evening, will be held
during the Mineral Exploration Roundup next week. It is jointly
sponsored by the PDAC and the Association for Mineral Exploration
British Columbia. The second will be a PDAC-hosted lunch on Tuesday,
March 7, during the PDAC convention at the Metro Toronto Convention
Centre. We encourage members to come to this lunch to talk to students.
Lunch is free, but registration is necessary. For more information,
please contact Teresa.
PDAC submits its views on a single securities regulator to Crawford
Panel
The Crawford Panel was established in May 2005 by the Ontario minister
responsible for securities regulation in the province. Working
independently from government, the panel is charged with recommending a
model for achieving a securities regulatory framework that features a
common securities regulator, a common body of securities law, and a
single fee structure. In December, the PDAC responded to the panel’s
discussion paper, A blueprint for a new model. Details of the panel’s
work and the PDAC’s response is available
here.
Amendments to NI 43-101
Greg Ho Yuen, co-chair of the PDAC’s Securities Committee, is co-author
of a paper, National Instrument 43-101 gets updated, which was published
in the December 2005/January 2006 issue of the CIM Bulletin. The
article
provides a summary of the most notable changes to the instrument.
Director Keith Spence represents PDAC at China Mining
As part of a partnership arrangement between the PDAC and China Mining,
director Keith Spence represented the association and chaired a
technical session at China Mining 2005. The conference was held from
November 14-17 in Beijing. Keith reports that, out of the 2,000
delegates to the conference, 300 came from Canada. For a full report of
the conference, please contact
MariAnn Semkiw.
Canadian Environment
Awards 2006
Earlier this year, Philip Bousquet, director of sustainability, served
on the judging panel for the 2006 Canadian Environment Awards. The
awards recognize individual and community group achievements in six
categories: climate change, conservation, environmental health,
environmental learning, restoration and rehabilitation, and sustainable
living. The awards will be announced in Vancouver during Environment
Week in June 2006.
More
information about the awards.
Revitalization of CIM’s Exploration and Mining
Journal
Damien J. Duff, president of the Geological Society of CIM, has asked us
to let PDAC members know that the society’s journal, Exploration and
Mining Geology, has been revitalized. Here
are the details.
Inco comes to Labrador, Ray Goldie’s recent publication
Former PDAC director Ray Goldie has published a book, Inco comes to
Labrador. The book, in hard cover, retails for $24.95 and is being
distributed nationally through the Indigo bookstore chain. The book is
also available through
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