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PDAC e-News and Activities, May 30, 2007, No. 44
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Frank and Joe Grieco
Advocacy on Parliament Hill focuses on
land access and aboriginal affairs
Sustainable development reporting in
the mining industry
PDAC’s student-industry workshop
received rave reviews from students
Mineral industry’s future needs for
geoscientists: Members’ views sought
Seminar will examine implications of
recent Platinex decision
Fairmont Royal York Hotel offers
PDAC members special summer rate
Opportunities in
Cambodia’s mining sector
Mining women walk to support breast cancer
research
Frank and Joe
Grieco
Brothers Frank and Joe Grieco, the two principals of P.R. Engineering,
were killed in an airplane crash on May 17. Frank ran the marketing arm
of the company and was well known to the mining community. In a letter
of condolence to Frank’s widow, Linda, PDAC president Patricia Dillon
states that “Frank’s love of life, friendliness, infectious good humour,
and hard work for the mining community made him one of the most popular
people in our industry, and his death leaves a gaping hole that will
never be filled.”
Advocacy on Parliament Hill
focuses on land access and aboriginal affairs
A group of PDAC representatives is meeting this week with MPs and
government officials to talk about the importance of land access for
mineral exploration and the need for the Canadian government to resolve
longstanding aboriginal land claims. First vice-president Jon Baird and
directors Don Bubar, Barbara Hendrickson, Richard Moore, Ralph Newson,
Glenn Nolan, and Keith Spence are participating, along with PDAC staff
members MaryAnn Mihychuk and Kim MacDonald. A briefing note for these
meetings is available
here. For more
information, contact
MaryAnn Mihychuk.
Sustainable development
reporting in the mining industry
A recent study conducted by Deloitte analyzed current reporting
practices of 36 mining companies in the area of sustainable development
(SD) or corporate responsibility. The results are summarized in this
12-page document entitled
A mine of
information. The report points out that many companies have taken
large strides to manage and report on relevant issues and notes that the
mining sector is now one of the top SD reporters, producing 800 reports
since 1992. The report identifies what the ‘best reporters’ are doing
well and provides pointers for those companies “that have not yet fully
embraced the SD reporting challenge.”
PDAC’s student-industry
workshop received rave reviews from students
Congratulations to Lynda Bloom and Scott Jobin-Bevans, co-chairs of the
PDAC’s student affairs committee; Teresa Barrett, membership
coordinator; and Naaznin Pastakia, workshop coordinator, for organizing
the association’s first student-industry workshop in Sudbury earlier
this month. The aim of the workshop was to give university students in
earth sciences an opportunity to learn about the many aspects of the
mineral exploration industry. By all accounts, the workshop was a great
success. At the end of the two-week, all expenses paid event, the 23
students appeared reluctant to go home! Barrick Gold, a major sponsor of
the event, brought Stanslaus (William) Mhindi, an exploration geologist
at the North Mara mine, Tanzania, to learn about the mineral industry in
Canada. Here is a
letter from one of the participants, Marc Rinne, with his views
about the workshop.
Mineral industry’s future
needs for geoscientists: Members’ views sought
The Canadian
Federation of Earth Sciences is seeking the mineral sector’s
assessment of its future needs for geoscientists and technical support
personnel. The resulting data will be used to help build a strong case
for further investment in geoscience education at all levels, and
encourage educational institutions to consider more closely aligning
their training strategies with the needs of the work place. The survey
is short and we encourage as many members as possible to respond to it.
Deadline for responses is June 30, 2007.
Click here for the survey.
Seminar will examine implications
of recent Platinex decision
The Ontario Bar Association is organizing an evening seminar on the
recent developments surrounding the Platinex decision and its
implications for resource companies. The event will be held on Thursday,
June 14 at the Marriott Toronto Downtown Eaton Centre (York A and B)
beginning at 5.30 p.m. The registration fee, which includes dinner, is
$84.80 for members of the CIM and Canadian Bar Association and $106.00
for non-members. Speakers Don Bubar, chair of the PDAC’s aboriginal
affairs committee, and Neal Smitheman, counsel for Platinex, will
discuss the Platinex decision and will also provide an update on the
current state of the law and talk about the Crown's duty to consult in
the context of resource exploration and development in Ontario.
Click here for full details and registration form.
Fairmont Royal York Hotel
offers PDAC members special summer rate
As part of its annual appreciation summer getaway program, the Fairmont
Royal York Hotel is offering PDAC members a special summer rate of $139
per night. If you wish to take advantage of this offer, which applies to
reservations from June 28 to September 4, please indicate that you are a
member of the PDAC.
More
details here.
Opportunities in
Cambodia’s mining sector
The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) is
interested in communicating the opportunities in Cambodia to Canadian
companies that may be interested in exploring business development
opportunities in Cambodia. Vanak Chhim, Canada’s trade commissioner to
Cambodia, has developed this
report on current opportunities in the country’s mining sector,
including the current outlook and the role of Cambodian officials in
granting the appropriate licences and permits. For additional
information, contact Jamie Huckabay at DFAIT by telephone, 613 947 8112,
or by email,
jamie.huckabay@international.gc.ca.
Mining women walk to support breast
cancer research
On September 8 and 9, eight women from the mineral industry will join
hundreds of other women in a two-day, 60 kilometre Weekend to End Breast
Cancer walk. Each walker has committed to raising at least $2,000 in
donations which will go to the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto to
fund research into the prevention and treatment of breast cancer. The
women, Nean Allman, Kate Armstrong, Teresa Barrett, Saley Lawton,
MaryAnn Mihychuk, Monica Ospina, Jane Werniuk, and Margaret Werniuk,
invite you and your colleagues and employers to donate to this worthy
cause. Click here for
more details. |
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