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PDAC e-News and Activities, January 23, 2008, No. 50
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Congratulations to this year’s PDAC
awards winners
De Beers Canada Inc. wins annual safety award
Ontario study demonstrates the economic
benefits of a representative mine
Northern Regulatory Improvement
Initiative – Industry open forum – Vancouver - Jan 28
Continuous disclosure and financial
reporting – Vancouver seminar – January 31
Paul Hébert to be executive director, Federated
School of Mines, Ontario
ICMM is offering free community development
workshop – March 4 – Toronto
Resettlement training program – March 6
& 7 – Toronto
Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir – St. David’s
Day Concert – March 1 - Toronto
Congratulations to
this year’s PDAC awards winners
The board of directors is pleased to announce this year’s awards
winners, selected on the recommendation of the awards committee.
Presentation of the awards will take place on Monday, March 3, at the
Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto, during the PDAC’s annual convention.
Recipients of the awards are the following:
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Thayer Lindsley International Discovery Award:
The exploration team of Aurelian Resources Inc., led by Patrick
Anderson, Keith Barron, and Steve Leary
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Bill Dennis Prospector of the Year Award: Sean
Roosen, Robert Wares, and John Burzynski, Osisko Exploration Ltd.
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Viola R. MacMillan Developer’s Award: Lukas
Lundin, Lundin Mining Corporation
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Distinguished Service Award: Maureen Jensen;
Donald Mustard
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e3 Environmental Excellence in Exploration
Award: Fonds Restor-Action Nunavik
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Skookum Jim Award: Athabasca Basin Development
Limited Partnership
Click here for full descriptions of the awards and details of the
recipients.
De Beers Canada Inc. wins annual safety award
De Beers Canada Inc. is to receive the annual safety award of the PDAC
and the Association for Mineral Exploration BC for the highest
performance in health and safety in mineral exploration in Canada in
2006. The company logged 257,235 hours without a lost workday incident.
The award will be presented during AME BC’s Roundup on Monday, January
28 in Vancouver and during PDAC Convention 2008 on Monday, March 3.
Ontario study demonstrates the economic
benefits of a representative mine
Towards the end of last year the Ontario Mining Association released a
study entitled Ontario mining: A partner in prosperity building – The
economic impacts of a ‘representative mine’ in Ontario. Developed by
Peter Dungan and Steve Murphy of the Institute for Policy Analysis at
the University of Toronto, the study concludes that the overall economic
impacts of such a mine are extremely large. In its opening or
construction phase, the mine adds an estimated $140 million to the
province’s GDP and generates almost 2,000 jobs annually. In its
production phase, for each year of operation, the mine adds
approximately $280 million to Ontario’s GDP and increases Ontario’s
employment by almost 2,300. Government revenues also benefit. Some $49
million annually is collected during the construction stage, this sum
rising to $84 million per year when the mine is producing. The
provincial government’s share is $19 million during the first phase and
over $32 million during the production phase. This is a carefully
designed study that could serve as a template for other jurisdictions.
The study is available
here in pdf format.
Northern Regulatory Improvement
Initiative – Industry open forum – Vancouver - Jan 28
The Northern Regulatory Improvement Initiative is a federal government
strategy aimed at improving the current regulatory regime in northern
Canada, particularly in the Northwest Territories. A working group,
which includes Philip Bousquet of the PDAC, is developing a mineral
industry response to the strategy and is holding an open forum on the
afternoon of Monday, January 28, in the Marine Room, Westin Bayshore
Hotel, Vancouver, from 1 pm to 3 pm to inform participants of its
progress. Participants will be able to discuss their specific concerns
on the topic or put forward their recommendations for inclusion in the
industry’s response.
Click here
for background information and a preliminary list of issues related to
mineral exploration and mining operations. For further information,
please contact Philip
Bousquet.
Continuous disclosure and
financial reporting – Vancouver seminar – January 31
A seminar on continuous disclosure and financial reporting for mineral
companies is being organized by Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP and will
be held from 2 pm to 4 pm on Thursday, January 31 at the Bentall 5
Conference Centre, 550 Burrard Street, Vancouver. The session is
targeted towards mining issues and will be of interest to chief
financial officers and other individuals responsible for financial
reporting, investor relations personnel and senior management of public
companies. There is no charge. However, registration is required. Please
register with Kim
MacDonald, telephone 416 362 1969, ext. 247. More details are
here.
Paul Hébert to be executive director,
Federated School of Mines, Ontario
The Federated School of Mines in northern Ontario has announced the
appointment of Paul Hébert as its executive director. Formerly with the
Mining Industry Human Resources Sector Council (MiHR), Hébert will take
up his new appointment on February 25. The Federated School of Mines was
established in 2006 by Cambrian College and Northern College-Haileybury
School of Mines. Its goal is to attract people to northern Ontario, to
strengthen communities through access to education and training, to
encourage learners to stay in the North, and to help the mineral
industry with its educational needs.
Click
here for more details.
ICMM is offering free community
development workshop – March 4 – Toronto
The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has developed a
community development toolkit. The kit contains practical tools to help
mining companies, government, communities, and NGOs work together to
enable sustainable community development activities in areas where there
are mining operations. The ICMM is offering a one-day training workshop
to introduce participants to the kit and its tools for assessment,
planning, relationship management, program management, and monitoring
and evaluation. The workshop will be held from 9 am to 5 p.m. on
Tuesday, March 4 in room 205D, north building, Metro Toronto Convention
Centre. There is no fee but people interested in attending should
register with Claire White.
Registration, which is limited to a maximum of 30 participants, will be
on a first come, first served basis.
Click here
for further details.
Resettlement training program –
March 6 & 7 – Toronto
A two-day training program on issues surrounding community resettlement
is being offered by Environmental Resources Management from 8.30 a.m. to
5.30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, March 6 and 7, at the Novotel Toronto
Hotel, North York (a 20-minute subway ride from downtown Toronto). The
course draws on the company’s extensive experience in developing
resettlement action plans that comply with World Bank/IFC standards and
in managing the implementation of resettlement programs around the
world. Case studies are a core element of the training. The $1,800
course fee includes course material, breakfasts, lunches and nutrition
breaks. A block of hotel rooms has been reserved at a special group rate
for participants.
Click
here for more information or contact
Vince Deschamps by email or
by telephone at 416 646 3613.
Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir – St.
David’s Day Concert – March 1 - Toronto
The Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir will present a St. David’s Day
Concert - Cyngerdd Dydd Gwyl Dewi - in Toronto on Saturday, March 1, at
7.30 pm. The concert will feature CBC’s Christopher Thomas as Master of
Ceremonies; the Northumberland Orchestra; soloist Shannon Mercer;
Merched Dewi; organist Clement Carelse; and carillonneur Gerald
Martindale for the evening's celebration of Welsh culture. Tickets for
the event, which will be held at the Metropolitan United Church, 56
Queen Street East, Toronto, are $25.00 and can be purchased
here. Alternatively, you can contact Bonnie Booth, the publicist for
the event, by telephone at 416 410 2254 or by
email. For more details about
the choir, click here.
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