2003 Convention • Papers & Presentations • Publications

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PDAC - CIM Joint Luncheon
Technical Program
Open Session
Portability of professional registration workshop

• China overview, Bob Horn, Inco Limited, Toronto, Canada (PDF)

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• Geological overview and mining districts of China, Liu Yikang, China Mining Association, Beijing, China (PDF)

• Changing mining environment in China, Wei Tiejun, Ministry of Land & Resources, P.R.C, Beijing, China (PDF)

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• Exploration, Bill Meyer & Ken Cai, Minco Mining & Metals Corporation, Vancouver, Canada (PDF)

• Advanced exploration, Greg Hall, Placer Dome Inc., Perth, Australia (PDF)

• New producer, Gilles Laverdiere, HMZ Metals, Toronto, Canada (PDF)

• Established producer, Jake Klein, Sino Gold Limited, Sydney, Australia (PDF)

• Gold, Bruce Alway, Gold Fields Mineral Services, London, England

• Platinum, palladium, Gordon H. Bassett, Johnson Matthey (Pty) Ltd., London, England

• Diamonds, Charles Wyndham, WWW International Diamond Consultants Ltd., London, England (PDF)

• Copper, Peter Hollands, Bloomsbury Minerals Economics, London, England

• Nickel, Santo Ranieri, Falconbridge Ltd., Toronto, Canada

• Zinc, Andrew Roebuck, TeckCominco Metals Ltd., Toronto, Canada

• Price drivers of the LME metals, Peter Hollands, Bloomsbury Minerals Economics, London, England

• Identification of “conflict diamonds”: A boulevard in creative futility, Stephen Haggerty, Florida International University, Miami, USA (PDF)

• Diamonds in Canada - 12 years later - What have we learned? Howard Coopersmith, Consultant, Fort Collins, USA (PDF)

• Due diligence for diamond project financing, Bill Roscoe, Roscoe Postle Associates Inc., Toronto, Canada (PDF)

• Australian diamond exploration and potential 2002, Lynton Jaques, Geoscience Australia, Canberra, Australia (PDF)

• In the beginning…diamonds in India, Stephen Haggerty, Florida International University, Miami, USA (PDF)

• Sustainability - The Peruvian experience, Roque Benavides, Buenaventura, Lima, Peru (PDF)

• After MMSD - Where now? Anthony Hodge, Anthony Hodge Consultants Inc., Victoria, Canada

• The third party voice - The key to decision making, Gaile Whelan-Enns, Canadian Nature Federation, Winnipeg, Canada

• Exploration and mining in the rain forest of French Guiana, Francois Viens, Ariane Gold Corporation, José Gaillou & Jean Jean-Élie - Parc Naturel Regional de la Guyane (PNRG), Longueuil, Quebec (PDF)

• Early project risk assessment, John Gadsby, Gadsby Consulting Limited, Vancouver, Canada

• Voisey’s Bay environmental assessment challenges and successes, Les Hulett and Earl Dwyer, Inco Limited, Toronto, Canada (PDF)

• Ok Tedi - Finding the balance in a challenging environment, Jochen Tilk, Inmet Mining Corporation, Toronto, Canada (PDF)

• Environmental and socio-economic challenges in developing the Ekati Diamond Mine ™, John Witteman, Ekati Diamond MineTM, Yellowknife, Canada (PDF)

• Christmas expectations - a case study in Finnish Lapland, Ian Stalker, Arctic Platinum Partnership, Finland (PDF)

• Rosia Montana Project: Environmental and social impact study and action plans, Bruce Marsh, Gabriel Resources, Toronto, Canada (PDF)

• INCO AEM digitizing: Breathing new life into old data, Brian Bengert, INCO Limited, Toronto, Canada (PDF)

• Beyond discovery: Reducing cost and risk. The emerging role of geophysics in the business of exploration, John Gingerich, Toronto, Canada (PDF)

• The airborne survey industry - Struggling with change, Mike Carson, Fugro Airborne Surveys, Ottawa, Canada (PDF)

• Entrepreneurship and an evolving business model for resource companies, Leigh W. Freeman, Downing Teal Inc., Denver, USA (PDF)

• Exploring the next generation of mineral resource professionals: A resistive target, Mary M. Poulton, University of Arizona, Tuscon, USA (PDF)

• Advancements in integrated exploration technology applied to late stage mine life, Keith Morrison, Quantec Geoscience Limited, Toronto, Canada

• The gold price outlook, Martin Murenbeeld, M. Murenbeeld & Associates, Victoria, Canada (PDF)

• Has a new gold exploration cycle begun? If so, how will it differ from the past? Jason Goulden, Metals Economics Group, Halifax, Canada (PDF)

• Country Risk - The good, the bad, and the ugly, Ian E. Marshall, Consultant, Vancouver, Canada (PDF)

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• Impact of consolidation on exploration, Alex Davidson, Barrick Gold Corporation, Toronto, Canada (PDF)

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• The impact of the new South African Mining Act on Gold Fields' global strategy, Craig Nelsen, Gold Fields Limited, Littleton, USA

• Mining and community expectations: The next challenge, Gordon Peeling, Mining Association of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

• Crisis in mining education, Malcolm Scoble, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

• East meets West, Robert Friedland, Ivanhoe Capital Corporation, Singapore

• Mining market: The year in review (financing and merger & acquisition trends), Egizio Bianchini, BMO Nesbitt Burns, Toronto, Canada (PDF)

• Investing in mining - a fund manager’s perspective, Bill Belovay, Jones Heward Investment Council Inc., Toronto, Canada (PDF)

• Mining reporting standards - How they have changed Deborah McCombe, Ontario Securities Commission, Toronto, Canada

• AIM vs. the TSX Revisited with an AMEX twist, Neil Johnson, Canaccord Capital Europe, London, England, Elaine Ellingham, Toronto Stock Exchange, Toronto, Canada and John McGonegal (Paper - PDF), American Stock Exchange, New York, USA

• Nickel Rim South, Sudbury, Canada (nickel-copper-platinum metals), Michael J. Welch, Falconbridge Limited, Toronto, Canada (PDF)

• Sudbury Projects (nickel-copper), Canada, James Patterson, Fort Knox/INCO, Toronto, Canada (PDF)

• Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold porphyry deposit, Mongolia, Edward Flood, Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., Vancouver Canada (PDF)

• Messina, South Africa (platinum metals), Mike Cowell, SouthernEra Resources Limited, Toronto, Canada (PDF)

• A thirty year history of exploration and discovery in Canada, implications for the country, Gerald Harper, Gamah International Ltd., Toronto, Canada (PDF)

• Outlook for production mine life and reserves in Canada, Donald Cranstone, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Canada

• Country builders and country sustainers, Michael Doggett, Department of Geological Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada (PDF)

• The prospector myth - Coming to terms with risk management in mineral exploration, Peter Rose, Peter J. Rose & Associates and John Gingerich, Toronto, Canada (PDF)

• Reduce the risk: Application of Six Sigma to exploration and development, William Mercer, Noranda Inc./Falconbridge Limited, Toronto, Canada

• Exploration and discovery of the Reko Diq copper-gold porphyry complex, Pakistan, John Schloderer, Tethyan Copper Company Limited, West Perth, Australia (PDF)

• A new discovery and a new initiative - The wheel turns in New Zealand, Colin Douch, Crown Minerals, Ministry of Economic Development, Wellington, New Zealand (PDF)

• Introduction to mining taxation system of China, Liping Chen and Xun Su, Ministry of Land and Resources of China

• Stringent reporting rules for exploration and mining companies in Sweden, Magnus Ericsson, Raw Materials Group, Stockholm Sweden (PDF)

• Geological features at Deep Post Mine, Carlin trend, Nevada, Fredy Marino, Center for Research in Economic Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, USA (PDF)

• Geology and ore deposits of the San Dimas Silver-Gold district, Durango, Mexico, Reynaldo Riveira, Durango, Mexico (PDF)

• Gold mineralisation in the Lake Victoria Goldfields, Tanzania, Tim Nutt, T. Nutt and Associates, Wellington, South Africa (PDF)

• Exploration and development potential of Tasmania, Paul Lennon, Deputy Premier of Tasmania, Australia (PDF)

• Golden opportunities in British Columbia - A variety of deposit models and new discoveries, Tom Schroeter, BC Ministry of Energy & Mines, Vancouver, Canada (PDF)

• Europium and other pathfinder elements as vectors to the Ruttan massive sulphide deposit, George Gale, Industry, Trade and Mines Geological Survey, Winnipeg, Canada

• Quantitative geology using 3D common-earth modeling, Robert Marquis, Ministère des Ressources naturelles, Québec, Canada

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• Emerging gold districts In Canada's newest territory - Nunavut, Rob Carpenter, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Iqaluit, Canada (PDF)

• Kingsgate’s new Chatree gold mine in Thailand, Steven Reid, Kingsgate Consolidated Ltd., Sydney, Australia (PDF)

• Peru: A mining country, New investment opportunities, Jaime Quijandria, Minister, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Peru

• The Sheahan-MDRU Literature Service - A unique one-stop technical literature shop for the diamond and base/precious metals mineral exploration, Brigitte Petrie, Sheahan-MDRU Literature Service, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (PDF)

• Monitoring and analyzing ownership, mergers and acquisitions in the global mining industry, Magnus Ericsson, Raw Materials Group, Stockholm, Sweden (PDF)

• Uncritical media aids accounting scandals, Tim Wood, Mineweb, Johannesburg & New York (PDF)

• Adapting mining research to support a sustainable minerals industry, Peter Dietrich, The Global Mining Research Alliance, Oakville, Canada

• Archean Diamond-bearing volcanoclastic Rocks, north of Wawa, Ontario, Edward Walker, PetroLogic Inc., Lakefield, Canada (PDF)

• New tools for interpreting GEOTEM and MEGATEM airborne EM data for deposit discovery and definition, Richard Smith, Fugro Airborne Surveys, Ottawa, Canada (PDF)

• Impact of resolution of airborne gravity gradiometry for detection of kimberlite pipes, Bjarni Tryggvason, Gedex Inc., Mississauga, Canada (PDF)

• Setting the scene, Mary-Claire Ward, Watts, Griffis & McOuat, & Oliver Bonham, Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario

• The legal landscape of professional registration in Canada, Michael Bourassa, Aird & Berlis

• National and international mobility for Canadian geoscientists, Dwight Ball, Chairman, Canadian Geoscience Standards Board & George Cavey, President, Canadian Council of Professional Geoscientists

• Portability of professional geoscientist registration: Noranda/Falconbridge's perspective, Jamie Robertson, Noranda Inc./Falconbridge Ltd.

• A view from the Canadian Securities Administrators, Deborah McCombe, Ontario Securities Commission