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APGO is pleased to announce the publication of its 2016 Annual Report and audited financial statements. These reports provide summaries on our activities and highlight our accomplishments and next steps.
The year 2016 was one of progress, success and change at APGO. Progress continued on the various initiatives that were implemented under our legislative mandate and strategic plan." Click here to view the full report.
| APGO's Networking Event in Timmins — A success!
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APGO thanks Bronwyn Azar, P.Geo., Councillor-at-Large for hosting our networking event in Timmins. A big thanks also goes to Dr. Oliver Warr, whose presentation on "Using geochemical footprints to explore the ancient hydrosphere of the crystalline basement" was very well-received and hinted at potential big discoveries on the horizon. We thank all the attendees, members and non-members, for coming out to our event. APGO will be back again in the area early next year.
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APGO is an active member of Geoscientists Canada (GC). Through GC, APGO is actively involved in the Framework for the Development of Geoscience Professional Practice Guidelines.
At GC's 20th Annual General Meeting held in Yellowknife last June 3rd, APGO was represented by Council President Tony Lotimer, Past President Mark Priddle and CEO Louis Kan. It was a great opportunity to share ideas and build partnerships. For highlights on our involvement with GC, please read APGO's 2016 Annual Report.
Disclaimer: The events and media articles featured in Field Notes do not express or reflect the opinions of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario, or any employee thereof.
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On June 3, 2017, at the 49th Meeting of the Board of Directors of Geoscientists Canada in Yellowknife, NWT, Jeff O'Keefe, P.Geo, FGC, took office as President 2017-2018, after serving a year as its President-Elect. Mr. O'Keefe resides in St John's, Newfoundland, where he is Director of Resource Management and Chief Conservation Officer with the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB).
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Geoscientists Canada
Geoscientists Canada is pleased to announce the release of its "Geoscientists-in-Training (GIT) Program Information Guide." The guide is part of a national initiative to raise awareness of the programs offered by all the professional associations to assist in preparing individuals for their Professional Geoscientist or P.Geo designation.
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Disclaimer: The media articles featured in Field Notes do not express or reflect the opinions of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario, or any employee thereof.
Timmins Today
Throughout Canada's mining history, strong women leaders have made their mark in the mining industry beginning with Kathleen Rice and Viola McMillan in the early and mid-20th century.
In the first decade and a half of the 21st century, Judy Baker of Argo Gold and Ingrid Hibbard of Pelangio Gold, both spoke at the 2017 Canadian Mining Expo in Timmins, ON, about their respective companies and the work they are doing to explore and bring into production their properties.
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Waterloo Region Record
Clean-up continues more than a decade after trichloroethylene contamination was discovered at the former Northstar Aerospace plant in Cambridge.
Low levels of the chemical, a colourless liquid used to degrease metal parts, are still present in the groundwater at the Bishop Street site.
Now the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change says it is exploring some new, long-term remedial options for the neighbourhood where at one point 500 homes were reported to have been affected.
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Canadian Mining Journal
Toronto-based Wesdome Gold Mines has decided to begin development of the 300E zone at its Eagle River gold mine near Wawa. To date, diamond drilling has traced the structure from 750 to 1,000 metres below surface, and it remains open in both directions. Wesdome calls 300E zone a "new and significant" production area. Drifting has confirmed continuity and strong grades.
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CBC News
Now is the time to collect debris along the shoreline, environmentalists say, as record-high water levels have stirred up more garbage than usual.
About 70 volunteers were out at Canoe Landing in City Place recently, combing through the bushes and grass, picking up discarded bottles and bags.
"We're seeing quite a bit of litter along shorelines," said Susan Debreceni, the outreach specialist for the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, a conservation initiative that hosts cleanup events and also helps groups or businesses organize their own.
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Canadian Mining Journal
The Toronto Geological Discussion Group (TGDG) has wrapped up another successful season with a chance for all who participated to demonstrate their geological skills.
The Royal Ontario Museum sent 19 ore samples and labels with ore deposit names to match up. The world-class deposits represented ranged from Vatakoula in Fiji, Bushveld in South Africa, Neves Corvo in Portugal, and many spectacular Canadian examples. Teammates Phil Walford, Carl Nagy and Karen Sutherland won the ore deposit challenge.
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Northern Ontario Business
A Timmins gold exploration company continues to build a land base in the Hemlo gold camp in northwestern Ontario.
Melkior Resources announced recently that it has staked 163 claim units, spread out over 6,444 acres, in the White Lake area and Bryant Township. The company has been staking and acquiring claims this year to assemble ground for its White Lake project, located 15 kilometres northeast of the Barrick's Hemlo Gold Mine.
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Science Daily
New study shows the importance of large reservoirs in creating Earth's most powerful volcanic eruptions and explains why they are so rare
Large reservoirs of magma stored deep in Earth's crust are key to producing some of Earth's most powerful volcanic eruptions, new research has shown. In a new study, an international team of scientists claim that the most powerful volcanic eruptions, dubbed "super-eruptions," are triggered by a slow and steady drip feed of magma from large reservoirs deep within Earth's crust into smaller reservoirs closer to the surface.
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