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APGO is pleased to offer these webinars at no cost to members. Participation in any of these webinars will count as a continuing professional development (CPD) activity. Check the Events page regularly for continuing professional development opportunities.
Webinar Series: Your Career Your Brand
Oct. 6, 2016 from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Patrick McAndless, P.Geo., FGC
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Webinar Series: APGO's Registration Process
Oct. 12, 2016 from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Guest Speakers: Ian Macdonald, M.Sc., P.Geo., EP(CEA), FGC and Andrea Waldie, P.Geo., FGC
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Webinar Series: Overview of NI 43-101 and Mining Disclosure Basics
Oct. 18, 2016 from 11:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.
Craig Waldie, P.Geo. and James Whyte, P.Geo.
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Webinar Series: NI 43-101 Technical Reports — Basics and Pitfalls
Nov. 1, 2016 from 11:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.
Craig Waldie, P.Geo. and James Whyte, P.Geo.
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Jim Carr
The sustainable development of Canada's natural resource sectors is an important part of Canada's transition to a cleaner future and a more prosperous economy.
I would like to invite you to join the conversation on clean technology in our natural resource sectors by visiting www.letstalkcleanresources.ca. The goal of this new interactive website is to engage with clean technology innovators, industry representatives, researchers, community members and individuals. Here, you can ask important questions, provide your views and ideas and engage in the ongoing dialogue about how the development and use of clean technologies in the natural resource sectors can help shape Canada's future.
My colleagues and I welcome your input and look forward to the contribution it will make to advancing clean technology policies and programs and enhancing the sustainability of Canada's natural resource sectors.
Toronto Geological Discussion Group
Hosted by the Toronto Geological Discussion Group (TGDG)
Sept. 13, 2016 from 4:00-5:00 p.m.
2nd Floor, 20 Toronto Street
Speaker: Joshua Bailey, P.Geo., M.Sc., MBA, Vice President Exploration, Wallbridge Mining Company Limited
Wallbridge Mining Company Limited operates several partner-funded joint ventures exploring for nickel, copper, and PGMs in Sudbury, ON. Wallbridge is currently focused on establishing a significant resource on its Parkin properties where the past-producing Milnet Mine, the high-grade Milnet 1500 Zone, and a historic resource are hosted within the Parkin Offset dyke. Recent drilling highlights include 24.25 metres core length of 1.22 per cent Ni, 1.50 per cent Cu, and 2.15 g/t Pt + Pd + Au from 35.60 metres down-hole.
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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.
The Sudbury Star
Ontario cabinet ministers, drawn to Sudbury for the 2016 International Mine Rescue Competition, came with their cheque books and allocated more than $3.5 million to six mining projects expected to create 28 jobs.
As well as creating employment and spurring innovation, the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund money will help companies make mining safer for thousands of people employed in it in Sudbury.
The funding announcement was made recently at Hardrock Mining Products in Val Caron, which received $1 million to relocate, modernize and expand its operations.
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The Chronicle Journal
The world has changed since Janeanne MacGillivray challenged Subsection 10 of the Yukon Mining Safety Ordinance that stated "no female person shall be employed in underground work in any mine."
That was in 1975 when MacGillivray headed north to seek equal opportunity in the resource economy and what she later described as a "big fat paycheque."
There have been other female trailblazers in the mining industry and many might be surprised to know that the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada was established in 1941 by a prospector named Viola R. MacMillan.
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Orillia Packet
Orillia plans to create a "stormwater utility fund" to address ongoing concerns over the flooding of city streets and other water issues.
Under the plan, which was recently outlined for council committee, then passed later that night by council, a portion of the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund for the next three years, along with funds from residents and businesses, will be dedicated to stormwater projects.
Mayor Steve Clarke said the region is seeing massive storms on a more regular basis than in the past as climate change takes hold.
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Northern Ontario Business
The Timmins mining community got some unexpected good news this summer when Porcupine Gold Mines (PGM)-Goldcorp announced it would keep Dome Mine operational, contrary to an earlier decision that had the 106-year-old underground gold mine scheduled to close for good by October's end.
An upswing in gold prices, primarily, pushed PGM's executive team to reassess the mine's value, resulting in the change of heart.
Brendan Zuidema, PGM's former mine manager, made the announcement recently, and said the decision helped elevate morale throughout the community.
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Mississauga News
Cranes are on scene at the Meadowvale GO station removing the iconic bowl on the water tower.
Constructed in 1971, the massive water tower has been a staple in the Meadowvale community. Located in the middle of the bus loop at the GO station, at Millcreek Drive and Aquitaine Avenue, the water tower was decommissioned two years ago after it was deemed structurally unsound.
"With our State of Good Repair program, we do a lot of upgrades to our water and wastewater and we determined this wasn't in good shape," said Kieran Scott, water communications specialist for the Region of Peel.
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TB News Watch
New Gold has yet to mine an ounce of gold from the site under development located 420 kilometres west of the city, but it's already had a $70 million impact on Thunder Bay's economy.
Twenty-seven local firms have successfully bid for contracts to construct and supply New Gold's Rainy River project. The lion's share of the local impact goes to EKT90, which will be constructing the mine's on-site gold mill.
Other companies are providing a spectrum of goods and services, from roads and highways to power line management, propane, fabricated products, as well as health and safety equipment.
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The Telegram
The men and women on staff with the Geological Survey of Newfoundland and Labrador have largely been unsung, despite the value of their work to the province. They have a wide reach: Spurring mining exploration, supporting geotourism, responding to emergencies like landslides, aiding in environmental assessments and more.
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Earth & Space Science News
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed an act designating the National Park Service as a new bureau in the Department of the Interior. The act aimed to protect America's most spectacular landscapes for future generations. Now, 100 years later, visitors from all over the world enjoy 34 million hectares of historical sites, geological formations, and habitat for rare and endangered species. To geoscientists, however, this legacy of conservation means something more. It provides opportunities to study geological processes up close, to see how protected landscapes influence ecology, and to observe the effects of humankind in even the most remote places.
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