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QUESTION: We are a small mining consulting firm in the U.S. We need to send one of our senior geologists for a two-day site visit in Northern Ontario in the near future. Our geologist will have a NAFTA work permit, could you please advise me on what other requirements will be necessary, if any, and how to proceed?
REGISTRAR: If your senior geologist's work during their visit to Ontario falls under Ontario's definition of the practice of geoscience, then he/she must apply for a temporary licence to practice geoscience in Ontario. For more information on temporary membership, please visit this link.
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APGO
Presenters: Dr. David Good, Dr. David Lentz and Dr. Jim Miller
Nov. 13 & 14, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m.
Valhalla Inn, Thunder Bay
Using geochemistry to its fullest potential in exploration, this two-day course will introduce and expand on the fundamentals of geochemistry for a board range of Ni-Cu-PGE and Au systems.
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The APGO Education Foundation ("the Foundation") is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the Arsalan Mohajer Bursary. This new Bursary Program for $5,000 is intended to support internationally-trained geoscientists, trained in geophysics or environmental geoscience, in fulfilling the requirements for registration with the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (APGO).
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APGO
Oct. 19, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. — 8:30 p.m.
Hosted by Louis Kan, APGO's CEO
Guest Speaker: Dr. Jennifer McKelvie, Ph.D., P.Geo.
Presentation: The Role of Geoscientists in Evidence-Based Decision Making
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Positions for Hydrogeologists, Environmental Engineer / Geoscientist and District Geologist are posted online.
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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.
Municipalities of Toronto, York, Peel and Durham
You are invited to a presentation meeting of the Oak Ridges Moraine Groundwater Program.
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017 — 1:00 p.m.
Black Creek Pioneer Village
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Latornell Conservation Symposium
November 21, 22 and 23, 2017
Nottawasaga Inn Resort & Conference Centre in Alliston, ON
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Exploration '17
Oct. 22-25, 2017
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto
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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.
Northern Ontario Business
Mining magnate Rob McEwen has big plans for the Black Fox Mine complex, his company's latest acquisition in the Timmins mining district.
McEwen Mining announced the closing of a $46.6 million bought deal offering last month. The money is earmarked for the purchase of Black Fox from Primero Mining and for general working purposes.
The $35 million deal announced in August is expected to be finalized during the first week of October.
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Alaska Highway News
"What is the province doing about getting a baseline on greenhouse gases?"
Asked that question at a recent panel on energy during the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) convention, B.C. Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Minister Michelle Mungall deferred the question to Environment Minister George Heyman, who was not there to answer. Turns out Geoscience B.C. has the answer: It's using drones and technology developed by NASA for its Mars missions to sniff out methane and create a real-time GHG database — the first of its kind in Canada.
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Ottawa Citizen
A major mixed-use complex proposed for the junction of the O-Train system is eligible for $8.3 million in fee breaks thanks to a city program that helps builders clean contaminated soil in key areas.
But that's as far as the discounts should go for now, according to the councillor who represents the property at 900 Albert St., near Bayview station.
In a report published recently, the city says it wants to waive an additional $920,000 it would normally demand when developers require city land.
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Timmins Press
The importance of the mining supply and service sector for Timmins and the rest of Ontario was highlighted recently when the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation came to town with more than $5 million worth of investments in the Timmins area alone.
The news was announced by Northern Development Minister Michael Gravelle, who is also the chairman of the NOHFC board, which was meeting in Timmins. He made the announcement at the OK Tire Mining Division shop on Laforest Road, which was one of the grant recipients.
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Timmins Press
Collège Boréal's heavy equipment mechanics program in Timmins received a huge boost this week with a donation of 15 pieces of used equipment.
The largest piece was a small excavator.
The equipment was donated to the college by Goldcorp Porcupine Gold Mines.
"It will be used for hands-on (training) for our students to apply techniques they learn during the course of their stay here at Boréal," said Jean-Pierre Nadon, director of college's campus in Timmins.
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National Post
Rock falls that killed a British tourist and injured two other people in Yosemite National Park aren't stopping climbers intent on scaling the sheer walls of El Capitan and a park geologist says there's no more danger than usual.
"If we felt any area was unsafe, we wouldn't be allowing people in there," Greg Stock said recently. He and a U.S. Geological Service geologist were studying El Capitan after immense slabs of granite — one about the size of a 36-story building — successively broke loose from the formation and plunged down in huge, flinty clouds that swept through the valley floor.
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Mining.com
Researchers from the Department of Biology and Geoscience at the University of Akron, say that communities of microorganisms play a role in the formation of unique iron ore caves, which make up only about one per cent of caves worldwide.
According to the scientists, banded iron formations, or BIF, have high populations of active microbial communities. These formations, which they have been studying for seven years in Brazil, are extremely resistant rocks formed from iron deposits in ancient oceans. Their surfaces can be more than a billion years old.
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