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As 2016 comes to a close, APGO would like to wish its members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of Field Notes a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017.
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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.
APGO
From Nov. 10, 2016: "People are the most important resource of an organization and engagement is what moves them forward. Through a collaborative approach between staff and member
volunteers, APGO has been able to carry out outreach to
universities across the province and roll out its webinar
series this Fall," stated CEO, Gord White. To date, the Association has conducted information sessions on its registration process to 3 universities in South West and Central regions.
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Alexandra Smofsky, Geoscientist-in-Training (G.I.T.)
From July 7, 2016: Earlier this month, I coordinated and took part in the 21st Contaminated and Hazardous Waste Site Management course in Toronto. The course, provided by GOwen Environmental and The International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), is a five-day professional development course on the theory and application of soil, sediment and groundwater characterization and remediation techniques.
As a recent graduate and Geoscientist-in-Training, this course provided me with a great opportunity to further my knowledge and advance my career aspirations in environmental site assessment, risk management, and remediation.
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Northern Ontario Business
From Oct. 20, 2016: Goldcorp wants to take a low profile in developing an all-electric mine at its Borden Lake deposit.
The Canadian gold miner is determined to make its physical presence less felt with the first mine out of the chute in the Chapleau area's emerging gold camp.
Situated 10 kilometres east of the town, Goldcorp's 2015 acquisition of the project from Probe Mines was touted as one of the best new development assets in the industry.
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Tech Insider
From Jan. 7, 2016: Robot miners are gearing up to descend one mile to the bottom of the Bismarck Sea near Papa New Guinea. Their mission? To collect deposits of gold, silver, and copper.
The robots are being built by Soil Machine Dynamics, a manufacturer of subsea robotic vehicles, for Toronto-based company Nautilus Minerals, IEEE Spectrum first reported. The robots are being tested in 2016, and if all goes according to plan, they will depart in 2018 for 30 months.
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Northern Miner
From Sept. 22, 2016: Ontario has a long and lively geological past dating back 3.3 billion years, when the Earth was covered by oceans. During that time, intense volcanism formed the Earth's crust, giving way to a barren and lifeless landscape blasted by radiation from the sun.
Three billion years ago, plate tectonics moved thin rafts of rocks at a rate much faster than they do today. Over time, the volcanic islands butted together into one large block of land, with most of the action starting around the Red Lake area, a prolific gold-mining camp in northwest Ontario.
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Mining News
From July 7, 2016: It should not come as a surprise that speculators have jumped head first into this market. The sector has been calling out for a metal or mineral to get excited about after years of poor returns and false hope.
But, while demand for the metal is growing — from car manufacturers to battery producers — not all of the billed supply will be needed.
Those moving into the lithium investment game need a few of the fundamentals spelt out.
First, one lithium product is not the same as another.
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CBC News
From Aug. 25, 2016: A $785,000 study, jointly funded by Canada and Ontario, suggests more study is needed before deciding if an all-weather road should be built in a mineral-rich area known as the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario.
The study was announced in March 2015 at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto and was widely seen as a step towards getting "significant" nickel and chromite deposits out of the muskeg and off to markets.
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Kitchener Post
From Nov. 10, 2016: A former University of Waterloo professor will be recognized for his pioneering work in geology, including work to map the Grand River watershed.
Paul Karrow was one of several people to receive this year's Watershed Award from the Grand River Conservation Authority.
He created the university's geology department, now known as Earth and Environmental Sciences.
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Phys.org
From Sept. 22, 2016: Over the years, techniques and equipment for digital mapping have revolutionized the way geoscience field studies are performed. Now, a unique new software for virtual model interpretation and visualization is to be presented at the 2nd Virtual Geoscience Conference in Bergen, Norway.
The conference represents a multidisciplinary forum for geoscience researchers, geomatics and related disciplines to share their latest developments and applications.
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Northern Ontario Business
From Aug. 11, 2016: With a funding announcement for a permanent Ring of Fire road expected shortly, Toronto-based Noront Resources is enlarging its land package in the James Bay camp and is devising a multiple mine development plan.
The company announced recently that it has signed an agreement with MacDonald Mines Exploration to acquire a 75 per cent interest in their properties. The all-share deal is subject to approval from the TSX Venture Exchange.
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