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The Future of Exploration and Mining on Display in the Prospector’s Tent(0)
The prospector’s tent is located just outside the main entrance in the outdoor “Core Tent”. Exhibitors there display current projects in hopes to excite the interest of the geological community and potential investors. The tables were adorned with a backdrop of maps and figures and gleaned with beautiful rock samples displaying the best these prospectors [...]
Full Story»Thompson Creek’s Mt. Milligan Rich in Reserves and Employment Opportunities
Tuesday Afternoon Technical Session Highlight By Denis Delisle Thompson Creek Metals Company’s Mt. Milligan copper-gold Project, located approximately 90 miles northwest of Prince George in central British Columbia, and has been in the works for many years… I remember in the 80s, flying in to work on the property. It was a mosquito haven and [...]
Roundup Through Fresh Eyes
The Monday technical session theme was British Columbia’s First 100 Years of Global Discovery. It generated many lively discussions, and interesting contrasts in the scientific and economic changes that have taken place during this last century. I attended a number of the afternoon tech sessions. I was particularly fascinated to learn that the plate tectonics [...]
British Columbia’s First 100 Years of Global Discovery
By Patrick Craib This Monday afternoon, the Stanley Park Ballroom at the Westin Bayshore was packed for Roundup 2012’s technical session on ‘British Columbia’s First 100 Years of Global Discovery.’ Much in the spirit of the session was Mark Edwards, Environment Director for Teck, who gave the audience an in-depth history of the Sullivan mine. [...]