Ontario Mines & Minerals Events
Jim Webb
***** MINES AND MINERALS EVENTS IN ONTARIO ******
April 19 - 20 MNDM Northeastern Ontario Mines and Minerals Symposium;
Porcupine Campus, Northern College, Timmins. Contact
Pam Sangster (705-360-8347)
April 20 Red Lake CIM presents C. David Banks "Alternate Work
Arrangements - Flex Work Style". 7:30pm, Campbell Rec. Centre,
Balmertown. Contact Brian Atkinson (807-727-3272)
April 21 Porcupine Prospectors & Developers Assoc. presents Dr. Jeff
Harris, GSC, "GIS for Geologists"; Rm D118, Northern College,
Timmins, 9:00am - 12:00noon, cost - free. Contact Bruce
Jeffery (705-267-1188) or Ken Watson (ken.w...@tabb.com)
April 21 Sudbury Geological Discussion Group presents Marc Antoine
Audet, Falconbridge Exploration, "Signal Hill Gold Deposit,
Botswana"; 7:30pm, Willet Green Miller Ctr. Auditorium,
Sudbury. Contact Greg Stott (705-670-5978) or Myra Gerow
(706-670-7232; e-mail: ger...@sudhqc.gov.on.ca)
April 22 - 24 Toronto Gem & Mineral Show; Oriole Community Centre, 2975 Don
Mills Rd, North York. Contact W.C. Verwoerdt (514) 689-2701.
April 23 - 24 Nipissing Lapidary & Mineral Club Show; Northgate Square,
Highways 17/11 Bypass, North Bay. Contact Marg Johnson
(705) 472-1483
April 29 - May 1 Canadian Micro Mineral Assoc. Symposium; Brock University,
St. Catharines. Contact Mike Skebo (905-681-2073)
May 1 - 4 Toronto '94 - World Centre for Mining; Canada's largest mining
event ever, featuring CIM Annual Meeting and Trade Show,
Mineral Outlook Conference, International Aggregates
Conference and Outdoor Working Equipment Exposition, and
Health and Safety '94 Conference and Trade Show. Also, Prime
Minister Jean Chrétien will speak at the luncheon May 4.
Metro Toronto Conference Centre. Contact CIM-Toronto '94
1-800-667-1246
May 3,5,10, Sudbury Resident Geologist office presents Prospector
12,17,19 Classes, with speakers from Inco Ltd., Falconbridge Ltd. and
Cambrian College. Field trip to follow on May 28; Cambrian
College, Sudbury. Contact Wilf Meyer (705-670-5721)
(e-mail: mey...@sudhqc.gov.on.ca)
May 5 Porcupine Geological Discussion Group presnts Dr. Hiroshi
Ohmoto, "The Kuroko and Related Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide
Deposits"; Riverside Inn, Timmins, 7:30pm. Contact Dan
Brisbin (705-267-1188) or Ken Watson (ken.w...@tabb.com)
May 5 - 6 Ontario Natural Resources Safety Association's Mining
Health & Safety Conference & Annaul General Meeting;
Crowne Plaza Toronto Centre. Contact Cindy Trnka
(705-474-7233)(North Bay).
May 6 Thunder Bay CIM hosts luncheon talk - Ernie Marcotte and
Michaud on "The Lac des Iles Mine". 12:00 noon, Airlane
Motor Hotel, Thunder Bay. Contact Mark O'Brien (807-475-1108)
May 11 Porcupine Geological Discussion Group presents Dr. Arne
Reinsbakken, Norwegian Geological Survey "Geology and VMS
Deposits of Norway"; Riverside Inn, Timmins, 8:00pm. Contact
Phil Olson (705-235-8121) or Ken Watson (ken.w...@tabb.com)
May 14 - 20 Ontario Mining Week; Various events planned throughout
the province. Watch this space for further details.
Red Lake: (contact Brian Atkinson (807-727-3272))
13 - Mining Week Breakfast; Drilling/Ore Mucking, Spill
Response, Mine Rescue and Diamond Prospecting
Demonstrations
17 - Building Stone/Industrial Minerals Information Session;
Mine Tours for area schools
18 - CIM Lecture: "The Role of Engineers in Society"
19 - Mine Tours; Red Lake area geology field trip;
Open House at Resident Geologist office
Sudbury: (contact Jamie Aitken (705-670-7116))
15 - Big Nickel Mine Annual Blast
16 - Sudbury Regional Dev. Corp. Mining Week Breakfast
Seminar, featuring Maureen Jensen, (Pres. & CEO Noble
Peak Res.)
19 - Science Fair @ Science North; Meet the Miners
Reception; Science North Cavern
Thunder Bay: (contact Mark O'Brien (807-475-1334))
16-20 Interactive display at Intercity Shopping Centre
Tweed: (contact Paul Kingston (613-
May 14 - 15 Mammoth Gem & Mineral Show; University of Waterloo Village 2
Conference Centre. Sponsored by CCFMS. Contact Jennifer
Campbell (416-282-5319)
May 16 - 18 Waterloo '94 - GAC-MAC Joint Annual Meeting; University of
Waterloo.
July 2 - 3 Peterborough Mineral & Gem Show; Memorial Centre, Lansdown
Street E., Peterborough. Contact Mark Stanley (705-639-2406)
July 2 - 3 Thunder Bay Gem & Mineral Show; West Arthur Community Centre,
Arthur St., Thunder Bay. Contact Reino Viitala (807-767-4791)
July 15 - 17 Sudbury Gem & Mineral Show; Carmichael Arena, Bancroft Dr.,
Sudbury. Contact Ruth Debicki (705-670-5627)
July 28-31 Bancroft Rockhound Gemboree - the largest gem & mineral
show in Canada! North Hastings Community Centre, Bancroft.
Contact Bancroft Chamber of Commerce (613-332-1513)
Are you a student needing information for school projects? A teacher looking
for new resource material? Curious about the rock you dug up in the garden?
The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines has the information to help you:
Mines and Minerals Information Centre
Room M2-17, Macdonald Block, Queens Park
900 Bay Street, Toronto M7A 1C3
phone: (416) 314-3800
toll free in Ontario: 1-800-665-4480
collect from outside Ontario: 0-416-314-3800
fax: (416) 314-3797
In the Sudbury area you can call the Mineral Policy and Information Section at
(705) 670-5627, or you can contact the Resident Geologists' offices in
Kenora, Red Lake, Sioux Lookout, Thunder Bay, Timmins, Kirkland Lake, Sault
Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Cobalt, Tweed or London -- see the Blue Pages in your
phone book or call the Mines and Minerals Information Centre for phone numbers.
Our Resident Geologists are also experts on the geology, mineral collecting
sites etc. of their respective areas.
For information about mineral rights, claim staking, claim maps etc., contact
your local MNDM Mining Recorder office in Kenora, Red Lake, Sioux Lookout,
Thunder Bay, Timmins, Kirkland Lake, Sault Ste. Marie or Sudbury, or contact
the Mines and Minerals Information Centre in Toronto.
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Jim Webb Mineral Sector Analysis Branch
Information Coordinator Ministry of Northern Development
and Mines
Internet: we...@gov.on.ca 4th floor, 159 Cedar Street
E-mail: web...@sudhqc.gov.on.ca Sudbury Ontario P3E 6A5
tel (705) 670-7230
fax (705) 670-7246
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