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SUMMER 2010
Volume 30, Number 2
The Official Publication
of AME BC
EDITOR
Jonathan Buchanan
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Mary Hughes
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Kirsten Rodenhizer
ART DIRECTOR
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ASSOCIATION FOR MINERAL EXPLORATION BRITISH COLUMBIA
directory
SERVICE AND SUPPLY
A category-by-category listing of key
company contacts:
9 Accommodations
Accountants
Analytical Labs
Aviation Consultants
Camp – Equipment, Supplies
and Service
11 Commodity Producers
Computer Software
Construction – General Contractors
Core Boxes and Supplies
Drilling – Contractors
Drilling – Suppliers
Employment Services
Engineering Consultants
12 Environmental Consultants
First Nations/Aboriginal Corporations
13 Fuel Suppliers
Geographical Information Systems
(GIS)
Geological Consultants
Geophysical Consultants
15 Health and Safety
Insurance
Internet Service
Investment and Finance
Legal Services
Maintenance, Repair and Services
Management Consultants
Mapping Services
Marketing and Promotional Services
features
25 MEET B.C.’S MINING ASSOCIATIONS
History and geography make for diverse
interests – and voices to represent them.
BY PETER CAULFIELD
32 UNEARTHING HISTORY
Mining through time in B.C.
BY CHUCK DAVIS
departments
7 PRESIDENT & CEO MESSAGE
The renaissance of mining.
8 MAILBAG
More tales from helicopter history.
COVER PHOTO: A large-diameter coal
core-drilling near Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
By Dave Thompson/Peace River Coal.
SUMMER 2010
Media and Printing
Mining Consultants
16 Mining Contractors
Mining – Equipment and Supplies
17 Mining – Intelligence Services
Property Management
Public Affairs Consultants
Surveyors
Telecommunications
Transportation – Air
Transportation – Automobile
Transportation – Helicopter
18 Transportation – Trucking
Water Management Consultants
19 MINERAL EXPLORATION
AND MINING
An A-Z list of AME BC corporate member
companies, plus the regions around the
world where they are active.
21 GOVERNMENT
Your guide to key contacts in B.C. and
member government organizations
worldwide.
22 ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
Schools and other institutions with
exploration and mining-related
programs.
23 ASSOCIATIONS
Mining associations and other mineral
exploration-related groups in B.C. and
beyond.
25
8 CALENDAR
Resources Expo 2010 and more.
42 PROFILE
Dr. Nick Carter: success upon success.
BY JULIE DOMVILE
SUMMER 2010 5

NTI’s Uranium
Mining Policy
GUIDING PRINCIPLE
Uranium exploration and
mining must be carried out in
an environmentally and socially
responsible way and the uranium
that results from the mining shall
be used only for peaceful and
environmentally friendly purposes.
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of NTI’s uranium
mining policy are to:
1. Support Responsible and
Peaceful Uses of Nuclear
Energy
Nuclear energy will be used for
peaceful and environmentally
responsible purposes.
EXPLORE THE
POTENTIAL IN
NUNAVUT
2. Require Benefi ts from
Uranium Exploration
and Mining
Uranium exploration and
mining in Nunavut will bring
signifi cant economic benefi ts to
Inuit.
3. Ensure Protection of
Human Health
Uranium exploration and
mining will be carried out in a
manner that protects the health
and safety of the workers and
of all Nunavummiut.
4. Limit Impacts of Uranium
Exploration and Mining
Uranium exploration and
mining will be carried out in
a manner that will not cause
signifi cant adverse effects on
people, the environment or
wildlife.
Partner with NTI
5. Promote Participation
of Inuit
Inuit of affected communities
will be given an opportunity
for full and meaningful
participation in both the
environmental assessment
process and the operations of a
uranium mining project.
To learn more about NTI and our Uranium Mining Policy or for any information regarding our mineral
properties or exploration agreements, please visit our website at: www.tunngavik.com or contact:
Keith Morrison, Senior Advisor - Minerals, Oil and Gas Management
Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated
P.O. Box 1269, Cambridge Bay, NU X0B 0C0
Phone: (867) 983-5600 Fax: (867) 983-5624
Email: kmorrison@tunngavik.com

The renaissance of mining was the
theme of B.C. Mining Week May 9 to 15.
Mineral explorers can take pride in the
opening of several new major mines in
the province (as well as helping raise $1.37
million for B.C. Children’s Hospital) this
year to date. We know one of the best
indicators of success in mineral exploration
is seeing the initial discovery move
through an effective and efficient project
review process to mine construction
and production.
Exploration is the lifeblood of mining,
and with 28 new mineral deposit discoveries
made in B.C. recently, the future
looks healthy indeed. There are currently
over 350 active exploration projects
underway and more than 30 proposed
new mines in the province, of which close
to a quarter are in final permitting and
nearing production. The economic
opportunity from mineral development
can truly be measured in the billions of
dollars. In May, the Conference Board
of Canada projected 3.8 per cent real GDP
growth in 2010 for B.C., exceeding
projected national growth of 3.3 per cent.
Last year, in comparison, the GDP in B.C.
shrank by 3.0 per cent. There are many
signs – high commodity prices, improved
credit access and increased investments –
that bode well for the future of mineral
exploration and mine development
in B.C.
Since Mineral Exploration Roundup,
we have continued to see optimism at
conferences held by the Prospectors and
Developers Association of Canada,
Kamloops Exploration Group, Minerals
North in Prince George and the Canadian
Institute of Mining, Metallurgy
and Petroleum. For the second year,
AME BC also participated, along with
Geoscience BC and the Mining
Association of B.C., in local government
conferences throughout the province.
As many AME BC members gear up
for a busy field season – for many their
busiest ever – we will continue to advocate
on key issues such as permitting,
land access and use, aboriginal engage-
President & CEO Message
Gavin C. Dirom
ment, taxation and economic incentives,
geoscience, infrastructure and human
resources. AME BC has maintained a
steadfast approach when advocating
for the two-zone land-use model so that
future land-use decisions bring increased
certainty to our members. And while
AME BC is very supportive of the principles
of corporate social responsibility,
we remain strongly opposed to federal
Bill C-300. More welcome have been
government commitments to reforming
the duplicative environmental assessment
process.
Exploration is the lifeblood of mining,
and with 28 new mineral deposit discoveries
made in B.C. recently, the future
looks healthy indeed. There are currently
over 350 active exploration projects
underway and more than 30 proposed
new mines in the province.
AME BC appreciates the extension of
flow-through mineral exploration tax
credits, but we will continue to advocate
for a permanent tax credit. As well, we
are exploring options for long-term
funding of geoscience, which will in turn
increase grassroots investment. And the
Northwest Transmission Line, which
is moving through its public review,
will potentially stimulate over $15 billion
in capital investment in the vicinity of
the “Golden Triangle” in northwestern
British Columbia.
Following our Speaker Series luncheon
on April 30 with guest speakers the
Honourable George Abbott, minister of
Aboriginal relations and reconciliation,
and Gwaans, negotiator for the Gitxsan
Hereditary Chiefs and chair of the B.C.
All Chiefs’ Task Force, we continue to
engage with Aboriginal communities to
build stronger, more respectful relationships.
Simultaneously, the new B.C.
Aboriginal Mine Training Association is
taking the first steps towards training
the mineral exploration and mining
workforce of the future.
This summer issue of Mineral
Exploration contains our annual Members
Directory and Buyers Guide. An article
by Peter Caulfield describes some of the
associations that contribute to our sector,
and Chuck Davis explores how our sector
began. Dr. Nick Carter, a past president
of AME BC who was awarded the prestigious
PDAC Distinguished Services
Award, is the subject of our profile.
On behalf of the staff and board of
AME BC, I thank all of our volunteers
and members for their efforts to build a
stronger, more unified industry in 2010.
No matter where you are in the world,
I wish you well in your prospects.
Have a safe day, every day. ■
Gavin C. Dirom, president and chief executive
offi cer, Association for Mineral Exploration
British Columbia (AME BC)
Photograph: AME BC SUMMER 2010 7

8 SUMMER 2010
>> MAILBAG
SIXTY YEARS OF HELICOPTER
EXPLORATION IN B.C.
I read with great interest your article in
the spring issue of Mineral Exploration.
In 1960 and 1961 as a young student at
UBC, I had the good fortune to work
in the Unuk River-Granduc-Mitchell
Creek area for Newmont, under the
direction of Dr. G.W.H. Norman, who
ran six parties prospecting and mapping
in that rugged area. It was pioneering
work and run like a military operation,
fully helicopter-supported using
Hiller 12E and Bell 47 machines from
Okanagan and Vancouver Island
Helicopters. Helicopters also supported
a large drilling campaign at Granduc in
1961. The late Mike McDonaugh, pilot
for Okanagan, performed heroically to
get the crews in and out of base camp,
often in difficult weather.
I have a good assortment of colour
35-millimetre slides from those two
summers showing, among other things,
a Hiller moving a two-seater outhouse,
which shortly into the flight had to
be released because it was too light for its
bulk; the slinging of a gigantic grizzly
bear that had been shot in camp (not
politically correct these days); and a Bell
47 that crashed in a creek due to pilot
error – fortunately without injuring the
pilot. The entire replacement boom and
tail rotor assembly were flown in from
Stewart strapped to a Super Cub float
plane, then flown to the site by the Hiller
and replaced right there in the creek. The
repaired machine was then flown out.
Vic Preto
Sooke, B.C
>> CALENDAR
June
3-5 Resources Expo 2010, Prince George, B.C.,
www.resourcesexpo.com
5 55th Annual Provincial Mine Rescue and First
Aid Competition, Fernie, B.C., www.empr.gov.
bc.ca/Mining/HealthandSafety/minerescue
September
20-23 34th British Columbia Mine Reclamation
and 35th Canadian Land Reclamation Association
Conference, Courtenay, B.C., www.trcr.bc.ca
27-October 1 Union of B.C. Municipalities
Convention, Whistler, B.C., www.ubcm.ca ■

AME BC’s 2010 Members
Directory & Buyers Guide
YOUR COMPLETE YEAR-ROUND REFERENCE SOURCE
SERVICE AND SUPPLY
A category-by-category listing of key
company contacts:
9 Accommodations
Accountants
Analytical Labs
Aviation Consultants
Camp – Equipment, Supplies and
Service
11 Commodity Producers
Computer Software
Construction – General Contractors
Core Boxes and Supplies
Drilling – Contractors
Drilling – Suppliers
Employment Services
Engineering Consultants
12 Environmental Consultants
First Nations/Aboriginal Corporations
13 Fuel Suppliers
ACCOMMODATIONS
Langara Island
Lodge*
Jeff Bottay
201-4440 Cowley Cres.
Richmond, BC V7B 1B8
604-232-5532
www.langara.com
Ramada Hotel
Downtown
Prince George*
Dan Gutwillinger
444 George St.
Prince George, BC V2L 1R6
250-563-0055
ramadaprincegeorge.com
ACCOUNTANTS
Avisar Chartered
Accountants*
Bernie Zacharias
206-9440 202nd St.
Langley, BC V1M 4A6
604-513-5707
www.avisar.ca
KPMG LLP*
Brian Hanna
P.O. Box 10426
777 Dunsmuir St.
Vancouver, BC V7Y 1K3
604-691-3161
www.kpmg.com
ANALYTICAL LABS
Actlabs (Activation
Laboratories Ltd.)*
Eric Hoffman
1336 Sandhill Dr.
Ancaster, ON L9G 4V5
905-648-9611
www.actlabs.com
Acme Labs*
Rick McCaffrey
1020 E. Cordova St.
Vancouver, BC V6A 4A3
604-253-3158
www.acmelab.com
AGAT
Laboratories Ltd.*
Ron Cardinall
5623 McAdam Rd.
Mississauga, ON L4Z 1N9
905-501-9998
mining.agatlabs.com
ALS Laboratory
Group – Minerals*
Brent Mawdsley
2103 Dollarton Hwy.
North Vancouver, BC
V7H 0A7
604-984-0221
www.alsglobal.com
Geographical Information Systems
(GIS)
Geological Consultants
Geophysical Consultants
15 Health and Safety
Insurance
Internet Service
Investment and Finance
Legal Services
Maintenance, Repair and Services
Management Consultants
Mapping Services
Marketing and Promotional Services
Media and Printing
Mining Consultants
16 Mining Contractors
Mining – Equipment and Supplies
17 Mining – Intelligence Services
Property Management
Public Affairs Consultants
SERVICE AND SUPPLY *AME BC corporate member
Assayers Canada*
Albert Hung
8282 Sherbrooke St.
Vancouver, BC V5X 4R6
604-327-3436
www.assayers.com
Eco Tech
Stewart Group*
Lynne Bruce
10041 Dallas Dr.
Kamloops, BC V2C 6T4
250-572-2206
www.stewartgroupglobal.com
Inspectorate America
Corporation*
Michael Redfearn
11620 Horseshoe Way
Richmond, BC V7A 4V5
604-272-8110
www.inspectorate.com/ems
Loring Laboratories
(Alberta) Ltd.*
Sodi Berar
629 Beaverdam Rd. N.E.
Calgary, AB T2K 4W7
403-274-2777
www.loringlabs.net
Maxxam Analytics*
Fred Chen
4606 Canada Way
Burnaby, BC V5G 1K5
604-734-7276
www.maxxam.ca
SGS Minerals
Services*
Jill Bradley
185 Concession St.
Lakefi eld, ON K0L 2H0
705-652-2000
www.sgs.com/geochem or
www.sgs.com/met
Skyline Assayers
& Laboratories*
Nancy Gracia-Gungor
1775 W. Sahuaro Dr.
Tucson, AZ
85745 USA
520-622-4836
www.skylinelab.com
Spectral
International Inc.*
Phoebe Hauff
P.O. Box 1027
Arvada, CO
80002 USA
303-403-8383
www.specmin.com
AVIATION CONSULTANTS
K. Dawson &
Associates Inc.*
Kevin Dawson
201-9800 McDonald Park Rd.
Sidney, BC V8L 5W5
250-656-4221
www.kdawson.net
Surveyors
Telecommunications
Transportation – Air
Transportation – Automobile
Transportation – Helicopter
18 Transportation – Trucking
Water Management Consultants
19 MINERAL EXPLORATION
AND MINING
An A-Z list of AME BC corporate
member companies, plus the
regions around the world where
they are active.
21 GOVERNMENT
Your guide to key contacts in
B.C. and member government
organizations worldwide.
22 ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
Schools and other institutions with
exploration and mining-related
programs.
23 ASSOCIATIONS
Mining associations and other
mineral exploration-related groups
in B.C. and beyond.
CAMP – EQUIPMENT,
SUPPLIES AND
SERVICE
Atco Structures
& Logistics*
Debbie Mason
5115 Crowchild Trail S.W.
Calgary, AB T3E 1T9
403-292-7600
www.atcosl.com
Britco Structures*
Bruce Matkin
P.O. Box 298 – Milner
21690 Smith Cres.
Langley, BC V0X 1T0
604-888-2000
www.britco.com
Container West*
Dean Olund
11660 Mitchell Rd.
Richmond, BC V6V 1T7
604-322-0533
www.containerwest.com
Deakin Industries*
Evan Deakin
1361 Powell St.
Vancouver, BC V5L 1G8
604-253-2685
www.deakin.com
Deluxe Wall Tents*
Perry Criddle
1050A McTavish Rd.
Sidney, BC V8L 5T4
250-704-2534
www.deluxewalltents.com
Photograph: Colleen Atherton SUMMER 2010 9

10 SUMMER 2010
Current bases:
Fort St. James
Smithers
Pemberton
Chilliwack
Sub-bases:
Silver Creek
Toodoggone
Bob-Quinn
Tatogga Lake
Power Systems Must Be:
■ Economical
■ Reliable
■ Durable
■ Field proven
■ Well supported
Please check all that apply, then contact:
POWER PRODUCTS
Generator sets to 3250 kW
Diesel Engines to 2000 BHP
Mudmaster® Pumps
Delta, BC 604-946-5531
Calgary, AB 403-720-3735
Edmonton, AB 780-455-2260
Winnipeg, MB 204-949-1526
www.frontierpower.com

SERVICE AND SUPPLY *AME BC corporate member
Discovery Mining
Services
Malcolm McLean
P.O. Box 2248
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2P7
867-920-4600
www.discoverymining.com
Frontier Power
Products Ltd.*
Larrie York
7983 Progress Way
Delta, BC V4G 1A3
604-946-5537
www.frontierpower.com
Northern Trailer, a
Division of Horizon
North Camp and
Catering Partnership*
Mark Brown
P.O. Box 3094
Kamloops, BC V2C 6B7
250-828-2644
www.northerntrailer.com
Nugget Expediting*
Jan Bruns
P.O. Box 3119
4469 Whalen Rd.
Smithers, BC V0J 2N0
250-847-1140
www.nuggetexpediting.com
Raymac
Environmental
Services Inc.*
Jon Clark
134-6374 Metral Dr.
Nanaimo, BC V9T 2L8
250-390-1032
www.raymac.com
TA Structures*
Bud Rich
P.O. Box 318
675 Old Town Rd.
Sicamous, BC V0E 2V0
250-836-3028
www.tastructures.com
Weatherhaven*
Mike Ball
8355 Riverbend Ct.
Burnaby, BC V3N 5E7
604-313-8075
www.weatherhaven.com
COMMODITY
PRODUCERS
CDN Resource
Laboratories Ltd.*
Duncan Sanderson
2-20148 102nd Ave.
Langley, BC V1M 4B4
604-882-8422
www.cdnlabs.com
Chemical Lime
Company of
Canada Inc.*
Scott Hinds
20303-102B Ave.
Langley, BC V1M 3H1
604-888-2575
www.chemicallime.com
Graymont Western
Canada Inc.*
Elton Chorney
190-3025 12th St. N.E.
Calgary, AB T2E 7J2
403-219-1304
www.graymont.com
COMPUTER
SOFTWARE
acQuire Technology
Solutions Pty. Ltd.*
Warren Carvey
400-1023 7th Ave. S.W.
Calgary, AB T2P 1A8
403-538-2123
www.acquire.com.au
Caron Business
Solutions
Paul Caron
160-6450 Roberts St.
Vancouver, BC V5G 4E1
604-291-6311
www.caronbusiness.com
Century Systems
Technologies Inc.*
Greg Wicklander
Bldg. E, 10-1351 Kelly
Lake Rd.
Sudbury, ON P3E 5P5
705-560-3440
www.centurysystems.net
Datamine
Canada Inc.*
Rod Baker
2-866 Newgate Ave.
Sudbury, ON P3A 5J9
705-688-0101
www.datamine.ca
Flexxus Software
Solutions Ltd.*
Paul Sweeney
600-890 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 1J9
604-678-5222
www.fl exxus.ca
Gemcom Software
International*
Erika Katzberg
1100-1066 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 3X1
604-684-6550
www.gemcomsoftware.com
Geosoft Inc.*
Zulema Smith
810-207 Queens Quay W.
Queens Quay Terminal
Toronto, ON M5J 1A7
416-369-0111
www.geosoft.com
Geotic Inc.*
Christian D’Amours
C.P. 501
2405 Boul. Jean-Jaques
Cossette
Val d’Or, QC J9P 4P5
819-824-3340
www.geotic.net
Intrepid Geophysics*
Maggie Snow
2-1 Male St. Brighton, VIC
3186 Australia
613-9593-1077
www.intrepid-geophysics.com
Leapfrog Software*
Andrew Abraham
47 Hereford St.
Ground Floor, St. Elmo
Courts
Christchurch
8013 New Zealand
416-913-8506
www.leapfrog3d.com
Maxwell GeoServices
(Canada) Inc.*
Sharyn Alexander
207-1168 Hamilton St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 2S2
604-678-3298
www.maxwellgeoservices.
com
Micromine
North America*
Alan LeBlanc
1400-1166 Alberni St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 3Z3
604-646-8924
www.micromine.com
Mintec Inc.*
Susan Wick
3544 E. Fort Lowell Rd.
Tucson AZ
85716 USA
520-795-3891
www.minesight.com
CONSTRUCTION –
GENERAL
CONTRACTORS
Bear Creek
Contracting*
Ian Munson
3752 Hwy. 16 E.
Terrace, BC V8G 5J3
250-635-3407
www.bearcreekcont.ca
Northern Trailer,
a Division of
Horizon North
Camp and Catering
Partnership*
Mark Brown
P.O. Box 3094
Kamloops, BC V2C 6B7
250-828-2644
www.northerntrailer.com
Progressive Ventures
Darcy McKeown
4-5008 Pohle Ave.
Terrace, BC V8G 4S8
250-635-7459
www.pvlgroup.com
Rain Coast Cranes
Mark Lindsay
P.O. Box 799
Terrace, BC V8G 4R1
250-635-6802
CORE BOXES AND
SUPPLIES
Robertson
Manufacturing Ltd.
Kier Robertson
799 E. Athabasca St.
Kamloops, BC
V2H 1C7
250-377-7727
www.coreboxes.com
DRILLING –
CONTRACTORS
Atlas Drilling
Gloria Lyons
746 Carrier St.
Kamloops, BC V2H 1G2
250-828-2627
Black Hawk Drilling
P.O. Box 2828
Smithers, BC V0J 2N0
250-877-7729
www.blackhawkdrilling.ca
Cyr Drilling
International Ltd.*
Gordon Cyr
250-355 Burrard St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2G8
604-687-3804
www.cyrdrilling.com
DJ Drilling
Company Ltd.*
David Schussler
P.O. Box 1090
2910 272nd St.
Aldergrove, BC V4W 2V1
604-857-1396
www.djdrilling.com
Energold
Drilling Corp.*
Valerie Sauve
1100-543 Granville St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 1X8
604-681-9501
www.energold.com
Foundex
Explorations Ltd.*
Ed Fulop
14653 64th Ave.
Surrey, BC V3S 1X6
604-594-8333
www.foundex.com
Geotech Drilling
Services Ltd.*
Kristie Johnson
5052 Hartway Dr.
Prince George, BC V2K 5B7
250-962-9041
www.geotechdrilling.com
Hardrock Diamond
Drilling Ltd.*
Jordan Iannone
60 Middle Bench Rd. S.
Penticton, BC V2A 8S7
250-492-3599
www.hardrockdrilling.ca
Hy-Tech Drilling Ltd.*
Harvey Tremblay
P.O. Box 3248
2715 Tatlow Rd.
Smithers, BC V0J 2N0
250-847-9301
www.hy-techdrilling.com
Major Drilling Group
International Inc.*
Robert Morgan
200-111 St. George St.
Moncton, NB E1C 1T7
506-857-8636
www.majordrilling.com
Matrix Diamond
Drilling Inc.*
Rob Brown
420 Aspen Rd.
Kimberley, BC V1A 3B5
250-432-5064
SCS Drilling*
Spence Coutlee
1436 Sun Rivers Dr.
Kamloops, BC V2H 0A2
250-525-0006
www.scsdrilling.com
Tonatec
Exploration LLC*
1645 North 500 W.
Mapleton, UT
84664 USA
801-310-1628
www.tonatec.com
DRILLING –
SUPPLIERS
Baroid Industrial
Drilling Products*
John Heppleston
9913 92nd St.
Morinville, AB T8R 1J6
780-231-2721
www.baroididp.com
Equipement
JexPlore Inc.*
JP Fortier
1100 Rue des
Manufacturiers
Val d’Or, QC J9P 6Y8
819-824-6002
www.jexploreinc.com
Extreme Products &
Drilling Supplies*
Ron Kunstman
102-17910 55th Ave.
Surrey, BC V3S 6C8
604-575-6660
www.extremeproducts
inc.com
Fordia*
Ralph Gardewine
7403 Wilson Ave.
Delta, BC V4G 1E5
1-877-275-1659
www.fordia.com
Frontier Power
Products Ltd.*
Larrie York
7983 Progress Way
Delta, BC V4G 1A3
604-946-5531
www.frontierpower.com
Icefi eld Tools
Corporation*
Erik Blake
P.O. Box 30085
RPO Qwanlin Mall
Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5M2
867-633-4264
www.icefi eldtools.com
Multi-Power
Products Ltd.
Tom Ulm
975 Crowley Ave.
Kelowna, BC V1Y 9R6
250-860-6969
www.multipowerproducts.com
Tundra Sales Inc.*
Dana Gaudet
2-33759 Morey Ave.
Abbotsford, BC V2S 2W5
604-859-5758
www.tundrasales.com
Westcoast Drilling
Supplies*
Tony Tromp
101-2567 192nd St.
Surrey, BC V3S 3X1
604-542-9595
www.westcoastdrilling.com
Wink Vibracore
Drill Company*
Robert Dyck
23321 Gilley Rd.
Richmond, BC V6V 1E6
778-384-0401
www.vibracorer.com
EMPLOYMENT
SERVICES
Geotemps
International*
Lena Hutzcal
1066 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 3X2
604-601-8230
www.geotemps.com
Maxim Professional*
Bruce Baris Unal
1101-1130 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 4A4
604-488-1500
www.maxim.ca
ENGINEERING
CONSULTANTS
Allnorth
Consultants Ltd.*
Tracy Savident
P.O. Box 968
2011 PG Pulpmill Rd.
Prince George, BC V2L 4V1
250-614-7291
www.allnorth.com
AMEC*
Bob Stanlake
400-111 Dunsmuir St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 5W3
604-664-5347
www.amec.com
Andritz Automation
Ken Parkes
201-4548 Lakelse Ave.
Terrace, BC V8G 1P8
250-638-0886
www.andritzautomation.com
Ausenco*
Paul Staples
885 Homer St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 2W2
604-453-4800
www.ausenco.com
EBA Engineering
Consultants Ltd.*
Ian Stewart
9th Floor, 1066 W. Hastings St.
Oceanic Plaza
Vancouver, BC V6E 3X2
604-685-0275
www.eba.ca
Photograph: Douglas Noblet SUMMER 2010 11

SERVICE AND SUPPLY *AME BC corporate member
Klohn Crippen
Berger Ltd.*
Len Murray
5th Floor, 2955 Virtual Way
Vancouver, BC V5M 4X6
604-669-3800
www.klohn.com
Piteau Associates
Engineering Ltd.*
Sharon Cocomile
215-260 Esplanade W.
North Vancouver, BC
V7M 3G7
604-986-8551
www.piteau.com
Scott Wilson
Roscoe Postle
Associates Inc.*
Dave Rennie
388-1130 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 4A4
604-602-6767
www.scottwilson.com
Snowden Mining
Industry
Consultants Inc.*
Robert McCarthy
600-1090 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 2N7
604-683-7645
www.snowdengroup.com
Wardrop
Engineering Inc.*
Patty Moore
800-555 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 1M1
604-408-3788 x 258
www.wardrop.com
Westrek
Geotechnical
Services Ltd.*
Timothy Smith
34-41050 Tantalus Rd.
Squamish, BC V8B 0M6
604-629-3804
www.westrekgeotech.com
ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSULTANTS
Archer CRM
Partnership*
Remi Farvacque
9008 109th St.
Fort St. John, BC V1J 6H4
250-261-5584
www.archerCRM.ca
Aztec Geoscience Inc.*
Del Ferguson
612-3030 Kilpatrick Ave.
Courtenay, BC V9N 8P1
250-334-9811
www.aztecgeo.ca
EBA Engineering
Consultants Ltd.*
Rick Hoos
9th Floor, 1066 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 3X2
604-685-0275
www.eba.ca
EDI Environmental
Dynamics Inc.
Glenn Wagner
640-1140 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 4G1
604-633-1891
www.edynamics.com
Hemmera*
Scott Weston
250-1380 Burrard St.
Vancouver, BC V6Z 2H3
604-669-0424 x 213
www.hemmera.com
Knight Piesold Ltd.*
Ken Brouwer
1400-750 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2T8
604-685-0543
www.knightpiesold.com
Lorax Environmental
Services Ltd.*
2289 Burrard St.
Vancouver, BC V6J 3H9
604-688-7173
www.lorax.ca
Pottinger Gaherty
Environmental
Consultants*
Chris Sharples
1200-1185 W. Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 4E6
604-682-3707
www.pggroup.com
Rescan
Environmental
Services Ltd.*
Pierre Pelletier
6th Floor
1111 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 2J3
604-689-9460
www.rescan.com
RWDI AIR Inc.*
Cathy Preston
830-999 W. Broadway St.
Vancouver, BC V5Z 1K5
604-730-5688 x 3223
www.rwdiair.com
SLR Consulting
(Canada) Ltd.*
Cheryl Robinson
200-1620 W. 8th St.
Vancouver, BC V6J 1V4
604-738-2500
www.slrconsulting.com
Stantec*
Glenn Barr
11-2042 Mills Rd.
Sidney, BC V8L 5X4
250-655-2292
www.stantec.com
Triton Environmental
Consultants Ltd.*
Shawna Hartman
8971 Beckwith Rd.
Richmond, BC V6X 1V4
604-279-2093
www.triton-env.com
FIRST NATIONS/
ABORIGINAL
CORPORATIONS
Nunavut
Tunngavik Inc.
Jorgan Aitaok
P.0. Box 1269
17 Mitik St.
Cambridge Bay, NU
X0B 0C0
867-983-5600
www.ntilands.com
12 SUMMER 2010 Photograph: Dave Thompson

FUEL SUPPLIERS
Executive Flight
Centre Fuel
Services Ltd.*
Kelly Derksen
4255 Bristol Rd.
Terrace, BC V8G 0E9
250-638-1564
www.executivefl ightcentre.com
Northwest Fuels
Doug Ames
5138 Keith Ave.
Terrace, BC V8G 1K9
250-635-2006
www.northwestfuels.ca
Petro-Canada
Lubricants*
John Austerberry
866-335-3369
2310 Lakeshore Road W.
Mississauga, ON L5J 1K2
lubricants.petro-canada.ca/
default.aspx
Superior Propane*
Shannon Husain
877-873-7467
www.superiorpropane.com
GEOGRAPHICAL
INFORMATION
SYSTEMS (GIS)
Cambria
Geosciences Inc.*
Paul McGuigan
303-5455 W. Boul.
Vancouver, BC V6M 3W5
604-261-1641
www.cambriageosciences.com
ESRI Canada Ltd.*
Dave Patterson
610-1130 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 4A4
604-682-4652
www.esricanada.com
GEOLOGICAL
CONSULTANTS
Archer, Cathro
& Associates
(1981) Ltd.*
William Wengzynowski
1016-510 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 1L8
604-688-2568
Aurora
Geosciences Ltd.*
Corey Segboer
34A Laberge Rd.
Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5Y9
867-920-2729
www.aurorageosciences.com
Aurum Exploration
Services*
Sandy Archibald
Unit 5C, Kells Business Park
Kells, County Meath
Ireland
+353 (0) 46-929-3278
www.aurumexploration.com
Equity Exploration
Consultants Ltd.*
Darcy Baker
200-900 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 1E5
604-688-9806
www.equityexploration.com
Fladgate Exploration
Consulting
Corporation*
Michael Thompson
195 Park Ave.
Thunder Bay, ON P7B 1B9
807-345-5380
www.fl adgateexploration.com
Georeference
Online Ltd.*
Clinton Smyth
301-850 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 1E1
604-692-0850
www.georeferenceonline.com
ioGlobal*
Dennis Arne
300-1055 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 2E9
604-657-9470
www.ioglobal.net
Watts, Griffi s and
McOuat Ltd.*
Kurt Breede
400-8 King St. E.
Toronto, ON M5C 1B5
416-364-6244
www.wgm.ca
GEOPHYSICAL
CONSULTANTS
Abitibi
Geophysics Inc.*
Pierre Berubé
1746 Chemin Sullivan
Val d’Or, QC J9P 7H1
819-874-8800
www.ageophysics.com
Associated
Geosciences Ltd.*
Jane Dawson
205-100 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 1R8
604-293-2800
www.associated
geosciences.ca
Crone Geophysics
& Exploration Ltd.*
Bill Ravenhurst
2135 Meadowpine Blvd.
Mississauga, ON L5N 6L5
905-814-0100
www.cronegeophysics.com
Diagnos Inc.*
Michel Fontaine
340-7005 Taschereau Blvd.
Brossard, QC J4Z 1A7
450-678-8882 x 222
www.diagnos.com
Excel Geophysics Inc.
Brian Jones
P.O. Box 5056
302 Centre St. S.
High River, AB T1V 1M3
403-652-1068
www.excelgeophysics.com
Geotech Ltd.
Paolo Berardelli
245 Industrial Parkway N.
Aurora, ON L4G 4C4
905-726-5311
www.geotech.com
Photograph: Gary Wesa SUMMER 2010 13

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Vancouver • Prince George
Smithers • Terrace
Dease Lake
Stopping at
points all along
Highway 37
North to
Dease Lake
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SERVICE AND SUPPLY *AME BC corporate member
Mira Geoscience Ltd.*
Gervais Perron
309-310 Victoria Ave.
Montreal, QC H3Z 2M9
514-489-1890
www.mirageoscience.com
Peter E. Walcott
& Associates*
Peter Walcott
608-1540 W. 2nd St.
Vancouver, BC V6J 1H2
604-730-4075
www.geofi sica.com
Petros Eikon*
Ross Groom
10A Bram Ct., 9-10
Brampton, ON L6W 3R6
905-796-0324
www.petroseikon.com
Quantec
Geoscience*
Michelle Pilozow
146 Sparks Ave.
Toronto, ON M2H 2S4
416-306-1941
www.quantecgeoscience.com
Sensor
Geophysical Ltd.
C. Jocelyn Frankow
1300-736 6th Ave. S.W.
Calgary, AB T2P 3T7
403-260-6582
www.sensorgeo.com
SJ Geophysics Ltd.*
Joyce Visser
11966-95A Ave.
Delta, BC V4C 3W2
604-582-1100
www.sjgeophysics.com
SkyTEM ApS*
Max Halkjaer
Tofteledet 18
DK – 8330 Beder, Denmark
458-620-2050
www.skytem.dk
Terraquest Ltd.*
Howard Barrie
2-2800 John St.
Markham, ON L3R 0E2
905-477-2800
www.terraquest.ca
Zonge Engineering
& Research
Organization*
3322 E. Fort Lowell Rd.
Tucson, AZ
85716 USA
520-327-5501
www.zonge.com
HEALTH AND SAFETY
1984 Enterprises
Inc.*
Lise Tompson
250-355 Burrard St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2G8
604-736-8142
www.1984inc.com
DOMCOR Health,
Safety & Security
Inc.*
Debbie Shea
761 12th Ave.
Campbell River, BC V9W 7E1
250-286-3163
www.domcor.ca
Park Ambulance
Service Ltd.*
Dean Constantini
P.O. Box 55121
Calgary, AB T1Y 6R6
800-661-1133
www.parkambulance.com
Safety Net Security*
Debbie Shea
761 12th Ave.
Campbell River, BC V9W 7E1
250-286-3103
www.safetynetsecurity.ca
Silvercore
Training Inc.*
Travis Bader
354-5158 48th Ave.
Delta, BC V4K 5B6
604-940-7785
www.silvercore.ca
Sirius Wilderness
Medicine Inc.*
Christian d’Auteuil
1158 Rue Duquette
Val-David, QC J0T 2N0
877-982-0066
www.siriusmed.com
Trauma Tech*
Paul Stevenson
208-1110 Hamilton St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 2S2
604-662-7740
www.traumatech.com
Travel Medicine &
Vaccination Centre*
Ray Christopherson
106-4180 Lougheed Hwy.
Burnaby, BC V5C 6A7
604-681-5656
www.tmvc.com
Tufport Industries*
Jeff Engelland
3551 River Rd. W.
Delta, BC V4K 3N2
800-887-6288
www.tufport.com
Western Protection
Alliance Inc.*
Kristina Podlegaeva
1-11771 Horseshoe Way
Richmond, BC V7A 4V4
604-271-7475
www.westernalliance.ca
INSURANCE
AON Reed
Stenhouse Inc.*
Dan Maguire
P.O. Box 3228
900 Howe St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 3X8
604-443-3372
www.aon.ca
INTERNET SERVICE
Northwestel Inc.*
Wade Schmidt
P.O. Box 2727
Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4Y4
867-455-4228
www.nwtel.ca
INVESTMENT
AND FINANCE
49 North
Resources Inc.*
Andrea Davidson
602-224 4th Ave. S.
Saskatoon, SK S7K 5M5
306-653-2692
www.fnr.ca
TSX Venture
Exchange*
Colleen Chambers
2700-650 W. Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 4N9
604-643-6524
www.tsx.com
LEGAL SERVICES
Bull, Housser
and Tupper LLP*
3000-1055 West Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V5H 3R3
604-641-4812
www.bht.com
Clark Wilson LLP*
Jonathan Lotz
800-855 W. Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 3H1
604-687-5700
www.cwilson.com
Fasken Martineau
DuMoulin LLP*
Josh Lewis
2900-550 Burrard St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 0A3
604-631-4853
www.fasken.com
Fraser Milner
Casgrain LLP*
Brian Abraham
1500-1040 W. Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 4H8
604-687-4460
www.fmc-law.com
Gowling Lafl eur
Henderson LLP*
Sarah Kuchka
P.O. Box 30, Bentall 5
2300-550 Burrard St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5
604-683-6498
www.gowlings.com
Lawson Lundell
Barristers &
Solicitors, LLP
Chris Baldwin
1600-925 W. Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 3L2
604-631-9151
www.lawsonlundell.com
Miller Thomson
LLP*
Peter McArthur
Robson Ct.
1000-840 Howe St.
Vancouver, BC V6Z 2M1
604-687-2242
www.millerthomson.com
Roper Greyell LLP*
Marino Sveinson
666 Burrard St./ 800 Park Pl.
Vancouver, BC V6C 3P3
604-806-0922
www.ropergreyell.com
MAINTENANCE,
REPAIR AND SERVICES
Fountain Tire
Mine Service Ltd.*
Ken Huntingford
130 Lafarge Rd.
Kamloops, BC V2C 6T5
604-988-6845
www.fountaintire.com
Westeel
Darcy Simoneau
5812 48th Ave.
Olds, AB T2H 1V1
403-999-8265
www.westeel.com
MANAGEMENT
CONSULTANTS
Hunter Dickinson
Services Inc.*
Shari Gardiner
1020-800 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2V6
604-684-6365
www.hdgold.com
International
Metals Group*
2303 W. 41st Ave.
Vancouver, BC V6M 2A3
604-685-1870
www.internationalmetals
group.com
MAPPING SERVICES
Bell Geospace Inc.*
John Mims
250-2 Northpoint Dr.
Houston, TX
77060 USA
281-591-6900
www.bellgeo.com
Eagle Mapping Ltd.*
Lloyd Hume
201-2071 Kingsway Ave.
Port Coquitlam, BC
V3C 6N2
604-942-5551
www.eaglemapping.com
Integrated Mapping
Technologies Inc.*
Ian Grady
418-552A Clarke Rd.
Coquitlam, BC V3J 0A3
604-682-7376
www.imtcan.com
PhotoSat
Information Ltd.*
Gerry Mitchell
1710-1050 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 3S7
604-681-9770
www.photosat.ca
Tenorex
GeoServices*
Angelique Justason
P.O. Box 4656
Quesnel, BC V2J 2M0
250-316-3333
www.tenorex.ca
MARKETING AND
PROMOTIONAL
SERVICES
Placer Gold Design*
Mark Castagnoli
702-602 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 1P2
604-681-3937
www.placergolddesign.com
Silvertip Promotions
& Signs Inc.*
Janice Paulitschke
102-4910 Greig Ave.
Terrace, BC V8G 1N4
250-635-1713
www.silvertipinc.ca
MEDIA AND PRINTING
Canada Wide
Media Limited*
Lee Caldwell
4th Floor
4180 Lougheed Hwy.
Burnaby, BC V5C 6A7
604-473-0389
www.canadawide.com
Dominion
Blue Digital
Reprographics*
Randy Brown
99 W. 6th Ave.
Vancouver, BC V5Y 1K2
604-681-7504
www.dominionblue.com
Phoenix Media
Direct Inc.*
Steve Carter
1680 Booth Ave.
Coquitlam, BC V3K 1B9
604-522-3068
www.phoenixmedia.ca
The Northern Miner*
Robert Seagraves
800-12 Concorde Pl.
Toronto, ON M3C 4J2
416-510-6816
www.northernminer.com
MINING
CONSULTANTS
AMC Mining
Consultants
(Canada) Ltd.*
Pat Stephenson
1330-200 Granville St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 1S4
604-669-0044
www.amcconsultants.ca
BC Gold/
BCGold.com*
David Zamida
P.O. Box 1057
TD Station
77 King St. W.
Toronto, ON M5K 1P2
877-GOLD-404
BCgold.com
G&T Metallurgical
Services Ltd.*
Wendy Ma
2957 Bowers Pl.
Kamloops, BC V1S 1W5
250-828-6157
www.gtmet.com
Geoxplor Corp.
Clive Ashworth
8-650 Clyde Ave.
West Vancouver, BC
V7T 1E2
604-926-9201
www.geoxplor.com
Pincock Allen & Holt
Sandy Prebynski
200-274 Union Blvd.
Lakewood, CO
USA 80228
303-986-6950
www.pincock.com
Rescan
Environmental
Services Ltd.*
Pierre Pelletier
111 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 2J3
604-689-9460
www.rescan.com
Photograph: Teresa Lynes SUMMER 2010 15

SERVICE AND SUPPLY *AME BC corporate member
SRK Consulting*
Wayne Barnett
2200-1066 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 3X2
604-681-4196
www.srk.com
Whillans Mines
Studies Ltd.*
Paul Tim Whillans
1142 Rose St.
Vancouver, BC V5L 4K8
604-250-1119
www.whillansmine
studies.com
MINING
CONTRACTORS
Ledcor Industrial Ltd.
Randy Daggitt
1000-1066 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 3X1
604-681-7500
www.ledcor.com
MINING – EQUIPMENT
AND SUPPLIES
2ic Australia
Pty Ltd.*
Allira Abrahams
2-10 McElligott Ct.
Canning
Vale Perth, WA
6155 Australia
61-89456-4177
www.2icaustralia.com
Advanced
Geosciences, Inc.*
Mats Lagmanson
2121 Geoscience Dr.
Austin, TX 78726 USA
512-335-3338
www.agiusa.com
Anachemia Science*
Roy Hogarth
10-3571 Viking Way
Richmond, BC V6V 1W1
604-270-2252
www.anachemia.com
Burns Lake
Automotive*
Stuart McFee
Box 448
Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0
250-692-7565
www.burnslakeauto.ca
Camfi l Farr APC*
Dave Stock
3505 Airport Rd.
Jonesboro, AR
72401 USA
928-428-3150
www.farrapc.com
Deakin Industries*
Evan Deakin
1361 Powell St.
Vancouver, BC V5L 1G8
604-253-2685
www.deakin.com
Geovista Ltd.*
Seghir Messamah
10-Cae Ffwt Business Park
Glan Conwy
LL28 5SP UK
+44 1492-57-33-99
www.geovista.co.uk
Innov-X Systems*
Sarah Baxter
2-1201 W. Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 3J5
778-960-6279
www.innovx.ca
IRL Supplies*
Steve Mayoh
610 Richard Rd.
Prince George, BC
V2K 4L3
250-562-2185
www.irl.bc.ca
Nilex Inc.*
Barry Walker
3963 Phillips Ave.
Burnaby, BC V5A 3K4
604-420-6433
www.nilex.com
Pothier
Enterprises Ltd.*
Andrew Pothier
7221 72nd St.
Tilbury Industrial Park
Delta, BC V4G 1M5
604-946-3811
www.pothierenterprises.com
Contact:
Rod Brown /Malcolm McLean
Specializing in Camps
in Remote Locations
across Canada
P.O. Box 2248
Yellowknife, NT
X1A 2P7
Rockwell
Automation*
Sean Poole
802 Carleton Ct.
Delta, BC V3M 6Y6
604-520-5976
www.rockwellautomation.com
Sandvik*
Tim Murphy
404-589-3800
300 Technology Ct.
Atlanta, GA
30317 USA
www.sandvik.com
Westcoast Mineral
Storage Inc.*
Graham Brown
246 Brooksbank Ave.
North Vancouver, BC
V7J 2C1
604-341-0246
www3.telus.net/
westcoaststorage
Westeel
Darcy Simoneau
5812 48th Ave.
Olds, AB T2H 1V1
403-999-8265
www.westeel.com
Western Star
Trucks Inc.
www.westernstartrucks.com
Tel: (867) 920-4600
Fax: (867) 873-8332
discov@ssimicro.com
16 SUMMER 2010 Photograph: Gary Wesa

MINING –
INTELLIGENCE
SERVICES
InfoMine Inc.*
Graham Baldwin
640-580 Hornby St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 3B6
604-683-2039
www.infomine.com
Intierra Resource
Intelligence*
Glen Jones
510-789 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 1H2
604-647-0016
www.intierra.com
Metals
Economics Group*
John Hadley
300-1718 Argyle St.
Halifax, NS B3J 3N6
902-429-2880
www.metalseconomics.com
PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT
Accurate Mining
Services Ltd.*
Fran Macpherson
1282 Marsh Rd.
Quesnel, BC V2J 6H3
250-992-2801
www.accuratemining.com
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
CONSULTANTS
Communica
Public Affairs Inc.*
Emma Shea
410-355 Burrard St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2G8
604-801-6830
www.communica.ca
SURVEYORS
Aeroquest Surveys*
Mandy Long
7687 Bath Rd.
Mississauga, ON L4T 3T1
905-672-9129
www.aeroquest.ca
Goldak Airborne
Surveys*
Ben Goldak
2 Hangar Rd.
Saskatoon Airport
Saskatoon, SK S7L 5X4
306-249-4474
www.goldak.ca
McElhanney
Consulting
Services Ltd.*
Dan Tresa
100-780 Beatty St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 2M1
604-683-8521
www.mcelhanney.com
MMM Geomatics B.C.*
Roger Galibois
101-389 Queensway Ave.
Kelowna, BC V1Y 8E6
250-869-1334
www.mmm.ca
TELE -
COMMUNICATIONS
Chorus Call
Canada Corp.*
Brock Stine
2020-1055 W. Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 3R5
604-638-5300
www.choruscall.com
Globalstar Canada*
Evelyn Pillai
100-115 Matheson Blvd. W.
Mississauga, ON L5R 3L1
905-712-7695
www.globalstar.ca
Inmarsat
Jackie Jarvis
99 City Rd.
London
EC1Y 1AX UK
+44 (0)20 7728-1777
www.inmarsat.com/mining/na
Omega
Communications Ltd.
Russ Coughlan
100-1751 Harvey Ave.
Kelowna, BC V1Y 6G4
250-860-8016
www.omegacom.ca
Total North
Communication*
Dan Johnson
127 Copper Rd.
Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2Z7
867-668-5175
Tower Radio Ltd.
Rob Dykman
2809 Kalum St.
Terrace, BC V8G 2M4
250-638-0577
www.towerradio.ca
TRANSPORTATION – AIR
Alpha Aviation Inc.*
Linda Freer
7800 Alpha Way
Delta, BC V4K 0A7
604-946-5361
www.alpha-aviation.ca
Canadian North*
Dale Smith
300-5201 50th Ave.
Yellowknife, NT X1A 3S9
867-669-4000
www.cdn-north.com
First Air*
Terri Lynn Potter
20 Cope Dr.
Kanata, ON K2M 2V8
613-254-6200
www.fi rstair.ca
Hawkair Aviation*
Darryl Tucker
4345 Bristol Rd.
Terrace, BC V8G 0E9
250-635-4295
www.hawkair.ca
Nolinor Aviation*
Reinaldo Caceres
11600 Rue Louis-Bisson
Mirabel, QC J7N 1G9
450-476-0018
www.nolinor.com
Northern
Thunderbird Air Inc.*
Bill Hesse
3900 Grumman Rd.
Prince George, BC V2N 4M6
250-963-9611
www.ntair.ca
Northwest
Regional Airport
Carman Hendry
103-4401 Bristol Rd.
Terrace, BC V8G 0E9
250-635-2659
www.yxt.xa
Summit Air
Charters*
Chuck Depew
27 Yellowknife Airport
Yellowknife, NT X1A 3T2
867-669-9789
www.summitair.net
TRANSPORTATION –
AUTOMOBILE
National Car Rentals
Kelly Gingles
4542 Lakelse Ave.
Terrace, BC V8P 1P8
250-635-6855
www.skeenarentacar.com
TRANSPORTATION –
HELICOPTER
Canadian
Helicopters Ltd.*
Charlie Morgan
Hangar 40, 12021 121st St.
Edmonton, AB T5L 4H7
780-429-6900
www.canadianhelicopters.com
Delta
Helicopters Ltd.*
Kathy Stubbs
13-26004 Twp. Rd. 544
Sturgeon County, AB
T8T 0B6
800-665-3564
www.deltahelicopters.com
Great Slave
Helicopters Ltd.*
Todd Johnson
2 Alicia Court
St. Albert, AB T8N 5P1
780-232-2589
www.greatslaveheli.com
SUMMER 2010 17

Helicopter
Transport Services*
Michael Lavoy
P.O. Box 250
1 Huisson Rd.
Carp Airport
Carp, ON K0A 1L0
866-412-9894 x 1
www.htsc.ca
Highland
Helicopters Ltd.*
Toni Horncastle
4240 Agar Dr.
Richmond, BC V7B 1A3
604-273-6161
www.highland.ca
Interior
Helicopters Ltd.
Jennifer Robinson-Schaff
P.O. Box 1478
Fort St. James, BC V0J 1P0
250-996-8644
www.interiorhelicopters.com
Lakehead
Helicopters Inc.*
Jimmy Dorrance
P.O. Box 988
846 Okanagan Ave.
Chase, BC V0E 1M0
250-679-7831
www.lakeheadhelicopters.
com
Lakelse Air/
Bear Creek
Contracting Ltd.*
Ian Munson
3752 Hwy. 16 E.
Terrace, BC V8G 5J3
250-635-3407
www.bearcreekcont.ca
Northern Air
Support Ltd.*
Mark McGowan
6285 Airport Way
Kelowna, BC V1V 1S1
250-765-0100
www.northernairsupport.com
Prism
Helicopters Ltd.*
Dan Wiebe
702-11731 Baynes Rd.
Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 2B3
604-465-7979
www.prismhelicopters.com
Quantum
Helicopters Ltd.*
Ian Swan
4445 Bristol Rd.
Terrace, BC V8G 0E9
250-615-0168
www.quantumhelicopters.ca
Yellowhead
Helicopters Ltd.
Kevin McCormick
P.O. Box 190
Valemount, BC V0E 2Z0
250-566-4401
www.yellowheadheli.com
TRANSPORTATION –
TRUCKING
Bandstra
Transportation
System
Ron Bandstra
P.O. Box 95
3394 Yellowhead 16E
Smithers, BC V0J 2N0
250-847-2057
www.bandstra.com
WATER MANAGEMENT
CONSULTANTS
Schlumberger
Water Services*
Martin Draeger
101-460 Phillip St.
Waterloo, ON N2L 5J2
519-746-1798
www.water.slb.com ■
18 SUMMER 2010 Photograph: Rescan Environmental Services Ltd.

MINERAL EXPLORATION AND MINING AME BC corporate members as of April 2010
(Regions where company
is active listed under web
addresses.)
A
Abacus Mining &
Exploration Corp.
615-800 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2V6
604-682-0301
www.amemining.com
Canada
Adriana
Resources Inc.
12th Floor, 20 Toronto St.
Toronto, ON M5C 2B8
416-363-2200
www.adrianaresources.com
Canada
Almaden
Minerals Ltd.
1103-750 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2T8
604-689-7644
www.almadenminerals.com
Canada, Latin America
American
Manganese Inc.
2A-15892 Marine Dr.
White Rock, BC V4B 1E6
604-531-9639
www.americanmanganese
inc.com
Canada, USA
Anglo American
Exploration
(Canada) Ltd.
800-700 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 1G8
604-684-1454
www.angloamerican.ca
Africa, Asia, Australia,
Canada, Europe, Latin
America
B
BCGOLD Corp.
1400-625 Howe St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2T6
604-646-1589
www.bcgoldcorp.com
Canada
C
Canadian Zinc
Corporation
P.O. Box 11644
1710-650 W. Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 4N9
604-688-2001
www.canadianzinc.com
Canada
CanAlaska
Uranium Ltd.
1020-625 Howe St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2T6
604-685-1870
www.canalaska.com
Canada
Candente
Resources Corp.
200-905 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 1L6
604-689-1957
www.candente.com
Latin America
Canterra Minerals
Corporation
1410-650 W. Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 4N8
604-687-6644
www.canterraminerals.com
Canada, USA
Capstone
Mining Corp.
900-999 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2W2
604-684-8894
www.capstonemining.com
Canada, Latin America
CBR Gold Corp.
1440-625 Howe St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2T6
604-646-4527
www.cbrgoldcorp.com
Canada, USA
Commander
Resources Ltd.
510-510 Burrard St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 3A8
604-685-5254
www.commanderresources.
com
Canada
Commerce
Resources Corp.
1450-789 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 1H2
604-484-2700
www.commerceresources.
com
Canada
Constantine
Metal Resources
1500-800 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2V6
604-629-2348
www.constantinemetals.com
Canada, USA
Copper Fox
Metals Inc.
650-340 12th Ave. S.W.
Calgary, AB T2R 1L5
403-264-2820
www.copperfoxmetals.com
Canada
Copper Mountain
Mining Corporation
1700-700 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 1G8
604-682-2992
www.cumtn.com
Canada
Copper Ridge
Explorations Ltd.
11th Floor, 888 Dunsmuir St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 3K4
604-648-4653
www.copper-ridge.com
Canada, Latin America,
USA
Cosigo
Resources Inc.
1500-885 W. Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 3E8
604-970-4498
www.cosigoresources.com
Latin America
Creston Moly Corp.
860-625 Howe St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2T6
604-687-7545
www.crestonmoly.com
Latin America
D
Diamonds North
Resources Ltd.
510-510 Burrard St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 3A8
604-689-2010
www.diamondsnorth.com
Canada
Donner Metals Ltd.
2150-885 W. Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 3E8
604-683-0564
www.donnermetals.com
Canada
E
Eagle Plains
Resources Ltd.
200-16 11th Ave. S.
Cranbrook, BC V1C 2P1
250-426-0749
www.eagleplains.com
Canada
Eastfi eld Resources
110-325 Howe St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 1Z7
604-681-7913
www.eastfi eldgroup.com
Canada, USA
Encanto
Potash Corp.
880-580 Hornby St.
Vancouver, BC
V6C 3B6
604-806-0626
www.encantopotash.com
Canada
Entrée Gold Inc.
1201-1166 Alberni St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 3Z3
604-687-4777
www.entreegold.com
Asia, Canada, USA
F
First Coal
Corporation
2010-1075 W. Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 3C9
604-605-8811
www.fi rstcoal.com
Canada
Fortune Minerals Ltd.
1902-140 Fullarton St.
London, ON N6A 5P2
519-858-8188
www.fortuneminerals.com
Canada
Forum Uranium Corp.
910-475 Howe St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2B3
604-630-1585
www.forumuranium.com
Canada
Fronteer Gold Inc.
1650-1055 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC
V6E 2E9
604-632-4677
www.fronteergroup.com
Canada, Europe, USA
G
Goldbrook Ventures
1550-200 Burrard St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 3L6
604-683-8083
www.goldbrookventures.com
Canada
Golden Valley
Mines Ltd.
2864 Chemin Sullivan
Val d’Or, QC J9P 0B9
819-824-2808
www.goldenvalleymines.com
Canada
Great Quest
Metals Ltd.
515-475 Howe St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2B3
604-689-2882
www.greatquest.com
Africa, Canada
Grosso Group
Management Ltd.
709-837 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 3N6
604-687-1828
www.grossogroup.com
Canada, Latin America
H
Hard Creek Nickel
Corporation
1060-1090 W. Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 3V7
604-681-2300
www.hardcreek.com
Canada
Hawthorne Gold Corp.
1 Bentall, P.O. Box 72
1580-505 Burrard St.
Vancouver, BC V7X 1M5
604-629-1505
www.hawthornegold.com
Canada
Hecla Mining
Company of
Canada Ltd.
440-580 Hornby St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 3B6
604-682-6201
www.hecla-mining.com
Latin America, USA
Helio Resource Corp.
580-625 Howe St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2T6
604-638-8002
www.helioresource.com
Africa
Photograph: Teresa Lynes SUMMER 2010 19
I
Imperial Metals
Corporation
200-580 Hornby St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 3B6
604-669-8959
www.imperialmetals.com
Canada
Indicator
Minerals Inc.
275-1075 W. Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 3C9
604-331-4605
www.indicatorminerals.com
Canada
Ivanhoe Mines Inc.
654-999 Canada Pl.
Vancouver, BC V6C 3E1
604-331-9820
www.ivanhoemines.com
Asia
J
J-Pacifi c Gold Inc.
802-1166 Alberni St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 3Z3
604-684-6677
www.jpgold.com
Canada
K
Kaminak Gold
Corporation
1440-625 Howe St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2T6
604-646-4534
www.kaminak.com
Australia, Canada, Latin
America, USA
Kettle River
Resources
P.O. Box 130
298 Greenwood St.
Greenwood, BC V0H 1J0
800-859-3966
www.kettleriver.com
Canada
Kingsman
Resources Inc
3177 Westmount Pl.
West Vancouver, BC
V7V 3G4
604-926-4062
kingsmanresources.com
Canada
Kiska Metals
Corporation
1350-650 W. Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 4N9
604-669-6660
www.kiskametals.com
Australia, Latin America,
Canada
N
Newcrest Mining
B.C. Ltd.
107-895 East Patriot Blvd.
Reno, NV
89511-1245 USA
775-331-8755
www.newcrest.com.au
Asia Pacifi c, Australia,
Canada, USA
New Dimension
Resources Ltd.
860-625 Howe St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2T6
604-687-7545
www.newdimension
resources.com
Canada, Latin America,
USA
Newmont Mining
Corporation
300-889 Harbourside Dr.
North Vancouver, BC
V7P 3S1
604-985-2572
www.newmont.com
Africa, Asia Pacifi c, Canada,
Latin America, USA

ANGLO
AMERICAN
Anglo American Exploration (Canada) Ltd.
Actively Seeking
Base Metal Opportunities Throughout
North America and Europe.
Vancouver Hub Office
Suite 800
700 West Pender Street
Vancouver B.C. V6C 1G8
Tel: (604) 684-1454 Fax: (604) 689-3480
Email: aaplc@angloamerican.ca
Scandinavian Office
Anglo American Exploration (BV) Holland,
Fillial Sverige
PO Box 14, 930 70 Malá, Sverige
Telefon 0953 21690 Telefax: 0953 21695
Email: jcoppard@angloamerican.co.uk
20 SUMMER 2010
New Nadina
Explorations Ltd.
P.O. Box 130
298 Greenwood St.
Greenwood, BC V0H 1J0
800-859-3966
www.nadina.com
Canada
Northgate Minerals
Corporation
1602-18 King St. E.
Toronto, ON M5C 1C4
416-216-2775
www.northgateminerals.ca
Australia, Canada
NovaGold
Resources Inc.
2300-200 Granville St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 1S4
604-669-6227
www.novagold.net
Canada, USA
Novus Gold Corp.
1750-999 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2W2
604-688-0335
www.novusgold.com
Canada, Latin America
P
Pacifi c Booker
Minerals Inc.
1702-1166 Alberni St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 3Z3
604-681-8556
www.pacifi cbooker.com
North America
Peregrine
Diamonds Ltd.
201-1250 Homer St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 1C6
604-408-8880
www.pdiam.com
Canada
Pure Nickel Inc.
900-95 Wellington St. W.
Toronto, ON M5J 2N7
416-644-0001
www.purenickel.com
Canada, USA
Q
Quadra Mining Ltd.
4 Bentall Centre
2414-1055 Dunsmuir St.
Vancouver, BC V7X 1K8
604-689-8550
www.quadramining.com
Europe, Latin America, USA
R
Rainy River
Resources Ltd.
303-1620 W. 8th Ave.
Vancouver, BC V6J 1V4
604-639-4490
www.rainyriverresources.com
Canada
Redstar Gold Corp.
615-800 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2V6
604-488-0081
www.redstargold.com
Canada, USA
Richfi eld Ventures
Corp.
101-242 Reid St.
Quesnel, BC V2J 2M2
250-992-6644
www.richfi eldventures.ca
Canada
Riverside
Resources Inc.
701-744 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 1A5
778-327-6671
www.rivres.com
Latin America, USA
Rubicon Minerals
Corporation
1540-800 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2V6
604-623-3333
www.rubiconminerals.com
Canada, USA
S
Selwyn
Resources Ltd.
700-509 Richards St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 2Z6
604-801-7240
www.selwynresources.com
Canada
Serengeti
Resources Inc.
500-602 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 1P2
604-605-1300
www.serengetiresources.com
Canada
Silver Standard
Resources Inc.
1400-999 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2W2
604-689-3846
www.silverstandard.com
Australia, Canada, Latin
America, USA
Silver
Wheaton Corp.
3150-666 Burrard St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2X8
604-684-9648
www.silverwheaton.com
Canada, Europe, Latin
America, USA
Soho Resources Corp.
250-1090 W. Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 2V7
604-684-8071
www.sohoresources.ca
Latin America
Stornoway Diamond
Corporation
116-980 W. 1st St.
North Vancouver, BC
V7P 3N4
604-983-7750
www.stornowaydiamonds.com
Canada
Strongbow
Exploration Inc.
800-625 Howe St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2T6
604-668-8355
www.strongbowexploration.
com
Canada
T
Taranis
Resources Inc.
14247 W. Iliff Ave.
Lakewood, CO
80228-54 USA
303-716-5922
www.taranisresources.us
Canada, Europe, USA
Teck Resources
Limited
Bentall 5
3300-550 Burrard St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 0B3
604-669-4000
www.teck.com
Australia, Canada, Latin
America, USA
Troon Ventures Ltd.
860-625 Howe St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2T6
604-687-7545
www.troonventures.com
Canada
Tyhee
Development Corp.
401-675 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6B 1N2
604-681-2877
www.tyhee.com
Canada
V
Victoria Gold Corp.
680-1066 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6E 3X2
604-682-5122
www.vitgoldcorp.com
Canada, Latin America, USA
W
Western
Potash Corp.
1818-701 W. Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V7Y 1C6
604-689-9378
www.westernpotash.com
Canada
Y
Yukon Zinc
Corporation
701-475 Howe St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2B3
604-682-5474
www.yukonzinc.com
Canada ■

GOVERNMENT *AME BC corporate member
B.C. GOVERNMENT
For complete listings visit the
B.C. government directory
website: www.dir.gov.bc.ca.
Enquiry B.C.:
1-800-663-7867
or 604-660-2421
Unless otherwise indicated,
all B.C. government email
contacts are formatted as
follows: fi rstname.lastname@
gov.bc.ca
Note: listings current as of
April 2010.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
SECURITIES
COMMISSION*
P.O. Box 10142
Pacifi c Centre
701 W. Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V7Y 1L2
604-899-6500
www.bcsc.bc.ca
INTEGRATED LAND
MANAGEMENT BUREAU
PO Box 9352 Stn.
Prov. Govt.
Victoria, BC V8W 9M2
250-387-3190
www.geobc.gov.bc.ca
MINISTRY OF
ENERGY, MINES
AND PETROLEUM
RESOURCES*
www.gov.bc.ca/empr
Hon. Blair Lekstrom
Minister of Energy, Mines and
Petroleum Resources
P.O. Box 9060 Stn. Prov. Govt.
Victoria, BC V8W 9E2
250-387-5896
Fax 250-356-2965
blair.lekstrom.mla@leg.bc.ca
Natalie Poole-Moffatt
Ministerial Assistant
250-387-5896
EMPR.Minister@gov.bc.ca
Hon. Randy Hawes
Minister of State for Mining
P.O. Box 9070, Stn.
Prov. Govt.
Victoria, BC V8W 9E2
250-953-4100
Fax 250-387-1803
Chris Tupper
Ministerial Assistant
250-953-4100
Fax 250-387-1803
Greg Reimer
Deputy Minister
250-952-0504
Fax 250-952-0269
MARKETING,
ABORIGINAL
AND COMMUNITY
RELATIONS
DIVISION
Jody Shimkus
Assistant Deputy Minister
P.O. Box 9396, Stn. Prov. Govt.
Victoria, BC V8W 9N3
250-356-9569
Fax 250-356-5092
ABORIGINAL
RELATIONS BRANCH
Giovanni Puggioni
Executive Director
250-952-0530
LAND USE
COORDINATION BRANCH
Norman Marcy
Director
250-387-1780
MARKETING
AND COMMUNITY
RELATIONS BRANCH
Ellen Frisch
Executive Director
250-952-0651
MINING AND
MINERALS DIVISION
John Cavanagh
Assistant Deputy Minister
P.O. Box 9320 Stn.
Prov. Govt.
Victoria, BC V8W 9N3
250-952-0596
Fax 250-952-0491
Butch Morningstar
Executive Regional Director
250-387-0844
B.C. GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY BRANCH
P.O. Box 9333
5th Floor, 1810 Blanshard St.
Victoria, BC V8W 9N3
250-952-0429
Fax 250-952-0381
Dave Lefebure
Director/Chief Geologist
250-952-0374
Tania Demchuk
Manager, Geoscience
Marketing and Partnerships
250-952-0417
GEOSCIENCE
NITIATIVES
Steve Rowins
Director
250-952-0454
Larry Diakow
Metals Senior Project
Geologist
250-952-0430
Travis Ferbey
Quaternary Geologist
250-953-3773
Ray Lett
Geochemist
250-952-0396
Jim Logan
Metals Senior Project
Geologist
250-952-0436
Nick Massey
Mapping Project Geoscientist
(Southeast)
250-952-0428
Mitch Mihalynuk
Mapping Senior Project
Geologist (Central)
250-952-0431
JoAnne Nelson
Mapping Senior Project
Geologist (Northwest)
250-952-0438
Graham Nixon
Mapping Senior Project
Geologist (Southwest)
250-952-0448
Paul Schiarizza
Mapping Senior Project
Geologist (Central)
250-952-0434
George Simandl
Industrial Minerals Specialist
250-952-0413
B.C. MINERAL
DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
300-865 Hornby St.
Vancouver, BC
V6Z 2G3
Jay Fredericks
Director
604-660-3332
Bruce Northcote
Regional Geologist
604-660-2713
RESOURCE
INFORMATION SECTION
Larry Jones
Director
250-952-0386
Yao Cui
Senior Geomatics Geoscientist
250-952-0440
Kirk Hancock
MapPlace Resource
Geoscientist
250-952-0433
Laura de Groot
ARIS/MINFILE Database
Manager
250-952-0387
Pat Desjardins
Geomatics Geoscientist
250-952-0425
Sarah Meredith-Jones
Mineral Inventory Geologist
250-387-5261
Allan Wilcox
Senior Mineral Assessment
Geologist
250-952-0390
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Al Hoffman
Executive Director and Chief
Inspector of Mines
250-952-0494
POLICY AND
SUSTAINABILITY
BRANCH
Butch Morningstar
Executive Director of Policy
and Sustainability
250-387-0844
REGIONAL OFFICES
NORTHWEST
2nd Floor, 3726 Alfred Ave.
Smithers, BC
V0J 2N0
250-847-7383
Loren Kelly
Regional Director
250-847-7653
Paul Wojdak
Senior Regional Geologist
250-847-7391
Doug Flynn
Senior Inspector of Mines,
Health and Safety
250-847-7386
Jill Pardoe
Senior Inspector of Mines,
Permitting
250-847-7768
NORTHEAST/CENTRAL
Prince George, BC
250-565-4240
Joyce Beaudry
Regional Director
250-565-4131
SOUTH CENTRAL
162 Oriole Rd.
Kamloops, BC V2C 4N7
Joe Seguin
Regional Director
250-371-6051
Bruce Madu
Senior Regional Geologist
250-371-6071
Steve Rothman
Senior Inspector of Mines,
Health and Safety
250-371-6053
Bruce Hupman
Senior Inspector of Mines,
Permitting
250-371-6067
SOUTHEAST
2nd Floor, 42 8th Ave. S.
Cranbrook, BC V1C 2K3
Ricci Berdusco
Regional Director
250-426-1252
Dave Grieve
Regional Geologist
250-426-1658
Phil Pascuzzi
Senior Inspector of Mines,
Health and Safety
250-426-1537
Bruce Milligan
Senior Inspector of Mines,
Permitting/Health and Safety
250-426-1655
SOUTHWEST
P.O. Box 9320 Stn.
Prov. Govt.
Victoria, BC V8W 9N3
(see also Mineral Development
Offi ce, Vancouver)
Ron Bronstein
Executive Regional Director
250-952-0473
Ed Taje
Senior Inspector of Mines,
Health and Safety
250-952-0732
TITLES DIVISION
P.O. Box 9326
6th Floor, 1810 Blanshard St.
Victoria, BC V8W 9N3
250-952-0542
Fax 250-952-0541
Lisa Nye
Executive Lead
250-356-0552
MINERAL TITLES
BRANCH
(Gold Commissioner’s Offi ce)
303-865 Hornby St.
Vancouver, BC V6Z 2G3
604-660-2672;
1-866-616-4999
Fax 604-660-2653
https://www.mtonline.
gov.bc.ca
OTHER
GOVERNMENT
ALASKA DIVISION
OF GEOLOGICAL AND
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS*
3354 College Rd.
Fairbanks, AK
99709-3707 USA
907-451-5025
www.dggs.dnr.state.ak.us
ALBERTA GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY
4th Floor, 4999 98th Ave.
Edmonton, AB T6B 2X3
780-422-1927
www.ags.gov.ab.ca
CANADA REVENUE
AGENCY*
Section 442-27
c/o 9755 King George Highway
Surrey, BC V3T 5E1
604-666-8430
www.cra-arc.gc.ca
DISTRICT OF HOUSTON*
P.O. Box 370
Houston, BC V0J 1Z0
250-845-2238
www.houston.ca
DISTRICT OF STEWART
P.O. Box 460
Stewart, BC V0T 1W0
250-636-2251
www.districtofstewart.com
DISTRICT OF
VANDERHOOF*
P.O. Box 2028
160 Connaught St.
Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A0
250-567-4711
www.vanderhoof.ca
GOVERNMENT
OF NORTHWEST
TERRITORIES*
P.O. Box 1320
9th Floor, Scotia Centre
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9
867-920-3222
www.iti.gov.nt.ca
GOVERNMENT OF
NUNAVUT, DEPARTMENT
OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND
TRANSPORTATION*
P.O. Box 1000, Stn.1560
Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0
867-975-7827
www.edt.gov.nu.ca
GREENLAND BUREAU
OF MINERALS AND
PETROLEUM*
P.O. Box 930
Imaneq 29
Nuuk
3900 Greenland
+299 34-68-00
www.bmp.gl
HEALTH CANADA*
400-4595 Canada Way
Burnaby, BC V5G 1J9
604-666-3788
www.hc-sc.gc.ca
INDIAN AND NORTHERN
AFFAIRS CANADA –
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
REGIONAL OFFICE*
P.O. Box 1500
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2R3
867-669-2571
www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/
scr/nt/index-eng.asp
INDIAN AND NORTHERN
AFFAIRS CANADA –
NUNAVUT REGIONAL
OFFICE*
P.O. Box 2200
Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0
867-975-4506
www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/
scr/nu/index-eng.asp
MACKENZIE VALLEY
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
REVIEW BOARD*
P.O. Box 938
5102 50th Ave.
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2N7
867-766-7050
www.reviewboard.ca
MANITOBA INNOVATION,
ENERGY AND MINES*
360-395 Ellice Ave.
Winnipeg, MB R3G 3P2
204-945-2691
www.manitoba.ca/minerals
NEW BRUNSWICK
DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES*
P.O. Box 6000
Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1
506-453-6642
www.gnb.ca/0078/minerals
NEWFOUNDLAND AND
LABRADOR CHAMBER
OF MINERAL
RESOURCES INC.*
P.O. Box 8700
St. John’s, NL A1B 4J6
709-729-2775
www.gov.nl.ca/mines&en/
geosurvey
NOVA SCOTIA
DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES*
P.O. Box 698
3rd Floor, 1701 Hollis St.
Founders Square
Halifax, NS B3J 2T9
902-424-2526
www.gov.ns.ca/NATR/MEB
ONTARIO MINISTRY
OF NORTHERN
DEVELOPMENT
AND MINES*
933 Ramsey Lake Rd.
Sudbury, ON P3E 6B5
705-670-5810
www.mndm.gov.on.ca/
mndm
QUEBEC MINISTRY OF
NATURAL RESOURCES
AND WILDLIFE*
880 Chemin Sainte-Foy
RC 120-C
Quebec, QC G1S 4X4
418-627-6269
www.mrnf.gouv.qc.ca
REGIONAL DISTRICT
OF BULKLEY-NECHAKO*
P.O. Box 820
Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0
250-692-3195
www.mining.rdbn.bc.ca
SASKATCHEWAN
MINISTRY OF ENERGY
AND RESOURCES*
2nd Floor, 2103 11th Ave.
Regina, SK S4P 3Z8
306-787-9332
www.ir.gov.sk.ca
SRC – GEOANALYTICAL
LABORATORIES*
125-15 Innovation Blvd.
Saskatoon, SK S7N 2X8
306-933-8118
www.src.sk.ca
STATE OF ALASKA –
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT*
211 Cushman St.
Fairbanks, AK
99701-4639 USA
907-451-2738
www.commerce.state.us/
oed/minerals/mining.htm
TOWN OF SMITHERS*
P.O. Box 879
1027 Aldous St.
Smithers, BC V0J 2N0
250-847-1600
www.smithers.ca
YUKON GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY*
2099 2nd Ave.
Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1B5
867-667-8508
www.geology.gov.yk.ca ■
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22 SUMMER 2010
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
*AME BC corporate member
BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE
OF TECHNOLOGY (BCIT)*
3700 Willingdon Ave.
Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2
604-434-5734
James Leader
Mining Program Head
604-456-8153
james_leader@bcit.ca
www.bcit.ca
CODES-ARC CENTRE OF
EXCELLENCE IN ORE DEPOSITS*
Private Bag 126
Hobart, Tasmania
7001 Australia
fcms.its.utas.edu.au/scieng/codes/index.asp
NORTHWEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE
SCHOOL OF EXPLORATION AND MINING
P.O. Box 3606
3966 2nd Ave.
Smithers, BC V0J 2N0
250-847-4461; 1-877-277-2288
Fax 250-847-4568
www.nwcc.bc.ca
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES
8888 University Dr.
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
778-782-5390
Fax 778-782-4198
www.sfu.ca/earth-sciences
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
1-26 Earth Sciences Building
Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3
780-492-3265
Fax 780-492-2030
easweb.eas.ualberta.ca
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND OCEAN SCIENCES
Paul Smith
Department Head
6339 Stores Rd.
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
604-822-6456
Fax 604-822-6088
www.eos.ubc.ca
MINERAL DEPOSIT RESEARCH UNIT (MDRU)*
604-822-6136
Fax 604-822-6088
www.mdru.ubc.ca
Craig Hart
Director
604-822-5149
chart@eos.ubc.ca
NORMAN B. KEEVIL INSTITUTE
OF MINING ENGINEERING*
5th Floor, 6350 Stores Rd.
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
604-822-2540
Fax 604-822-5599
www.mining.ubc.ca
Bernhard Klein
Department Head
604-822-3986
bklein@interchange.ubc.ca
UNIVERSITY OF
NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA
3333 University Way
Prince George, BC V2N 4Z9
250-960-5555
Fax 250-960-6330
www.unbc.ca
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
SCHOOL OF EARTH AND OCEAN SCIENCES
Bob Wright Centre A405, University of Victoria
P.O. Box 3065 Stn. CSC
Victoria, BC V8W 3V6
250-721-6120
Fax 250-721-6200
seos.uvic.ca ■

ASSOCIATIONS *AME BC corporate member
AKAITCHO IMA
IMPLEMENTATION OFFICE*
Stephanie Poole
P.O. Box 28
Lutsel K’e, NT X0E 1A0
867-370-3217
www.akaitchoima.com
ALASKA MINERS
ASSOCIATION
105-3305 Arctic Blvd.
Anchorage, AK
99503 USA
907-563-9229
www.alaskaminers.org
ASSOCIATION FOR
MINERAL EXPLORATION
B.C. (AME BC)
800-889 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 3B2
604-689-5271
www.amebc.ca
info@amebc.ca
Lena Brommeland
Chair
604-684-6365
lenab@hdgold.com
Jonathan Buchanan
Manager, Communications
and Public Affairs
604-630-3923
jbuchanan@amebc.ca
Rick Conte
Vice-President,
Technical and
Regulatory Affairs
604-630-3926
rconte@amebc.ca
Gavin C. Dirom
President and CEO
604-630-3920
gdirom@amebc.ca
Mary Hughes
Coordinator, New Media
and Creative
604-630-3927
mhughes@amebc.ca
Tim Kim
Coordinator, Member
Information and Events
604-630-3929
tkim@amebc.ca
Reesa Meltzer
Director, Member Relations
and Events
604-630-3924
rmeltzer@amebc.ca
Patricia Morrison
Accountant and Human
Resources Coordinator
604-630-3922
pmorrison@amebc.ca
Etienne Nemanishen
Administrative Assistant
604-689-5271 x 239
enemanishen@amebc.ca
Shannon Norris
Manager, Special Events
604-630-3921
snorris@amebc.ca
Tracey Sexton
Executive Assistant/
Offi ce Administrator
604-630-3919
tsexton@amebc.ca
Laureen Whyte
Vice-President,
Sustainability and
Operations
604-630-3928
lwhyte@amebc.ca
Roundup General
Inquiries
877-689-5554
roundup@amebc.ca
ASSOCIATION OF
PROFESSIONAL
ENGINEERS AND
GEOSCIENTISTS
OF B.C. (APEGBC)*
200-4010 Regent St.
Burnaby, BC V5C 6N2
604-430-8035
www.apeg.bc.ca
BOUNDARY MINING
ASSOCIATION
www.boundarymining.com
B.C. ABORIGINAL MINE
TRAINING ASSOCIATION
Laurie Sterritt
900-808 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2X4
604-681-4321
B.C. TECHNICAL AND
RESEARCH COMMITTEE
ON RECLAMATION
www.trcr.bc.ca
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
N ORE DEPOSITS (CODES)*
Locked Bag 79
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
+61 3-6226-2743
www.codes.utas.edu.au
CHAMBER OF MINES
OF EASTERN B.C.
215 Hall St.
Nelson, BC V1L 5X4
250-352-5242
www.cmebc.com
DATA METALLOGENICA*
Level 2, 271 William St.
Melbourne, VIC
3000 Australia
+61 3-8636-9957
www.datametallogenica.com
EAST KOOTENAY
CHAMBER OF MINES
www.ekcm.org
GEOSCIENCE BC*
440-890 W. Pender St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 1J9
604-662-4147
www.geosciencebc.com
KAMLOOPS
EXPLORATION GROUP
www.keg.bc.ca
MINING ASSOCIATION
OF B.C. (MABC)
900-808 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2X4
604-681-4321
www.mining.bc.ca
MINING SUPPLIERS
ASSOCIATION OF B.C.
900-808 W. Hastings St
Vancouver, BC V6C 2X4
604-681-4321 x 111
www.miningsuppliersbc.ca
NEWFOUNDLAND
AND LABRADOR
CHAMBER OF MINERAL
RESOURCES INC.*
P.O. Box 21463
St. John’s, NL A1A 5G6
709-722-9542
www.nlcmr.ca
NORTHERN INTERIOR
MINING GROUP
David Forshaw
250-997-6047
forsh@telus.net
NORTHWEST MINING
ASSOCIATION
220-10 N. Post St.
Spokane, WA
99201 USA
509-624-1158
www.nwma.org
NWT AND NUNAVUT
CHAMBER OF MINES*
P.O. Box 2818, Stn. Main
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2R1
867-873-5281
www.miningnorth.com
PRINCE GEORGE
EXPLORATION GROUP
www.amebc.ca/documents/
resources-and-publications/Regional
Groups/PEG
Information Sheet.pdf
Tracy Savident
250-614-7291
tsavident@allnorth.com
PROSPECTORS
AND DEVELOPERS
ASSOCIATION OF
CANADA (PDAC)*
135 King St. E.
Toronto, ON M5C 1G6
416-362-1969
www.pdac.ca
SMITHERS
EXPLORATION GROUP*
P.O. Box 3196
Smithers, BC V0J 2N0
250-877-7883
www.smithersexploration
group.com
SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC
GEOLOGISTS*
7811 Shaffer Parkway
Littleton, CO
80127-3732 USA
720-981-7882
www.segweb.org
SUDBURY AREA
MINING SUPPLY AND
SERVICE ASSOCIATION
(SAMSSA)*
1936 Hunter St.
Sudbury, ON P3E 2S4
705-522-2606
www.samssa.ca
TERRACE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY*
3224 Kalum St.
Terrace, BC V8G 2N1
250-635-4168
www.teda.ca
VANCOUVER ISLAND
EXPLORATION GROUP
Jacques Houle
250-390-3930
jhoule06@shaw.ca
VANCOUVER MINING
EXPLORATION GROUP
www.vancouvermeg.com
YUKON CHAMBER
OF MINES*
3151B 3rd Ave.
Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1G1
867-667-2090
www.ycmines.caw ■
Reinforce
Relationships
Created at
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All Year Long In
CONTACT
Lee Caldwell
Alexander Sugden
604.299.7311 • mineralexploration@canadawide.com
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NORTHWEST BC
Contact
Doug Ames, Manager
Toll-free: 1-800-308-2066
Houston: 250-845-2044
Prince Rupert: 250-624-4106
Smithers: 250-847-2522
Terrace: 250-635-2066
nwfuels@telus.net
www.northwestfuels.ca
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Meet B.C.’s
mining associations
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY MAKE FOR DIVERSE INTERESTS – AND
VOICES TO REPRESENT THEM
BY PETER CAULFIELD
British Columbia has a well-developed mineral exploration and mining
industry, with hundreds of companies involved in exploration and
mining, and hundreds more providing products and services.
Because mineral exploration and mining are entrenched in B.C.’s economy, it’s not
surprising there are many industry associations that represent the industry
to government, the public and other companies in the private sector.
These associations cover every stage of the mining process in B.C. A partial
list includes preliminary geoscience (Geoscience BC), exploration and early-stage
development (AME BC and many regional groups throughout the province), late-stage
development and construction (the Mining Suppliers Association of B.C. and the Mining
Association of B.C.), operation (the Mining Association of B.C.), professional regulation
(the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia) and
reclamation (the B.C. Technical Research Committee on Reclamation).
Byng Giraud, vice-president of corporate affairs for Vancouver-based Imperial
Metals Corp., knows a thing or three about B.C. mining associations, having worked
for two of the main organizations in the province – the Mining Association of B.C. and
AME BC – and through them interacted with most of the other mineral exploration and
mining associations in B.C.
Although the difference between MABC and AME BC is self-evident in the industry,
Giraud says many people outside mining, including some in the provincial government,
are uncertain about the respective roles.
Out on tour: A field trip to Copper Mountain was
a highlight of the Kamloops Exploration Group
2010 conference (top); KEG provides funding
for local geological tours, such as this one to
Cinnamon Ridge (above).
Photographs: Bruce Madu SUMMER 2010 25

The industry then and now: A B.C. Chamber of Mines (now AME BC) exhibit at the Industrial Exhibition (now PNE) in Vancouver circa 1928 (above left);
the Geoscience BC display in the 2010 Mineral Exploration Roundup Map Tent (above middle).
“MABC represents mine operators in
the province and AME BC is the voice of
explorationists,” Giraud says. “The two
groups have different interests. The operators,
since they already have a mining
operation, are interested in things like
taxation and the cost of doing business.
Explorationists, who don’t have an operating
mine yet, are more concerned about
things like tax credits and access to land.
But because many operators also explore,
there is some overlap between the two.”
Giraud says the many regional exploration
groups across the province fulfil an
important need for explorationists, allowing
them to get together socially and to
share technical and geological information.
“Most of them are not as involved in
government advocacy as MABC and
AME BC,” he says. “What they answer is a
need for community.”
He adds history and geography are the
reasons for so many regional mining
associations in B.C. “The gold rush in
the 1850s and 1860s led directly to the
creation of the province in 1871,” he says.
“And many parts of the province were
very difficult to reach from outside until
the second half of the 20th century.”
Although there are advantages to being
so rich in mining and exploration associations,
it has created some challenges as
well. “One of the problems of having so
many mining associations is that governments
like to have the industry speaking
to them with one voice,” Giraud says. “But
26 SUMMER 2010 Photographs: AME BC archives, Brian Dennehy/AME BC

Group work: A prospecting class held by the Chamber of Mines of Eastern B.C. (above right).
with so many organizations, that consensus
is hard to obtain.”
Vancouver-based Geoscience BC,
chaired by John Thompson, is an industry-led,
not-for-profit, applied geoscience
organization that began in 2005 with a
$25-million grant from the provincial
government. Since then it has received
almost $12 million more. President and
CEO ’Lyn Anglin says the group works
with industry, academia, government,
First Nations and communities to fund
applied geoscience projects. Its objective is
to attract mineral and oil and gas exploration
to British Columbia. Its mandate
includes the collection, interpretation and
delivery of geoscience data and expertise
to promote investment in resource exploration
and development in B.C.
AME BC, led by president and CEO
Gavin Dirom, is an advocacy organization
that promotes healthy, sustainable and
environmentally sound mining exploration
in B.C. Currently chaired by Lena
Brommeland, the association has been in
existence since 1912 under different names
(a few years ago it acquired its present
moniker). It has 4,000 members all over
the world, most of which are in the Lower
Mainland. Its membership includes explorationists,
prospectors and suppliers.
Annually the organization hosts Mineral
Exploration Roundup, the pre-eminent
exploration conference in the world, which
attracts some 6,000 attendees.
AME BC has a five-year strategic plan
Photograph: Chamber of Mines of Eastern B.C. SUMMER 2010 27

28 SUMMER 2010

(2008 to 2012) to guide its activities,
services and partnerships. As part of the
plan, AME BC staff develop and implement
an annual operating plan to focus
the association’s priorities. Components
of the strategy include taking part in
government processes related to: access
to land, streamlining of regulations, land
and resource management planning,
regional land-use permits and roads.
AME BC is also committed to identifying
and addressing barriers to grassroots
exploration; investigating opportunities
to further support the assaying,
mapping, reporting and marketing
needs of prospectors; and continuing to
encourage geoscience.
The Chamber of Mines of Eastern
British Columbia, with headquarters
in Nelson, is a non-profit organization
that not only advocates for the mining
industry, but also has an information
and resource library with an extensive
collection of geological information,
maps and rock and mineral specimens.
The chamber’s office is open to the public
five days a week.
President Jack Denny says the
CMEBC was formed in 1925 and has
between 100 and 200 members, depending
on the time of year. The chamber
hosts elementary and high school classes
and offers courses, such as prospecting.
Denny says its graduates have had great
success “and are responsible for bringing
millions of dollars worth of investments
to the Kootenay-Boundary region.”
Recently the CMEBC has been sharing
the hosting of the Minerals South
conference with the East Kootenay
Chamber of Mines. The next conference
is slated for November 2010.
The Cranbrook-based East Kootenay
Chamber of Mines was formed in the early
1990s. The advocacy group represents
200 members on legislative and regulatory
issues. President Ross Stanfield says
the EKCM takes a special interest in provincial
government land policy and plans,
including the recent Flathead Valley decision,
land access and proposed changes
to Mineral Titles Online. In addition,
the chamber and its members stay on
top of environmental issues, endangered
species and public geoscience.
“We’re in close touch with AME BC
and MABC and, through them, the network
of regional conferences in the rest of
the province,” Stanfield says.
President and director Mike Cathro
says Kamloops Exploration Group was
founded around 1972. With approximately
That’s not a rock, this is a rock: Leo Lindinger,
a longtime advocate of mineral exploration
in B.C., holds a high-grade sample at Copper
Mountain.
1,000 members, KEG’s claim to fame is
an annual technical conference that
has been taking place since 1987.
“It’s one of B.C.’s highest
quality and most inexpensive
mining conferences, with a focus
on mineral exploration and
geology,” Cathro says.
The two-day conference
highlights
exploration successes
and issues and attracts
500 attendees and
70 exhibitors. For the
last eight years,
the conference has
focused on B.C.
projects and geology.
The theme of
the 2010 conference,
which took place in
April, was “explore
locally, impress
globally.” KEG
also sponsors
three scholarships
and a twicea-month
lecture
series in the winter
that is open to the general public.
Prince George Exploration Group is
a new regional association, formed in
spring 2009 and led by Ken MacDonald.
According to PEG director Tracy
Savident, the group is modelled on
the KEG. PEG’s mandate is to promote
prospecting, mineral exploration and
mining to the general public, to provide
an industry discussion forum and to
hold prospecting classes and promote
other educational projects in connection
with mining and prospecting.
PEG has approximately 30 members
and is growing, Savident says. The membership
includes individuals, juniors
and a few mining operators.
“Most people don’t think of Prince
George as a mining centre, but there’s
a history of mining and exploration in
the area,” Savident says. “For example,
the Endako Mine is nearby and the Mt.
Milligan Mine is moving closer to
construction.”
Smithers Exploration Group has
been in operation since 1971 and represents
about 250 members in northwestern
B.C. The group is very active.
President Rob
Boyce says the group sponsors field trips
and short courses, organizes technical
and general-interest talks and hosts
conferences and social events.
SEG is a partner in the Northwest
Community College School of Exploration
and Mining, which trains students
for work in exploration and mining in the
region. The school is funded through
grants from the provincial and federal
governments and donations from the
minerals industry.
SEG has put together the Northern
Cordilleran Rock Collection, a large
collection of rock suites representing
regional geological units, mineral deposits
and alteration assemblages.
Vancouver Island Exploration Group
was founded by Jacques Houle and is
located in Nanaimo. Houle says VIX, as
it is known, is an ad hoc group of approximately
250 members that was established
in 2002.
“Our mandate is professional development
only,” he says. “No political
advocacy.”
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Take that! Pierre Gratton, president and CEO of MABC; Patty Moore, chair
of MSABC; and Gavin C. Dirom, president and CEO of AME BC give Jean
Vavrek, executive director of CIM a pie in the face at the 2010 Mining
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professional development talks, VIX also takes its members on
field trips approximately once a month. Members are local prospectors,
geologists, consultants, exploration and mining company
executives and suppliers.
“There are no membership fees and anyone who attends any
function is an automatic lifetime member unless they choose
otherwise,” Houle says.
Created by provincial statute in 1901 and currently chaired
by John McManus, MABC represents the collective needs and
interests of operating coal, metal and industrial mineral mining
companies in British Columbia. It is regarded by most people in
the industry as the predominant voice of mining in the province.
MABC meets AME BC “somewhere in the middle [of the mine
development process], where exploration and mining come
together,” says president and CEO Pierre Gratton.
The association seeks to promote a positive attitude toward
the mining industry in the province among the general public
and government. It liaises with federal and provincial legislators,
lobbies for regulatory advancement and publicly promotes the
economic and social value of mining.
Recently MABC established a B.C. Mining Industry Climate
Action Task Force to address the B.C. government’s climate
initiatives, including carbon tax and the impending cap-andtrade
system. For both economic and environmental reasons,
the B.C. mining and smelting industry has gradually become
more efficient and has reduced emissions at many operations
over the last 20 years. MABC and its members aim to meet greenhouse
gas emission reduction goals while at the same time developing
a sustainable mining and smelting industry.
Formed in 1986 and led by president and CEO Terry Mulligan,
the Mining Suppliers Association of B.C. comprises some 200
companies in Vancouver and in mining communities throughout
the province, as well as Alberta, Ontario and Washington State.
The association’s members provide equipment, products, consulting
and related services to the B.C mining industry.
Incoming chair Patty Moore says what makes MSABC
unique is that there are no other suppliers associations of its
size in Canada. The association works with MABC on such
industry initiatives as sustainability, land use, cooperation with

First Nations, government relations and
public awareness. It also works closely
with MABC on environmental issues and
health and safety in the mines. MSABC is
a major contributor to industry events
and programs, education and charitable
causes. MSABC, along with several other
provincial and regional associations, supports
Mining Week, which is an annual
province-wide celebration of mining’s
contribution to the B.C. economy.
The Association of Professional
Engineers and Geoscientists of British
Columbia regulates and governs professions
under the authority of the
Engineers and Geoscientists Act by setting
and maintaining high academic,
experiential and professional practice
standards for all of its members.
Individuals licensed by APEGBC are the
only people permitted by law to undertake,
and assume responsibility for, engineering
and geoscience projects in the
province of B.C. APEGBC’s mandate is
to uphold and protect the public interest
in the practice of the professions in terms
of health, safety and the environment.
Unlike other provinces, B.C. registers
only individuals, not companies.
Geoff Thiele, director, investigation
and discipline, says there are about 20,000
licensed engineers and geoscientists in
the province.
“Protecting the public interest is our
first and foremost responsibility,” he says.
The B.C. Technical and Research
Committee on Reclamation, chaired by
Carla Fraser, was formed in the early
1970s to provide a better channel of communication
between industry and government.
Vice-chair Ben Chalmers says
the committee is composed of about 20
representatives of academia, industry and
the provincial and federal governments.
The TRCR meets four or five times a
year to discuss matters of joint concern
and interest, exchange experiences, plan
and prioritize research needs. Since 1977,
the TRCR has sponsored the annual Mine
Reclamation Symposium, which fosters
the exchange of information and ideas
on reclamation. Proceedings, published
concurrently with the symposia, are a
valuable source of information for anyone
interested in this field. The 2010 symposium
takes place in September in Courtenay.
Chalmers says it is expected to attract
between 100 and 140 attendees. ■
For contact information for each of the associations,
see the Associations section of the Directory
and Buyers Guide on p. 23 of this issue.
SUMMER 2010 31

Unearthing
HISTORY
MINING THROUGH TIME IN B.C.
BY CHUCK DAVIS
Artifacts recent and ancient: An archival photo of Bullion
Hydraulic Pit near Likely, B.C. (main). Thomas “Dancing
Bill” Lather discovered gold in Dancing Bill Gulch in 1859,
earning $110 per day from his discovery.
‘Cutting-edge’ technology from 10,000 years ago
– obsidian tools found by archaeologists at
Tahltan Village in 2007 (inset).
32 SUMMER 2010 Photographs: AME BC Archives (Bullion), George Kaufmann

Early days of the trade
People were mining in British Columbia
10,000 years ago.
Away up in the northwest, towering
nearly 2,800 metres in the air, is our first
mining site: Mount Edziza, north of
Terrace. Edziza, the highest volcano in
the province, is dormant today. Dormant,
geologists say, but it has “potential.”
Uncounted millennia ago – science hasn’t
figured out how many yet – it began to
belch out hot, thick, dark lava that cooled
quickly in the crisp northern air to form
black sheets of obsidian glass.
Today, Edziza looms above the traditional
lands of the Tahltan people. The
region’s first people began to mine the
obsidian a hundred centuries ago, breaking
off chunks to fashion tools, ornaments
and, sometimes, weapons for their own
use and for trading with other tribes.
Archeological evidence has shown that
Mount Edziza obsidian was traded in
ancient times with other First Nations
people from the Queen Charlottes
to Alaska.
According to a Tahltan website: “There
were active volcanoes in our country
thousands of years ago. They have also
helped form the landscape. Mt. Edziza
(which means cinders or volcano ash and
sand mountain in Tahltan) is a volcano
cone. Old lava flow can be seen in spots.
It has been centuries since the last volcanic
eruption, but some of our people
remember stories about families who
had to move camp in a hurry because of
volcanic action.”
Astonishingly, in the early years of
the 21st century, the Tahltan are still
chipping away at the mountain, these
days for other reasons. Tahltan band
member and PhD candidate Vera Asp, an
archaeologist, is studying the use of
obsidian by her ancestors.
Obsidian is valued for its cutting qualities:
it breaks into pieces with razor-sharp
edges. Even today, scalpels made of obsidian
are used in some surgical procedures
where extremely fine cutting action is
called for. An obsidian knife, still sharp,
found in the Stikine River area, is estimated
to have been fashioned 2,000 years ago.
The word “obsidian” comes to us through
the Latin obsidianus, a misprint, says the
Oxford English Dictionary, of the word
obsianus, after a Roman named Obsius,
who, according to Roman author and naturalist
Pliny, found this rock in Ethiopia.
Today, echoing the uses of that ancient
Tahltan obsidian, much of the mineral
and metal material taken from the earth
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in British Columbia – gold, copper, lead, molybdenum, zinc and
more – is used for tools, ornaments and weapons.
And pots, pans, stoves, TVs, computers, telephones, calculators,
photocopiers, bicycles, golf clubs, cars, buses, planes, trains,
stethoscopes, CAT scans, X-ray machines, doorknobs, paperclips,
glass frames, snaps, zippers, filing cabinets, mirrors, dryers,
microwave ovens, dishwashers, toilets, sinks, plumbing pipes,
electrical wires, emery boards, bobby pins, hoes, hammers, locks,
keys, railings, parking meters, coins, soft drink cans, lightbulbs,
flagpoles, VCRs, Nintendos, PlayStations, Xboxes, screwdrivers,
aluminum foil, refrigerators, radios, stereos, MP3 players and
DVD players.
And knives and forks and spoons. And fireworks. And stained
glass windows. And wedding rings.
There is no doubt: we need metals and minerals. As the old
saying goes: If you can’t grow it, you have to mine it!
The desire to own things made of metal is persistent and universal.
Leaping ahead in time we learn that in 1774, a group of
Haida people near Haida Gwaii (the Queen Charlotte Islands)
came into contact with the Spanish explorer Juan Perez, in command
of the Santiago. Among the items the natives received in
trade for their furs and carved boxes were iron knives. But they
had iron already! A friar travelling with Perez wrote: “We were
interested also to see that the women wear rings on their fingers
and bracelets of iron and copper ….” When Captain Cook
visited Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island
in 1778, he was astonished to find the local people had iron
knives and spears tipped with copper. (They also had two silver
teaspoons, but they got those from earlier Spanish explorers.)
In a 1938 paper, Thomas A. Rickard, who wrote extensively
on the history of mining, quotes John Meares (at Nootka in
1788): “The pure malleable lumps of copper ore seen in the
possession of the natives convince us that there are mines of
this metal in the vicinity of this part of the western coast …. We
had also occasionally seen necklaces and a sort of bracelet worn
on the wrist, which were of the purest [copper] ore, and to all
appearances had never been in the possession of a European.”
Rickard himself writes, “The Tsimshian Indians, on the Skeena
River, in northern British Columbia, have a tradition of fire that
fell from heaven and was transformed into copper. This suggests
the finding of copper in nugget form, like a drop of molten metal
from the sky.”
This “native copper,” one of the few metallic elements
to occur in uncombined form as a natural mineral, would be
fashioned, among other things, into copper shields, which B.C.’s
early First Nations esteemed highly. As for the iron, Rickard
writes: “We have good reason to infer that the indigenes on this
northwestern coast made their first acquaintance with iron,
as the South Sea Islanders did, by means of driftwood, brought
by the oceanic winds and currents, both moving persistently
eastward from the Asiatic shore to the American mainland.” And
he provides many instances of metal-studded flotsam from
wrecked vessels that washed ashore.
Gold and coal
As Europeans began to arrive in British Columbia in greater
and greater numbers, their discovery of minerals and metals
intensified.
The famous botanist David Douglas, after whom the Douglas
fir is named, is said to have made the first discovery of gold
in British Columbia. It was in the summer of 1833 on the west
shore of Okanagan Lake, and he apparently found enough gold

to make a seal. In what way he gathered
the gold and how large a seal he made –
perhaps a signet ring? – isn’t recorded.
A couple of years later, a momentous
discovery was made on Vancouver Island:
coal. The local native people around
Port Hardy, on the Island’s northeast
coast, already knew about it. They told
Dr. William Tolmie, who in 1835 was a
young surgeon working for the Hudson’s
Bay Company. (One story tells of a group
of men who were amused to see a local
blacksmith using coal imported all the
way from Wales, when they knew there
were mountains of the stuff nearby.)
Tolmie told his employers about
the coal, and HBC had its newly arrived
steamer, the Beaver, go to the site and
check out the report. It took some years
after the Beaver’s visit, but what they
found persuaded the company to begin
mining the coal. That was the small
beginning of what has been described as
“the oldest established and most important
industry of Vancouver Island.” HBC
carried on intermittent mining for several
years, and then abandoned the project.
Newly arrived Scot Robert Dunsmuir
revived mining in Nanaimo in 1851, and it
has continued ever since. The Dunsmuir
family – whose own background was in
coal mining in Scotland – would come to
dominate the industry for many years.
A little-known gold rush occurred in
the Queen Charlotte Islands in March of
1851, sparked when a Haida man brought
a 27-ounce nugget to Fort Victoria. He
got 1,500 HBC blankets for the nugget.
Perhaps he and his blankets were aboard
the Una, an HBC vessel that hurried up
to Moresby Island to examine the find. It
is said the crew of the Una found a vein
there, six-and-a-half feet wide and 80
feet long. Before long, they began blasting.
The Una’s log states that, as soon as
a blast had occurred, the Haida men
would rush in to gather the gold, grabbing
the crewmen by the legs to prevent
them from getting it. After three blasts
the rest of the gold was abandoned “to
avoid bloodshed,” and the log notes the
warring parties – the Haida men and the
Una’s crew – each took about $1,500 in
gold – roughly equivalent to $60,000
today. On her return voyage the Una was
wrecked off Neah Bay and her gold was
lost. The HBC decided not to mine in
the Queen Charlottes again.
In 1855 gold was discovered on
the Pend d’Oreille River, a tributary of
the Columbia, near present-day Trail.
Then, in 1857, it was discovered on the
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On August 2, 1858 Governor James
Douglas – alarmed by all those Yankees –
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mainland was now a British colony, soon to
be united with the colony of Vancouver
Island. Gold had created a province.
A historical sidelight: in 1858 a man
named Alfred Waddington arrived in
the area, attracted by gold fever. He
thought there was still lots of gold to be
found on and around the river, even
though miners were beginning to abandon
their apparently worked-out claims,
and produced a book called The Fraser
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this was the first book published in
British Columbia. A little book published
100 years later, entitled Mining in
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Chinese immigrants had come to B.C.”
Gold was changing the ethnic makeup
of the province.
We must mention the Douglas Trail,
built from Fort Douglas at the north
end of Harrison Lake to the Interior in
1859 at the command of Governor
Douglas. Three years later the Cariboo
Trail would stretch 650 kilometres
through the Fraser River Canyon from
Yale to Barkerville to provide a wagon
route to the Cariboo-region goldfields.
The Alexandra Bridge was built across
the Fraser – the first bridge across that
river. In 1865 the 720-kilometre
Dewdney Trail would open, again to
facilitate passage to and from the gold
fields. Now gold was changing the map.
And more: “The wagon road through
the [Fraser River] canyon,” Ramsey
wrote, “was to remain the sole economic
lifeline to the Interior until the Canadian
Pacific Railway was built. Even today it is
a crucial economic link for the province.
Once it was built the prices of all goods
dropped radically, and more importantly
it meant that now families with women
and children rode into the Cariboo to
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was changing our social structure.
There was another rush in 1859 when Peter Curran
Dunlevy discovered gold at Little Horsefly Creek in the
Cariboo. Then there was the discovery of placer gold deposits
in the Cariboo in 1860 and, that same year, yet more gold was
found in the Similkameen, and on the Stikine River the year
after. The latter led to the establishment of what was called
“Stikeen Territory.” HBC authority was taken away, and James
Douglas took over as administrator. In 1863 the territory was
absorbed into British Columbia.
And so it went, discovery after discovery. It is no exaggeration
to say that gold – or more precisely the quest for gold – was the
most important element in the early growth of this province.
A minister of mines
By 1874 B.C. had its first minister of mines. He was Dr. John
Ash, and on March 8 he submitted his first report: “Productive
mining in B.C. is, at the present time, restricted to mining for
gold in many widely separated districts of the province; and to
mining for bituminous coal, which is confined to Nanaimo and
its immediate vicinity. The indications of the existence of other
metals and minerals of great economic value are frequent
throughout the country . . .
Ash went on, “With regard to the actual annual yield of gold,
as this is the first time that any attempt has been made in the
history of the province to collect mining statistics, numerous
obstacles have prevented full information being obtained, foremost
among which is the disinclination on the part of the miner,
both white and Chinese, to furnish information which might be
relied upon, the prevalent idea being that such information can
only be sought with the view of imposing some new tax.”
Gold was not the sole generator of
rushes. In August of 1886, brothers Osner
and Winslow Hall, from Colville, Washington
found a copper-silver deposit.
That started a rush to Toad Mountain and
led to the birth of the city of Nelson.
The next quarter-century saw a steady
succession of discoveries: Fairview, north
of Oliver; Silver King; Britannia; LeRoi;
North Star; Sandon; Mother Lode at
Greenwood; the Sullivan in 1892; North
Star; Prince Albert Hydraulic Gold
Mine; St. Eugene; Cariboo Hydraulic
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This feverish activity would eventually
lead to the realization that some sort of
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disappearance without a trace. But, thanks to newspaper
reports of the time, we do know its aims: a) to promote and
protect the mining interests and industries of British Columbia,
b) to consider questions connected with the mining industry
and promote public discussion thereon, c) to promote measures
affecting the mining industry, d) to collect and circulate statistics
and other information relating to the mining industry
and e) to communicate with and exchange information on
mining matters with Chambers of Mines and government
departments of mines in the Dominion of Canada and other
countries … and so on.
When the British Columbia Chamber of Mines, predecessor
to AME BC, began in earnest in 1912 (originally as the Vancouver
Mining Club), its aims were virtually identical. And they have
changed little in 98 years. ■
This is a first draft of the first chapter of a book by local author Chuck
Davis, marking the 100th anniversary of AME BC in 2012.
Additional excerpts will appear in future issues of Mineral
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PROFILE
Dr. Nick Carter
SUCCESS BUILDING ON SUCCESS
BY JULIE DOMVILE
The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)
recently acknowledged Dr. Nicholas Carter for fostering
mineral exploration and mining in Canada through his active role in associations and professional
societies. To list all of his other achievements, contributions and publications would take more space
than we have for this profile – suffice to say they are vast and varied. And although retired in principle,
Carter isn’t resting on his laurels, and he hasn’t put away his maps.
You were key in the launch of Mineral
Exploration Roundup in 1984. It has since
grown to become an internationally
respected annual event that draws thousands
to Vancouver every year. What do
you think about the evolution of Roundup?
Success always builds on success, and
Roundup has always been successful. It
has grown beyond the “old home week”
atmosphere, but that is to be expected.
You recently received the PDAC Distinguished
Services Award. Why has it
always been so important to you to give
back to the industry?
Throughout my career people have been
quick to lend a hand, and I have always
tried to do the same for others. For my
acceptance speech I attempted to put
together a list of the people who have
contributed to my career, but it quickly
became too long to read out. The exercise
was interesting, though, because I realized
the vast majority were prospectors.
What do you feel is your most significant
career contribution?
Looking back I would say I had the ability
to bring people together – to encourage
good people to join the government and
the private sector. I was also able to bring
together those who needed financing
with the right people in Toronto. It’s very
satisfying to see partnerships work out. I
was also very fortunate to be working
with what is now the Geological Survey
Branch during the mid-1960s and ’70s
when things were booming in this province.
I really got a sense of accomplishment
and of contributing something
significant to the sector.
As a former senior geologist with the B.C.
Geological Branch what, in your view, are
the greatest challenges it faces?
A lack of funding! The branch has been
around for 115 years and if you look back
through B.C. Ministry of Mines annual
reports you will see the good, solid work
done in documenting mineral deposits
throughout the province. The quality of
this compendium of annual reports is
unprecedented anywhere else in the
world. There wouldn’t be a MINFILE if
it weren’t for the data in those annual
reports, and MINFILE itself has not been
updated for a number of years – consistent
independent documentation of mineral
information is critical, and the branch no
longer has the resources to do this.
B.C. is blessed with mineral potential yet
continues to struggle to re-establish itself
as the exploration mecca it once was.
What is holding the province back?
Two things: land claims and permitting
delays. In both cases, work is being done
but progress is not being made. The onewindow
approach was going to solve the
permitting delays but it hasn’t. It saddens
me to see a project such as Tulsequah
Chief Mine project go into receivership
because the process dragged on for too
many years.
What do you think will be B.C.’s big
mining story of the next decade?
If we could get back to having over 20
producing mines, especially if they were
situated in areas of the province that have
been hit by the mountain pine beetle,
that would be B.C.’s mining story of the
decade; the area has some very prospective
ground. Another is molybdenum;
there are few areas in the world that have
molybdenum deposits and B.C. happens
to be one of them.
What has been the most exciting period
of your career so far?
Being part of the boom times in B.C. as I
mentioned. I was lucky enough to be
mainly responsible for the identification
of some new mineralization in the
Toodoggone area in the 1980s that subsequently
was mined. I was extremely fortunate
to be able to travel to the edge of the
Tibetan plateau in the remote southwest
part of China to look at a moly project a
few years ago.
What projects are you working on now?
I have some interests in a couple of molybdenum
properties in northern B.C. I’m
also working on a part-time basis for some
junior companies, and I’m working on an
article for the Geological Association of
Canada Camps of Fame series on the
Beardmore Geraldton Gold Camp, formerly
known as the Little Long Lac camp.
I was born virtually next door to the head
frame of the Little Long Lac mine. ■
42 SUMMER 2010 Photograph: courtesy Nick Carter