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W inte r 20 1 9 5 contents We welcome your comments on Mineral Exploration magazine. Please write to us at the address below. Mineral Exploration magazine is published four times a year by Canada Wide Media Limited for AME. No part of this magazine may be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. For subscription enquiries, call 604.299.1023 or toll-free 1.800.663.0518, or email mineralexplorationsubs@ canadawide.com. ISSN: 1911-0138. Canadian Publications Mail Product Sales Agreement No. 40065475. Send change-of-address notices and covers of undeliverable copies to: Mineral Exploration c/o AME, 800-889 West Pender Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3B2. The statements and points of view expressed in this magazine are those of the authors, and are not necessarily those of the Association for Mineral Exploration, the publisher, editor or Canada Wide Media Limited. 230, 4321 Still Creek Drive, Burnaby British Columbia, Canada, V5C 6S7 MAIN 604.299.7311 | FAX 604.299.9188 CHAIRMAN, CEO Peter Legge, o.b.c., ll.d (hon) PRESIDENT Samantha Legge, mba VICE-PRESIDENT/INTEGRATION Brad Liski DIRECTOR OF SALES Brianne Harper EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR Rick Thibert DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION Kim McLane Volume 39 | Number 4 The Official Publication of the Association for Mineral Exploration EDITOR Tracey Sexton EDITORIAL COORDINATOR Michael McCullough ART DIRECTOR Scott Laurie EDITORIAL BOARD Sean Kingsley, Chair; Robert McLeod; John Murray; Christine Ogryzlo PRODUCTION MANAGER Kristina Borys ACCOUNT MANAGER – ADVERTISING Alexander Sugden 604.473.0358 asugden@canadawide.com WINTER 2019 FEATURES 13 MINERAL EXPLORATION ROUNDUP PREVIEW Your guide to AME's 2020 conference. 36 EXPLORATION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA An update on mineral exploration activity around B.C. in 2019. By Gordon Clarke, John DeGrace, Fil Ferri, Fiona Katay and Bruce Northcote, B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources 52 NEWMONT GOLDCORP, NEWCREST SIGN B.C. DEALS Investments by major producers are a positive sign for the exploration industry. By Peter Caulfield 54 DISCOVERING THE SPENCES BRIDGE GOLD BELT How perseverance and public geoscience unearthed a new gold belt in southwestern B.C. By Kylie Williams DEPARTMENTS 7 MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR A salute to safety, milestones of 2019 and building bridges with Indigenous communities. 9 PRESIDENT & CEO'S MESSAGE Government relations highlights and AME's priorities for the coming year. 11 CALENDAR 11 2019-2020 WORK PLAN 57 COMMITTEE CONNECTIONS Meet AME's Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Committee. By Savanna Kirshfelt 61 PROFILE Tragic accidents shaped inspector Doug Flynn's approach to mine safety. By Virginia Heffernan 13 52 Cover Photo: Early morning shot of initial field work around the Ridge Zone on the Newmont Lake Project located in the heart of the Golden Triangle, B.C. [Photo courtesy of Anatole Tuzlak/Crystal Lake Mining]. Contents Photos: Mineral Exploration Roundup 2020: Lens on Discovery [Velour Productions/AME]; Red Chris mine [Newcrest Mining].