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worker engagement. "That means
spending more time in the communities,
spending more time with the community
—making sure that those people who are
employed in exploration have a fantastic
experience, so that they go home and tell
their friends, Oh, you need to come up
here and get a job with this company!"
And it's not just about attracting workers,
she adds, but also keeping them in the
notoriously high-churn sector: "We have
to do a better job of mentoring people
coming up in mining."
Built by mining
At AME Roundup, the grumbling of exec-
utives who have been unable to attract
and retain talent was a constant refrain.
"I found a guy in Nigeria to do
GIS [geo-
graphic information system engineering],
but I couldn't keep him," said one miner
to another just before Rick Rule's speech.
"Yeah, I keep getting candidates asking if
they can work remotely," came the reply.
"It's brutal."
But along with the grumbling came
a general acknowledgement that, on the
whole, B.C. is a good place to do business
—even with a variety of changes to the
Mines Act, the Mineral Tenure Act and
the Environmental Assessment Act, cre-
ating stricter oversight and environmen-
tal compliance provisions. "Vancouver
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AS OF MARCH 1, HERE'S WHERE
PRICES FOR THREE KEY METALS
MINED IN B.C. STOOD COMPARED
TO THREE YEARS EARLIER
GOLD: $1,609.85/OZ.
UP 29.8%
FROM $1,240.40
SILVER: $16.67/OZ.
DOWN 6.1%
FROM $17.75
COPPER: $2.54/LB.
DOWN 5.9%
FROM $2.70
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