Mineral Exploration is the official publication of the Association of Mineral Exploration British Columbia.
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22 s p r i n g 2 0 1 4 photographs : Mark Kinskofer/ Vision Event photography McLeod was educated at UBC and the University of London, Imperial College. He began his career in British Columbia, contributing to the design of tailings dams at the Lornex (now Highland Valley Copper), Brenda, Afton and Snip mines. His first major international min- ing project was Ok Tedi in Papua New Guinea, where he played an active role in designing a number of options for tail- ings storage and ultimately developed a compromise dredging solution. In the 1990s, Harvey went on to practice in Peru where he was a pioneer in bringing modern tailings management concepts to that country. McLeod is gregarious and likeable, yet principled and a vigorous defender of his professional standards and judgments. He has led environmental impact assess- ments and risk assessments, and designed tailings, mine waste and water solutions for some of the world's most significant and challenging projects both domes- tically and internationally, including Morrison, Kemess, KSM, Oyu Tolgoi, Tampakan, Escondida and Antamina. McLeod is currently the chair of the tailings committee of the International Commission on Large Dams, and has been the Canadian representative on this committee for the past 12 years. AME BC celebrates the achievements of Harvey McLeod and his commitment to social and environmental responsibility related to mine design. Gold Pan Award Exceptional Meritorious Service to the Mineral Exploration Community through the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia Recipient: Don Bragg Don Bragg has been an active prospector since 1956, working for both major and junior mining companies, and has been a self-employed prospector, contractor and camp manager since 1964. Bragg spent three years at UBC in the honours geology program, and was later an assistant hands- on teacher of field geochemistry for nine years with the government prospecting school under Stan Hoffman. Bragg has been affiliated with AME BC since 1962. His goal when he first joined was to stay current with what was happening with the industry, and he has since been very active, having served on many committees and the board of directors. Bragg was first elected to the board in 1976. Bragg has been referred to as "the bed- rock of the industry" for his passion for prospecting and his advocacy on behalf of the mineral exploration industry. Special Tribute to 'Lyn Anglin On April 12, 2005, the government of British Columbia granted $25 million to create an industry-led, not-for-profit, applied geoscience organization. This financial commitment was certainly wel- comed by industry, but the hard work of building a new delivery model for public geoscience from the ground up was about to begin. This new organization had to deliver programs over large areas of the province, generate data that would excite broad interest, and accomplish all of this in a collaborative manner to comple- ment existing geoscience in government and elsewhere. Over the next eight months, Dr. Rob Stevens of BCIT took on the responsibilities of interim execu- tive director of Geoscience BC until Dr. 'Lyn Anglin was hired as the organiz- ation's first president and CEO in January 2006. Without question, the success of Geoscience BC can be traced to Anglin's vision, relationship building and strategic leadership over the past eight years. Geoscience BC works in partnership with industry, academia, government, First Nations and communities to fund applied geoscience projects with the objective of attracting mineral and oil and gas exploration to British Columbia. A nglin built a team that is f lexible, responsive and entrepreneurial, and has operated with very low overhead. She also reached out to many people to attract the consulting and volunteer expertise needed to steer and deliver programs. Anglin's unique contribution to the organization was not only her ability to engage communities and other non-gov- ernmental organizations in the design and delivery of geoscience programs, but to explain the significance and impor- tance of geoscience to the public. This passion for outreach was recognized by Science World, where Anglin serves as a director. Her contributions to science were recognized in 2010 when she was awarded the Minerva Foundation Award for Women in Natural Resources. Anglin received her bachelor's degree in geology from Queen's University, a master's in geology from Memorial University of Newfoundland, and her PhD from Carleton University. All of her academic research has been focused on mineral deposits. Prior to join- ing Geoscience BC, she was the acting 'Lyn Anglin receives a special tribute in the form of a painting by AME BC director and artist Jeff Wilson. Don Bragg takes home the Gold Pan Award. p12-23_Awards.indd 22 14-02-14 3:09 PM