Mineral Exploration is the official publication of the Association of Mineral Exploration British Columbia.
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S P R I N G 2 0 1 5 19 innovation in general, and played key roles in the formation of Geoscience BC and the Canada Mining Innovation Council. He had an important role behind the $1.1-million Rocks to Riches grant received by A ME BC that fore- shadowed the founding of Geoscience BC. He was the leader of the AME BC team that received the $25-million grant from the British Columbia government to create Geoscience BC, and has been its chair and greatest cheerleader since its formation. He also played a strong lead- ership role in the creation of the Canada Mining Innovation Council, becoming the chair for a time and continuing to serve on the board of directors. In addi- tion, he is a past president of the Society of Economic Geologists and a found- ing director of the Society of Economic Geologists Canada Foundation. Special Tribute to Bob Cathro Bob Cathro is awarded a Special Tribute posthumously. Cathro (1935–2014) and fellow geological engineer Al Archer founded the consulting firm Archer, Cathro & Associates Ltd. in 1966. Bob was a partner in "AC" until his retirement in 1989, during which time the firm made discoveries or significant advancements of many important Yukon mineral deposits, and "AC" remains one of the top Yukon explorers after nearly 50 years. Cathro served on the editorial boards of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) Special Volumes on Porphyry Deposits of the Canadian Cordillera (No. 15, 1976 and No. 46, 1995) and Mineral Deposits Division of the Geological Association of Canada Publication No. 2 (2000) on VMS deposits of Latin America. His passion for research and science history flourished in retirement, when he authored nearly 50 articles on the evolution of economic geology for CIM Magazine and edited a series on the "Great Mining Camps of Canada" for Geoscience Canada. Cathro always believed strongly in giving back to his industry. He served as a director, and then 1982–1983 presi- dent of AME BC (then known as the BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines). He also served as the de facto chair of the AME BC Commemorative Book Task Group from 2007 to 2012. Throughout his career, Cathro received several awards, including the A.O. Dufresne Exploration Achievement Award in 1991 from the CIM. In 1999, Cathro and Archer were co-winners of the H.H. "Spud" Huestis Award, and the Geological Association of Canada presented Cathro with its Distinguished Service Award in 2003. Bob Cathro, the pioneering Western Canadian mineral exploration geologist, Photograph : Cour te sy of the Cathro family Bob Cathro