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Volume 35, Number 2
The Official Publication
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COVER PHOTO: Drilling at night under the Milky Way in northern B.C. By Kevin Burt.
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ASSOCIATION FOR MINERAL EXPLORATION BRITISH COLUMBIA
SUMMER 2015
departments
7 MESSAGE FROM
THE CHAIR
B.C. industry takes the global stage.
9 MESSAGE FROM
THE PRESIDENT AND CEO
Progress report on AME BC's
Strategic Plan and Objectives.
10 CALENDAR
A look at upcoming events.
11 CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
Committee efforts influence
corporate culture across the industry.
By the AMe BC CorporAte SoCiAl
reSponSiBility CoMMittee
13 ENVIRONMENT,
HEALTH & SAFETY
Survey results highlight
industry-wide safety practices.
By JonAthAn BuChAnAn
34 BY THE BOOK
A review of AME BC member
Robert Longe's novel,
The Nisselinka Claims.
By ViViAn DAnielSon
directory
15 SERVICE AND SUPPLY
A category-by-category listing
of key company contacts:
Accommodations
Accountants
Analytical Labs
16 Camp – Equipment,
Supplies & Service
Commodity Producers
Computer – Software
Construction, General Contractors
17 Core Boxes
Drilling – Contractors
Drilling – Suppliers
20 Employment Services
Engineering – Consultants
Environmental – Consultants
First Nation/Aboriginal Corporations
Fuel Suppliers
Geographical – Consultants
Geographical Information
Systems (GIS)
Geological – Consultants
21 Geophysical – Consultants
22 Health & Safety
Internet Services
Investment & Financial Services
Maintenance, Repair & Services
23 Management Consultants
Mapping Services
Marketing & Promotional Services
Media
Mining – Consultants
Mining – Contractors
Mining – Equipment & Supplies
24 Public Affairs Consultants
Real Estate
Surveyors
Telecommunications
Transportation – Airplane
25 Transportation – Automobile
Transportation – Helicopter
Transportation – Trucking
Transportation – Water
Waste Management Consultants
26 MINERAL EXPLORATION
AND MINING
An A-Z list of AME BC corporate
member companies, plus the
regions around the world where
they are active.
28 GOVERNMENT
Your guide to key contacts in
B.C. and member government
organizations worldwide.
31 ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
Schools and other institutions with
exploration and mining-related
programs.
32 ASSOCIATIONS
Groups related to mineral
exploration and mining in B.C.
and beyond.
