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FALL 2016
Volume 36 | Number 3
The Oicial Publication of the Association
for Mineral Exploration
EDITOR
Jonathan Buchanan
EDITORIAL COORDINATOR
Tiany Sloan
ART DIRECTOR
Scott Laurie
EDITORIAL BOARD
Kylie Williams, Chair; Robert McLeod, Vice-
Chair; Darcy Baker; Ed Kimura; John Murray;
Christine Ogryzlo; Libby Sharman; Mitchell
Smith; Ian Talbot
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DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION
Kim McLane
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FEATURES
8
GREAT MINERAL BELTS OF B.C.
An overview of Quesnel Terrane,
Southeastern B.C., Stikine Terrane
and Wrangellia Terrane.
By Libby Sharman, Kylie Williams,
Fiona Katay, Vivian Danielson and
Bruce Northcote
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GEARING UP FOR DISCOVERY
Your sneak preview of Roundup 2017.
DEPARTMENTS
4
PRESIDENT & CEO'S MESSAGE
Renewal in the industry and at AME.
5
ADVOCACY
The Water Sustainability Act.
By Jonathan Buchanan
7
NEWS
APEGBC invites you to its annual
conference in October.
7
CALENDAR
A look at upcoming events.
22
PROFILE
JoAnne Nelson: The big picture.
By Ryan Stuart
Cover Photo: Coal seams of the Mist Mountain formation at the Line Creek mine. By Teck Coal Limited.
Contents Photos: Flood basalts exposed on Mount Arrowsmith; copper-rich skarn in Wrangellia.
By Bruce Northcote/Government of British Columbia.
