Mineral Exploration

8 Mineral Exploration | amebc.ca DAVID BARR AWARD GRAHAM ENNIS Graham Ennis is posthumously recognized with the David Barr Award for Excellence in Leadership and Innovation in Mineral Exploration Health and Safety. Ennis's passion and dedication to the well-being and safety of employees was simply unsurpassed. His drive and devotion was primarily fuelled by experiences from the early part of his career in the mining and forestry sectors, in both British Columbia and Yukon. Through his avalanche rescue and recovery work and mine rescue involvement within these respective sectors, Ennis had the unfortunate experience of rescuing or recovering colleagues from both serious and fatal workplace accidents on multiple occasions. Ennis transitioned to the mineral exploration sector in 2006 to pursue his passion for safety with Major Drilling Group, where he eventually rose to the position of health, safety, environment and community manager. From the outset, he was adamant about training, emergency preparedness, the implementation of an intensive accident investigation protocol and the return-to-work process. He kept a direct pulse on the safety culture as well as the challenges and issues faced by the crews through frequent field visits across Canadian surface and underground operations, including some international sites. His observations often led to recommendations and continual improvement ežorts within the organization. As such, he was a key driver of numerous company safety programs, including a comprehensive program for constructing and working on ice covers. Ennis was a strong advocate of sharing best practices, experiences and lessons learned, transcending company boundaries. He was an enthusiastic supporter of the Canadian Diamond Drilling Association (CDDA); his involvement ranged from presenting papers at the association's annual general meeting and convention to working at the sub-committee level with respect to industry training and safety issues. He was also a long-standing chair of the CDDA's Western Safety Group – co-ordinating venues and speakers, and relentlessly rallying for continued support and participation from industry and government parties alike. Ennis was also a very active and well- respected member of the Mine Accident Prevention Association of Manitoba board of directors from 2008 through 2015. SPECIAL TRIBUTE JOANNE NELSON JoAnne Nelson, a 30-year veteran of the British Columbia Geological Survey, was acknowledged with a Special Tribute for her significant contributions to the advancement of geoscientific knowledge relating to the tectonics, structural geology and metallogeny of the Northern Cordillera. Over the course of her career, she has developed an outstanding geoscience reputation and has made major contributions as a project leader, mentor and communicator. Since joining the BC Geological Survey in 1986, Nelson has conducted extensive field mapping and related geological studies throughout British Columbia, with a primary focus on the tectonics and metallogeny of the northwestern part of the province. She has also developed expertise in aspects of the evolution of the B.C.-Yukon-Alaskan Cordillera as a whole. Her current project, as Northwestern B.C. manager, involves structural and geochronological studies of the Mesozoic porphyry-epithermal belt known as the Golden Triangle. Nelson's accomplishments were formally recognized in 2013 when she was listed in the top 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining by the United Kingdom's Standard Bank. Additionally, in 2015, she was presented with the Gold Pick Award by the Kamloops Exploration Group in recognition of "outstanding services and contributions to the minerals industry." GOLD PAN AWARD SUSAN CRAIG Susan Craig is recognized with the Gold Pan Award for her exceptional meritorious service to the mineral exploration community through AME. Susan has more than a decade of experience supporting AME. She served as co-chair of the Mineral Exploration Roundup Committee in 2009 and 2010, and was chair in 2011, when attendance at AME's Roundup conference first exceeded 7,000 participants. In 2004, she joined the First Nations and Community Relations Committee, and to this day serves on its successor, the Aboriginal Relations Committee. Susan served on AME's board of directors from 2005 to 2008, and since 2014. She was a co- recipient of the inaugural 2007 Robert R. Hedley Award for Excellence in Social and Environmental Responsibility. Outside of AME, Susan has been chair of the Yukon Minerals Advisory Group and is a director of the Yukon Chamber of Mines. FRANK WOODSIDE PAST PRESIDENTS AND PAST CHAIRS AWARD BARBARA CAELLES, ALEX CHRISTOPHER AND DIANE GREGORY The Frank Woodside Past Presidents and Past Chairs Award is presented to three individuals for their distinguished service to AME. Barbara Caelles graduated with a bachelor of science in geology from the University of British Columbia, and has worked in the mining industry for more than 40 years. She started her career in exploration as a field geologist, but eventually turned to consulting in records management for mining in order to have a more balanced lifestyle. Caelles has been involved in women's groups since she was appointed to the Women Geoscientists Committee in 1975, of which she became chair in 1977. Caelles is a founding member of Women in Mining British Columbia (formerly known as Women in Mining Vancouver), sits on the executive of the Greater Vancouver Mining Women's Association, and was part of the BC HR Task Force Diversity Women Subcommittee. In 2010, Caelles received the Minerva Foundation's Women in Natural Resources Award for Philanthropy JoAnne Nelson Susan Craig Graham Ennis Jr. accepting on his father's behalf

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