Mineral Exploration

Fall 20 17 17 involved with the incident left the industry or transitioned into roles that didn't require field work, while I chose to stay. After the incident, I recall wanting to gain more knowledge and upgrade my first-aid training so I would be better equipped to help others if I were ever in this type of situation again. On reflection – and on a positive note – I suspect this, in part, led to my career choice in health, safety and environmental management. — Kim Bilquist, regional leader, health, safety and environment, North America exploration, Teck Resources Limited GENDERBASED BULLYING I had worked with this particular driller before, so I knew there would be issues when I went out to run our next drill program. He was a big guy and wasn't easy for anyone to get along with, but he really didn't like having a woman in charge. His behaviour with the male geologists and my male boss was entirely diƒerent – nearly deferential – but with myself and our other female geologist he was rude, intractable and diƒicult. We were running short holes, drilling in a farmer's paddock. I was very conscious of leaving everything clean and tidy for the landowner, but as we finished a hole the driller tossed some grease into the field beside where we were working. I waited until they moved the drill up to the next hole before going to scrape up the grease. When my field assistant and I got out of the truck at the next hole, the driller exploded over my actions clearing up the mess from the drill at the previous site. He screamed obscenities at me, called me words I won't repeat and took oƒ in the second drill truck, saying he was quitting. I wish he had! But somehow, we found a way to get the rest of the work done. It was a terrifying situation. The driller didn't quit, and he wasn't fired. I've never understood why. We had other drillers who were not diƒicult to work with, so why keep a guy who wouldn't follow our environmental policies or work well with female team members or leaders? — Andrea Cade, consultant/owner, Otem Mineral Consulting w w w . Te r r a L o g i c E x p l o r a t i o n . c o m 7 7 8 . 5 2 0 . 2 0 0 0 Geochemical surveys | Geological mapping & prospecting Drill programs | Camp Construction & Management Data Management | Custom GIS solutions Cartography D R I V E N B Y D I S C O V E R Y

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