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Mental Health
AME 25th Annual
Golf Tournament
In recent years, I have had multiple
conversations with my peers regarding
challenges associated with working in the
minerals industry, and in particular the
importance of mental health in our field. In
part, this stems from my own experiences
with anxiety, but I was surprised at how many
people have battled similar problems but do
not mention them unless the topic is raised
by someone else. It remains a somewhat
taboo subject– a sign of weakness. This
realization led me to propose this theme for
Mineral Exploration in the hope of bringing
this important topic out into the open, and
encouraging more conversations at all levels.
I am grateful my colleagues on the Editorial
Board saw the value of this discussion,
and I hope the readers will as well.
Libby Sharman, Ph.D.
Principal Global Geoscientist,
Cu Generative, BHP
AME thanks Editorial Board chair Kylie
Williams for co-editing the Fall 2017 edition
of Mineral Exploration.
More than 140 golfers of all levels
had a great day of networking at AME's
25th Annual Charity Golf Tournament
at the University Golf Club in Vancouver
on May 24, 2017. The tournament also
raised $5,000 for workplace programs at
the Canadian Mental Health Association
– BC Division. AME thanks everyone for
their support.
SEPTEMBER
12-14 CIM South Central BC Branch
Conference and AGM, Kamloops, BC; cim.org
15 Smithers Exploration Group
Golf Tournament, Smithers, BC;
smithersexplorationgroup.com
17 Copper & Fire, Britannia Mine Museum,
Britannia Beach, BC; britanniaminemuseum.ca
17-20 SEG 2017 Conference, Beijing, China;
segweb.org
18-21 41st BC Mine Reclamation Symposium,
Williams Lake, BC; trcr.bc.ca
23 KEG Ab Ablett Memorial Charity
Golf Tournament, Kamloops, BC; keg.bc.ca
23-25 China Mining Congress and Expo,
Tianjin, China, en.chinamining-expo.org
25-29 Union of BC Municipalities Convention,
Vancouver, BC; ubcm.ca
27-29 Coal Association of Canada Annual
Conference, Vancouver, BC; coal.ca
OCTOBER
17 TREKing through BC's central interior,
Vancouver, B.C., geosciencebc.com and
www.mdru.ubc.ca
19-21 APEGBC Annual General Meeting
and Conference, Whistler, BC; apeg.bc.ca
NOVEMBER
5-11 Alaska Miners Association Fall
Convention, Anchorage, AK; alaskaminers.org
7-9 Minerals South, Cranbrook, BC; ekcm.org
12-14 Canadian Aboriginal Minerals
Association 25th Annual Conference,
Toronto, ON; aboriginalminerals.com
14-16 Yellowknife Geoscience Forum,
Yellowknife, NT; geoscienceforum.com
18-21 Yukon Geoscience Forum,
Whitehorse, YT; yukonminers.org
29-30 BC MEND Metal Leaching and Acid
Rock Drainage Workshop, Vancouver, BC;
mend-nedem.org
DECEMBER
4-8 American Exploration & Mining
Association Annual Meeting, Reno, NV;
miningamerica.org
The winning team: Allun Lee,
Kristian Harold, Jeff Dupley
and Ben Rough.
developed regulatory system, provision of
a positive business climate, a supportive
permitting regime and access to land are
critically important if our mineral explorers
are to capitalize on the improving investor
sentiment and maximize the chance of
making those elusive new discoveries
that can become the needed mines of
tomorrow. The mineral exploration and
development industry delivers a range of
financially rewarding jobs – from key on-site
environmental monitoring to o'-site high-
tech – that build strong families and generate
economic development in urban and rural
communities throughout the province.
In closing, I encourage all our members
active in B.C. to respond to the exploration
expenditures survey that AME will be
conducting this fall in partnership with
EY and the Ministry of Energy, Mines and
Petroleum Resources. Our partnership –
now in its second year – gives the industry
the opportunity to tell a deeper story of
what commodities make exploration in
B.C. attractive; how exploration contributes
so much to local communities through
jobs and procurement of a wide range
of goods and services; and whether
critical early-stage exploration is indeed
making a comeback in the province. With
this information, we are in a far stronger
position to clearly inform the government
and public about the vitally important
role mineral exploration plays in B.C.
PHOTO: ROXANNE FINNIE›AME
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2017-07-19 3:00 PM
