engagement

Why We Are Participating in Pride

Held annually for over 40 years, Vancouver’s Pride Festival and Parade is a vibrant celebration of love and inclusion offering support for people in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Ho… Read More

Engaging the Next Generation of Mineral Explorers

A successful pilot program showed high school students what a career in mineral exploration looks like “in the field” while getting their hands and boots dirty on an active explor… Read More

Potential, Partnership, and Progress

– these are three of the terms that will guide the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) as we move through this new government and work together to meet our priority to inc… Read More

Partners in Development

How First Nations across Canada are working with explorers and miners to everyone's benefit

Ryan Vandersloot There are many accomplished Indigenous leaders in Canada who have contributed in important ways to the development of this country’s mineral exploration and m… Read More

AME Roundup Preview

Your guide to AME's Roundup 2020 conference

An Invitation from the Roundup Committee Chair Dale Mah | Endeavour Silver Corporation Chair, Roundup 2020 Organizing Committee We geoscientists are born explorers – venturin… Read More

Lens on Discovery

AME Roundup 2020 sneak preview

AME Roundup takes place at the Vancouver Convention Centre East “under the sails” in Vancouver. | AME/Velour Productions With the theme Lens on Discovery and an eye on the newest t… Read More

#AMEINTHEFIELD 2019

Photo Contest Submission Deadline: September 30 For the past 17 years, AME has sought the best photographs of mineral explorers in action – in B.C. and around the world. Once again… Read More

New Director Offers Nisga’a Know-how

Northwestern business executive and Indigenous leader Corinne McKay joins the AME Board

Corinne McKay, the newly appointed director of the AME, brings with her a wealth of experience managing finances for the Nisga’a Nation in the Nass River Valley of northwestern Br… Read More

Elements for Discovery

AME Roundup 2019 sneak preview

Tourism Vancouver We look forward to welcoming everyone as we go back to the East Building – Under the Sails! All sessions and displays will be on the Main Level at the Vancouver Conv… Read More

AME Roundup Preview

Your guide to AME's Roundup 2018 conference

David Gale SSR Mining Inc. Chair, Roundup 2018 Organizing Committee We invite you to join us at one of the world’s premier technical mineral exploration conferences. AME’s Miner… Read More

A Leader Through Turbulent Times

Gavin Dirom reflects on the legacy of his eight years at the helm of AME

“As the new president and CEO of AME BC, my role is to help the industry navigate the challenges of turbulent times,” wrote Gavin Dirom in his first column in this magazine in spring o… Read More

President & CEO’s Message

Successful exploration GAVIN C. DIROM | President & CEO As an advocacy organization, an important role for AME is to protect and promote the mineral exploration and developm… Read More

AME Roundup 2017

Kendra JohnstonIndependence Gold Corp.Roundup 2017 OrganizingCommittee Chair Welcome to AME Mineral Exploration Roundup 2017! This year’s conference will bring together g… Read More

Field Trip to B.C.

Sixteen international students visit porphyry mines and deposits in British Columbia

Looking southerly over Highland Valley Copper mine (Valley pit to right, Lornex pit to upper left). Front row: Tom Schroeter (coleader), Brock Riedell (mentor), Luca Paolillo,… Read More

Gearing Up for Discovery

Your sneak preview of Roundup 2017

Velour Productions | AME Get ready for Roundup 2017, where leaders in mineral exploration connect. AME’s flagship conference returns under the Canada Place sails at the Vancouv… Read More

President & CEO’s Message

As fall approaches, many AME members have experienced renewed investor confidence and interest in the mineral exploration and development industry. But after many years weath… Read More

Riding the Wave

CSR Roundup 2016

Velour Productions/AME Members of AME’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee presented a CSR Short Course in a sold-out pre-conference session. The 25 registrant… Read More

President & CEO’s Message

A sense of realistic and cautious optimism infuses many conversations these days. Although too early to be certain, there are some encouraging signs that perhaps the worst of the… Read More

Mark Your Calendar

Building relationships by sharing knowledge

It is unquestionable that corporate social responsibility (CSR) is as valuable to developing a successful deposit as a drill hole. CSR enables good corporate governance and est… Read More

Helicopters, Gold Pans and Coconut Cream Pie

Vancouver-area high-school students discover mineral exporation Roundup

Helicopters, gold pans and coconut cream pie – what do these things have in common? They all relate to mineral exploration and mining, as a group of 32 high-school students discove… Read More

Field Trip

Elementary school students experience Roundup

When 108 elementary students converged at Vancouver’s Canada Place for their first-ever convention experience, the first thing one noticed was the excitement on their faces. C… Read More

President & CEO’s Message

The B.C.-based mineral exploration and development industry has a proud history of meeting challenges head-on, finding new ways to solve issues and working creatively to devel… Read More

CSR Learning Needs

AME BC’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee has led several initiatives to raise awareness of and understanding about the role of CSR in mineral exploration and de… Read More

2016 Roundup Preview

Mineral Exploration Roundup 2016

AME BC’s Mineral Exploration Roundup 2016 is coming up soon: January 25 to 28, at Canada Place in Vancouver, B.C. Once again, we will bring you an impressive lineup of speakers, rep… Read More

Starting with the Basics

Prospectors are partnering with First Nations to provide training opportunities

Graduates of the Tse Keh Dene prospecting class The mineral exploration industry is relatively small: specially trained personnel, little to no production and grassroots proj… Read More

President & CEO’s Message

Summer marks the halfway point of the calendar year, and, at AME BC, it marks the halfway point of the Association’s 2013-2017 Strategic Plan and Objectives, the guiding-princip… Read More

First Nations Forward

TNDC comes of age in the Golden Triangle

Smiley Caban conducting aquatic sampling with TNDC partner Rescan Tahltan Environmental Consultants, 2007. The 1980s were heady times for Vancouver-based junior companies,… Read More

Aboriginal Engagement

Two made-in-B.C. examples of how to do it right

Michael Peeman of the Ulkatcho First Nation working at the Blackwater project core shack. Realizing they can benefit from partnering with First Nations, many mineral explorati… Read More

2015 Roundup Preview

Mineral Exploration Roundup 2015

KENDRA JOHNSTON, CHAIR Roundup Organizing Committee Welcome to Mineral Exploration Roundup 2015! This year’s conference marks an important milestone for Roundup as we move in… Read More

Joining the Conversation

Communicating social performance through social media

In the exploration, development and mining sector, it is recognized that negative news – often one-sided stories prepared by activist organizations and anti-development grou… Read More

Chair’s Message

A matter that has captured the attention of many Canadians is the decision from the Supreme Court of Canada in favour of the Tsilhqot’in. As fall approaches, it appears that the fin… Read More

Aboriginal Engagement Handbook

AME BC's newest publication offers guidance ot mineral explorers for putting their best foot forward with B.C. First Nations

AME BC’s Aboriginal Engagement Guidebook, which has been in development for more than a year, will make its long-awaited appearance in 2014. According to Sheriden Barnett, seni… Read More

Responsibility on a Budget

Environmental best practices and exploration hand-in-hand: Kaminak Gold Corporation’s Adam Fage and Craig Finnigan exploring at the Kona zone at the Coffee project. Mineral p… Read More

2014 Roundup Preview

Mineral Exploration Roundup 2014

Invitation from the Chairs Victoria Yehl, Chair Kendra Johnston, Vice-Chair Mineral Exploration Roundup 2014 Join us in celebrating the 30th anniversary of AME BC’s Mineral Ex… Read More

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