Announcing the AME 2020 Photo Contest Winners
AME Contest Sponsor Despite the challenges of the global pandemic this year, we have had a strong year in mineral exploration and development which has resulted in an incredible s… Read More
Exploration in British Columbia
2020 in Review
MAIN MAP: B.C. MINISTRY OF ENERGY, MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES / CARTOGRAPHY: HOLLY ARNOLD The year 2020 will be remembered for the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the pandemic, ex… Read More
An Analytical Mindset
A sharp eye and financial acumen allowed Michael Gray to identify winners
Michael Gray recalls one of his first site visits as a mining analyst. It was mid-2005 and Virginia Gold was pulling high-grade gold over significant widths from the Éléonore proj… Read More
Newmont Goldcorp, Newcrest Sign B.C. Deals
"Many multinationals are looking at B.C. as a place to invest," says AME chair McLeod
Many multinationals are looking at B.C. as a place to invest,” says AME chair McLeod Mineral exploration and development in B.C. is starting to show a definite spring in its step, w… Read More
Exploration in British Columbia
2019 in review
MAIN MAP: B.C. MINISTRY OF ENERGY, MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES / CARTOGRAPHY: HOLLY ARNOLD Petroleum Resources Mineral Development Office (British]() Preliminary reports… Read More
Sharing Our Stories
More Than Explorers is bringing the mineral exploration lifestyle to new audiences
Few people outside the mining and mineral exploration industry know the processes, the people, the history or the complexity of finding and extracting the minerals and metals th… Read More
Exploration in British Columbia
2018 in review
Preliminary reports from the Ministry of Energy, Mines]() and Petroleum Resources Mineral Development Office (British Columbia Geological Survey) and regional geologists i… Read More
Exploring Stories
Talking safety with 2017 David Barr Award winner Janice Fingler
Accepting the David Barr Award at the AME Roundup 2018 awards gala in January, project leadership coach Janice Fingler said, “Small gestures from leaders are like ripples that qu… Read More
By the Book
Sun Dogs and Yellowcake: Gunnar Mines – A Canadian StorySandberg Surrey: Crackingstone Press We experience the isolation of life on the Crackingstone Peninsula, the fre… Read More
Then & Now
A 50th anniversay salute to corporate members of AME's Directory and Buyers Guide
Golden years: Consolidated Cinola Mines Ltd.’s Specogna gold deposit on Haida Gwaii graces the]() cover of the 16th annual directory. The Association for Mineral Exploration (… Read More
Get Certified
Mandatory mine Supervisor's Certification will be available soon online
The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources (EMPR) completed a review of the Health, Safety and Reclamation Code for Mines in British Columbia (the Code). As a result of… Read More
Exploration in British Columbia
2017 in Review
Preliminary reports from Ministry of Energy and Mines and Petroleum Resources regional geologists and the Mineral Development Office indicate exploration activity in 2017 ha… Read More
Old Camps, New Tricks
New growth from historical resources in the Cariboo and Golden Triangle
Landing on a flagship roperty: Snip and its airstrip.Drilling in the historic Cariboo Gold Belt.Environmental work for Barkerville Gold Mines. Recent exploration projects in… Read More
Did You Know?
Thirty million artisanal and small-scale miners worldwide use rudimentary tools to extract gold, tin, tantalum, tungsten, coal, diamonds, coloured gemstones and more than 20… Read More
Artisanal Mining Explored
Canadian companies are using positive social and environmental change to tackle a global issue
El Alacran gold mine is nestled in the jungle-covered hills of northern Colombia. The name means “the scorpion” in Spanish, and is a cluster of over 140 informal mining sites, inte… Read More
Exploration in British Columbia
2016 in Review
Preliminary reports from regional geologists with the B.C. Ministry of Energy and Mines indicate exploration activity in 2016 steadied or recovered slightly, stabilizing a do… Read More
The Green and the Brown
There's plenty of opportunity in both new and old B.C. mineral exploration regions
Site view of Pretium Resources Inc.’s Brucejack project The British Columbia mineral exploration and development industry appears to be emerging from its long, silent h… Read More
Stikine Terrane
The exceptional mineral endowment of northwestern British Columbia has lured prospectors and exploration companies for more than a century, despite rugged topography and the… Read More
Southeastern B.C.
The unique geology of southeastern British Columbia has long been of interest for the mineral resources it contains. Not only does the region host good mineral potential, but the… Read More
Quesnel Terrane
A geological map of British Columbia looks a little like the end of a rainbow: bold swaths of colour run up and down the province, representing thick belts of rock pressed together b… Read More
The Mining Men
A club for optimists
It was a man’s world in 1960 when a group of men from British Columbia’s mineral exploration and mining community gathered in Vancouver to form an investment club named The Mining M… Read More
Into the Valley of the Kings
B.C.'s newest mine gets the go-ahead, thanks to Robert Quartermain's fortitude
A small valley in the northern B.C. Coast Mountains may be a world away from Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. But take away the snow and add a treasure trove of riches, and it’s easy to see w… Read More
Natural Resource Road Act
Proposed legislation aims for consistency across sectors
In British Columbia, resource roads are currently administered under several different pieces of legislation by several different government organizations, including the M… Read More
Exploration in British Columbia
2015 in Review
Regions monitored by regional geologists from the Ministry of Energy and Mines. Preliminary reports from regional geologists deployed across British Columbia by the Ministry… Read More
Powering Progress
Despite the challenges in bringing it to fruition, the Northwest Transmission Line is a lifeline for mineral exploration and development in Northwest B.C.
Tower touchdown: 1,000 of these lattice towers were installed along the right-of-way for the Northwest Transmission Line. If you could chart 10 years’ worth of emotions stirred… Read More
Road to Success
Infastructure is critical to exploration and mining in northwestern B.C.
Some mines, such as the Bingham Canyon Mine (also known as the Kennecott Copper Mine), are located conveniently close to all the infrastructure that is needed to make them economi… Read More
Lana Eagle
A relationship builder
Courtesy Lana Eagle Rarely does a person effortlessly straddle the divide between First Nations and industry like Lana Eagle – especially when it comes to mineral exploration an… Read More
Exploration and Development in B.C.
2014 in Review
Preliminary reports from regional geologists deployed across the province by the British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines indicate that exploration slowed in 2014, conti… Read More
Red Mountain
IDM Mining announces positive exploration results
Vancouver-based IDM Mining Ltd. recently announced surface sampling results from its Red Mountain underground gold project in northwestern British Columbia. IDM began surfa… Read More
Nunavut the Next Saskatchewan
Thanks to unrivalled uranium deposits and similar government policies, Nunavut is poised for Saskatchewan-style success
Summer at Kivalliq Energy Corporation’s Nutaaq camp at the Angilak property. Nunavut and Saskatchewan have more in common than exceptional and diverse mineral potential. They… Read More
The Top 10 Reasons You Want a Mine in Your Backyard
An arguement to put an end to nimbyism
People involved in mineral exploration and mining could cite dozens of reasons why people should want mines in their backyards, and they would all make sense. But they’re often ou… Read More
Right Under Our Nose
Suprising uses for B.C. minerals
One of the first things visitors to the Britannia Mine Museum see is a room dedicated to mining’s contribution to daily life. A spiralling installation rises above the display flo… Read More
B.C. Exploration & Development
2013 in review
Operating Mines and Selected Major Exploration projects in British Columbia 2013 Exploration activity in British Columbia was predictably off the peak seen in 2012, when junio… Read More