AME Podcast: Exploration Matters Episode 10
Episode 10 of the AME Podcast: Exploration Matters is sponsored by: Show Notes Dec 15, 2022 Episode 10 was produced on Dec 15, 2022, on the traditional, unceded territories of the x… 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
Combining Our Forces
The taxation, securities & investment committee gets results by working with other industry advocacy groups
Paul Leach AME’s Taxation, Securities & Investment (TSI) Committee comprises about a dozen members with professional expertise across the broad disciplines of taxation,… Read More
President & CEO’s Message
Kendra Johnston To all of you who attended and made our 37th annual AME Roundup conference a great success, thank you. The hard work and dedication of our volunteers is humbling to w… Read More
President & CEO’s Message
Kendra Johnston | President & CEO AME Roundup 2020 is around the corner and I couldn’t be more excited! This will be my first Roundup as president and CEO, a much different role f… Read More
Chair’s Message
Rob McLeod | Chair of the Board of Directors Exploring the rugged and isolated sections of the Cordillera with dreams of discovery of metals and minerals is a wonderful and challen… Read More
President & CEO’s Message
Kendra Johnston It is an honour to address the AME membership through this, my first message as President and CEO. Many of you know me as long-time volunteer and supporter of the wor… Read More
President & CEO’s Message
It has been two years since I penned my first message to you via this magazine. It’s with mixed emotions that I share that this will be the last from me as President and CEO of AME. As som… Read More
Chair’s Message
Kendra Johnston | Chair of the Board of Directors With summer upon us, I reflect on my first five months as the chair of AME’s Board of Directors and am proud of the team’s accomplishm… Read More
A Time of Reckoning
Examining our workplace culture in the wake of Me Too
Hollywood’s red carpet is a long way from a remote exploration camp in northern British Columbia in more ways than one, but a chain of events in 2016 emphasized an upsetting similar… Read More
Getting There First
Clean energy cars are driven by B.C. mineral exploration and mining
A boom is coming on four wheels for B.C.’s mining and mineral exploration industry. AME members throughout the province are actively engaged in exploring, discovering and devel… Read More
President & CEO’s Message
Welcome to this packed issue where we will be giving you an exclusive sneak peek into Roundup 2019: Elements for Discovery! Roundup 2018 was a great success and we are looking to bui… 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
President & CEO’s Message
With a busy (and hopefully productive) field season nearly behind us, I would like to acknowledge the dangerous wildfire situations that some of you faced. While here in Vancouve… Read More
Getting to “Yes” in British Columbia
How to win friends and influence people in the resource development debate
The British Columbia election will take place two short months from now – May 9 – and political opinion in the province is as polarized as ever. What a surprise. The source of much of t… Read More
Their Leaders Speak
Leaders of the three main political parties contesting the May 2017 provincial election discuss their positions on mineral exploration and project development
British Columbia voters are going to the polls for the 41st time on May 9, 2017, with three parties contesting the election: today’s BC Liberals, who are the incumbents; the BC New D… Read More
Taxation with Representation
Introducing the TSI Committee
The challenges that face a junior exploration company in developing a mineral resource are difficult enough. It’s made even more complex by regulatory burdens such as complianc… Read More
A New Way of Doing Business
The provincial government's natural resource permitting project is streamlining the application process for explorers and miners
The Natural Resource Permitting Project (NRPP) is a modern, citizen centred approach to improving the way business is done in the natural resource sector in British Columbia. Th… 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
Bringing Investment Dollars Home to B.C.
BC Geological Survey's "Red Line" a positive marker for explorers
By now, most people who live in British Columbia realize that the mineral exploration industry in this province is not enjoying its best days. But in case anyone thinks otherwise,… Read More
ESTMA Explained
New Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act legislates payment disclosure practices
Joe Ringwald The Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act (ESTMA) is now law in Canada, having received Royal Assent on December 16, 2014. Part of omnibus Bill C-34 (Economic… Read More
The Reality of the Tsilhqot’in Decision
The supreme court of Canada decision has important - and potentially positive - implications for B.C. mineral explorers
In June 2014, the media in B.C. and the rest of Canada was full of the news that the Supreme Court of Canada had granted Aboriginal title to more than 1,700 square kilometres of land in… Read More
President & CEO’s Message
While they are some of the most resilient and innovative people I know, folks within the B.C.-based mineral exploration sector continue to face a prolonged venture capital crisi… Read More
Safety Overseas
Have a safe day, every day - and everywhere
Remote travel in Africa has its hazards At the time of writing this article, I have just returned from the field, serving as a member of my local search and rescue team – so the hazards… Read More
Chair’s Message
Recent announcements have seen major B.C. mineral and coal producers scale back their workforces. At the same time, for example, demand for coal is expected to increase 50 per cen… Read More
Disposition of Mineral Claims in Saskatchewan
According to Tim McMillan, Saskatchewan’s minister responsible for energy and resources, Saskatchewan’s and British Columbia’s systems for the disposition of mineral claim… Read More
President & CEO’s Message
Although most metal prices have remained at or near 10-year averages throughout 2013, many AME BC members, particularly the juniors, have continued in survival mode due to the hi… Read More