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AME Podcast: Exploration Matters Episode 9

Episode 9 of the AME Podcast: Exploration Matters is sponsored by: Show Notes Oct 17, 2022 Episode nine was produced on October 17, 2022, on the traditional, unceded territories o… Read More

Posted on October 17, 2022 by Kylie Williams

  • Blog
  • Features
  • Podcast
  • exploration
  • industry
  • project development
  • workforce

Exploration in British Columbia: 2021 in Review

By Gordon Clarke, Bruce Northcote, Nate L. Corcoran, Kirk Hancock, Neil Wildgust, and Yao Cui | British Columbia Geological Survey, Ministry Of Energy, Mines And Low Carbon Inno… Read More

Posted on January 7, 2022 by AME

  • Blog
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  • Investor Confidence
  • exploration
  • Government
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  • public geoscience

Chair’s Message

Rob Mcleod When Bob Dylan penned “The Times They Are A-Changin’” in 1964, he was documenting an era of remarkable transformation in western society. Over 56 years later, this anth… Read More

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Rob McLeod

  • Chair's Messages
  • economy
  • employment
  • Government
  • industry
  • project development

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

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Virginia Heffernan

  • Profiles
  • advice
  • bibliography
  • exploration
  • Mining
  • project development

Discovering the Spences Bridge Gold Belt

How perseverance and public geoscience unearthed a new gold belt in southwestern B.C.

For the last 20 years, while “everybody else was largely focused on the Golden Triangle,” prospector Edward Balon was uncovering a rich new epithermal gold district just a few hou… Read More

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Kylie Williams

  • Features
  • exploration
  • Golden Triangle
  • history
  • project development
  • RGS project

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

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Peter Caulfield

  • Features
  • economy
  • industry
  • Mining
  • project development

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

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Rob McLeod

  • Chair's Messages
  • Government
  • industry
  • policy
  • project development

NWT Resource Potential

In the Northwest Territories, responsible resource development is at the core of who we are. It drives our economy, has generated billions in opportunities for Northern and Indi… Read More

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Government of Northwest Territories

  • Blog
  • ecomony
  • project development
  • resource development

Chair’s Message

‘LYN ANGLIN | Chair of the Board of Directors At AME’s Roundup 2018 conference, we welcomed a renewed sense of optimism in B.C.’s mineral exploration and development industry, su… Read More

Posted on December 1, 2018 by Lyn Anglin

  • Chair's Messages
  • economy
  • evenets
  • industry
  • project development

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

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Michael Schwartz

  • Features
  • Cariboo
  • Golden Triangle
  • Mining
  • past producers
  • project development

Positioning Your Company

Experts tell all at AME Speaker Series

Junior mineral exploration companies exist to responsibly create value for their shareholders – this was the consensus following a lively panel discussion at the AME Speaker Se… Read More

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Jonathan Buchanan

  • Blog
  • economy
  • Financing
  • industry
  • investing
  • project development

President & CEO’s Message

Onboarding EDIE THOME | President & CEO My first six months with AME have been exhilarating! This community has been so welcoming and generous to me; I have been fortunate enou… Read More

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Edie Thome

  • President & CEO's Messages
  • events
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  • Roundup

Chair’s Message

With commodity prices rising, investment and optimism in B.C.’s mineral exploration sector rebounded in 2017. While companies with new grassroots discoveries and those with d… Read More

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Diane Nicolson

  • Chair's Messages
  • economy
  • exploration
  • Investment
  • project development

King Copper

From solar panels to electric cars, B.C.'s red metal is fuelling a global clean energy transition

Necessity is making strange bedfellows: organizations that champion sustainability and a greener future are supporting mining as a key factor in that new, low-carbon economy.… Read More

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Kylie Williams

  • Features
  • economy
  • Government
  • green energy
  • industry
  • project development

Social Chain of Custody

Project success relies on ensuring social performance throughout the exploration phase

“Social chain of custody” is a term that refers to documenting or creating a paper trail of meetings, dialogue and agreements of any form (verbal or written) with local communitie… Read More

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Spencer Durant

  • Curated
  • Indigenous Relations
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  • responsibility

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

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Peter Caulfield

  • Features
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  • policy
  • project development
  • tax credit

Unique Needs, Unique Solutions

Stakeholder grievance mechanisms solicit feedback from communities of interest

The mineral exploration and mining sector faces a host of societal challenges that affect the company’s bottom line. Capturing the voices and concerns of project-affected comm… Read More

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Spencer Durant

  • Social Responsibility
  • community relations
  • mineral exploration
  • project development

A Tale of Two Mines

Exploration, discovery, and development of Babine copper-gold deposits

Drill rig on the move, Copper Island, summer 1929. As early as 1898, pioneer prospectors trudged across the Bulkley Valley in west-central British Columbia. This group included… Read More

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Ed Kimura

  • Camps of Fame
  • Features
  • Bulkley Valley
  • exploration
  • history
  • porphyry
  • project development

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

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Mafalda Arias

  • Social Responsibility
  • engagement
  • events
  • exploration
  • project development

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

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Ryan Stuart

  • Profiles
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President & CEO’s Message

Members of AME BC with experience in the industry understand and appreciate that today’s challenges are often tomorrow’s opportunities. Indeed, a feeling of optimism at AME BC’… Read More

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Gavin C. Dirom

  • President & CEO's Messages
  • industry
  • markets
  • project development

Alaska Miners Celebrate 75 Years

(left to right) AMA first vice- president Lorna Shaw, AMA second vice-president Mike Satre, AMA executive director Deantha Crockett, AMA president Jason Brune, MABC president… Read More

Posted on December 1, 2014 by content

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