TRADE SHOW
The trade show is a staple of Mineral Exploration Roundup and presents an unparalleled opportunity to visit with a wide cross-section of companies working in the mineral exploration and mining sector.
News
Map Tent (November 08, 2010)
AME BC is pleased to be running the Map Tent again, making it, along with Core Shack, an ongoing and integral part of Roundup’s technical foundation. The Map Tent will provide participants with a firs…
Prospectors’ Tent (November 08, 2010)
Located in the Core Tent, the Prospectors’ Tent will provide an opportunity for B.C.-and Yukon-based prospectors to present their diverse mineral properties to the delegates attending Mineral Explorat…
Technical Sessions (November 08, 2010)
OFFICIAL OPENING AND 2010 BRITISH COLUMBIA, ALASKA, YUKON, ALBERTA AND MANITOBA EXPLORATION REVIEWS
Poster Session (November 08, 2010)
The Mineral Exploration Roundup Poster Session highlights public geoscience. Over 90 posters will feature the results of geological mapping and economic geology studies including new ideas and new tec…
Malaga breaks Chinese grip on tungsten
SITE VISIT PASTO BUENO, PERU — It’s a story that is starting to sound all too familiar: China holds a lock on the supply of a strategic metal and is…
Sonora, Canaco clash in Tanzania
Sonora Gold & Silver (SOC-V) and Canaco Resources (CAN-V) are butting heads over a small land area on the Magambazi gold trend in Tanzania.
Northcliff eyes N.B. tungsten play
Mindful of a rising tungsten price, the Hunter Dickinson Group has picked up an option on Geodex Minerals’ (GXM-V, G2W-F) advanced exploration-stage Sisson Brook tungsten-molybdenum project in central…
First Quantum offers $460M for Antares
VANCOUVER — In a big step towards diversifying its copper operations away from Africa, First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) is buying Antares Minerals (ANM-V) in a cash-and-share deal worth $460 mill…
Bill C-300’s defeat
The last week of October was a satisfying one for Canadian miners, with Canada’s parliament voting to defeat the anti-mining Bill C-300 by an unsettlingly close 140-to-134 margin.
Points of contention in South Africa’s revised Mining Charter
The recently amended Broad-based Socioeconomic Empowerment Charter for the South African Mining Industry (the “Mining Charter”) was unveiled by South Africa’s minister of the Department of Mineral Res…
AME BC awards author Davis
Vancouver author Chuck Davis received the Frank Woodside Past Presidents Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his outstanding service to the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columb…