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British Columbia

Seeking further evidence

Geoscience BC booth at a tradeshow Stephen Williams, GIS Consultant, Christa Sluggett, Project Geologist and Communications Coordinator, and 'Lyn Angl

Lisa Crane •
Minerals

Even better the second time around

1 of 3Historical mining activity at the Bellekeno Mine area. — Photo courtesy of Alexco Resource Corporation2 of 3The new 400-tonnes-per-day mill loc

Maureen McEwan •
British Columbia

Going deep with education

Delegates gather around a booth at the 2009 Trade Show — Photo courtesy East Kootenay Chamber of Mines The East Kootenay Chamber of Mines is hosting

Dan Williams •
Exploration

High hopes for isotopes

1 of 3Soil sampling is not new in exploration—but Uravan's technique of separating clays from soils was unorthodox and gave a more complete view of th

Glynis Fediuk •
British Columbia

An ear to the ground

The Comox Joint Venture is in the process of determining the scope of work needed to gain environmental approval from provincial and federal governmen

Trevor Crawley •
Minerals

Driving innovation

Tents are set up at the base camp at Thor Lake in the Northwest Territories, as drilling, exploration and development continue in the search for rare

Kali Love •
British Columbia

Second time’s the charm?

The Eholt area is just north of the old Phoenix Mine, near the city of Grand Forks. — image courtesy Jim Kermeen A mining company has begun explorati

Trevor Crawley •
Exploration

The Yukon’s most important joint venture

Shawn Ryan and his wife, Cathy Wood, are best friends and business partners in the biggest news story in Canadian exploration. — Photo courtesy Cathy

Tanya Laing Gahr •
Exploration

Drilling for diamonds

George Read has explored for diamonds in many different parts of the world. — Courtesy Shore Gold Inc. The discovery of diamond-bearing kimberlites a

Exploration

Investing in the future

Tom MacNeill founded 49 North Resources six years ago to help junior exploration companies find seed capital funding. — Photo courtesy Tom MacNeill

Exploration

The calling of the earth

Klaus Lehnert-Thiel gathers till samples at Waddy Lake in the La Ronge gold belt in 2005. — Photo courtesy Klaus Lehnert-Thiel Many major projects an

Exploration

Uranium on the cranium

David Thomas speaks with a young boy while on a mineral exploration trip to Argentina. — Photo courtesy David ThomasCameco Corporation is one of the

Alberta

Bearly scratching the surface

1 of 5Brian Testo was busy exploring at the Greenwood property in summer 2010. — —photo courtesy Grizzly Discoveries Inc.2 of 5Testo inspects drill

Tanya Laing Gahr •
Minerals

From mine to magnet

There are strong showings of light rare earth elements—including cerium, lanthanum and neodymium—at Hoidas Lake. — photo courtesy Great Western Mi

Alberta

From ammolite to zircon

Gemologist Jeff Nechka assesses a gem for clarity and colour. — Dave Blaine, Voyager Photography photo From childhood days spent rock hunting to visi

Glynis Fediuk •
British Columbia

Seeing infrared

This indium antimonide crystal (L) will be used to make polished indium anitmonide wafers such as this one (R), which is destined for use in infrared

Glynis Fediuk •
Minerals

The future found in the ground

Terbium is a heavy rare earth metal that is used in LEDs, TVs and fluorescent lamps. — photo courtesy Avalon Rare Metals Rare earth elements and me

Kali Love •
Exploration

Wake up and smell the java

The Kaminak Gold team is exhuberant after their first drill program at the Supremo Zone showed promising results. — photo courtesy Kaminak Gold Corp.