Attendance
is FREE!
Deadline:
Friday, January 16
MineralsEd
invites secondary students to attend AME BC's Mineral Exploration Roundup on Jan. 26 to
learn about the modern minerals industry and the diversity of careers it
offers. This experience will benefit those interested in:
- Earth Science
- Mining
- Engineering
- or related
fields such as business and accounting, investment banking and securities,
environmental management, back country expediting, etc.
Our program will
include a presentation by mining executive,
- Haytham Hodaly, Sr. VP Corporate
Development with Silver Wheaton,
as well as by
several young professionals by working in different fields in the minerals
industry:
- Jason Courneyea, Exploration Geologist
- Nicole Westcott, Environmental
Services, Stantec
- Julia Gartley, Mineral Process
Engineer, Taseko Mines
- Jessica Park, Human Resources
Administrative Assistant, New Gold
- Hamzeh Najarian, Certified Management
Accountant, New Gold
- Kim Dioszeghy, Junior Engineer,
Sustainability, Eldorado Gold
The program will
also include a career-focussed exploration of the trade show exhibits, and
hands-on gold panning with Yukon Dan. Students will be accompanied throughout
the day by BCIT, SFU, UBC, UVIC, U of A, and other post-secondary geosciences
and mining students, as well as by MineralsEd staff. Our student guides will
also share insights on their backgrounds and their educational or work
experiences in their field so far.
To Register:
- Teachers must nominate their students via our online form.
- Parent / guardian permission form must also be signed to attend this program http://www.mineralsed.ca/i/pdf/Roundup2015ParentConsentInfoForm_ME.pdf
Notes: For any other
questions, please contact MineralsEd at 604-682-5477 or info@mineralsed.ca or visit www.mineralsed.ca
