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Minutes of the
Vernon
Placer Miners Club
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Events of Interest:
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To reach
Linda Caron:
Phone:250 442-5078 |
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Mining
& Private Property Rights Clarified - (Grand Forks Gazette
article)
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CIM Trail Branch. Meeting Information: Contact
Linda Caron, 442-5078
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Merit Mining
Contacts:
Fred Sveinson, Pres&CEO
Head Office
580 Hornby Street - Ste 550
Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3B6
604.694.2344
Dave Chapman,Gen Mgr
Grand Forks
Home: 250.442.5020
Cel. 250.443.1047
Greenwood 250.445.6777
Paul Cowley, VP Expln.
Cel. 604.340.7711
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Upcoming Events:
May 16, 17 & 18, 2008 The Vernon Placer
Miners' Club Sponsors the 17th Annual B.C. Open Gold Panning
Championships and Family Fun Days: Gold Panner Campground -
Cherryville, B.C. (Located just 60 km East of Vernon on Highway 6 - past
Lumby en route to Nakusp). For more information see:
http://cherryville.homestead.com/goldpanning.html
Gold Panner reservations call 250 547-2025. B&B and accommodations
available.
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DID YOU KNOW?? " 2007 Exploration expenditures of
$416 million , up 57% per cent from 2006 and 1300% over $29 million in
2001"
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May 3rd - Interested in the Boundary area geology? Selkirk College has
a 1 day geology fieldtrip, led by retired geology instructor Leslie
Anderton, on Saturday May 3rd, 9 - 5 pm. A slide show will be followed
by a field trip to view and gain knowledge of local rocks, minerals and
mining history. Cost is $35. Call Selkirk College for more details or
to register.
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The Annual General Meeting
was held on April 24,2008 A good attendance for presentation
by Dave Lefebure was appreciated by all.
Election results: Linda Caron - President (442-5078), Ellen Clements -
Sec/treasurer (445 6756),
Terry - past President and event
coordinator
(442-8999) .
Phone committee - Claudette Waite 442-8341
Boundary Weed representative: Al Waite
Mining Review - Historical Researcher - Jim Arnusch
Field trips in the works: Tours of the Merit Mine facility and the
Crown Jewel Mine, Kinross operation at Chesaw, Washington are being planned. Dates to be
announced.
2008 Memberships are now due $20 - new members are welcome.
Boundary
Mining Association T-shirts and hats are now available for
sale: T-shirts are $10 each. Hats are available in a
range of colours and styles, with prices ranging from $12 - $16.
Pick
them up from Linda phone 442-5078. Ask about the bumper stickers too! Thank
you for supporting this organization.
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Aug25, 2007 Information regarding notice to
private land owners: Read the notices from Gerald German, formerly
with the BC Ministry of Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources, who has
been mandated to gather stakeholder input for the rules
governing the delivery, content and timing of the notice that miners
must provide to landowners when entering on private land.
Click here for information and responses
Updated Sept 10, 2007
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For local
mining and exploration news, check out the latest
Motherlode Newsletter click on
the link:
http://www.cmebc.com
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like to advertise in the Newsletter please contact us. Also, if
you have any comments or suggestions, or would like to submit an
article or place an ad, please let us know by calling us at
250-352-5242 or sending an email to:
chamberofmines@netidea.com
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