SEG Annual General Meeting, Wednesday March 11, 5 to 5:30 pm. Smithers

Join us for SEG's 2020 Annual General Meeting. The new Board of Directors will be elected and 2019 financial report will be reviewed and available for distribution.  All members are invited to attend.

• Event:  Smithers Exploration Group Annual General Meeting
• Date:  Wednesday, March 11
• Time:  5:00 to 5:30 pm
• Place: Rock Room at 101-3423 Fulton Avenue in Smithers.  

SEG Hosts Chamber on Tap, Friday March 27, Smithers

Here’s something new from Smithers Exploration Group and the Smithers District Chamber of Commerce. We’re going to open up the SEG Rock Room to the Smithers chamber members. It’s a chance to introduce them to the SEG collection of Cordilleran Rock Suites. We’re proud of the Rock Room and this is a chance for the local business community to get a sense of the role SEG and Smithers play in growing the minerals industry in BC.

• Event:  Chamber on Tap
• Date:  Friday March 27
• Time:  5:00 to 7:00 pm
• Place: Rock Room at 101-3423 Fulton Avenue in Smithers.  

Advanced Prospecting Course, Smithers, May 8 to 14

Smithers Exploration Group is returning to its roots this spring with an advanced prospecting course.  The program will be offered in Smithers from May 8 to 14. That includes five days of class time, working with the rocks from SEG’s Rock Room and two days of field trips. The 7-day intensive course will be led by Tom Richards, Don MacIntyre and Peter Ogryzlo with local geologists as teaching assistants.

This is the first prospecting program SEG has offered in many years, since Tom and others such as Loren Warren turned out the prospectors who are still in the field across northern BC. 

The course is open to anyone who wants to advance their ability to explore, stake and develop mineral claims: prospectors, geologists, field crews and under-graduates from post-secondary institutions. SEG hopes to raise sponsorships for students who need to travel to attend the program.

If you want to attend or send members of a field crew, please contact SEG Rock Room administrator Anastasia Ledwon for details at rockroom@smithersexplorationgroup.com   If you or your company is interested in helping sponsor students, you can also contact Anastasia.

2020 Mining Month Luncheon, Wednesday May 20, Smithers

Save the Date - May 20: The annual Smithers District Chamber of Commerce and Smithers Exploration Group host our annual Mining Month luncheon. The program will highlight the prominent place that mineral exploration plays in the province’s north.

• Event:  2020 Mining Month Luncheon
• Date:  Wednesday, May 20
• Time:  11:30 to 1:30 pm
• Place: Prestige Hudson Bay Lodge, Ferguson Room, Smithers

Mineral Titles Branch forms

Updated Physical Work Report and Information Update No. 8

Note:  Please be advised that the following email has been sent out to all free miners who hold a valid free miner certificate or are a recorded holder of a valid mineral or placer title.  As a mining association, I wish to provide you a copy of the same email should an association member raise this email topic.

The Physical Work Report Form has been updated and revised.  It is available for download from the Mineral Titles Branch website at:

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/mineral-exploration-mining/mineral-titles/mineral-placer-titles/forms-maps-publications/forms-mineral-placer-titles#Physical

The purpose of this form is to record physical exploration and development work that is registered on a claim pursuant to Section 29 of the Mineral Tenure Act.  The intent of this updated form is to ensure that the recording of physical exploration and development is consistent with the definition of physical exploration and development in the Mineral Tenure Act Regulation as well as the reporting requirements in Section 15 of this Regulation.

Information Update Number 8 is entitled “Guide to the Submission of Physical Exploration and Development Work for Assessment Credit on Claims”.  This guide explains in detail the requirements for completing a registration of physical exploration and development work on a claim, in accordance with Section 15 of the Mineral Tenure Act Regulation.

Following is a link to Information Update Number 8:

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/farming-natural-resources-and-industry/mineral-exploration-mining/documents/mineral-titles/notices-mineral-placer-titles/information-updates/infoupdate8.pdf

If you have questions about this updated form or have questions regarding the registration and reporting of physical exploration and development, please contact Andrew Upper at Andrew.Upper@gov.bc.ca.  For all other enquiries, please contact Mineral Titles at mineral.titles@gov.bc.ca or call toll free at 1-866-616-4999 (you must leave a message).