KEG held its annual Ask A Geologist at the Kamlooops Museum and Archives. We had lots of hands on activities and educational information on display as well as our volunteer geologists on hand to answer questions and identify rocks. Thank you to Ed Frey, Lorne Warner and Don Bouffard for sharing your knowledge and time once again. Close to 100 people of all ages attended and brought in some incredible rocks for identification. KEG holds 3 to 4 of these events each year... the next one is...

A huge thank you to all our sponsors, everyone who attended, the staff at Mt Paul Golf Course and the Ablett family for making this years Ab Ablett Memorial Charity Golf Tournament such a success. We had 35 registered golfers and an additional 9 guests for dinner for a total of 44 attendees. The weather cooperated, in the end, and everyone had a fabulous time. This year we added a live auction item along with the silent auction, putting challenge, mulligans and golf prizes. We raised more...

The 7th Annual Mining Day took place at the Big Little Science Centre on May 12th. Thank you to co sponsor CIM South Central Branch, all our volunteers and all the industry reps for taking the time to have a hands on educational booth during the event. Big thanks to World Professional Gold Panner Yukon Dan, Magician Clinton W. Gray and 2 X Winter X Games Gold Medalist Brett Turcotte for being a big part of the day. Thanks to MABC for driving up the Hybrid car which showed us all how cars come...

We were thrilled to take part in the 4th Annual Meet A Machine, supporting the Kamloops JDRF. Once again, the event say close to 4000 in attendance with something for everyone. KEG had an Ask A Geologist table, where our volunteer geologists, Ed Frey & Ellen Biascucci, were very busy. We also had Cookie Mining with KEG Outreach Coordinator Julie Dormer, and Future Miner Business Card Making with KEG President Jane McCaw. Thank you to all our volunteers and the Meet A Machine Committee for...

The highly anticipated lecture by Melanie Kelman titled, 'A Recently Discovered Fumarole Field at the Mount Meager Volcano in Southwest British Columbia,' was worth the wait. You may remember that Melanie was scheduled to speak in the 2017 series, but mother nature put a stop to that. We were thrilled that Melanie was able to come to Kamloops to not only give her lecture to a full house at TRU in the evening, but to also speak to one lucky grade five class at David Thompson Elementary School in...

Dr Robert Young came to Kamloops for four days to educate so many of us. On Wednesday, April 14th, Rob spoke to three elementary classes, approx 75 students, about the ice age, complete with fossils, skulls, bones and casts. On Wednesday evening, he spoke to the KEG Executive with his fun lecture about lake monsters. We were back at it on Thursday morning with two more classes at the Kamloops Museum and Archives, approx 45 more students. On Thursday evening, he spoke to a full room with his...

Mine Supervisor Certification! The following information is from the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resource The launch date for the online training and certification for Mine Supervisors is scheduled for April 16, 2018 . Note: The shopping cart link to the Mine Supervisor Certification will be added once the program is live and active. The link will be available on April 16, 2018. A new provision, added in February 2017 to the Code, was the...

AND THE WINNERS ARE... Congratulations to Emily Rolston, a grade 7 student who has won the 2018 Directory Contest! Emily has won a pizza party for her class, her picture on the cover of the directory, and KEG Swag! Congratulations to our 2 honourable mentions Evan Columbus, grade 3, and Lucas Cain, grade 6. Thank you to all the students who sent in their incredible drawings!! You are all artists! All the submissions can be viewed at our Annual KEG Conference & Trade Show happening April 10th...

Every year KEG hosts a social before one lecture as a thank you to attendees and  for a chance to meet with KEG directors. We were thrilled with how many people attended... but then again, JoAnne Nelson always draws a large crowd when she gives a lecture. She spoke about her career, and what a career it was. The incredible stories and the photos to go with it... this truly was an amazing lecture.  KEG takes one talk on the road to a neighbouring community, and JoAnne was happy to...

What a treat this was! Thank you to Don Bouffard for putting an incredible lecture together on short notice. Don never disappoints! His collection is one of the best and always has time to share it along with his passion to others. Don was gracious enough to even giveaway some of his collection in our door prize draw.  Attendees stayed after the lecture for a close look at the beautiful rocks Don brought to view.