January - AME RoundUp - Vancouver Convention Centre
January 14 – Virtual KEG Lecture Series - Dr. Catherine Hickson - The 1980 Eruptions of Mount St. Helens; Forty Years and Counting! Sponsored by ALS - Check out Lecture Series for more information. January 28 – Virtual KEG Lecture Series - Phillip Currie - Polar Dinosaurs - Check out Lecture Series for more information.
February 2 - Virtual KEG Technical Talks - Shaun Barker, Director of Mineral Deposit Research Unit UBC - Mineral Chemistry in Exploration for Hydrothermal Ore Deposits - Check out Technical Talks for more information.
February 11 - Virtual KEG Lecture Series – Roger C. Paulen - Modern Glacial Concepts Applied to Indicator Mineral Dispersal Trains - Check out Lecture Series for more information.
February 16 - Virtual KEG Technical Talks - Claudia Tornquist, MEng, MBA, President, CEO Kodiak Copper Corp., and Chris Taylor, Chairman Kodiak Copper Corp. - The MPD Project: Gate Zone – A Significant New Copper-Gold Porphyry Discovery in Southern BC - Check out Technical Talks for more information.
February 25 - Virtual KEG Lecture Series – Dr. Robert Young - You Are What You Eat – Or Are You? An Exploration of the Environments That Made Us Who We Are - Check out Lecture Series for more information.
March 2 - Virtual KEG Technical Talks - Heather Cullen, Executive Director, Regional Operations Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation and Nadia Bruemmer, Senior Inspector of Mines Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation - EMLI Permitting Update - Check out Technical Talks for more information.
March 11 – Virtual KEG Lecture Series - Lee Groat - Metamorphic and Magmatic Gem Deposits and Their Potential in British Columbia - Check out Lecture Series for more information.
March 16 - Virtual KEG Technical Talks - Gordon Clarke, Director, Mineral Development Office, British Columbia Geological Survey- Overview of Exploration and Mining in British Columbia - Check out Technical Talksfor more information.
March 25 – Virtual KEG Lecture Series - JoAnne Nelson - Location, Location, Location: Long-Lived Lineaments Provided Prime Real Estate for B.C.’s Cu-Au Porphyries - Check out Lecture Series for more information.
March 30 - Virtual KEG Technical Talks - Peter Fischl, Exploration Manager, Westhaven Gold Corp. - Update on the Shovelnose Gold Project, South-Central BC South Zone and Beyond- Check out Technical Talks for more information.
April 8 – Virtual KEG Lecture Series - Dr. Brent Peyton & Dr. Lisa Kirk – How – and Why - Do Natural Microbes Remove Nitrate and Selenium from Mine-Affected Water? - Check out Lecture Series for more information.
April 13 & 14 - 2021 KEG Conference & Trade Show - Cancelled - Check out Conference for more details.
April 13 – 2021 KEG Technical Talks - Benjamin Eggers, Exploration Project Geologist, Talisker Resources Ltd. - The Bralorne Mine Complex – Plumbing Insights and Opportunities
April 22 – Virtual KEG Lecture Series - Dr. Christopher West - The Red Lake Fossil Flora: A Miocene Forest From The Interior Plateau, British Columbia - Check out Lecture Series for more information.
Apr 27 - 2021 KEG Technical Talks -Dianne Mitchinson, Research Associate at the Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) at UBC and Dave Sacco, Senior surficial exploration specialist at Palmer - Uncovering the Quesnel Terrane: Geoscience BC’s Central Interior Copper-Gold Research Projects
The Kamloops Exploration Group is hosting a Virtual Scavenger Hunt that will take you to interesting places around Kamloops, BC, Canada, without having to leave your home. We will introduce you to interesting geological sites and some interesting mining or mining related sites. The event will run for the month of May. You could even win a KEG dragon, created by local artist Doug Flach.
Try it by clicking here!
May 11 - Virtual Prospector Showcase - more details here!
May 25 - Virtual Prospector Showcase - more details here!
Check out more fun contests and information about BC Mining Month:
MineralsEd Mining Month Virtual Scavenger Hunt MABC Mining Month
*please note that in-person events may be cancelled due to public health restrictions*
November 20 - Fall Ask A Geologist - The Kamloops Museum & Archives - 1 PM - 3 PM - More information to come
Have a very Merry Christmas and all the best in the New Year!!