NWT Mining Week Poster - June 8-13, 2015

8 June 2015

Something every day!

  • June 8 – NWT Diamond Centre cutting and polishing open house
  • June 9 – Downtown rock-walk with ITI geologist and staff; NWT Mine Training Society’s mining simulator; Public talk on mining heritage – Ryan Silke on “Yellowknife… the Founding of a Gold Town” (Bring your rocks for a geologist to identify) 
  • June 10 – NWT/NU Chamber of Mines open house with Mining Heritage  Society. Rocks and minerals display. Meet a geologist
  • June 11 – NWT Mine Training Society/Aurora College/ ECE career awareness opportunities. Laptop mining simulators. Prospectors Trail walk at Fred Henne Park - with ITI Geologist interpreting the local geology
  • June 12 – Rocks and minerals display by CanNor; Industry, Tourism and Investment; NWT Geological Survey
  • June 13 – Mine Rescue Competition hosted by Workers’ Safety and Compensation  Commission. Miners’ Picnic hosted by NWT/NU Chamber of Mines – Free barbecue and activities for all ages

Check out the link to the poster below!