The Geological Association of Canada Cordilleran Section is happy to welcome you to its online home. Please feel free to get up to date with talks & workshops happening all over B.C. and the Yukon. Have a browse through our photo archive or geology resources. Questions regarding our organization or website can be forwarded by email. Check back for the lastest news regarding geology talks and courses being offered all over the Cordillera. Happy browsing.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
The next talk in Cordilleran Section's once-a-month Exploration Breakfast Series – a series designed to promote discussion of early stage Cordilleran exploration projects, to provide a professional networking opportunity, as well as to focus dialogue and encourage idea exchange – will be on Amarc Resources' Newton Gold Property and Plateau Gold-Copper Belt and will be presented by Mark Rebagliati of Amarc Resources Ltd, on Tuesday May 4th, 2010 . To attend this talk please pre-register no later than April 29th by email to: morning_talks@gac-cs.ca
The talks are intended to provide geologists and companies with the opportunity to showcase projects and/or exploration ideas, with a focus on geological concepts, mineral deposit models or exploration technology that can be tested in an informal, interactive environment. Setting and presentations will be informal. These talks will be of interest to all geologists working in the Canadian Cordillera as well as investment analysts who follow junior companies
A continental style breakfast will be provided. Meetings will take about an hour.
Anyone wishing to make a presentation should contact the Cordilleran Section by email at: morning_talks@gac-cs.ca.
When: 7:15 – 8:30 am, First Tuesday of each month
Where: YWCA - Welch Rooms 1 & 2, 4th Floor, 535 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC
Cost: $15 (please pay at the door).
Saturday, April 10, 2010
The Cordilleran Section of GAC invites you to its second annual Cordilleran Metallogeny Workshop, and associated Porphyry Field Trip (new this year):
Cordilleran Metallogeny: Porphyry Settings
Tuesday, April 27, 2010. 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Vancouver Convention Centre
Downtown Vancouver
Mark April 27th in your calendar. The GAC-Cordilleran Section invites you to its second annual Cordilleran Metallogeny Workshop. This year's theme is Porphyry Settings. With a focus on British Columbia and Yukon , we will look beyond the pit limits and examine the tectonic settings and broader geological controls of Cordilleran porphyry deposits.
For more information click here
New this year
Post-workshop Porphyry Field Trip
April 28 and 29, 2010
On April 28, we will visit Copper Mountain in the morning and Highland Valley in the afternoon, ending up overnighting in Kamloops . On April 29, we will tour Abacus' Afton- Ajax Project . In the afternoon, representatives of Imperial Metals (Mt. Polley), Serengeti Resources (Kwanika) and possibly other active northern BC porphyry projects, will provide core shack displays and geological discussions prior to our return to Vancouver .
For more information click here
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
The next talk in Cordilleran Section's once-a-month Exploration Breakfast Series – a series designed to promote discussion of early stage Cordilleran exploration projects, to provide a professional networking opportunity, as well as to focus dialogue and encourage idea exchange – will be on the The Rau Project: A Nevada-style Gold Deposit in the Yukon and will be presented by Dr. Rob Carne of ATAC Resources Ltd, on Tuesday April 6th, 2010 . To attend this talk please pre-register no later than March 26th by email to: morning_talks@gac-cs.ca
The talks are intended to provide geologists and companies with the opportunity to showcase projects and/or exploration ideas, with a focus on geological concepts, mineral deposit models or exploration technology that can be tested in an informal, interactive environment. Setting and presentations will be informal. These talks will be of interest to all geologists working in the Canadian Cordillera as well as investment analysts who follow junior companies
A continental style breakfast will be provided. Meetings will take about an hour.
Anyone wishing to make a presentation should contact the Cordilleran Section by email at: morning_talks@gac-cs.ca.
When: 7:15 – 8:30 am, First Tuesday of each month
Where: YWCA - Welch Rooms 1 & 2, 4th Floor, 535 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC
Cost: $15 (please pay at the door).
Saturday, February 20, 2010
The Cordilleran Section is pleased to host two upcoming workshops: the TGI3 - Public Geoscience in Support of Base Metal Exploration (March 22nd, 2010) and the Cordilleran Metallogeny Workshop - Porphyry Settings (April 27th, 2010).