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             ***** MINES AND MINERALS EVENTS IN ONTARIO ******

    
Apr. 13 - 14	Brantford Geo-Rama; Paris Fairgrounds. Contact Jean 
    		Moser (905) 628-6298

Apr. 16 - 17  	Northwestern Ontario Mines & Minerals Symposium;
    		Valhalla Inn, Thunder Bay, for more info contact Moe Lavigne
    		807-475-1331 or e-mail lavigne_m@thbv01.ndm.gov.on.ca

Apr. 17 - 20	Professional Development seminar on "Geomechanics Issues for
		Excavations at Depth", cosponsored by Laurentian University
		and Ministry of Northern Development and Mines; Willet Green 
		Miller Centre, Sudbury. Contact Dick Cowan (705) 670-5784

Apr. 26 - 28	Toronto Gem & Mineral Show; Oriole Community Centre,
		2975 Don Mills Road, North York. Contact (514) 689-2701

Apr.29 - May5   Ontario Mining Week:
May 1 		Sudbury Meet the Miners Reception; Science North
		  Cavern. Contact Elaine MacDonald (705) 966-3411 ext 6172
May 2		Provincial Meet the Miners Reception; Queen's Park, Toronto
		Contact Ken Steele (416) 314-3792

July 19 - 21	Sudbury Gem & Mineral Show; Carmichael Arena, Sudbury.
		Contact Ruth Debicki (705) 670-5785 (wk); 522-5140 (hm)

Aug. 1 - 4	Bancroft Rockhound Gemboree; North Hastings Community Centre,
		Bancroft. Contact Bancroft Chamber of Commerce (613) 332-1513



********* ONTARIO MINES & MINERALS INFORMATION ON-LINE FROM NRCan ***********

The Ontario 'Mines and Minerals Weekly Bulletin', featuring Ontario and 
International news relating to mining and exploration in Ontario can be 
accessed every week through the Natural Resources Canada gopher server 
[gopher.nrcan.gc.ca ]-- go to Main Menu item #2 (NRCan Info), then #6 
(Mining Sector), then #4 (Provincial Mining Communiques). The latest 
Weekly Bulletin gets added to the bottom of the menu.
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Are you a student needing information for school projects?  A teacher looking 
for new resource material?  Curious about the rock you dug up in the garden?  
The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines has the information to help you:

	Mines and Minerals Information Centre
	Room M2-17, Macdonald Block, Queens Park
	900 Bay Street, Toronto  M7A 1C3

	phone:				(416) 314-3800
	toll free in Ontario:		1-800-665-4480
	collect from outside Ontario:	0-416-314-3800
	fax:				(416) 314-3797
	Internet:	(Janet Heitshu)	heitshj@gov.on.ca

For publication sales (maps, reports etc.), contact the Mines and Minerals 
Information Centre in Toronto (ABOVE), or contact the:

	MNDM Publication Sales Centre
	Willet Green Miller Centre
	933 Ramsey Lake Road
	Sudbury Ontario Canada P3E 6B5
	phone:				(705) 670-5691
	fax:				(705) 670-5770
	Internet:			pub_sales@torv05.ndm.gov.on.ca

In the Sudbury area you can call the Mineral Policy and Information Section at 
(705) 670-5620, or you can contact the Resident Geologists' offices in
Kenora, Red Lake, Sioux Lookout, Thunder Bay, Timmins, Kirkland Lake, Sault 
Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Cobalt, Tweed or London -- see the Blue Pages in your 
phone book or call the Mines and Minerals Information Centre for phone numbers.
Our Resident Geologists are also experts on the geology, mineral collecting 
sites etc. of their respective areas. 

For information about mineral rights, claim staking, claim maps etc., contact 
your local MNDM Mining Recorder office in Kenora, Red Lake, Sioux Lookout, 
Thunder Bay, Timmins, Kirkland Lake, Sault Ste. Marie or Sudbury, or contact 
the Mines and Minerals Information Centre in Toronto.

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Jim Webb                               Mineral Sector Analysis Branch
Information Coordinator                Ministry of Northern Development
                                        and Mines
Internet: webbj@gov.on.ca              6th floor, Willet Green Miller Ctr.
E-mail: webb_j@torv05.ndm.gov.on.ca    933 Ramsey Lake Road
				       Sudbury, Ontario  P3E 6B5
                                       tel 705-670-5889; fax 705-670-5807
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