[BCMA] AME BC Hosts Exploration Days at Britannia Mine Museum - April 19-21

Tue Apr 10 15:26:52 PDT 2012

AME BC Hosts Exploration Days at Britannia Mine Museum
Association for Mineral Exploration BC Celebrates 100th Anniversary
Thursday, April 19  Saturday, April 21, 2012

2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the Association for Mineral Exploration
British Columbia (AME BC). Established in 1912, AME BC represents thousands
of members from the mining and minerals industry who are engaged in mineral
exploration and development in BC and throughout the world. Through
leadership, advocacy, and partnerships, AME BC promotes a healthy
environment and business climate for the mineral exploration industry.

AME BC will host a three-day event for Exploration Days at the Britannia
Mine Museum from Thursday, April 19 to Saturday, April 21. During these
days, students and the general public will be able to take part in a variety
of interactive activities demonstrating what life as a mineral explorer is
like. Activities will explore how modern techniques such as geological
mapping, aeromagnetic surveys (the metal detector in the sky) have led to
the evolution of exploration, and how water is treated and cleaned at
Britannia Mine. Tours of the EPCOR Britannia Mine Water Treatment Plant will
also be available on a first-come-first-serve basis.

On Saturday, April 21, professional gold panner Yukon Dan will be back to
give hands-on gold panning demonstrations.

Visitors can enjoy the usual crowd favourites such as the underground mine
train and gold panning, tour the historic 20-storey Mill building, check out
the company gift store, and kids can amuse themselves in the children's play
area while parents enjoy a relaxing coffee.

To learn more about AME BC, visit www.amebc.ca. The AME BC Exploration Days
at the Britannia Mine Museum is free for members or with regular museum
admission.

The Britannia Mine Museum is open seven days a week from 9:00am to 5:30pm
with regular guided tours of the underground mine throughout the day (last
tour at 4pm). 

About the Britannia Mine Museum:

The Britannia Mine Museum is a mining legacy site and a vibrant,
internationally recognized education and tourist destination located between
Vancouver and Whistler on the Sea-to-Sky highway. It is both a National
Historic Site and a BC Historic Landmark, and was established in 1974 as a
non-profit organization to celebrate the contributions of mining and
minerals to society, the history of the storied Britannia Beach community
and the ideas and practices of environmental renewal and sustainability. It
promotes mining awareness through entertaining, experiential education
programs, important historic collection preservation and insightful public
engagement that allows guests to leave with a better understanding of mining
in BC; past, present and future. www.britanniaminemuseum.ca
<applewebdata://F4419268-C37E-41CC-A987-3F7C14094030/www.britanniaminemuseum
.ca> . 

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Yvonne Chiang, Publicist
Britannia Mine Museum
604-880-5090
E: yvonne at blueskycommunications.ca <mailto:yvonne at blueskycommunications.ca>
W: www.britanniaminemuseum.ca

T: www.twitter.com/BritanniaMine
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