Mining Tour

A decade of digging Deep into Modern Mining, Mineral Exploration, Geology, and Environmental Connections

These tours are open to educators at the elementary and secondary level, post secondary and other educational institutions and individuals from companies/organizations and/or communities with links to mining and mineral resources.

A $50 application fee is required for each tour. All other costs are subsidized. The application fee will be reimbursed to any participants who are either not accepted into a tour OR at the conclusion of full participation in one of the mining tours (as this fee is being sponsored).  Participants who are accepted into a tour and then cancel their registration will not be refunded the application fee.

Tours

MINERAL RESOURCE and MINING TOUR

Join us in Sudbury for a 2 day program that focuses on providing a foundation and understanding of Earth science and mineral resources. Learn the fundamentals of mineral and rock identification and the early phases of the mine life cycle.  Visit local sites of interest to develop an understanding of the geology of the area as well as important re-greening efforts.  The tour will include a day visit to an underground mine and processing site in the Sudbury area, as well as a tour/presentation at Dynamic Earth, and geology/re-greening field tours.

This tour is open to educators at the elementary and secondary level, post secondary and other educational institutions and individuals from companies/organizations and/or communities with links to mining and mineral resources

 

Mineral Resources and Mining Foundations

Learn the fundamentals of mineral and rock identification and the early phases of the mine life cycle, including prospecting. Visit local sites of interest to develop an understanding of the importance of field observation to teaching and learning.

Life in a Mining Camp

Join us in northwestern Ontario for a snapshot into the life of an employee at Impala Canada’s, Lac Des Iles Palladium Mine. Spend two days on the mine site, where you will have the opportunity to meet industry professionals, tour the underground operation, tour the mill where the ore is processed, and visit the open pit and other aspects of the surface operations.

This tour is open to educators at the elementary and secondary level, post secondary and other educational institutions and individuals from companies/organizations and/or communities with links to mining and mineral resources.