EVENTS (October 23, 2000)

Oct. 30-Nov. 1 Earth Technologies Forum Conference on Climate Change and Ozone Protection — Hyatt Regency, Washington, D.C. Tel: (703) 807-4052. Fax: (703) 528-1734. E-mail: earthforum@alcalde-fay.com. Web site: www.earthforum.com

Nov. 1-3 Alaska Mining Association Convention — Sheraton Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska. Contact Steve Borell. Phone: (907) 563-9229.

Nov. 1-4 Newfoundland & Labrador Geological Open House and 48th AGM of Newfoundland Branch of CIM — St. John’s, Nfld. Contact: Norm Mercer. Tel: (709) 729-6193. Fax: (709) 729-4491. E-mail: pub@zeppo.geosurv.gov.nf.ca. Web site: www.gov.nf.ca

Nov. 3-4 PGM Exploration — Short course. Organizers: Laurentian University, University of Toronto and University of Western Ontario. To be held at Laurentian University Campus, Sudbury, Ont. Tel: (705) 673-6575. E-mail: judd_fee@hotmail.com. Web site: www.lurentian.ca/www/geology/department.htm

Nov. 6-8 New Brunswick Dept. of Natural Resources and Energy: Annual Review of Activities — Sheraton Hotel, Fredericton, N.B. Contact: Carol McNeill-Dobbelsteyn or Don Carroll. Tel: (506) 453-2206. Fax: (506) 453-3671. E-mail: don.carroll@gnb.ca. Web site: www.gnb.ca/0078/minerals/index.htm

Nov. 10-11 Gold in 2000 — Short course. Organizer: Society of Economic Geologists. Cal-Neva Resort Hotel, Lake Tahoe, Nev. Tel: (608) 262-5954. Fax: (608) 262-0693. E-mail: pbrown@geology.wisc.edu

Nov. 12-14 Fifth Annual Nunavut Mining Symposium. Organized by gov’t of Nunavut, Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. Phone: (867) 873-2844. E-mail: marion@outcrop.com. Web site: www.nunavutmining.com

Nov. 13-15 Randol at Vancouver: Global Mining Opportunities — Contact Randol International. Tel: (303) 526-1626. Fax: (303) 526-1650. E-mail: hans@randol.com. Web site: www.randol.com

Nov. 14-15 Mining Matters for Nova Scotia — Conference. Contact Valerie Brisco, Nova Scotia Dept. of Natural Resources, Halifax, N.S. Tel: (902) 424-8633. Fax: (902) 424-7735. E-mail: nsdnrlib@gov.ns.ca. Web site: www.gov.ns.ca/natr/meb

Nov. 16-18 Manitoba Mining & Minerals Convention — Winnipeg, Man. Contact: Bob Sales. Tel: (204) 945-8093 or (800) 223-5215. Fax: (204) 945-8427. E-mail: convention@em.gov.mb.ca. Web site: www.gov.mb.ca

Nov. 18-21 28th Annual Geoscience Forum — Whitehorse, Y.T. Sponsored by the governments of the Yukon and the Northwest Territories. Contact Al Doherty. Tel: (867) 667-2090. Fax: (867) 668-7127. Web site: www.gov.yk.ca or www www.gov.nt.ca

Nov. 22-24 Argentina Gold 2000 — Third int’l seminar on gold mining. Organizer: Panorama Minero, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tel: (54-11) 4962 8157. Fax: (54-11) 4963 7307. E-mail: pminero@panoramaminero.com.ar. Web Site: www.panoramaminero.com.ar

Dec. 4-8 Northwest Mining Association: 106th Annual Meeting — Exposition and short courses. Spokane, Wash. Tel: (509) 624-1158. Fax: (509) 624-1241. E-mail: nwma@nwma.org. Web site: www.nwma.org

Jan. 1-31, 2001 33rd Annual Canadian Mineral Processors Conference — Ottawa. Contact R.J. MacDonald. Tel: (613) 996-2283. Fax: (613) 996-9041.

Jan. 22, 2001 Mining in Transition: Consolidation, Returns and Shareholder Value — 12th symposium of the Mineral Economics Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum. Sheraton Hotel, Toronto. Contact Jane Spooner. Tel: (416) 362-5135. Fax: (416) 362-5763. E-mail: mes2001@istar.ca. Web Site: www.cim.org/mes/mes.html

Jan. 23-26, 2001 18th Annual Cordilleran Exploration Roundup — Convention to be hald at Hotel Vancouver-Hyatt Regency, Vancouver, B.C. Organizer: B.C. & Yukon Chamber of Mines. Tel: (604) 681-5328. E-mail: chamber@chamberofmines.bc.ca. Web Site: www.chambeofmines.bc.ca/rdup2001

Jan. 28-31 Int’l Society of Explosives Engineers — 27th Annual Conference. Hyatt Orlando, Fla. Tel: (440) 349-4004. Fax: (440) 349-3788. E-mail: davis@isee.org Web Site: www.isee.org

Feb. 6-8 Sixth Annual Investing in African Mining Conference (Indaba 2001) Organizer: Int’l Investment Conferences, Cape Sun InterContinental Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa. Tel: (305) 669-1963. Fax: (305) 669-0404. E-mail: iiconf@iiconf.com. Web site: www.iiconf.com