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Check out our latest video! Please check out our latest video “It’s In Our Stories” today” Discussions around gold royalty rates have been ongoing for much of my near 35 years in the placer mining industry, and are usually motivated by three common factors; ignorance, greed and envy. I will attempt to address the topic accordingly. First of all, Yukon placer mines are not corporate, we are largely family based. Publicly-traded […] Dawson – On Monday September 11th, placer miner Stuart Schmidt unearthed an intact skull of the now extinct North American Helmeted Muskoxen, Bootherium bombifrons, a distant relative of today’s tundra muskox. The discovery was made on Canyon Creek, a tributary of Little Blanche Creek in the Indian River valley south of Dawson City. “I just […] Dawson – Klondike Placer Miners’ Association (KPMA) held a successful Annual General Meeting last week at the YOOP Hall which saw the re-election of board members Dan Caley, Mike Heisey, Neil Loveless, John McConnell and Stuart Schmidt. KPMA bylaws determine that approximately one half of the directors be elected every other year for a two-year […] A carbon tax is coming next year and the Yukon government expects it to add 2.33 cents per litre to the price of gasoline in 2018. This will rise to approximately 11.63 cents per litre in 2022. We strongly encourage all placer miners and Yukoners to take a few minutes to complete the survey which […] The governments of Canada and Yukon jointly announced $360 Million in road upgrades which would include the Dawson Range. Read more at the link below! http://www.gov.yk.ca/news/17-177.html http://www.gov.yk.ca/news/17-107.html http://www.gov.yk.ca/news/17-011.html Check it out now!Latest Video “It’s In Our Daily Lives” now online!
ICYMI, It’s In Our Communities video is online!
New Video “It’s In Our Stories” Now Online!
Open Letter on Placer Gold Royalties from KPMA President
Exciting Paleontological Find on Yukon Placer Mine
Klondike Placer Miners’ Association Holds Successful Annual General Meeting
Government Seeking Feedback on Carbon Tax and Marijuana
Investment in Resource Roads Announced
Funding for Mineral Exploration Projects
Government of Yukon provides financial assistance to mineral sector organizations
New KPMA Video on Social Media!
UPCOMING EVENTS
KPMA 40th Annual BBQ and Dance
Doors at 5:30, Dinner at 6:00, Show at 7:15
Adult (19+) $65
Youth (15-18) $30
Children (6-14) $20
5 and under Free
(capacity permitting, extra tickets to the dance after dinner will be sold at the door for $30)
On sale now at the Eldorado Hotel in Dawson, cash only!
Proudly brought to you by our friends at Finning and Victoria Gold Corp.
PAST EVENTS
Yukon Women in Mining Extravaganza
KPMA Spring Meeting
Dawson City International Gold Show
KPMA Barbeque and Dance
Yukon Discovery Day Weekend & Festival
KPMA Annual General Meeting
And be sure to stick around for the industry appreciation reception hosted by Technic, starting at 7 pm at the Eldorado.
We hope to see you there!Yukon Placer Forum
ADMISSION FREE!
8:30 - 9:00 Meet and Greet
9:00 - 9:30 Yukon Placer Industry Overview
Jeff Bond and Sydney van Loon (Yukon Geological Survey)
9:30 - 9:50 Placer gold grains are really complicated things
Dr. Rob Chapman - (Leeds University)
9:50 - 10:10 Evolution of placer deposits in Gladstone Creek
Derek Cronmiller (Simon Fraser University)
10:10 - 10:30 Evaluating the placer potential of the Coffee Creek district
Shawn Ryan (Ryanwood Exploration)
10:30 - 10:50 coffee break
10:50 - 11:10 Tr’ondëk–Klondike: Culture and Co-existence
Molly Shore (Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in)
11:10 - 11:30 Landscape antiquity and modelling ancient drainage reversals of southern Yukon
James J. Ryan, Nathan Hayward and Lionel E. Jackson (Geological Survey of Canada)
11:30 - 11:50 Little Squaw Placer Deposit, Nyac Mining – Alaska
Randy Clarkson (New Era Engineering)
11:50 - 11:55 Klondike Placer Miners Association - Video (Jonas Smith)
11:55 - 12:05 Yukon Beringia Research Award (Presented by Minister Jeanie Dendys)
12:05 - 1:00 Lunch (provided)
1:00 - 1:05 Afternoon opening remarks
Minister Ranj Pillai
1:05 - 1:35 Fish habitat management system and placer mining
CMI, DFO and KPMA
1:35 - 1:50 Historic Placer Files Update
Sydney van Loon (Yukon Geological Survey)
1:50 - 2:10 Archaeology of the Klondike
Christian Thomas and Ty Heffner (Heritage Resources)
2:10 - 2:30 coffee break
2:30 - 2:50 Bird Communities in Passively Reclaimed Placer Mines in the Klondike
Gold Fields -- There's No Comparison
Allison Patterson and Mike Setterington (EDI)
2:50 - 3:10 Wetland Map: Indian River Valley and Tributaries
Karen McKenna (CryoGeographic) and Robin McKillop (Palmer Environmental Consulting Group)
3:10 - 3:30 Indian River floodplain evolution
Jeff Bond and Sydney van Loon (Yukon Geological Survey)
3:30 - 4:00 CAT Undercarriage works and wear
Finning
4:00 - 5:30 Reception hosted by the KPMA & sponsored by Finning
PLEASE RSVP
Jeff Bond
Sydney van Loon
867-667-8514Save the Date - KPMA Gold Show Meeting May 18 2018
KPMA Barbeque and Dance
Dinner and Doors at 6:00, band at 9:00
Featuring Musical Entertainment by
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Tickets $60 ages 19 and over, $30 ages 7-18, kids 6 and under are FREE
Available at the Eldorado Hotel
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