YOOP Hall, Dawson City (KPMA Members Only)

The 2017 Yukon Placer Forum is fast approaching. We hope to see you all there as well as at the following reception. See below for the complete list of speakers and to RSVP.

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
867-667-8514

Art and Margaret Fry Arena
Dinner and Doors at 6:00, band at 9:00
Featuring Musical Entertainment by
SOUL MIGRATION
Tickets $60 ages 19 and over, $30 ages 7-18, kids 6 and under are FREE
Available at the Eldorado Hotel
Brought to you by FINNING CANADA

The 2018 Yukon Geological Survey's Placer Forum is coming soon! Be sure to hang around afterward for a beverage and a snack at the KPMA's reception brought to you by Finning Canada.

The McLean Girls with guests The Nashville Nuggets

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.