Volume 22, no. 3 Summer 2005 Inverness to Host First Atlantic In This Issue Stone Carving Symposium

Inverness to Host First Atlantic Stone This summer, eight Canadian artists Visitors to the event can witness the de- Carving Symposium will participate in the first stone velopment of a stone sculpture from start carving symposium in Atlantic Can- to finish. The carvers will be set up in a Fundy Geological Museum Greets ada. Over a two week period from beautiful location in Inverness, adjacent to 250,000th Visitor August 28th to September 10th, the the new building of the Inverness County public will have a chance to look Centre for the Arts, overlooking the ocean Scenes of Geological Interest over the shoulders of artists while and just an hour’s drive from the quarry. they create unique sculptures out of Stone carving symposia originated in Prospectors Examine Marble and Skarn in Canadian marble. All artists will 1959 in Austria. Since then they have be- Cape Breton carve marble that has been extracted come important cultural events in Europe From the Mineral Inventory Files from a new quarry on Cape Breton and Asia and are established as re- Island owned by MacLeod Re- occurring showcases for contemporary art April - June Open Assessment Reports sources. The company markets a va- in connection with specific local resources. riety of intensely coloured and richly Symposia in locations like Carrara, Italy, A New Policy Governing Marble veined marble that is being exported the Mecca of stone sculpture, attract thou- as far as Italy, where it competes sands of visitors and are prestigious events Joggins: World Heritage Initiative Gains with the world’s finest marble. for the invited artists. Steam

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Doug MacDonald Editor, Minerals Update Mineral Resources Branch P.O. Box 698, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada B3J 2T9 Phone 902-424-2510 E-mail [email protected] Link to a full-colour .pdf: http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/meb/pdf/mu.htm

Photo of the MacLeod Resources quarry near River Denys, Inverness County. Nova Scotia Minerals Update Summer 2005

Vanessa Paschakarnis, artist and Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation have Professor of Sculpture at Southern been working to realize an event that will Methodist University’s Meadows help root this long tradition of stone sculp- School of the Arts in Dallas, TX, is the ture symposia on Canadian soil. This will organizer of this event. She grew up in be the first event of its kind in Atlantic Germany and after immigrating to At- Canada, and one of very few such events in lantic Canada she started to spend North America. months at a time in Italy to devote her The finished sculptures will be exhib- time to carving stone. After visiting the ited at the new Inverness County Centre MacLeod Quarry in River Denys in its for the Arts in Inverness and will then beginning stages she convinced Christo- travel for the period of one year to the pher Trider, President and founder, to main sponsors of the event. They will be host a symposium with his beautiful available for sale afterwards. Make a plan stone right there – in Cape Breton. to visit Inverness in the late summer. Don’t For two years a group of dedicated ness, Strait-Highlands Regional Devel- miss this opportunity to see one of Nova people connected to the Inverness opment Agency, Nova Scotia Tourism, Scotia’s mineral resources turned into County Centre for the Arts, the Cape Culture and Heritage, the Nova Scotia beautiful works of art! Breton Centre for Craft and Design, the Department of Natural Resources, the Municipality of the County of Inver- Office of Economic Development and Mike MacDonald Fundy Geological Museum Greets 250,000th Visitor

On 2 July 2005, the Fundy Geological hibits, talks, guided walks and work- and mineral occurrences. Some of the Museum in Parrsboro, Cumberland shops, as well as the commercial ex- walks include: County, welcomed its 250,000th visi- hibits of minerals, gems, fossils and ● Five Islands Provincial Park, August tor. This is the museum’s twelfth year lapidary supplies. This event is fun and 27. Cliffs at the park tell a story of Tri- of operation and the 2005 summer sea- educational for the whole family. assic sand dunes and Jurassic lava son is showing promise to be busier The preparation of fossil material flows during the age of the dinosaurs. than usual. collected during “Prosauropod Dino- ● Red Rocks - McGahey Brook, August After a lull in the Elderhostel saur Dig 2004” will continue through- 28. The Cobequid-Chedabucto Fault “Geological Safari” over the past two out the summer. Financial assistance Zone, which extends across Nova Sco- summers, the program has thrived this for the dig was obtained from Heritage tia (see article on page 3), marks the year. Twenty-seven participants at- Canada, through the Young Canada collision of the ancient North America tended the June session, starting in Works in Heritage Institutions pro- with an ancient African continent 400 Halifax and traveling to a number of gram. Human Resources and Skills million years ago. The spectacular local attractions and geological sec- Development Canada provided funding folds and faults exposed along the tions throughout northwestern Nova for three students to assist Lab Man- shore between Red Rocks and McGa- Scotia. A similar trip for early Septem- aged Kathy Goodwin in the paleontol- hey Brook, in Cape Chignecto Provin- ber is fully enrolled already. The ogy work. For more information on cial Park, record the birth of the super Elderhostel program helps the museum “Project Prosauropod” access the pro- continent Pangea. develop regional partnerships. ject’s web site (http://www.museum. The new Geological Highway Map of Staff members and volunteers are gov.ns.ca/fgm/lab/lab.html). the Province of Nova Scotia is an invalu- currently preparing for the 40th Anni- Another popular program this sum- able resource, and a “must-buy” for many versary of the Nova Scotia Gem and mer is the series of Fundy Geological museum visitors. With 250,000 visitors Mineral Show, formerly known as the Museum Curatorial Field Trips. This through the doors, the museum has pro- Rockhound Roundup, from August 19- series of interpretive walks in July and vided geological information to the public, 21. This year the event is dedicated to August will help you discover the as well as research and curatorial programs Marilyn Smith, who passed away in areas’s rich geological and natural his- for professionals. For more information on November 2004. Marilyn helped co- tory. The tours generally depart from the Fundy Geological Museum and its pro- ordinate the Gem and Mineral Show the museum and last from three to six grams, please access the museum’s website during its early years and, as museum hours. The Parrsboro area has an ex- (http://fundygeo.museum.gov.ns.ca) or call Education Officer, fostered its growth ceptional number of features related to 1-866-865-DINO. over the last twelve years. This year’s glaciation, Acadian dykes, wetlands event will feature demonstrations, ex- and tidal marshes, bedrock exposures Ken Adams, Museum Director

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Scenes of Geological Interest The Cobequid Fault at Parrsboro, Nova Scotia

The Cobequid Fault, shown above, is a a local zone of movement, but the years ago the CCFZ became one of the major topographic expression in the Cobequid Fault is an important rifts that began to widen, splitting up the western part of northern Nova Scotia structure with two branches, which super-continent Pangea. The rift stopped as well as an important geological have greatly influenced Nova Scotia’s opening and, therefore, southern Nova boundary. The image was taken north geological history. The east-west Scotia is still attached without an ocean of Parrsboro at Kirkhill above branch joins the Chedabucto Fault in between it and northern Nova Scotia. Highway 209 to Advocate Harbour. the vicinity of Lansdowne ( Knowing the significance of the Greville Bay, with its excellent County). From there the Chedabucto Cobequid Fault is a matter of scale. exposures of the fault, is visible at the Fault can be traced eastward past Understanding small areas on either side upper left. Canso to the edge of the continental of the CCFZ did not allow geologists to A pronounced scarp marks the shelf. The other branch goes appreciate the importance of this linear trace of the fault because the northeastward from the Mount Thom boundary. Only when large scale rocks on either side have different area to form the northern boundary of differences were defined, such as fossil susceptibilities to weathering. The the Basin where significant realms and the mineralogy of granites, harder rocks, which are also older, lie amounts of coal have been mined. did the importance of the fault become to the north of the fault (to the right of The east-west fault system is called known. Now we know that the Cobequid the scarp on the image). Rocks to the the Cobequid–Chedabucto Fault Zone Fault is only a small part of the major north are interpreted to belong to the (CCFZ). Movement on the CCFZ is east-west boundary between the Avalon Early Carboniferous Horton Group. certainly more than 1000 km between Terrane to the north and Meguma Those to the south are younger and are 440 and 60 million years ago. There Terrane to the south. Late Carboniferous in age. appears to have been little movement It may be hard to imagine that this after 60 million years ago. During the fault scarp represents much more than period of 200 to perhaps 180 million Continued on page 6

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Prospectors Examine Marble and Skarn in Cape Breton The Nova Scotia Prospectors Sunday’s weather was just as hot as great interest for mineralization, Association (NSPA) 2005 Field Trip the day before, and the field trip exploration history and fabulous gossan began on Friday night, June 24. participants began with a brief stop at development in Precambrian skarns. The Thirty prospectors gathered for the the Sydney Tar Ponds and a discussion final stop of the field trip was at trip. After meeting at the Skye Lodge of the remediation plan and the Frenchvale, where a new occurrence of in Port Hastings, the group walked to potential use of the clay seen at Eden corundum has created great interest on the a mineral occurrence close to a the day before. Next came a visit to the part of many Nova Scotia prospectors. The contact at the base of the Windsor former steel production site, and an in- corundum is easily found in the pit, as long Group on MacKeen Point, where depth look at the limy slag deposits as you know just where to look, and what impressive hydrothermal formed in Sydney Harbour. Just ‘slag’ to look for. Everyone went home happy mineralization in the range of 2 to 3% you might think, but Dan Hemming of and with a heavy pack, and all agreed that zinc is displayed in the underlying the Sysco Slag Division pointed out NSPA Field Trip 2005 was a great success. Horton Group. Coarse calcite and many unique properties of this material. barite occur in tension gashes in the The hardness for building backfill, Ron Mills Windsor Group rocks at this site. porosity for the manufacture of high R- The next morning shone bright factor cement, permeability and and began with discussions about alkaline nature of this remarkable industrial minerals, the core of the material all became apparent at this mining industry in this province. The stop. prospectors began Saturday looking In contrast to the stops in Sydney, at a building stone candidate most of Sunday’s stops were more of (Diogenes Brook Marble) and a bulk the hard-rock mineralization variety, lime target on River Denys consisting mainly of skarns, which are Mountain, and discussed the silicate rocks produced through exploration taking place around them metasomatic replacement of limy today. The Diogenes Cave was the carbonates in a contact metamorphic last stop in the Glendale area, where aureole. They are, therefore, usually members were invited to see the found in altered limestone close to stream disappear into the mountain, igneous contacts (volcanic or plutonic then reappear 200 m away. Then it rocks), fairly common in the Boisdale was on to Kennedy Brook and the Hills. Prospectors learned about skarn MacLeod Resources marble mineralogies, how they are usually operation there. This impressive stop dominated by garnet and pyroxene, and featured a discussion of the how mineralogy is the key to Precambrian genesis of the marble, recognizing skarns. They were also the wire-line cutting operations in the coached on understanding how the pit, and the cutting and polishing reaction formed within a skarn often routines at the mill. produces well developed gossans, The next stop was Eden, where which are usually involved in the federal-provincial Targeted discoveries of skarn-related Geoscience Initiative (Phase 1 and mineralization at the prospecting stage. follow-up work) is credited with the After a brief discussion of skarn discovery of a new source of pure environments it was off to the Scotch clay in massive quantity. Our final Lake quarry, a spectacular exposure of stop of the day was at Marble beautiful altered marble 100 m long by Mountain, where members were 50 m high. treated to a short historical lecture in Gossans once again became the the pit and where, after collecting a order of the day and were observed at Prospectors scale the falls at River Denys few choice samples, several members Barachois, where the participants also while examining karst features near the took the opportunity to swim in the collected magnetite specimens from a Diogenese Brook Cave. Karst topography is found mainly on limestone and gypsum, beautiful Bras D’Or Lakes at Marble former mine site. Between Barachois primarily by dissolution. The topography is Mountain Beach to escape the 30°C and Frenchvale, the Rifle Range and characterized by sinkholes, caves and heat. Krumrine base metal quarries held underground drainage.

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From the Mineral Inventory Files The New Ross Manganese Mines: Square Peg in a Round Hole A few years ago I did some work at the on two pyrolusite veins northeast of hosted in fault zones within granite and New Ross Manganese Mines, north of the Cain shaft and underground dia- associated with low- to high-temperature New Ross, Lunenburg County (Fig. 1). mond-drilling confirmed Mn-oxide to alteration, are clearly are not classic From a global perspective, manganese 104 m depth (Fig. 1). ‘sedimentary Mn deposits’. The late-stage (Mn) deposits are almost always con- In 1985 the Department of Mines leucogranites acted as a source of mag- fined to sedimentary rocks and formed and Energy drilled three diamond-drill matic fluids and heat to run a convective by near-surface sedimentary processes holes of 123, 220 and 452 m depth be- hydrothermal system. Magmatically de- that are intrinsic to the formation of low the Dean and Chapter workings to rived fluids, escaping from the late-stage their host rocks. My attempt to fit what examine the ‘roots’ of the mineralized granites, migrated out through the carapace I was finding at New Ross into existing zone. The drill core showed that in- of previously crystallized granite along genetic models for Mn deposits was tense argillic and hematite alteration fault zones. Alteration of the previously like ramming a square peg into a round typically associated with the Mn min- crystallized granite carapace released, hole. You see, the New Ross deposits eralization extends to great depth and among other elements, large amounts of occur in granites of the South Moun- grades into higher temperature altera- Fe, Mn, Si, P and F. The fluids met and tain Batholith, as lenses and pods of the tion facies such as mica-episyenite, mixed with deep formational waters and, Mn-oxides pyrolusite, manganite and silicification and albitization. In addi- eventually, with highly oxidized, near- psilomelane in northeast-trending fault tion, a leucogranite intrusion was en- surface, meteoric waters. This resulted in zones. They are rare among Mn depos- countered at depth which is believed to massive dumping of Fe and Mn in the form its: New Ross and the Romanèche Mn have played either a direct (fluid and of Fe- and Mn-oxides within the fault deposit in the Massif Centrale of metal input) or indirect (heat for fluid zones. Now the peg is rounded and fits France are the only locations in the convection) role in formation of the quite nicely. world where I have been able to find Mn deposits. that Mn deposits occur in granite in The New Ross deposits, being G. A. O’Reilly mineable proportions. In fact, the New Ross deposits are still the deepest and most extensive underground Mn mines in Canada. Discovered in 1891, manganese was mined at two sites, 3 km apart (Fig. 1). The Cain and Riddle mine opened in the late 1890s and produced from two shafts 60 and 30 m deep. The Dean and Chapter mine opened in 1907 and produced predominantly from three shafts 70, 51 and 51 m deep. Both mines closed in 1921, but the Dean and Chapter mine operated again from 1929 to 1936. A total production figure for both mines of 3,000 tons of 50-60% Mn is considered a minimum given that production figures prior to 1918 were sketchy, at best, as it wasn’t until that year that Mn was formally de- clared a mineral under the Mines Act. Diamond-drilling with some 1940s and 50s exploration programs substan- tially extended the mineralized zones along strike at both mines. An estimate of 15,000 tons of probable and 41,000 tons of possible high purity Mn-oxide was also made. In 1958, Marpic Explo- Figure 1. Geology of the former New Ross manganese mines, Lunenburg County. Inset rations Limited sank a 54 m deep shaft shows the geology of the central region of the South Mountain Batholith.

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Cobequid Fault April - June Open Assessment Reports Continued from page 3 Report Number NTS Licensee AR ME 2001-028 21A/16D True Metallic Explorations Incorporated Another matter of scale surfaces as AR ME 2003-031 11D/11D Allen, L J we contemplate the mineral deposits AR ME 2003-032 20O/16D Champlain Resources Incorporated that are scattered along the fault. 20P/13C Hudgins, A D Immediately off the image to the east 21A/04B is a barite showing that was drilled AR ME 2003-033 11K/03A MGI Limited during the 1970s. Farther eastward is 11K/03D Lynx Minerals Incorporated another barite deposit at Bass River Atlantic Industrial Minerals Incorporated that was mined in the 1980s by Dresser AR ME 2003-034 11F/14C Mercator Geological Services Limited Minerals. Magnetite deposits at Bass MacLennan, L River with interesting cobalt levels Alva Construction Limited (see Nova Scotia Minerals Update v. AR ME 2003-035 21A/04B Hudgins, A D 19, no. 1 and v. 18, no. 4) are found in AR ME 2003-038 11E/05A O'Sullivan, J R the fault zone. Farther east is the Roche, M W former Londonderry Iron District, the AR ME 2003-039 11D/14C MacIntyre, A Mount Thom Cu-Co-Au deposit, Cu- AR ME 2003-043 11F/04D Hudgins, A B Fe showings in the Lansdowne region, 11F/05A Hudgtec Consulting Limited Copper Lake Cu-Co deposit, and many 11F/05B other showings and deposits. All of these deposits occur next to a fault and, Susan Saunders and Norman Lyttle therefore, suggest a connection to the CCFZ. Taken as a group these occurrences strongly suggest an IOCG (iron oxide-copper-gold) association. A New Policy Governing Marble Looking at one occurrence does not give the scale of mineralization. Marble is found in parts of Cape exploration licenses and accepted Lastly, the image shows a level Breton Island and is locally found in assessment work reports for exploration surface south (left) of the fault. This northern mainland Nova Scotia. We and assessment of marble resources. feature is an outwash plain produced often associate fine architecture or Marble is a mineral under the Mineral during the last stages of de-glaciation sculpture, such as Michelangelo’s Resources Act. This was formalized with a about 12,000 years ago. As the glacier David, with fine-grained, sugary policy statement on March 31, 2005. For melted, but didn’t advance, large textured, white marble. Nova Scotia increased clarity, the Department of amounts of mud, sand and gravel were has white varieties and it also has Natural Resources interprets all pre- deposited as a delta into the salt water beautifully textured red, grey and buff Carboniferous carbonate rocks in the of the early Minas Basin. As more of coloured marble. With the province, as shown on the Geological Map the glacier melted, releasing a development of marble resources in the of the Province of Nova Scotia published in tremendous weight of ice, the crust of province, a natural question was: “Is 2000, to be marble. the earth rebounded upward and marble a mineral under the Mineral Howard Donohoe allowed the ancestral Parrsboro River Resources Act?” (not visible in the image) to cut down After an extensive historical review deeper into the outwash plain delta. of legislation it is clear that marble is a From a relatively simple image mineral under the Act. Additionally, comes quite a story. Often our Marble Mountain Quarries Limited of understanding of something does not Marble Mountain, Inverness County, penetrate to all layers of information. applied for and received a “Lease of Sometimes this is a matter of scale. As Mineral” under the Mines Act in 1966 one figuratively ‘steps back’ to look at to operate a mining operation for a larger view, other ‘layers’ of marble. This Lease established a clear information become apparent and the precedent that marble was considered story is more complete. to be a mineral under the mineral resource legislation applicable at the time. The Department of Natural Photo of red marble from the MacLeod Howard Donohoe Resources has routinely issued mineral Resources quarry.

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Joggins: World Heritage Initiative Gains Steam Since being named in May 2004 to the place for the past year and is helping to way off, but a great deal must be achieved all-important Tentative List of future focus the project and to bring provin- before then, in preparation for the crucial World Heritage nominees for Canada, cial resources to bear as needed. Dr. visit by World Heritage representatives the UNESCO World Heritage initiative Scott Swinden represents the Depart- later that year. Before this, a major inter- for Joggins has been steadily gaining ment of Natural Resources on the Advi- pretive centre must be constructed in momentum. The Province of Nova sory Board. A key outcome has been which the story of this unique geological Scotia showed that it would make good the appointment in June of Ms. Jenna site will be told, and a particular challenge, on its promise of support for the project Boon, former Joggins resident, as Sen- that of an operational plan to manage the with the presentation by Hon. Rodney ior Project Manager. Her main respon- site, must be developed and implemented. MacDonald of $1.1 million at Joggins sibility will be to ensure that each Proposals for development of the interpre- in February of this year. working group gets their job done in tive infrastructure from firms that have The case for World Heritage status the proper sequence as the nomination demonstrated the depth required to under- for this famous geological site on the and infrastructure are developed for the take such a challenging project will be re- has been developed over site. One of these working groups is ceived later this month, and work will be- several years (see v. 21, no. 3), and the nomination group, led by John Cal- gin in earnest at the site later this year. If now an ambitious schedule has been der of DNR, who also serves as scien- the dream comes to fruition, Joggins will set in motion, with a target submission tific advisor to ensure scientific accu- be inscribed on the World Heritage List date of February 2007. A senior level racy throughout the project. From the eighteen months after the nomination is Advisory Board with representatives outset, the community is solidly behind submitted at the annual meeting of the from the major government depart- this initiative, which is being co- UNESCO World Heritage Bureau. In the ments (Dept. of Natural Resources, ordinated by the Cumberland Regional meantime, this former coal mining village Dept. of Tourism, Culture and Heri- Development Agency under the able by the sea will be a very busy place! tage, Office of Economic Develop- direction of Ms. Rhonda Kelly. ment) and municipalities has been in February 2007 may seem a long John Calder

One small section of the fossil cliffs of Joggins, Cumberland County.

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The Prospector’s Stake Special Note

On the recent telecasts of the Tour de France, one of the sponsors was “Discover Report of Activities 2004 Boating.” The ads were interesting: “Take me boating....so we will always have The Mineral Resources Branch Report of something to talk about,” and “Take me fishing because my marriage will be here Activities 2004 (Report ME 2005-1) will sooner than you think.” Maybe now is the time to ‘Discover Prospecting.’ be available on August 22 in the DNR I won’t claim that prospecting is the cure for ‘all that ails you’ but I think it has Library, 3rd Floor, 1701 Hollis Street, many benefits. The main arguments for prospecting are simple: you are outside, intel- Halifax. The report comprises 156 pages lectually stimulated, physically active, and spending time doing something you like. (many in full colour) and costs $15. Usually it’s an area without the noise, confusion and over-stimulation of modern life. To paraphrase one of the advertisements, “Take me prospecting.....and we’ll call it Dates to Remember a date.” Why not? If you choose a non-bug season, going out with a spouse or friend who enjoys the outdoors can be very nice. You may travel in remote areas of the August 19-21, 2005 province where nature is in full bloom and few people travel. Using some of the de- Nova Scotia’s Gem and Mineral Show tailed maps from our library, you can find a lot of information on the map and hunt for 2005, Lion’s Recreation Center, Western sites of interest on the ground. You and your partner may also find suitable areas for Ave., Parrsboro, N.S. Celebrating 40 panning gold. I guess I don’t have to tell you about gold fever. As soon as your part- years...Nova Scotia’s Gem and Mineral ner has gold in the pan, I bet they will be hooked. Please remember to get the permis- Show is the only one of its kind in the sion to pan from the mineral rights holder and the land owner. Maritimes. Formerly the Rockhound Of course, when you go into the back woods of the province take the appropriate Round-up, it was founded in 1966. For gear. Some of the items you’ll need are knife, compass, matches, GPS unit, first aid more information contact the Fundy kit, map and/or air photos, water, food or snacks, and a back pack. Appropriate cloth- Geological Museum (902-254-3814). ing, hat, rain gear, sun screen and bug dope are other items that may be needed. Let someone know where you’re going and when you plan to return. Your safety prepara- October 28-30, 2005 tion shows that you care about your personal safety and know how to travel in the out- Atlantic Universities Geological doors. It’s a good example for your partner and others, especially children. At the Conference (AUGC), Memorial same time you can tell your partner about the importance of prospecting. After all University, St. John’s , Newfoundland. you are [usually] the person standing between a relatively unexplored piece of real For more information e-mail estate and an option agreement with a larger exploration or mining company. With [email protected]. fewer company geologists because of mergers and downsizing in the exploration in- dustry, prospectors are important. November 3-5, 2005 Howard Donohoe Review of Activities, Geological Survey of Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland Department of Natural We Heard From You! Resources, and Fall Meeting of the Newfoundland Branch CIM, Delta St. Thank you to the readers of the Nova Scotia Minerals Update who responded to our John’s Hotel, St. John’s, Newfoundland. call for comments in the last issue. As expected, the comments ranged widely in For more information contact Norm respect to the issue of postal delivery of the newsletter. Only a few readers asked to Mercer (709-729-6193). continue to receive the newsletter by postal delivery, but these people agreed that if it didn’t arrive by mail they would not or could not read it. Since most comments were November 7-9, 2005 sent by e-mail, most readers said that e-mail notification with a link to the full-colour, Exploration and Mining New Brunswick on-line version of the newsletter would be just great. 2005, Delta Hotel, Fredericton, New Some readers who responded to the article provided thoughtful, practical Brunswick. For more information e-mail: comments on all the questions asked. These comments will be considered carefully, [email protected] and implemented in so far as possible; most were very good ideas. Special thanks go to those who included kind remarks about the newsletter, or at least about parts of it. November 9 and 10, 2005 Any changes to the newsletter will take some time to implement. We have a Mining Matters 2005, Westin Nova contract with the Queen’s Printer that will run through the Winter 2006 issue. Since Scotian Hotel, Hollis Street, Halifax, the newsletter involves all parts of the Mineral Resources Branch, as well as staff of Nova Scotia. For more information the DNR Library, there will have to be meetings, proposals, and hopefully consensus. contact Mike MacDonald at 902-424- 2523. Doug MacDonald

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