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Mining Day Saturday- FREE

5/5/2016

 
Hi Everyone,
Wanted to let you know that Mining Day in Kamloops is this Saturday. It is presented by CIM South Central Branch, Kamloops Exploration Group, hosted by the Big Little Science Centre. This is our 5th annual, hope you will come out to the event!
We have lots of fun activities! As always, it is FREE to attend. This is a family focused event that is great fun for people of all ages! There will be fossils, rocks, interactive displays, heavy equipment, and Yukon Dan teaching people how to goldpan. Battery recycling will be done at the Teck Highland Valley Copper booth. If you have a rock you want identified, there will be rock identification by volunteer geologists at the Kamloops Exploration Group’s booth. Check out the Facepainting – our face painter is amazing!
Displays include:
  •          Teck-Highland Valley Copper Mine
  •          Tyco
  •          ASTTBC
  •          Lafarge
  •          Mount Polley
  •          Progressive Rubber
  •          UBC Mining
  •          TRU Sustainability
  •          Kamloops Exploration Group (KEG) – rock identification, Bike Draw, Cookie Mining
  •          Thompson Nicola Paelontological Society
  •          Dr Jim Hebden and his Rocks and Mineral Display
  •          TRU Trades
  •          New Gold – New Afton
  •          ALS Metallurgical
  •          Leaverite Blasting
  •          Alex Doll with mining software
  •          Molycop
  •          Polycorp
  •          Ministry of Mines – photo booth
  •          Thompson Valley Rock Club
  •          City of Kamloops
  •          Atlas Drilling
  •          KGHM
  •          Brenntag
  •          Finning Heavy Equipment Simulator
  •          Telus
  •          New Gold New Afton Fire Truck
  •          Heavy Equipment by Finning
  •          Heavy Equipment by Brandt
  •          Heavy Equipment by Sterling Crane
  •          Food Sales by Paddlewheelers Lions Club
And the Big Little Science Centre hands-on room will be open with over 140 different interactive exhibits, also FREE.
Hope you can come for the FUN!
Susan Hammond
Assistant Operator, BIG Little Science Centre

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