The Ontario government will spend $50,000 to promote awareness of mining among elementary school students.
The Toronto-based Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) will use the money to update educational kits, which have been sent to teachers of grades 4 and 7.
“The government is pleased to support a program that raises young people’s awareness of mining’s importance to the provincial economy and to our way of life,” says Northern Development and Mines Minister Dan Newman. “It is a pleasure to see so many young students taking an interest in this field and to witness the budding of future geologists and mining professionals.”
A program has been established to ensure the kits remain available.
The kits contain background information and a wide range of resource materials.
The PDAC also issues a newsletter twice a year to elementary school teachers.
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