Calling all Irish geologists and mining engineers! Mary-Claire Ward is looking for Irish exiles who would be interested in getting together with visiting members of the Geological Survey of Ireland at this year’s Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention in Toronto.
A graduate of University College Dublin, Ward has been working in Canada for 23 years and has spent the last 10 as a geologist with the consulting firm of Watts Griffis and McOuat.
She would like to organize a cocktail party on the evening of Tuesday, March 26, the third day of the convention, and anyone interested can contact her through the PDAC.
The Canadian mining scene has already attracted a number of Irish men and women. Among them are Northgate Exploration (TSE) President John Kearney, Noranda (TSE) analyst Michael Power and British Columbia’s chief geologist Ron Smyth.
“Things are pretty active in Ireland at the moment,” said Ward who would like to put together a directory of Irish people employed by Canadian mining companies and government.
At the PDAC convention this year, Irish geologists will be discussing Dublin-based Conroy Petroleum’s Galmoy lead-zinc project, about 80 miles southwest of Dublin. The project hosts six million tons of 10% zinc and 1% lead.
Conroy has already applied for planning permission and mine construction could begin this year, says Ward. Dublin-based Ennex International has also discovered lead zinc mineralization to the west of the Galmoy project.
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