The chief geologist of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), James Franklin, will speak about the future of Canadian mining in an address April 7 to the Toronto branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum.
The title of Franklin’s speech, to be delivered at the Ontario Club, is “All that glitters is not gold: resources for the future.”
Canada has been a world supplier of precious and base metals for many years, but, until recently, few would have predicted it might find itself on the verge of becoming a diamond producer. Besides the highly active plays near Lac de Gras and elsewhere in the Northwest Territories, offshore areas (some as much as 3 km below the ocean’s surface) may soon become exploitable. A native of North Bay, Ont., Franklin is past president of the Geological Association of Canada. He researched massive sulphide and gold deposits throughout the Canadian Shield and, in 1982, initiated the GSC’s Seafloor Minerals Program, which he now co-ordinates.
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