Upcoming Activities
MAP Executive Council Meetings and PDAC (Activity: PM.98/M-6)
The next MAP Executive Council Meetings will be held in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada during the week of the PDAC.
The meetings will be held at the Crown Plaza Hotel where the
MAP Executive Council will also be staying. As agreed to in the
last Executive Council Meetings in Buenos Aires, the meetings
will be held over three days; March 15, 16, and 17 from 8:30
to 12:30 each day. MAP will also have its own booth at the PDAC
to present the MAP to the general public and display posters
from each of the member countries. For the countries wishing
to display a poster at the booth please have your posters ready
by March 1, 1999. Please forward agenda suggestions to Mike Ellerbeck
by March 1st, 1999.
Mineral Deposits Field Trip Part II (Activity: B.97/M-1)
Part II of the Mineral Deposits field trip to take place in
Argentina and Bolivia and is scheduled for the first two weeks
of May. MAP administration as well as the Trip Leaders for the
two countries (Dr. E. Zappettini for Argentina, and Ing. Mallo
for Bolivia) require each country to forward names and contact
information for participants. It is urgent that this information
be sent by February 15th, 1999.
Metallogeny Short Course by Dr. Andre Panteleyev in Peru
Dr. Andre Panteleyev of XDM Geological Consultants has been
invited by INGEMMET Peru to give a short course at their facilities.
It has been suggested that the proposed metallogenic work in
Peru by INGEMMET would benefit from discussions about Mineral
Deposit Classification procedures and the use, and misuse, of
genetic Mineral Deposit Models.
Activity Reports
INGEMMET WORK PLAN POST 2000
Lima, Peru, January 11th to 13th, 1999: Peruvian and Canadian
scientists working together on defining a new INGEMMET mandate
to commence in the year 2000.
At the conclusion of the three day session
a letter of agreement was signed by all participants.
Seen here from left to right: Ing. Marco
Lara, Dr. Andre Panteleyev, Ing. Manuel Paz Maidana, Ing. Elmer
Boulanger Rondoy and Dr. Art Soregaroli.
Cocking and Krauth to Peru and Bolivia
(Activity: B.98/M-2)
Robert Cocking and Otto Krauth met with cartographic representatives
and geologists at INGEMMET in Lima, Peru and SERGEOMIN in La
Paz, Bolivia to see map production methods, software, hardware,
and cartographic and GIS database standards used in those countries.
These educational meetings are useful as the first step for work
on the 1:1,000,000 Metallogenic map to be completed in 2000.
Similar meetings with SERNAGEOMIN and SEGEMAR may follow either
in person or through the Internet.
Soregaroli, Panteleyev and Krauth to Peru
(Activity: C.98/P-1)
Drs. Art Soregaroli and Andre Panteleyev, along with Otto
Krauth (who served as translator), recently returned from successful
meetings in Lima, Peru. From January 11th through 13th they met
in a "working-group" format with both representatives
from the Directive Council and senior scientists from INGEMMET,
as well as with private contractor Dr. Nestor Chacon. The focus
of the meetings was the formulation of new objectives for INGEMMET
after the year 2000. The meetings' success is represented by
a document signed by all involved. The document, signed by representatives
from the Peruvian Geological Survey, Industry as well as delegates
from Canada and Germany, illustrates the common belief that the
next step for INGEMMET includes Metallogenic studies.
Hydrogeology Chile: Aravena and Rudolph
(Activity: D.96/C-14)
As part of the continuing collaboration between scientists
at SERNAGEOMIN and Canadian hydrogeological consultants, within
MAP, Drs. Ramon Aravena and David Rudolph participated in a site
visit to Chile during the first two weeks of January 1999. The
main objectives of this trip were developed based on the previous
year's site visit by Drs. Aravena and Rudolph and a subsequent
visit of Mr. Sergio Iriarte of SERNAGEOMIN to the University
of Waterloo in August, 1998. The main goals included:
1) Presentation of a technical short course on Hydrology to
scientific personnel at SERNAGEOMIN.
2) Transfer field and analytical technology to SERNAGEOMIN
for immediate use in MAP.
3) Visit one of the primary field sites within the MAP area
and conduct specific field investigations designed to demonstrate
appropriate technologies and advance the project to a subsequent
phase.
4) Discuss future strategies for continued collaboration within
MAP.
The preparation for the short course and field trip began
during the last week of December 1998 and the field visit occurred
from January 2 - 17, 1999.
Airborne Geophysical Survey Update
(Activity: D.96/A-2)
The final distribution of data from the Puna Austral, Northwest
Argentina Airborne Survey was carried out on January 8, 1999
thus concluding the activity. Despite adversity and the challenging
terrain, the survey was completed to GSC standards by a dedicated
team from private and public sectors in Canada as well as Argentina.
MAP management wishes to thank Ms. Josee Potvin and the SIAL
Geoscience team for their dedication and to congratulate them
for completing the survey in a safe and professional manner.
MAP Information Requirements
Publications in Project Area
The deadline for the initial list of maps and publications
from the MAP area has been set for February 19, 1999. The lists
will be published on the MAP Web Page along with information
on how and where to obtain the products. Please send the information
to MAP Administration (if possible in electronic format).
MAP Fellowship Fund
In order to be prepared for the March Executive Council Meetings
it is requested that each MAP member country forward their synopsis
of areas of strength of their institution as well as areas in
which it is believed that training would be beneficial. These
synopses will be used in defining the parameters for the proposed
MAP Fellowship Fund. Please send to MAP Administration by March
1st, 1999.
WEB Page Facelift
(Activity: C.96/M-1)
The MAP Web Page will be updated in February. Management in
each participant country is requested to forward updates to the
general description section that pertains to their geological
survey. This information will be translated into English by MAP
Administration and published in both languages. In order that
the Web Page be updated before the end of the fiscal year, it
is requested that each country forward updated "General
Information" in electronic format to MAP Administration
by February 15, 1999.
Individual Country Work Plans for 1999/2000 due March 1st,
1999
As the year-end Executive Council Meetings approach so too
does the need to have the 1999/2000 work-plans completed. MAP
management would like to have them by March 1, 1999 in order
to prepare the individual country meetings and to begin making
a budget for the year. Please send the work-plans by email or
fax to MAP Administration. Please refer to the Multi-year Project
Financial Profile in Report #10 (page 36) to see the Expected
Total Funds Remaining in your county's allocation.
MAP Fiscal Year-End
The Fiscal year-end for MAP is March 31. Before this date
all activities for the year must be completed or changed. Also,
for MAP Report #11 (the year-end report), MAP Administration
requires that all reports on activities be completed by those
in charge and that all questionnaires for training and collaborative
work be completed as well. Please consult Mike Ellerbeck if you
have questions regarding this.
The NRCan Geomatics Trade Post in Buenos Aires, Argentina
A new Geomatics Trade Post is to be opened at the Canadian
Embassy in Argentina. The Trade Posts primary objective will
be to promote Canadian Geomatics technology and services worldwide
with the focus on Latin American markets.
With the collaboration of the Department of Foreign Affairs
and International Trade (DFAIT), an employee of Natural Resources
Canada (NRCan), Ms. Nancy Kearnan, will be posted at the Embassy
in Buenos Aires beginning in May of 1999.
The Post will facilitate strategic linkages between Canadian
and Latin American agencies as well as universities and will
open doors to international trade in Geomatics. It will implement
new and renewed Memorandi of Undestanding (MOU) and Letters of
Intent with many countries and agencies.
Dr. Lisel Currie gave birth
On January 21 Dr. Lisel Currie of the GSC Calgary office gave
birth to a baby boy. Morgan Martino, 7 lbs 10 ounces was born
at 11:36 pm. Congratulations from MAP Administration to Lisel
and her husband Pasquale.
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