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In This Issue
Mobile Geoscientists - A Test of Self-Regulation_- Maureen Jensen
Geoscience Mobility-"Death By A Thousand Paper Cuts…1" - By George Wahl, P.Geo.
Solution To The Professional Ethics Challenge of August. Ethics Case No. 6 - Resource Sector - Unauthorized Modification of Your Written Report Anonymous
Paul Puodziunas, P.Geo., Hydrogeologist - Passed Away August 29, 2006 By Robert J. Hillier, P.Geo. and Martha Hillier

Headliners
 
The Regulatory Log

How Things Work at the APGO
Deliberations

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From Far Afield

1. a) September 5, 2006 - Are we ready for Peak Oil?

    b) September 6, 2006 - Chevron said the oil field may be a "significant discovery"

    c) October 4, 2006 - Oil price below $59, low since February

2. September 7, 2006 - Methane bubbles can be trapped in ice during the autumn freeze

3. September 10, 2006 - Quake in Gulf of Mexico sends shock waves to U.S. states Maps and other technical information provided on USGS website.

4. a) September 29, 2006 DEP probe: Did blasting trigger slide on Route 65? Nearby residents say they heard noises louder than normal

    b) Wednesday, September 27, 2006 Rules to prevent Rt. 65 landslide bypassed Details emerge of absence of 'benching,' and how blasting may have set up hillside collapse

5. September 30, 2006 India Digs Deeper, but Wells Are Drying Up

6. October 4, 2006 South Asia earthquake: One year on On 8 October 2005, at 0350 GMT, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India, leaving about 75,000 dead and hundreds of thousands homeless. Much of the worst damage was in the disputed territory of Kashmir.


Colluvium
1. Ontario Prospectors Association
Ontario Exploration and Geoscience Symposium
“Open Minds : Open Mines”
December 12 & 13, 2006, Radisson Hotel, Sudbury, Ontario

2. CRIRSCO International Mineral Resources/Reserves Reporting Template - A Major Step Forward in Ensuring Transparency for Mining Investors Everywhere CRIRSCO (the Committee for Mineral Reserves International Reporting Standards), a committee of the National Mineral Reserve Reporting Organisations of Australia, Canada, Chile, South Africa, USA, UK/Ireland and Western Europe, has launched the CRIRSCO International Reporting Template. Now publicly available for the first time, the International Reporting Template may be freely downloaded from CRIRSCO's new and improved web site at http://www.crirsco.com. Click here to view the media release.

3. SCHOLARSHIPS - KEGS chooses nine winners TORONTO - The KEGS Foundation, under the auspices of the Canadian Exploration Geophysical Society, has named the recipients of its 2006 scholarships. Each scholarship is worth between $500 and $1,000.

President's Perspective
Mobile Geoscientists - A Test of Self-Regulation

The practice of geoscience in Canada is regulated by self-regulatory organizations (SROs) supported by provincial / territorial Acts that detail how this must be done.

What does this mean? It means that organizations, run by their members, regulate the profession (hence, "self-regulate") to ensure the effective protection of the public in their respective jurisdiction. It includes the application of specified educational and experience standards for admission, enforcement against illegal practice, investigation of complaints against members and invoking disciplinary action as warranted. All of these functions are effectively and efficiently carried out by the dedicated and able staff of our provincial/territorial licensing bodies, often with limited resources and unlimited demands on their time and attention.

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Geoscience Mobility-"Death By A Thousand Paper Cuts…1"

With much fanfare, the governments of British Columbia and Alberta announced the signing of a BC-AB Agreement on Trade Investment and Labour Mobility in April of 2006. The agreement is founded on Canada's Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) (http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/inait-aci.nsf/en/il00033e.html) which in turn is founded on Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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Solution To The Professional Ethics Challenge of August.
Ethics Case No. 6 - Resource Sector - Unauthorized Modification of Your Written Report Anonymous

Brief Statement of the Situation

As you may recall, in August we described a situation whereby you, as a professional geoscientist, discovered that a report you prepared (to fulfill your obligation to your client) to evaluate a prospect was modified without your knowledge. You understood that your report, if favourable, would be used to promote the prospect to investors. The report contained your recommendation that the prospect warranted drilling. .

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Paul Puodziunas, P.Geo., Hydrogeologist - Passed Away August 29, 2006 By Robert J. Hillier, P.Geo. and Martha Hillier

Paul (Peter) Puodziunas, 54, passed away on August 29, 2006 at Toronto Western Hospital. Funeral services were held in the Turner & Porter "Peel" Chapel in Mississauga on September 2, 2006 with interment at the St. John's Lithuanian Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Mr. Puodziunas was born in Toronto on November 13, 1951. He grew up in Etobicoke where his parents Victor and Enna still reside. He was also the loving brother of Leonard and the late Sandy. He graduated from the University or Waterloo with a B.Sc. in Earth Science in 1975 and started his hydrogeology career with the Saskatchewan Research Council soon afterward. A CIDA water resource-mapping project with C.B.A. Engineering Ltd. took him to Tanzania and subsequent employment took him to Europe (Germany and Switzerland) and the far corners of Canada including the Beaufort Sea. His employers included Gartner Lee Ltd., Exploration Logging Ltd., Golder Associates Ltd., Lotowater Ltd., and most recently Terraprobe Ltd in Stoney Creek. For ten years he was self-employed (Applegate Groundwater Consultants).

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