Page 12 technologically advanced and envi ronmentally aware mining centres on the planet In Sudbury Mining W eek has become Modern Mining T echnology W eek annual celebration of Greater Sud bury s proud mining heritage and fu last year The change was made because of a positive shift in the industry that name and because the industry needs to attract exploration and mining pro fessionals and workers to Sudbury As well or ganizers of Modern Min ing T echnology Sudbury are now hosting events year round including a career fair an interactive Mine Op portunity team competition for high schools primary school tours social media workshops science fair com petitions and a photography contest Not only did they want to better re also wanted the process of including young people to be more than just one week a year Local mining operations together with a robust internationally recognized supply and services sector are a powerful engine for economic growth in Greater Sudbury and well worth celebrating all year round Greater Sudbury is bringing together exploration extraction smelting supply and services education re habilitation innovation research and development Nowhere else in the sources of the Earth being extracted city a city gifted with an unparal leled wealth quality of life and natu ral beauty administers to the judicial districts of Greater Sudbury Manitoulin Parry Sound Muskoka parts of Nipissing District and the County of Renfrew The district encompasses approxi mately 45 000 km 2 and over 340 geo graphical townships Gold graphite and rare earth elements were the focus of nonbase metal ex ploration in the Sudbury District projects remained scarce Some midtier junior exploration companies were active in the Sudbury District despite reduced risk toler ance and the need for costef f ective spending W orld base metal prices in general started the year on a positive note but fell throughout the spring reaching levels of 15 to 20 lower by mid summer and more or less maintaining those levels for the remainder of the year The recovery of the global economy continued to be sluggish in 2013 and failed to provide much in the way of stimulation for local grass roots ex ploration activity While there is cause for some opti mism in exploration funding in 2014 advanced projects once again received most of the attention in 2013 In general the district is underlain from north to south by a diverse assemblage of Archean granitic neous rocks of the Superior Province canic and sedimentary rocks of the Huronian Super group of the Southern Province the Sudbury Igneous Com various lithologies within the Central Gneiss Complex of the Grenville Province and Paleozoic sedimentary rocks of the Michigan Basin The Sudbury District Geologist Of Miller Centre 3rd Floor 933 Ramsey Lake Road Sudbury P3E 6B5 In 2013 there were 1 141 claim units recorded in the district There were 16 932 active claim units A total of 10 188 942 was spent on mining assessment work in the dis trict Contd from pg 10 The MMTS committee will be setting up a Modern Mining T echnology Sudbury A wareness booth during the North America Mining Expo Sept 101 1 at the Cen tennial Arena in Hanmer Modern Mining T echnology Sudbury is now hosting events year r ound Page 12 SUDBUR Y MINING REPOR T 2014