Page 4 Mayor s Message of W elcome On behalf of City Council and the citizens of T immins I would like to welcome you to the 2019 Cana dian Mining Expo as well as welcome those of you from out of town to the City of T immins Once again the Canadian Mining Expo will bring togethe r industry leaders contractors service pro viders First Nation communi ties and entrepreneurs to discuss and review ongoing and new develop ments It serves as an excellen t forum for everyone to comm unicate openly about the impacts of mining and learning together on how we can continuously strive towards best practices Building and strengthening these relationships through forums such as the Canadian Mining Expo are essential to the future of mining in T immins and surrounding areas I would like to thank the or ganizers of the Canadian Mining Expo for their hard work and commitment in planning the trade show events such as these are the result of endless hours of planning and hard work by many dedicated individuals The mining expo brings together people from all over the world This speaks volumes to the event or ganizers and the quality of programming put together Congratula tions As the host cit y we are conf dent you will enjoy your stay in the City of T immins and hope you will f nd tim e to check out some of the unique things our city has to of er W e thank you for visiting our community and would encourage you to plan a return visit this summer to take part in our Great Cana dian Kayak Challenge Festival Sincerely Mayor Geor ge Pirie M ay or Ge o r g e P irie T e l e phone 705 360 2611 E m a i l m a y o r t i mm ins c a M ay or s M es sa ge o f W elcome C a na di a n M i n i n g Ex po Ju ne 5 6 20 19 O n be ha l f o f C i t y C ou nci l an d t he ci t i z en s o f T i m m i ns I w ou l d l i k e t o w e l come y ou t o t he 20 19 C an ad i an M i ni ng E x po as w el l as w el come t ho se o f y ou f r o m o u t o f t ow n t o t he C i t y o f T i m m i ns O nce a g ai n t he C an ad i an M i ni ng E x po w i l l brin g t o g e t he r i nd ust r y l ea de r s con t r ac t or s serv i ce p r o v i de r s Fi r st N atio n co m m un i t i es an d en t r ep r e ne urs t o di scuss an d r ev i e w on go i ng an d ne w de v el op m en t s I t se r v es as an ex cel l e n t f oru m f o r ev ery on e t o comm un i ca t e op en l y ab ou t t he i m pa c t s o f m i ni ng a n d l ea r ni ng t o g ethe r on ho w w e can con t i nu ou sl y st r i v e t ow ards be s t pr actice s B ui l di ng an d s t r en gthe ni ng t he se r el atio nsh i p s t h r ou g h f oru m s such as t he C an ad i an M i n i ng E x po are es se ntia l t o t he f u t ure o f m i ni ng in T im m in s a n d surr ou nd i n g a r ea s I w o u ld lik e t o t ha n k t he or g an i z ers o f t h e C an a di an M i ni ng E x po f or t h ei r ha r d w ork an d co m m i t m en t i n pl an ni ng t he con f e r en c e ev en t s su ch a s t he se are t he r esu l t o f en dl ess ho u r s o f pl an ni ng an d ha r d w ork by m an y de di cated i nd i vi du al s T he m i ni ng ex po brin g s t o g e t he r pe op l e f r om a l l ov er t he w orld T hi s spe aks v ol umes t o t he ev en t o r g an i z ers an d t he q ua l i t y o f p r o g r a m m i ng pu t t o g e t he r C on g r a t ul atio ns A s t he ho st ci t y w e are con f i de nt y ou w i l l en j oy y ou r st ay i n t he C i t y o f Ti m m i ns an d ho pe y ou w i l l f i nd t i m e t o che c k ou t some o f t he un i q ue t hi n g s ou r ci t y ha s t o o f f e r W e t ha n k y ou f o r v i si t i ng ou r co m m un i t y an d w ou l d en cou r ag e y ou t o pl an a r etu r n v i si t t hi s su m m er t o t a k e pa r t i n ou r G r ea t C an ad i an K ay ak C h al l en g e Fe st i v al S i nce r e l y M a y or G e o r g e P ir ie