94 METIS NA TION Of ONT ARIO Annu A l Repo R t 20122013 M I ne RA l s e C to R C A p ACI ty The Ministr y of Norther n Development and Mines pr ovided additional capacity to the MNO for a mining support staf f position and activities r elated to the mining sector Recent notable achievements The MNO r elationship with the Ministr y of Norther n Development and Mines was str engthened and technical support came fr om the Ministr y to MNO communities MNO Pr esident Lipinski and the PCMNO r egional councillors fr om Regions One thr ough Five attended the annual Pr ospectors and Developers Association of Canada PDAC convention Pr oponent collaborative workshops wer e held in T immins and Thunder Bay with Regions One thr ough Five r egional consultation committees industr y pr oponents and Metis businesses p ro G ram de T a I ls Funders Ministry of n orther n d evelopment and Mines Gover nment of o ntario n umber of s taf f 1 s taf f located in Sudbury e ligible Clientele M no c ommunity c ouncils P c M no r egional c ouncillors M no citizens mno delegates at t he 2013 pda C confer ence wit h m inister Gravel le left to right f r ont r ow m arlene d avidson p r esident of t he mno a t ikokan and a r ea m et is Council Jul iet te d enis p C mno r egion 5 Council lor t he Honourable m ichael Gravel le o ntario m inister of n ort her n d evelopments and m ines Gary l ipinski p r esident of mno Ther esa s tenlund p C mno r egion 1 Council lor b ack r ow m ar c l aurin p r esident of mno n ort h b ay m et is Council Cam b ur gess p C mno r egion 2 Council lor n elson m ontr eauil p r esident of mno m at tawa m et is Council e r nie Gat ien p C mno r egion 4 Council lor n ina Henley s ecr etaryT r easur er for t he mno Kenora m et is Council