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Mike Burke
Staff Geologist
| Mike Burke is the Staff geologist responsible for liaising with
and monitoring the hard rock mining and mineral exploration industry
in Yukon. Mike visits active exploration sites during the field season,
authors the annual Yukon Mining, Development and Exploration Overview
and presents the overview at conferences such as the Yukon Geoscience
Forum, Alaska Miners Conference, Cordilleran Roundup and the annual
meeting of the Northwest Miners Association. Mike also reviews reports
for assessment credit, maintains the assessment report library and
manages the H.S. Bostock Core Library facility in Whitehorse. The
H.S. Bostock Core Library houses over 128 000 metres of diamond drill
core from over 200 Yukon mineral occurrences. Rock saws, core tables
and other equipment are available to the public to use for viewing
the existing collection or for processing core if on site facilities
are not available. Confidentiality of the core is determined on the
same basis as mineral assessment reports. Contact Mike for information
on viewing or submitting core or any inquiries relating to the mineral
industry in Yukon. |
Mike in more carefree times, working for exploration
in the 1980’s
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Mike now a ‘serious’ Government Geologist
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Mike has been involved in the mineral exploration industry since
1983 when he first worked in Yukon as a geological assistant for
Canamax Resources exploring for gold, tungsten and base metals. While
completing his B.Sc at the University of British Columbia he continued
to return each summer with Canamax and was lucky enough to be involved
in the discovery of two significant Yukon mines, the Ketza River
Gold Mine and the Sa Dena Hes Zn-Pb-Ag (Mt. Hundere) Mine. Upon completing
his B.Sc. in 1987 Mike moved to Yukon to become the mine geologist
at the Ketza River Gold Mine which operated from 1987 to 1990. He
joined the staff of the Exploration and Geological Services Division
of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs in 1991. In 1994
he began his current role as Staff Geologist responsible for liaising
with the exploration industry, monitering hard rock mineral exploration,
visiting active exploration sites, reviewing mineral assessment reports
and managing the H.S. Bostock Core Library. |
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