Outside areas prospecting for Mining in a Box

Mining Week chairwoman Linda Malcolm displays a copy of Mining in a Box at the kick-off Saturday evening of Mining Week.
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Mining in a Box hasn’t even been released in this area yet, and already its creators are getting calls for it from elsewhere in Canada and the United States.

Provides a peek
The project resulted from a partnership among the mining industry, the Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound Local Training and Adjustment Board, and Human Resources Development Canada.

It provides teachers and guidance councillors with the tools to show elementary, intermediate and secondary school students know what mining is all about.

As well it provides a peek at careers available within the industry, using Power Point presentations, videos and a handbook as primary marketing tools.

Quite interesting
Mining in a Box was officially launched Saturday evening at the Best Western Lakeshore, in North Bay to coincide with the kick-off of Mining Week.

Linda Malcolm, chairwoman of the Mining Week Committee, said calls have come in about Mining in a Box from people in the Northwest Territories and one American state.

“An article appeared in the Northern Miner, or a similar publication, about Mining in a Box and we actually had people contact us by email saying because they were in isolated locations or situations that they were interested in bringing in any educational tool that they can,” Malcolm said.

“And they find that this mining tool is quite interesting and they’d like to get their hands on it.”

Answer those calls
Only 500 boxes have been produced for distribution to schools in the Nipissing-Parry Sound area.

"I’m sure though, we’ll definitely answer those calls and provide them with a box," Malcolm said, "but maybe that’s a sign of what’s to come."