They recognized that there was a need to encourage students to be involved in the Mining Industry, to have ongoing education of the participants in the industry and also to educate the general public on the need for mining to sustain our way of life. A growing number of cards can be found under the navigation heading Mineral Card Project.
The CIMF has sought to uphold this purpose and has supported many initiatives over the years. This program reaches the younger students and their teachers, however it also reaches older students and the adult population. Initiatives by other groups are supported by CIMF. These programs, designed to reach elementary school children, are thought to be particularly important to the well being of the Mining Industry.
Arthur W. Foley bequest and McIntosh Engineering. They are directed toward mining and geology students. Scholarships that are available from other sources for Mineral processing, Maintenance Engineering etc. CIMF would like to be able to expand its scholarship base to include many of the disciplines that are needed in the Industry and we will expand when the opportunity exists.
This is the first collaboration with a Student Chapter and the local Branch and we hope that we can enter into similar projects with other Student Chapters.
One of the keys to this is that the Chapter has to be open to all students who wish to be involved. The Chapters are encouraged to have multiple disciplines in the Chapter in keeping with the needs of mining.
