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PRISM Awards donation to Transition House tops last year once again Larissa Kurz Again this year, the generosity of the Moose Jaw community has helped the Business Women of Moose Jaw make an impressive donation to the Moose Jaw Transition House, thanks to the success of the 7th Annual PRISM Awards earlier this year. The annual awards gala celebrating the accomplishments of local Moose Jaw women took place on March 8, sneaking in just before the entire province began shutting down over coronavirus concerns. This year’s event featured a sold-out crowd, much to the delight of organizers, and produced an impressive donation of $8,652 — over $850 more than the donation that was made after last year’s gala. A donation of this size is incredible to see, said Business Women of Moose Jaw president Kayla Dale (R) BWMJ president Kayla Dale, especially after a difproudly presents Moose Jaw Transition House executive dificult year that has only continued to put stress on rector Jenn Angus (L) with this year’s donation from the local businesses and residents of the city. PRISM Awards. “To me, that’s really inspiring and it really speaks to Moose Jaw as a whole, and the people of Moose Jaw and how supportive they are, how selfless they are,” said Dale. “They don’t just give when things are good and there’s an abundance, but they also find room to give when things are a little bit tighter and I just think that’s really inspiring.” Moose Jaw Transition House executive director Jenn Angus is also extremely pleased to receive the donation, as she is every year that the PRISM Awards spotlight the non-profit organization. A donation of this size will support over 100 women in the community, said Angus, and help to continue an incredible cycle of empowerment and success within Moose Jaw. “For us as a small nonprofit, a cheque of over $8,000 is a huge amount of money for us. This is so big,” said Angus. Both Dale and Angus agreed that the PRISM Awards creates a special kind of cycle within Moose Jaw, as it raises money to support women when they’re most vulnerable so they can become the impressive community leaders who are celebrated each year at the gala. “[With this donation], over a hundred women in the community will receive the support they need and then one day hopefully will be the ones giving back, and the cycle continues,” said Angus. “So, this is the leg-up they need to become those leaders in our community.” Dale expressed gratitude to all of the community support for this year’s gala, as well as the event’s organizer Crystal Froese for making the 2020 PRISM Awards yet another successful event in Moose Jaw.
BIZWORLD By Ron Walter For Moose Jaw Express
Saskatchewan’s northern rocks become fertile for gold exploration
There’s gold in them thar Saskatchewan rocks; it just has to be found. That was the conclusion of a 2012 study by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources, a study that declared the province under-explored for gold. That Energy and Resources study outlined over 800 gold occurrences. The first gold here was “flour” gold found in 1859 near Prince Albert. The province has a long history of gold mining that goes back to the early 1900s. Over the years 40 gold mines, mostly small operations, have been developed in the province. Those still open when the Second World War broke out were closed as non-essential. Operations were mostly in the early part of the last century with some in the 1950s mineral boom that developed uranium mines around Uranium City on Lake Athabasca. The 1.5 million ounce low grade Box deposit was revealed near the uranium mines and was mined for three years until the war broke out. The biggest gold production of 3.6 million ounces came as a byproduct of the Flin Flon mines near Creighton. The SeaBee mine district northeast of La Ronge, which was in production twice before the current mine, that had produced over one million ounces by 2012 with about 100,000 ounces a year since. This low cost mine, owned by SSR Resources of Vancouver, is one of three mines the company owns, along with mines in Nevada and Argentina. At $29.35 a share SSR has the financial muscle to develop more of the north. The SeaBee mine has a reported 1.5 million ounces of gold left to dig out. Some of the other small mining company exploration projects may have been encouraged by the 2018 Saskatchewan government Targeted Mineral Exploration Incentive. The program offers $50,000 a year grant to ex-
plore eligible properties. The incentive helped to get the province rated number two most mining-friendly jurisdiction in Canada by the Fraser Institute. Now that gold prices have the momentum to move well past the current $1,700US range, the explorers have turned an eye to Saskatchewan’s Precambrian Shield, which contains geology similar to the gold mining regions of Ontario and Quebec. At least three other mining exploration companies are exploring the northern Saskatchewan mining districts. MAS Gold Corp of Vancouver, trading at 7.5 cents a share, has outlined unproven resources of 140,000 ounces relatively high-grade gold near the SeaBee property as well as 417,000 ounces of low-grade gold. The company has a joint venture on the high-grade property with Golden Band Resources. Saskatoon-based Golden Band has filed for bankruptcy and assigned many of its assets to Procon, an exploration/mine driller. Eagle Plains Resources of Cranbrook, B.C., has a promising gold property near Stoney Rapids close to Highway 905 as well as two copper/zinc deposits among five lake properties. The shares trade at 16.5 cents. Comstock Metals, also of Vancouver, has outlined 429,000 ounces of unproven gold resources north of La Ronge. Comstock shares are a mere two cents. CAUTION: Remember when investing, consult your adviser and do your homework before buying any security. Bizworld does not recommend investments. Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel.net The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the position of this publication.
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