New Heavy Mineral Results Spark Exploration Activity in Northwest Alberta; Travel Through Time - A Day on the North Saskatchewan River

Story 1. On March 1st 2006, the Alberta Geological Survey and Geological Survey of Canada released the joint publication EUB/AGS Special Report 77/GSC Open File 5121, which has since prompted significant mineral staking activity by mineral exploration companies. The report presents heavy mineral and geochemical results from glacial drift samples collected in the Zama Lake and Bistcho Lake map areas. Story 2. On May 5, 2006, five geologists of the Alberta Geological Survey led a river-raft field trip down the North Saskatchewan River as part of Alberta's Environment Conference. The journey offered a glimpse of the past 60 million years of Edmonton's natural history, made possible by one of nature's time machines: the North Saskatchewan River.