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There is no better way to understand something than to experience it. For two days, 13 officers in Ontario’s mining industry will be immersed into manufacturing facilities and underground facilities as part of a mining ‘boot camp’ in Sudbury, MPP Rick Bartolucci announced Wednesday.
The senior economic officers from the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Employment will be experiencing the locations to support their work in promoting international sales and investment in Northern Ontario’s mining sector.
Bartolucci, who did not say when the camp will be held, said he felt it was important for those promoting the mining industry to be more familiar in the field with those first-hand experiences.
“This educational experience in Sudbury, Canada’s mining capital, will provide senior economic officers with a dynamic learning experience,” said Bartolucci in a release. “It certainly will expand their knowledge of our vibrant mining sector and support their efforts when marketing our mining supply and services sector in global markets.”
The goal is to educate senior economic officers in the geology of Ontario and its innovative northern products and services so they can more effectively promote them to potential worldwide clients.
They will also be meeting with officials from Laurentian University’s Goodman School of Mines, Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, the Centre for Excellence of Mining Innovation and economic development officers from northern communities.
“By strengthening companies’ knowledge and capacity to effectively market them-selves globally, we are promoting the global competitiveness and sustainability of this important element of the mining sector,” Bartolucci said.
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