Minister Oliver Discusses the Importance of Innovation, Diversification and Investment to the Canadian Economy

(PressMethod) - The Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, today addressed the B.C. Chamber of Commerce and the Association for Mineral Exploration of B.C.'s Mineral Exploration RoundUp 2012. The Minister highlighted the importance of innovation in the exploration and mining sectors and the need to diversify our energy markets.
Speaking to the B.C. Chamber of Commerce, Minister Oliver outlined the importance of opening Canada's natural resources sectors to new markets, such as the Asia-Pacific region.
"Vancouver is one of Canada's great economic engines and our biggest gateway to the huge economic opportunities of the growing Asia-Pacific market," Minister Oliver said. "Those opportunities represent the potential for hundreds of thousands of jobs in Canada and literally trillions of dollars in economic activity in Vancouver, in B.C. and right across the country."
In his address to the RoundUp participants, Minister Oliver detailed how NRCan's Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals program is supporting private sector exploration investment in the North by generating modern reconnaissance-level geo-mapping data in areas with high mineral potential. He also noted that, in regions of Canada with proven mineral potential, the department's Targeted Geoscience Initiative is developing innovative mineral exploration techniques to help the industry discover new deeply buried mineral deposits in Canada.

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