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The Beep Mat
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New Cree Prospectors
GDD Beep Mat Prospector Course at Wemindji,
James Bay, Northen Quebec, Canada
New Cree Prospectors in Action!
In collaboration with the Tawich Development Corporation of Wemindji,
the Cree prospectors below and Abraham Matches, Stanley Miniquakenand
Roy Stewart have followed the GDD prospector course.
For more information, please view their web site at: www.creenet.com
Below, a Beep Mat ready to be pulled to prospect riding snowmobiles.

James Georgekish, a Cree prospector from Wemindji, in action digging
a trench in the snow where the Beep Mat found a conductor.

Lindy Georgekish, a Cree prospector from Wemindji, shovelling the snow
from a conductor he discovered with the Beep Mat almost 20 km from a road
and 60 km from the village of Wemindji, Qc, he left this morning on his
snowmobile

Andrew Shecapio, a Cree instructor from Ouje-Bougoumou, showing the operation
of the drill and showing off to the photographer.

David Swallow, a Cree prospector from Wemindji, is drilling a conductor
he found with the Beep Mat. He will collect the cutting from the drill
hole and will send them for assay.

Henry Atsynia, a Cree prospector from Wemindji, is ready to connect the
fuse to the conductor he dug out and drilled off.

Update
To date, in addition to the Cree Nation of Wemindji, members of the following
Bands have followed the Beep Mat training course:
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Norway House Cree Nation (Norway
House, Manitoba, Canada)
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Cree Nation of Eastmain (Eastmain,
Northern Quebec, Bay James area, Canada)
- Oxford House Council (Oxford House,
Manitoba, Canada)
For more information, please contact
Pierre Gaucher, Eng., MBA
Instrumentation GDD inc.
3700 boul. Chaudiere, bureau 200
Quebec (Quebec) G1X 4B7
CANADA
Phone: 418-877-4249
Fax: 418-877-4054
E-mail:
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