This unique program provides youth from rural First Nations with training and employment experience opportunities in the mineral exploration and mining sector. In addition to receiving instruction in mineral prospecting, participants learn how to evaluate historic exploration and mine sites.

Training includes two to three weeks of field education in bush safety, prospecting, and evaluation of selected historic sites. After they have completed initial training, participants move on to two months of employment in the field, where they are able to utilize and refine their skills in a supervised environment.

RAP is a Northwest Community College and Smithers Exploration Group program that is supported by the Ministry of Advanced Education, the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands (as part of their Contaminated Sites initiative) and Human Resources and Social Development Canada.

For more information, please visit http://www.nwcc.bc.ca/SEM/RAP.

Last Updated October 18, 2007