Photo: The Honourable Jerome P. Kennedy, Q.C., Minister of Natural Resources, signs the proclamation for Provincial Mining Week 2012. Front row (left to right): Heather Bruce-Veitch, Director of External Relations, Rio Tinto IOC; Minister Kennedy; and Gerry O’Connell, Executive Director, Mining Industry NL. Back row (left to right): Amanda McCallum, Outreach Geologist, Geological Survey of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Natural Resources; Robert Wheeler, Senior Geologist, Vale Newfoundland and Labrador; Rod Churchill, Geoscience Director, Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador; Allan Cramm, Honourary Chair of Mining Week and the CIM Newfoundland Branch President; Sarah Smith, President, Alexander Murray Geological Club, Memorial University; and Charles Bown, Deputy Minister, Department of Natural Resources.