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PROUDLY SERVING KIMBERLEY AND AREA SINCE 1932 | Vol. 83, Issue 161 | www.dailybulletin.ca
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Welcome back! Eighteen students and three chaperones from Kimberley’s sister city of Annaka, Japan are in town for a one-week summer program hosted by the Rocky Mountain International Student Program. The students are taking in ESL classes during the morning and participating in a variety of local activities and trips during the afternoon. On the first day of their program they visited City Hall and were officially welcomed to Kimberley by Deputy Mayor Albert Hoglund. Thank you to all the local families who once again opened their homes to host a student for this great program. For more photos, visit www.facebook.com/rmisp.
The search for the Please conserve water Sullivan deposit goes on C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Levels in the reservoir behind the Mark Creek Dam have dropped again as drought conditions continue in the East Kootenay. While the City of Kimberley will not be tightening the mandatory even/odd days watering restrictions currently in place, they are going to scale back on their own water use. It was announced this week that watering of city parks is being scaled back, effective immediately. The Platzl water fountain will only be on daily from noon to 5 p.m. Residents are asked to think about their own water use and how much they really need. Every little bit saved helps, is the message from the City of Kimberley. Meanwhile in Cranbrook, water restrictions have stepped up. The water level in Phillips Reservoir, where the City draws its water, contin-
Santa Fe Metals announces drill program will resume this fall C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Hope springs eternal, especially in the hearts of prospectors and geologists. Scott Broughton, President Mandatory restrictions require watering on even/ and CEO of Santa Fe Metals Corp. odd days, depending on address. (SFM) has been on the hunt for ues to drop and not enough rainfall has been received in the watershed this summer to replenish the water being taken out. Cranbrook residents will now water only twice a week. Even numbered properties in Cranbrook can water on Thursdays and Sundays while odd numbered properties can water on Tuesdays and Saturdays. No one waters on Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays
until further notice. The Province recently upgraded the East Kootenay to a Level 3 Drought and forecasts low water levels and supply shortages for the remainder of 2015 in the East Kootenay. To learn more about conserving water please see the City of Kimberley website at kimberley.ca or contact the WaterSmart Ambassador at waterconservation@kimberley.ca
another Sullivan Mine type sedimentary exhalative (SEDEX) deposit. His latest venture is drilling on the Sully project about 30 kilometres due east of Kimberley. A drill program commenced on the Sully property in 2014 and was not shut down for lack of findings, but for lack of money. In early 2014 SFM’s Project Team defined twin parallel vertical masses, the EAST and WEST Targets at the Sully Project. “We proved last year that these masses occurred at exactly the same geological time as the Sullivan Mine deposit,” Broughton
said. “That’s what brings us back to this site. “Unfortunately we ran out of money last year, but now we are getting traction again. There is interest in zinc especially.” Broughton was showing some potential Chinese investors the project this week, and says that everything is in place to begin drilling by October at the latest. What makes the project so compelling, Broughton says, is that science points to there being more than one massive SEDEX deposit in this basin. See SULLY, page 4
Calgary police seek missing teen FOR THE BULLE TIN
The Calgary Police Service is seeking public assistance to locate a missing B.C. teen. Kayla Killoran Roy, 17, was last seen in Cranbrook, B.C., during the first week of July 2015. She mentioned she was going to go to
Calgary with a man named “Steve” and has not been heard from since. Killoran Roy is described as Aboriginal, approximately 5’3” tall, 110 pounds, with long black hair and hazel eyes. A photo of her can be found on The City of
Calgary Newsroom. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call police at 403-266-1234, or Crime Stoppers anonymously — 1-800-2228477, or www.calgarycrimestoppers.org.
Kayla Killoran Roy was last seen in Cranbrook.