• European Federation of Geologists (EFG)
• The Institute of Geologists of Ireland (IGI)
• The Geological Society of London (GSL)
  

AIPG CPG (Certified Professional Geologist) Members accepted for qualified person status

(qualified person must possess the required experience in the type of deposit(s) under study)

• CRIRSCO
• SAMREC
• Australian Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC)
• CPGs Accepted as "Qualified Persons" in CANADA
• Canadian - Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities
• Association of Mining Engineers, Metallurgists and Geologists of Mexico, A.C. (AIMMGM)

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CRIRSCO (Committee for Mineral Reserves International Reporting Standards)

CRIRSCO, which was formed in 1994 under the auspices of the Council of Mining and Metallurgical Institutes (CMMI), is a grouping of representatives of organisations that are responsible for developing mineral reporting codes and guidelines in Australasia (JORC), Brazil (CBRR), Canada (CIM), Chile (National Committee), Colombia (CCRR), Europe (PERC), India (NACRI), Indonesia (KOMBERS _ KCMI), Kazakhstan (KAZRC), Mongolia (MPIGM), Russia (NAEN), South Africa (SAMREC), Turkey (UMREK) and the USA (SME). The combined value of mining companies listed on the stock exchanges of these countries accounts for more than 80% of the listed capital of the mining industry.

The international initiative to standardise market-related reporting definitions for mineral resources and mineral reserves had its start at the 15th CMMI Congress at Sun City, South Africa in 1994. The mineral definitions working group (later called CRIRSCO) was formed after a meeting at that Congress, and was made up of representatives from the countries listed above (except for Chile, which joined later), with the primary objective of developing a set of international standard definitions for the reporting of mineral resources and mineral reserves.

In 1997, the five participants reached agreement (the Denver Accord) for the definitions of the two major categories, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves, and their respective sub-categories Measured, Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resources, and Proved and Probable Mineral Reserves.

In 1999, agreement was reached with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE), which had, since 1992, been developing an International Framework Classification for Mineral Reserves and Resources (UNFC), to incorporate into the UNFC the CMMI-CRIRSCO resource / reserve definitions for those categories that were common to both systems. This agreement gave true international status to the CMMI-CRIRSCO definitions.

Following these agreements, an updated version of the JORC Code was released in Australia in 1999 (and more recently, in 2012), followed by similar codes and guidelines in South Africa, USA, Canada, UK / Ireland / W Europe, Chile and Peru. The JORC Code (Joint Ore Reserves Committee of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Australian Institute of Geoscientists, and Minerals Council of Australia) has played a crucial role in initiating the development of standards definitions for these codes and guidelines.

The similarity of the various national reporting codes and guidelines has enabled CRIRSCO to develop an International Minerals Reporting Code Template, which is available on this web site. This can act as a "core code and guidelines" for any country wishing to adopt its own CRIRSCO-style reporting standard, after including provisions for country-specific requirements such as those of a legal and investment regulatory nature.

Following discussions over a number of years, CRIRSCO published Standard Definitions in October 2012. These fifteen definitions have been incorporated in International Reporting Template of CRIRSCO dated November 2013 and in the Codes and Standards of most of the CRIRSCO Members in their own updates.

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SAMREC Code is:
THE SOUTH AFRICAN CODE FOR THE REPORTING OF EXPLORATION RESULTS, MINERAL RESOURCES AND MINERAL RESERVES (THE SAMREC CODE), 2016 EDITION

The History of the Development of the SAMREC Code

The South African Code for the Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves (the SAMREC Code, or the Code) sets out minimum standards, recommendations and guidelines for Public Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves in South Africa. It has been drawn up by the SAMREC Committee (previously the SAMREC Working Group) of the SAMCODES Standards Committee (SSC) under the joint auspices of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) and the Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA).

In 1992 a committee was formed by the GSSA, in response to the Council of Mining and Metallurgical Institutions (CMMI) to compile the first South African Code for reporting Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserves. The final draft was presented in conjunction with the SAIMM for discussion at the 1994 CMMI Conference at Sun City and to the JSE Listing Committee. In 1994, the CMMI formed an ad-hoc International Definitions Group to create a set of international definitions for reporting Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves with representatives from mining and metallurgical institutions from the United States (SME), Australia (AusIMM), Canada (CIM), the United Kingdom (IMM) and South Africa (SAIMM). A breakthrough came in October 1997 when the CMMI International Definitions Group met in Denver, Colorado and reached a provisional agreement (the Denver Accord) on definitions of Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves which have formed the basis of the international mineral reporting codes since then. Concurrently, and since 1992, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE) has been developing an international framework classification for Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves. A joint meeting was held in Geneva on October 4, 1998, between the CMMI International Definitions Group and the UN-ECE Task Force. Agreement was reached to incorporate the CMMI standard reporting definitions for Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves into the UN Framework Classification, thus giving truly international status to the CMMI definitions. The definitions in the SAMREC Code are consistent with those agreed at the Denver Accord by the CMMI participants.

The first version of the SAMREC Code was issued in March 2000 and adopted by the JSE in their Listings Requirements later that year. The Code has been adopted by the SAIMM, GSSA, SACNASP, ECSA, IMSSA and SAGC, and it is binding on members of these organisations. A second edition of the SAMREC code was issued in 2007 with an amendment being published in 2009. A third edition was released in May 2016 and came into effect, superseding the previous version of the Code, in January 2017.

Concurrent with the evolution of the SAMREC Code, the Committee for Mineral Reserves International Reporting Standards (CRIRSCO), initially a committee of the Council of Mining and Metallurgical Institutions (CMMI) has, since 1994, been working to create a set of standard definitions for the reporting of Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves. As a result of the CRIRSCO/ICMM initiative, considerable progress has been made towards widespread adoption of globally consistent reporting standards. These are embodied in similar Codes, guidelines and standards published and adopted by the relevant professional bodies around the world.

The SAMREC Code is one of 11 members of CRIRSCO, the international family of international mineral reporting codes, including the JORC Code (Australasia); The CBBR Guide for Reporting Exploration Results, Mineral Resources, and Mineral Reserves (Brazil); The CIM Definition Standards for Mineral Resources and Reserves (Canada); La Comisión Calificadora de Competencias en Recursos y Reservas Mineras (Comisión Minera, Chile); Pan-European Standard for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Reserves (PERC Code); Kazakhstan Code for the Public Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves (Kazakhstan ); The Mongolian Code for the Public Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves (The MRC Code); The NAEN Code for the Public Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources, Mineral Reserves (Russian) and The SME Guide for Reporting Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves (The SME Guide – United States of America). During November 2017, Indonesia became the 11th member of CRIRSCO. These Codes have common definitions and the reporting framework which are identical making reporting in these codes equivalent.

The purpose of international reporting codes is to ensure that misleading, erroneous or fraudulent information relating to mineral properties is not published and promoted to investors on the stock exchanges. The impetus for developing these codes came from the Poseidon Nickel Bubble (Western Australia) (1970) which prompted the development of the JORC Code (first issued in 1989) and later after the Busang or Bre-X scandal (Indonesia) in 1997, soon after which the other codes were developed and published. In both of these instances, investors were provided with reports of the grade and tonnage of the respective deposits that were unsubstantiated and not based on scientific principles. The reporting was fraudulent. The share prices were driven up by these fraudulent disclosures until the truth immerged at which point the shares became worthless.

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Australian Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC)

International Reciprocity of Competent Persons (pdf format)

LIST OF RECOGNISED OVERSEAS PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS ACCEPTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPORTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPENDIX 5A OF THE AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING RULES (THE JORC CODE)

Entities reporting to the Australian Stock Exchange ("ASX") on mineral Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves are required to comply with Appendix 5A of the listing rules, being the most recent edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the "JORC Code"). The JORC Code requires that Competent Persons (as defined) must belong to The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy ("The AusIMM"), or the Australian Institute of Geoscientists ("AIG"), or a Recognised Overseas Professional Organisation ("ROPO").

ROPOs are overseas professional organisations that ASX, acting on advice from JORC and its parent organisations, accepts as bodies to which Competent Persons may belong for the purpose of preparing documentation on Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves on which reports to ASX are based. The ROPO scheme was introduced in 2003 as a joint initiative between the Australasian Joint Ore Reserves Committee ("JORC"), the parent organisations of JORC (The AusIMM, AIG and Minerals Council of Australia), and ASX. The initial list of ROPOs was published in May 2003.

ASX is now pleased to publish the latest list of ROPOs, as follows:

• Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
• Geological Society of London
• Institute of Geologists of Ireland
• European Federation of Geologists
• American Institute of Professional Geologists
• Engineering Council of South Africa
• South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions
• Geological Society of South Africa
• South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
• South African Council for Professional and Technical Surveyors
• Professional Engineers Ontario
• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia
• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Manitoba
• Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario
• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland
• Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of the Northwest Territories
• Ordre des Geologues du Quebec

Fuller details of the background and modus operandi of the ROPO procedure can be read by clicking here.

The ASX statement: https://www.asx.com.au/documents/regulation/list-recognised-professional-orgs-march-2014.pdf

Alberta Securities Commission
Headnote

Mutual Reliance Review System: Acceptance of American Institute of Professional Geologists as a "professional organization" under NI 51-101.

Applicable National Instrument

National Instrument 51-101 Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities - section 1.1(w)(iv)B).

Citation: The American Institute of Professional Geologists, 2004 ABASC 1025 Date: 2004-10-04

In the Matter of the Securities Legislation of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut and

In the Matter of National Instrument 51-101

Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities (NI 51-101) and

In the Matter of the Mutual Reliance Review System for Exemptive Relief Applications and

In the Matter of The American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) and its members who are Certified Professional Geologists MRRS Decision Document

Background

1. The local securities regulatory authority or regulator (the Decision Maker) in each of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut (the Jurisdictions) has received the recommendation of the Canadian Securities

Administrators staff committee responsible for NI 51-101 that the Decision Maker accept the AIPG as a "professional organization" under NI 51-101, but only for those members of AIPG who are AIPG Certified Professional Geologists in good standing (the Requested Relief).

2. Under the Mutual Reliance Review System for Exemptive Applications:

2.1 the Alberta Securities Commission is the principal regulator for this application, and

2.2 this MRRS Decision Document evidences the decision of each Decision Maker.

Interpretation

3. Defined terms contained in National Instrument 14-101 Definitions or in Appendix 1 of Companion Policy 51-101CP have the same meaning in this decision unless they are defined in this decision.

Representations

4. This decision is based on the following facts represented by AIPG:

4.1 the AIPG has provided copies of the AIPG's Bylaws, Code of Ethics, and Disciplinary Procedures that establish that, for AIPG members who qualify as Certified Professional Geologists, the AIPG

4.1.1 admits members primarily on the basis of their educational qualifications;

4.1.2 requires its members to comply with the professional standards of competence and ethics prescribed by the AIPG that are relevant to the estimation, evaluation, review or audit of reserves data; and

4.1.3 has disciplinary powers, including the power to suspend or expel a member.

Decision

5. Each of the Decision Makers is satisfied that the test contained in the Legislation that provides the Decision Maker with the jurisdiction to make the decision has been met.

6. The decision of the Decision Makers under the Legislation is that the Requested Relief is granted for so long as the AIPG continues to:

6.1 admit members as Certified Professional Geologists primarily on the basis of their educational qualifications;

6.2 require Certified Professional Geologists to comply with the professional standards of competence and ethics prescribed by the AIPG that are relevant to the estimation, evaluation, review or audit of reserves data; and

6.3 have disciplinary powers, including the power to suspend or expel a Certified Professional Geologist.

Glenda A. Campbell, Q.C., Vice-Chair
Alberta Securities Commission
James A. Millard, Q.C., Member
Alberta Securities Commission

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CPGs Accepted as "Qualified Persons" in Canada

On October 19, 2001 the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issued a notice accepting AIPG certification as meeting the professional association membership criteria for a Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101, the new Canadian rules for reporting mineral resources and ore reserves. Acceptance of AIPG certification resolves a major uncertainty for U.S. economic geologists involved in mineral resource and reserve estimation. Item 2.1 of Staff Notice 43-302, Frequently Asked Questions about National Instrument 43-101 (NI43-101), specifically addresses the issue of how an individual can meet the "professional association" requirement of the "Qualified Person" definition and includes AIPG CPGs in a list of accepted organizations and groups.

NI 43-101 was developed in response to the 1997 Bre-X scandal and represents a new standard for reporting mineral resources and reserves in Canada that has world-wide impact. Among other requirements, all reports containing estimates of mineral resources and reserves must be prepared or under the supervision of a Qualified Person, who, by being named as such, accepts personal liability for the professional quality of the report and underlying work. A Qualified Person must have at least five years of experience including appropriate experience in the minerals being reported on and must be a member of a "professional association." The requirement that the professional association "has been given authority or recognition by statute" created uncertainty about which non-Canadian organizations would qualify. The CSA Staff Notice resolves the uncertainty.

Economic geologists should read the other parts of CSA Staff Notice 43-302, which was issued as a 17-page PDF file. Although available through various CSA member websites, finding the Staff Notice is difficult. Therefore a copy has been posted on AIPG's web site.

AIPG's contacts with the Canadian Council of Professional Geoscientists (CCPG) and the support of the CCPG in identifying AIPG as acceptable professional association helped in this important recognition of AIPG certification. This is one example of something AIPG has done for an important segment of its membership.

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Canadian Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities

REVISED CSA STAFF NOTICE 51-309
NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 51-101
STANDARDS OF DISCLOSURE FOR OIL AND GAS ACTIVITIES
ACCEPTANCE OF CERTAIN FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL BOARDS
AS A "PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION"

Updated October 4, 2004

This notice updates and replaces the information in CSA Staff Notice 51-309 originally dated January 19, 2004, and updated June 8, 2004.

Introduction

In January 2004 - 1, we added the following professional boards to the list of professional organizations accepted for the purposes of National Instrument 51-101 Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities (NI 51-101).

• California Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors,
• State of Colorado Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors,
• Louisiana State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors,
• Oklahoma State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, and
• Texas Board of Professional Engineers.

On June 8, 2004 - 2, we added the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) to that list.

On October 4, 2004 - 3, we added to that list the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG), but only for the AIPG's Certified Professional Geologists.

Accompanying this notice is an updated list of all accepted professional organizations under NI 51-101.

Background

NI 51-101 requires reporting issuers to appoint one or more qualified reserves evaluators or reserves auditors to report to its board of directors on its reserves data (section 3.2). To be "qualified", a reserves evaluator or reserves auditor must possess appropriate professional qualifications and experience and be a member in good standing of a "professional organization" (subsections 1.1(x) and (y)).

The definition of "professional organization" in subsection 1.1(w) has four elements:

• (w) "professional organization" means a self-regulatory organization of engineers, geologists, other geoscientists or other professionals whose professional practice includes reserves evaluations or reserves audits, that:
• (i) admits members primarily on the basis of their educational qualifications;
• (ii) requires its members to comply with the professional standards of competence and ethics prescribed by the organization that are relevant to the estimation, evaluation, review or audit of reserves data;
• (iii) has disciplinary powers, including the power to suspend or expel a member; and (iv) is either:
  
  
  
  • A. given authority or recognition by statute in a Canadian jurisdiction; or
    
  • B. accepted for this purpose by the securities regulatory authority or the regulator.

CSA staff reviewed relevant documentation concerning the professional organizations' authority and recognition, membership requirements and disciplinary powers. We concluded that acceptance of the professional organizations would not be contrary to the public interest and would facilitate compliance with NI 51-101 by enabling reporting issuers active in the United States to continue the traditional, and acceptable, practice of engaging US professionals whose qualifications are consistent with the objectives of NI 51-101.

Acceptance of Professional Organizations does not Supersede Other Requirements

Membership in one of the accepted professional organizations does not automatically mean that a person is a "qualified reserves evaluator" or "qualified reserves auditor" under NI 51-101. To be qualified under NI 51-101, the person must also have the requisite professional experience to carry out reserves evaluations or reserves audits in accordance with the requirements of NI 51-101 and the standards of the Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation Handbook.

The CSA's acceptance of the professional organizations under NI 51-101 is only for the purposes of NI 51-101. NI 51-101 does not supersede or alter local regulations or requirements regarding professional membership, practice or proficiency.

The Institute of Geologists of Ireland (IGI)

IGI Application Guidelines
Application and additional information about IGI

Page 6:  "Candidates who are professional members of another professional organisation which has a mutual recognition agreement with the IGI (e.g. The Geological Society, AIPG) do not require Sponsors. Instead, a letter should be submitted to the Secretary, or enclosed with the application, confirming current professional membership of the organisation in question."

IGI Factsheets

As part of IGI’s remit to promote the science and practice of geology, they have launched a new series of science-led information factsheets  to raise awareness of the facts surrounding mineral exploration and mining in Ireland, and their vital role in relation to Ireland’s green energy transition.

• Factsheet: Mining and Our Green Future: http://igi.ie/assets/uploads/2021/03/Mining-and-Our-Green-Future.pdf
• Factsheet: Mine Planning and Environmental Oversight: http://igi.ie/assets/uploads/2021/03/Mine-Planning-and-Environmental-Oversight.pdf
• Factsheet: Lifetime Value of a Mine: http://igi.ie/assets/uploads/2021/03/Lifetime-Value-of-a-Mine.pdf
• Factsheet: Mineral Exploration in Ireland: http://igi.ie/assets/uploads/2021/03/Mineral-Exploration-In-Ireland.pdf
• Factsheet: Mining through the Ages: http://igi.ie/assets/uploads/2021/03/Mining-through-the-Ages.pdf

The accompanying press release can be viewed here:
 http://igi.ie/assets/uploads/2021/03/IGI-Minerals-Information-Press-Release.pdf

These are also available online on the IGI’s website (https://igi.ie/minerals-information-working-group/).

IGI  prides itself on taking a science-first approach and our Minerals Information Working Group has been responsible for developing the information just published, drawing on the expertise of members who are mineral exploration, mining and environmental geologists from across the island of Ireland.

 

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MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS BETWEEN THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGISTS  AND THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

December 2012 (pdf file)

Application forms: Word format or pdf format 

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By this mutual recognition of professional qualifications the following agreements are acknowledged: