AME Membership
Your membership gives AME a stronger voice in helping to shape and influence exploration policy in Canada.
Join AME and be part of Canada’s leading voice for mineral exploration and development. Whether you’re an individual professional, student, or organization, AME membership offers incredible value, visibility, and influence—all while supporting the future of our industry.
Memberships run from January to December each year. All prices are in Canadian dollars – 5% GST will be added to the prices below.
Membership Types & Prices
Individual Membership
Your Individual AME Membership connects you with British Columbia’s largest exploration and development community and provides opportunities to shape the issues impacting mineral exploration and development in our province.
- Access to tools, expert advice and support
- Discounted rate on AME Roundup, professional development events, speakers’ series and AME workshops
- AME monthly e-newsletter: Complimentary subscription
Pricing Details
Connect with one of the largest mineral exploration associations in Canada. With membership, you can stay informed on issues affecting the sector and access valuable resources. Other benefits include discounted registration for courses, webinars, workshops and events such as AME Roundup.
Build your path in mineral exploration by connecting with industry professionals and more. Students can join the AME Mentorship Program, participate in networking and professional development opportunities, and receive discounted registration for courses, webinars, workshops and events like AME Roundup.
Celebrating a lasting commitment to AME and mineral exploration, Life Membership recognizes eligible long-standing members with complimentary membership and continued member benefits.
Corporate Membership
Your Corporate Membership gives AME a stronger voice to shape and influence mineral exploration and development policy in British Columbia. AME Corporate Membership provides opportunities to promote your organization and connect with the broader AME community through events, networking, programs, and publications.
- Includes all individual membership benefits, unless otherwise specified
- Complimentary listing in Online Membership Directory
- Complimentary listing of relevant mineral exploration industry events on AME online events calendar, and in the AME e-newsletter
Pricing Details
Strengthen your industry presence and engagement. Members can benefit from AME’s advocacy, insights and resources, supporting a strong and responsible mineral exploration and development sector.
Build your presence within Canada’s mineral exploration landscape and stay connected to the issues, opportunities and developments shaping the sector through AME’s advocacy and resources.
Advance your exploration projects through valuable connections, resources and greater visibility while benefiting from AME’s advocacy for a strong and responsible mineral exploration sector.
Grow your presence across the mineral exploration community. Members can showcase their products and services while benefiting from valuable connections, AME advocacy, resources, programs and events.
Build meaningful relationships, share knowledge and perspectives by engaging in AME programs, events and initiatives that foster collaboration across the mineral exploration community.
Collaborate and share knowledge across AME’s network while staying connected to the issues and opportunities affecting mineral exploration and development.
Bridge education, research and industry by sharing expertise while creating stronger connections between learners, researchers and the mineral exploration community.
Knowledge, Tools and Advocacy
AME influences decisions and policies that support your ability to do business in BC. Your membership makes our voice stronger when we’re communicating with government, communities, First Nations and industry suppliers on the issues that are important to you.
Lobbying
Connecting directly with the provincial and federal governments on behalf of the mineral exploration and development industry
Permitting
Developing more efficient and effective permitting to facilitate successful exploration in BC
Land Access and Use
Ensuring optimum access to explore BC’s vast mineral potential
Indigenous Engagement
Providing tools and opportunities to properly engage BC’s First Nations and indigenous people worldwide
Economic Incentives
Encouraging investment for exploration projects within a competitive world
Geoscience
Encouraging consistent investment in public geoscience and explaining the significant return of such investment to our industry as well as members of the general public
Infrastructure
Promoting development and stimulating mineral exploration and mining activity in remote areas
Human Resources
Ensuring that our sector can continue to attract a qualified, motivated workforce
Networking and Professional Development
As a member of AME, you’ll meet other long-time members – at member events, mixers and more – who understand the industry, know the business cycles and know how to navigate the challenges and issues companies in our industry face.
Our membership includes geoscientists, prospectors, engineers, entrepreneurs, exploration companies, suppliers, mineral producers, and many more professionals are engaged in mineral exploration in BC and throughout the world.
Member Benefits
AME members have a stronger voice in helping to shape and influence mineral exploration policy in BC. As a member you’ll join with others who understand the industry, know the business cycles and know how to navigate the challenges companies in our industry face.
- Access to AME staff regarding government mineral exploration policy and government relations
- Access to AME advice and resources on Indigenous relations
- Access to AME information and advice on health and safety best practices
- Use of AME’s library and meeting rooms
- Opportunity to submit nominations for AME Awards
- Opportunity to join a committee (Committee members must be individual members)
- Specialty rates for various hotels and accommodations
- Special discounts through our partnership programs
- Discounted rate on professional development events, speakers’ series, webinars and workshops organized by AME (Individual Members only)
- Discounted AME Roundup conference registration rates (Individual Members only)
- Use of AME Job Board (coming soon)
- Complimentary entry to AME’s popular Annual Open House
- Discounted rate on professional development events, speakers’ series, webinars and workshops organized by AME (Individual Members only)
- Discounted AME Roundup conference registration rates (Individual Members only)
