Discovery Day

Discovery Day is free, family-friendly and fun! January 22nd is #AMERoundup2023 Discovery Day at Vancouver Convention Centre East. Bring the whole family to experience mineral exploration and mining in a hands-on, interactive day of learning.

Discovery Day is a hands-on, interactive earth science activity day for kids and families featuring gold panning, samples of rocks, minerals and fossils you can touch, virtual reality experiences, and geologists and engineers on call to answer all your questions. Dig into the minerals and metals beneath our province and learn how minerals in BC are vital ingredients in our everyday lives – and for our future. Discover how the minerals and metals found in BC are critical to global supply chains, sustainable energy solutions and a low-carbon future.

Have you ever wondered what’s inside your cell phone or computer? What are they made of, and where did the materials come from? Find out at Discovery Day along with lots of other activities, including:

• ‘Stump the Geologist’ and other hands-on games with geologists and engineers
• Experience ancient fossils, spectacular minerals and billion-year-old rocks
• Make the earth shake and measure it on a seismometer
• Get spooky with glow-in-the-dark mineral displays
• Meet mascots Buddy the Miner Betty the Miner, and the Whitecaps icon, Spike
• Tour a real remote mineral exploration camp
• Experience Britannia MineVR technology displays
• Pan for gold with Yukon Dan
• Quiet activities, including toys, colouring, Lego, puzzles and more
• Free face painting, balloon bending, and popcorn and cotton candy!

Activities recommended for ages 4-12 years old.

Thank you to our sponsors; Teck Resources, Anglo American, BGC Engineering and Strategic Metals Ltd.