This year's annual Christmas Party was a great success. With close to 200 people in attendance, the Marco Polo room at the Da Vinci was filled to capacity. After a delicious meal was served, hoards of prizes were given out. With help from the Maverick Entertainment DJ, many laughs were had with a number of crowd-involving games. As the night progressed, the karaoke crooners came out and sung a few tunes, and laughs were had by all. This year's gold prize was also the biggest yet. Celebrating the prize's 7th year running, Peter Young noted that there were 134 entries, with a guessed price ranging from a low of $422 to a high of $3000. In the end, Peter Sansekovich, who was not in attendance, won the prize of $135. At the 2008 Christmas party, Peter bet that the price of gold on December 4th, 2009 would be $1158. The closing price of gold that day was $1162. Congratulations Peter! We look forward to next yearÂ’s Christmas party, and we thank all of our kind sponsors for the amazing gift donations.
Some photos from the Christmas party...
Activation Labs
ALS Chemex
Barrick-Hemlo Operations
Benton Resources Corp.
Chaltrek Geological Supplies Inc.
Cobra Drilling/North Star Drilling
Da Vinci Centre
dpDiamond Blades
Excalibur Motorcycle Works Ltd.
Fladgate Exploration
Freewest Resources Canada Inc.
GeoVector Management Inc.
Goldcorp Inc.
Home Hardware Store Atikokan
Jiminex Ink
KBM Sales
Landore Resources Inc.
Mega Precious Metals
Mengold Resources Inc.
Metals Creek Resources Corp.
North American Palladium Ltd.
Ponty & Company
Premier Gold Mines Limited
Sabina Silver Corporation
Sage Gold Inc.
Sharpstone Geoservices Ltd.
Stares Contracting Corp.
Valhalla Inn
Walts Dry Goods Atikokan
Wire Rope Industries Distribution