Papers & Presentations • Publications

2009

• Corporate social responsibility and Canada ’s mineral exploration sector: Doing the right thing wherever we work, speech by Jon Baird , PDAC President, to the Economic Club of Canada , June 23, 2009.

2008

• Submission by the PDAC to the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Council of Energy and Mines Ministers Conference, September 2008, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.  

2007

• Continually improving performance – Providing leadership and tools for global exploration, keynote address by Patricia Dillon, PDAC President, at the 6th Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining conference, Rovaniemi, Finland, November 27.

• A strategy to improve Canada’s mineral exploration investment climate, presented by the PDAC to the 64th Annual Mines Ministers’ Conference, September 23-27, 2007, Whistler, British Columbia.

2006

• A strategy to ensure the long-term competitiveness of the Canadian mineral industry, submission by the PDAC to the federal Finance Committee pre-budget consultations, October 19, 2006. (PDF)

• Presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance by Patricia Dillon, PDAC President, October 16, 2006, Ottawa, Ontario. (PDF)

• A strategy to ensure the long-term competitiveness of the Canadian mineral industry,’ presented by the PDAC to the 63rd Annual Mines Ministers’ Conference, August 27-29, 2006, Whitehorse, Yukon. (PDF)

2005

• The global demand for commodities: Canada’s golden opportunity, a presentation by Peter M. Dimmell to the Ontario Exploration and Geoscience Symposium, Toronto, Canada, December 13 (PDF)

• Global trends in exploration, a presentation by Peter M. Dimmell to the 5th Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining Meeting, Rovaniemi, Finland, December 1 (PDF)

• PDAC's brief to the 62nd Canadian Energy & Mines Ministers' Conference, September 19, 2005 (PDF)

• World exploration trends: A special report from Metals Economics Group for the PDAC 2005 International Convention, March 2005 (PDF)

2004

• Excellence Environmentale en Exploration, a presentation by André Gaumond at Quebec Exploration 2004, Quebec City, November 23 (PDF)

• E3 and Environmental Practice at Noranda and Falconbridge, a presentation by Bill Mercer at Quebec Exploration 2004, Quebec City, November 23 (PDF)

• The PDAC's brief to the 61st Annual Energy & Mines Ministers' Conference, Iqaluit, Nunavut, July 19-20, 2004 (PDF)

2003

• Today's environment for exploration, a presentation given by Gerald Harper to Parks Canada representatives at Pukaskwa, Ontario, October 30, 2003: PPP | PDF

• E3 Environmental Excellence in Exploration, October 2003: PPP | PDF

• PDAC's submission to World Bank Extractive Industries Review, September 2003 (PDF)

• PDAC's brief to the 60th Canadian Energy & Mines Ministers' Conference, September 28-October 1, 2003 (PDF)

• PDAC's response to the Canadian Securities Administrators proposed blueprint for uniform securities laws for Canada, April 30, 2003 (PDF)

2002

• Northern geoscience: Investing in Canada's future, a report prepared by industry representatives of the Industry-Government Overview Committee, October 2002 (PDF)

• A Brief submitted to the 59th annual Energy & Mines Ministers' Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, September 15-18, 2002 (PDF)

• Innovation In Canada’s Mineral Exploration And Development Sector - Submission To Industry Canada, 2002 (PDF)

• PDAC's commentary on South Africa's Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Bill B15-2002, May 2002. For a full version of the bill, click here http://www.gov.za/gazette/bills/2002/b15-02.pdf (be patient; the document takes about 2 minutes to download).

• Canadian junior exploration companies show upturn in exploration, a paper distributed to all delegates at the PDAC's annual convention, March 2002. (PDF)

2001

• Boosting the discovery of new mineral deposits by attracting investments: The Canadian experience, a paper presented by Past President Gerald Harper at EXPOSIBRAM 2001, Brazil, on April 25, 2001. This presentation is made up of two parts: text (PDF) and slides (PPP).

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• PDAC's brief to the Canadian Energy & Mines Ministers' Conference, September 9-12, 2001 (PDF)

• PDAC's commentary on proposed South African mining legislation, March 29, 2001 (PDF)

2000

• Brief, prepared by the PDAC on behalf of the Canadian Mineral Industry Federation, to the Energy and Mines Ministers Conference, Toronto, Canada, September 10-13, 2000 (PDF)

• Exploration – Adapting to a changing world, presented by Gerald Harper at Mining Millennium 2000, Toronto, Canada, March 2000 (PDF)

• Exploration expenditures & financings, 1991-1999, containing data compiled by the association and used in a number of PDAC presentations (PPP) 

• Crisis in exploration, presented by Tony Andrews to the federal Liberal Rural Caucus, June 2000 (PPP)