December 16, 2020

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AWARDS

Meet the PDAC 2021 Award Recipients

PDAC is excited to announce that six top international and domestic performers have been selected in recognition of their excellence:

Phillip Walford & Sherry Dunsworth (Bill Dennis Award)
Dennis Jones (Distinguished Service Award)
Nalaine Morin (Skookum Jim Award)
B2Gold (Sustainability Award)
K92 Mining (Thayer Lindsley Award)
Mark O'Dea (Viola R. MacMillan Award)

Recipients will be celebrated at the Awards Gala on March 9 during the virtual PDAC 2021 Convention.

COMMUNICATIONS

CORE Magazine, Fall 2020 – out now

This digital-only issue includes how companies in the sector are adjusting to a post-pandemic world, a detailed look into mapping innovation in mineral exploration, our new, member-only online portal PDAC Connect, plus more!

If you did not receive a copy of CORE and want it delivered to your inbox three times per year, subscribe online today!

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Present your research at PDAC 2021

The call for abstracts is open for the virtual 2021 PDAC-SEG Student Minerals Colloquium. All students (BSc, MSc, PhD) working on projects with a link to mineral deposits (e.g. mapping, mineralogy, geochemistry, geophysics, environmental, hydrogeology, etc.) are encouraged to participate. This event attracts participants who will attend the PDAC 2021 Convention and provides the widest possible exposure for current research. Cash prizes to be awarded! Register by January 11, 2021.

MEMBERSHIP

Register for our next virtual event on prospecting

Join us on January 14, 12:00-1:00 PM (EST) for our next Talks on Rocks episode. Jessica Bjorkman, Bjorkman Prospecting, will speak on basic prospecting techniques, as well as the role prospecting still plays in the industry to make new discoveries and build a database to help ongoing exploration efforts. She will speak briefly about the importance of prospecting education and support for the profession, concluding with examples where prospecting has helped advance exploration programs.

An 'Ask Me Anything' session in PDAC Connect will follow the presentation from 1:00-1:45 PM with Jessica Bjorkman. She will answer questions and share her experiences in the ‘Prospecting’ community.

Not a member? Become one today and participate in the conversation.

Don’t miss the early membership rate

There’s still time to save! Join or renew Core membership by December 31 and save $80. Annual fees for Core members are $90.48 compared to $166.67 for Regular members. Core members enjoy substantial discounts on PDAC Convention registration fees, Short Courses and much more. Payments made after December 31 will be processed at the Regular membership rate.

New and returning (lapsed) individual members qualify for a 46% saving on membership fees this year! Apply now before this special offer closes on December 31.

Happy Holidays

Wishing our members and all of Canada's mineral exploration and mining community a happy and safe holiday season. Thank you for your ongoing support throughout 2020. Our office will be closed from December 24 to January 1. Happy New Year!