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Congrats to our 2024 Referral Program Winners!
PDAC would like to congratulate all the winners of this year’s Member Referral Program. Grand prizes have been awarded to members with the most referrals, along with cash awards for top-ranked members on the Leaderboard and monthly prize draws open to all participants. We appreciate your support in expanding our membership and look forward to your participation again in the coming year. Log into your PDAC account to see the full list of winners.
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S-IMEW celebrates 15 years
PDAC welcomed twenty-six geoscience students to Sudbury, in May to participate in the 15th annual Student-Industry Mineral Exploration Workshop (S-IMEW). S-IMEW was established in 2007 with the aim of inspiring geoscience students to pursue a career in mineral exploration. We are excited to celebrate the 15th Workshop and express our gratitude to the numerous volunteers and sponsors whose support has made this milestone possible.
Learn more about this year’s activities and view photos from the Workshop.
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Register now: Frank Arnott - Next Generation Explorers Award (NGEA™)
Time is running out to enter the 2025 NGEA™ Challenge! This international competition gives teams of geoscience students an opportunity to interpret geoscience data and pitch mineralization targets to a panel of industry judges. The top six teams will win a free trip to present at #PDAC2025 and be eligible for up to $14,000 in cash prizes! Get your team together and enter before Oct 31st: www.frankarnottaward.com
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PDAC 2025 Awards - How to nominate
Do you know an outstanding individual, team or company that deserves to be recognized on the world stage? View the PDAC Awards categories and watch the
"how to nominate" video to learn the process. Award recipients will be celebrated at the annual Awards Gala during PDAC 2025. Get your nominations in by the July 31st deadline.
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Indigenous History Month
This June, in honour of National Indigenous History Month, PDAC wishes to highlight the amazing achievements of Indigenous Peoples in the mineral industry. PDAC’s Skookum Jim Award is a meaningful way to celebrate these achievements and inspire future generations. Follow these links to learn more about past award winners, or to nominate an extraordinary Indigenous individual who has demonstrated significant leadership in the mineral industry.
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Amended Impact Assessment Act now in force
On June 20th, the Budget Implementation Act, 2024 received Royal Assent. As a result, the amended Impact Assessment Act is now in force. Read the amended language in full here, or check out PDAC’s recent recommendations regarding the Act. The government will begin public engagement on related regulations and the administration of the Act this summer.
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Canada releases 2030 Nature Strategy
Following release of the “Towards a 2030 National Biodiversity Strategy” discussion paper and PDAC’s response, Canada introduced the Nature Accountability Bill in Parliament and unveiled it’s 2030 Nature Strategy. These pieces aim to reduce biodiversity loss and build on existing initiatives in all regions and sectors and provide an accountability framework for the federal government in fulfilling its commitments.
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PDAC President Ray Goldie in conversation with Newsweek
PDAC President Ray Goldie recently spoke with Newsweek for its upcoming Investment Reports feature on the mining sector.
"Speeding up the pace of discovery and mine development is the one area we must focus on in Canada to achieve the goals of our national critical minerals and emission reduction strategies," Goldie said. "This doesn’t mean we shortcut permitting or assessments, but it does mean we need to see more collaboration between governments, industry, and communities to bring new projects online and provide the raw minerals
we need to transform the way the world works." Read the full interview.
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NRCAN updates Critical Minerals List
PDAC is encouraged by Environment and Natural Resources in Canada's (NRCan) decision to add high-purity iron,
phosphorous and silicon metal to Canada’s Critical Mineral list, which reflects some of the feedback PDAC provided to the “Let’s Talk Critical Minerals” consultation in February 2024. We hope that the additions to the list will help boost core parts of the Canadian mineral industry. Learn more here.
Read our full submission to "Let's Talk Critical Minerals"
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DRIVING RESPONSIBLE EXPLORATION (DRE)
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Did you use e3 Plus?
PDAC is gathering feedback on the utilization of our Driving Responsible Exploration resources (formerly known as e3 Plus). If you or your team has used any of our resources, could you kindly complete the “Contact Us” form at the bottom of this page? Your input would be greatly appreciated.
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