Mark Your Calendars for the Award-Winning Mineral Exploration and Mining Showcase – PDAC 2024

An annual must attend for the mining industry, the PDAC 2024 Convention is the world’s premier mineral exploration and mining convention is taking place from March 3-6, 2024, in Toronto, Canada. Widely considered to be the ‘Super Bowl’ of the mineral exploration and mining community, the award winning PDAC Convention is the leading event for people, companies, and organizations connected to mineral exploration.

Since it first began in 1932, the convention has grown in size, stature, and influence. Today, it is the event of choice for the world’s mineral industry hosting more than 1,100 exhibitors and 700 speakers.

The convention brings together attendees from more than 130 countries for its educational programming, networking events, business opportunities and fun. In 2023, the convention was thrilled to welcome pre-pandemic levels of attendance back to its annual convention, drawing 23,819 attendees to Toronto for the best business, investment and networking opportunities in the mineral exploration and mining industry. 

The PDAC 2024 Convention will feature a wide range of speakers, industry experts, and facilitators who bring their knowledge, strategies, new concepts, and case studies. There will also be more panel discussions than ever before, featuring extended Q&A opportunities, plus real-time polling, quizzes, and more. 

World-Class Programming

Guided by PDAC’s Convention Planning Committee – a group made up of volunteers and professionals from across the mineral exploration and mining industry – the event is putting forth an exciting lineup of content that will provide hundreds of hours of acclaimed programming. PDAC 2024 offers a wide range of opportunities for speakers and facilitators to share knowledge, strategies, new concepts, case studies, and more.

Some of the exciting programming opportunities include:

Capital Markets Program – learn more about how capital markets play a critical role in supporting the financing of mineral exploration in Canada and around the world.

Corporate Presentation Forum for Investors – Featuring up-to-the-minute information on select exploration and development companies’ current activities and investment potential.

Exploration Insights – A showcase of technical, policy and academic presentations that offer insight into current and topical subjects.

Indigenous Program – Indigenous leaders, industry experts and legal professionals exchange their vision of prosperity and reconciliation.

Presentation & Reception Room Program – Enhance your organization’s visibility, launch a product, present a workshop, meet clients and prospects, and / or make a presentation about your mining jurisdiction or company.

Short Courses – In-depth educational sessions led by presenters with expertise in a variety of different subject matters, ranging in length from half – day to multi-day.

Sustainability Program – Examining the innovative ways in which companies are working to improve their sustainability performance.

For more information, please visit www.pdac.ca/convention

The PDAC 2024 Awards Gala & Nite Cap

The annual PDAC Awards showcase individuals, teams and companies who are exceptional leaders of the industry. Recipients will be celebrated at the prestigious Awards Gala & Nite Cap at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto on Tuesday, March 5, during the PDAC 2024 Convention. Tickets were made available for purchase in December at pdac.ca. Sign up to be notified when they become available.

Congratulations to the following PDAC 2024 Award Recipients for their outstanding accomplishments. (*Click the links for the full summaries and images) 

PDAC 2024 Award Recipients:

John Burzynski and the Osisko Mining Inc. Exploration Team – Bill Dennis Award
For the discovery and ongoing expansion of the Windfall deposit’s Lynx gold zone located in the Abitibi greenstone belt, Eeyou Istchee James Bay, Québec.

Wabun Tribal Council – Skookum Jim Award
For developing a consistent process of engagement (The Wabun Model) that reasonably matches the lifespan of projects from mineral exploration to development.

O3 Mining – Sustainability Award
For exceptional Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance including the achievement of ECOLOGO Certification.

The Lundin Group Vicuña Exploration Team – Thayer Lindsley Award 
For the discovery of the Vicuña district in the Central Andean copper province in Argentina and Chile. 

John McConnell and the Victoria Gold Team – Viola R. MacMillan Award
For innovative financing of the Eagle Gold Mine development and production in Yukon.

“The 2024 recipients continue the 46-year tradition of excellence in the PDAC Awards,” said Raymond Goldie, PDAC President. “Their successes are an inspiration and demonstrate the expertise, ingenuity, and determination needed to find the minerals that are essential to modern life. Our awards recipients also show that, both in Canada and worldwide, mineral explorers and developers are practicing innovative and effective approaches to community engagement and sustainability.”