Convention 2025
Convention Statistics
Overall
Convention attendees: 27,353
International attendees: 33%
Outside of Canada the largest number of attendees came from: United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Mongolia, and Turkey.
Countries represented: 126
Accredited media: 352
Student attendees: 1,313
Self identified investors: 2,524
Sponsors: 35
Exhibits
Trade Show
Booths: 1,024
Exhibiting organizations: 745
Government exhibitors: 91
Investors Exchange
Booths: 475
Exhibiting organizations: 423
Exhibits
Prospectors Tent
Exhibitors: 20
Core Shack
Exhibitors: 40
Programming
Short Courses: 8
Sessions: 195
Presenters: 705
Convention Highlights
- Showcasing more than 1,200 exhibitors—including government representatives, corporate leaders, and technical specialists from across the world—PDAC 2025 upheld its reputation as the industry’s most influential convention.
- Extensive programming covering current topics focusing on capital markets, critical minerals, Indigenous relations, student and early career development, and sustainability.
- Keynote speakers included Mike Henry, BHP; Eric Sprott, Eric Sprott Family Office; Flavia Tata Nardini, Fleet Space Technologies; and David Burt & Bede Evans, the Onto Discovery Team.
- PDAC 2025 provided a vital platform for dialogue between industry stakeholders and government officials. PDAC’s leaders used this forum to emphasize the impact of forward-looking public policy on maintaining Canada’s competitive edge in the mineral sector.
- Five of the industry’s top performers were honoured at the PDAC 2025 Awards Gala, at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel.
PDAC 2025 Photo Gallery
Photo credit: Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada
