PDAC-SEG
Student Minerals Colloquium
The Student Minerals Colloquium (SMC) brings together geoscience students and industry professionals to highlight innovative student research on projects essential for the successful evolution of the modern mining industry.
This event provides industry professionals with an opportunity to support and stay current with ongoing international research from students across the world. The 17th annual colloquium will take place at the PDAC 2026 Convention in Toronto, Canada from March 1-4, 2026
A panel of industry professionals will judge the posters and three winners from each of the BSc, MSc, PhD categories will receive $500, $400 and $300 respectively. All students will be at their posters for judging on Tuesday March 3, from 10:00 am – 12 noon.
Convention attendees are encouraged to visit the exhibits to meet the student researchers and attend the SMC Poster Awards & Reception on Tuesday March 3 in the Northern Lights Learning Hub from 3:30 – 5:00 pm.
A panel of industry professionals will judge the posters and three winners from each of the BSc, MSc, PhD categories will receive $500, $400 and $300 respectively. All students will be at their posters for judging on Tuesday March 3, from 10:00 am – 12 noon.
Convention attendees are encouraged to visit the exhibits to meet the student researchers and attend the SMC Poster Awards & Reception on Tuesday March 3 in the Northern Lights Learning Hub from 3:30 – 5:00 pm.
The list of abstracts will be posted shortly.
Access requirement:
 | All Access Pass Including Student, Senior, and One Day Passes |
 | VIP All Access Pass |
 | Exhibitor Staff Pass |
 | Exhibits Day Pass |
For more information, contact:
SMC Organizing Committee
[email protected]
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Exploration potential of lithium–caesium–tantalum (LCT) pegmatites in the Brasília Orogen, Brazil
Institute of Geosciences, University of Brasília
Mapping Geological Information Flow in the Mining Value Chain: Strengthening downstream Decision-Making with robust Orebody Knowledge
Department of Eath, Ocean and Atmospheric sciences
Characterizing the mineralogy of the Tuscan target, Sudbury Igneous Complex, Sudbury, Ontario
Harquail School of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University
Integrated Geophysical Investigation of the Machile-Zambezi Graben: Deep Crustal Imaging using Audio-Magnetotellurics (AMT)
Department of Geology, University of Zambia
Characterization of Uranium Mineralization and Alteration in the Pike Zone of CanAlaska Uranium's West McArthur Project, Saskatchewan
1Department of Earth Sciences, Western University,
High-grade gold controls and spatial chemical zonation at the Snip North prospect of the Iskut project
Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences. The University of Texas at El Paso
Groundwork for the Preparation of a New Stockpile of 205Pb for ID-TIMS Geochronology
Earth Sciences, University of Toronto
Structural and Lithological Controls on Gold Mineralization at the Pilar Mine, Rio das Velhas Greenstone Belt, Brazil
Postgraduate Program in Geology (PPGL), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
ALTERATION OF METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS ASSOCIATED WITH GOLD MINERALIZATION AT THE YOUNG-DAVIDSON GOLD MINE
Earth Sciences Department, University of Waterloo