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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Pyrite Generations at the Young-Davidson Gold Deposit
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto
Characterizing the stratigraphy of the Mafic Domain host rocks of the Great Bear gold deposit, Red Lake, northwestern Ontario
Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC), Harquail School of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University
Structural Architecture of the Kirkland Lake gold camp, Southern Abitibi greenstone belt (Ontario, Canada)
MERC, Laurentian University
Pyrite textures and alteration minerals in the Timmins gold camp
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto
Constraining ore assemblage, textures, gold composition and timing of deformation and mineralization at the LP deformation zone, Great Bear deposit, Red Lake, ON
Harquail School of Earth Sciences, Laurentian Univeristy
Sequestration of Co and Au in the hydrothermal system: Insight from the Tuolugou Co-Au deposit in East Kunlun Orogen, China
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto
Fluid Inclusion Microthermometry of Syenite-Hosted Quartz–Carbonate Veins at the Young-Davidson Orogenic Gold Deposit
Department of Earth Science, University of Toronto