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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High-grade mineralization and nodular alteration above the intrusion-hosted Valeriano Cu-Au porphyry deposit, Chile
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Ottawa
Geological and petrological features of the magmatic-hydrothermal component of a hybrid Archean Au deposit setting, Wawa, Ontario
Harquail School of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University
Preliminary Analysis of Sulphide Mineralization in an Ultramac Intrusion, Milton Island Assemblage, Reindeer Lake, Saskatchewan
University of Regina
Seafloor Hydrothermalism and Ultrafast Subduction: A Recipe for Critical Metal Enrichment
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto
Multiscale Structural Analysis of the Troilus Au-Cu Deposit of Northern Quebec and Applications to Deposit Metallogeny
Department of Earth Sciences, Western University
A Drill Core Stratigraphic Classification of Angikuni Basin Sedimentary Rocks
Geology, University of Saskatchewan
Petrogenesis of Neoproterozoic NYF Pegmatites, Perch Falls Quarry, southwestern New Brunswick: Insights from portable field tools with follow up µXRF–EDS and lithogeochemical analyses
Department of Earth Sciences, University Of New Brunswick
Tracking metamorphic P-T evolution at the Great Bear deposit, Red Lake, ON
Harquail School of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University
Structural controls, mineralogy, and alteration associated with the Amalgamated Kirkland gold deposit, Kirkland Lake, Ontario
Mineral Exploration Research Center, Laurentian University