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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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
Geochemistry of pyrite in orogenic gold deposits across Northwestern Ontario
Earth Sciences Department, University of Toronto
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
Multiscale Structural Analysis of the Troilus Au-Cu Deposit of Northern Quebec and Applications to Deposit Metallogeny
Department of Earth Sciences, Western University
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
Mineral Prospectivity Mapping Driven by Geological Knowledge and Data: a Case Study of Orogenic Gold Deposits in Guangxi
State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
Polyphase deformation and dextral transpression along the Quetico–Wabigoon boundary: structural insights from the Atikokan area, NW Ontario
Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC), Harquail School of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University