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 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
Reading the Fine Print: Coupling pXRF Geochemistry and UV Response to Characterize Cryptic Alteration Halos at Guigui, Santa Eulalia, Mexico
Mineral Deposit Research Unit, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia
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
Preliminary Analysis of Sulphide Mineralization in an Ultramac Intrusion, Milton Island Assemblage, Reindeer Lake, Saskatchewan
University of Regina
CHARACTERIZATION AND GEOCHRONOLOGY OF MINERALIZATION IN THE EL02 LICENSE, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. AN APPROACH TO ITS MAGMATIC FERTILITY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR EXPLORATION
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Resource Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso
Multi-source fluid mixing controls on bonanza-grade gold-silver epithermal mineralization at the Brucejack deposit, British Columbia, Canada
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University
Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry Screening for Tungsten: Lessons from preliminary analysis of mineralized and unmineralized samples granophile deposits throughout New Brunswick
Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Brunswick
Textural and Mineralogical Characterization of Co-, Ni-, PGE-Rich Mineralization in the New Afton Deposit, British Columbia, using Mineral Liberation Analysis and Scanning Electron Microscopy
Department of Earth Sciences, Western University
Long Lake Zinc Deposit in the Grenville Province, Canada: Evidence of Post-Metamorphic Mineralization and Magmatic Input
Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University