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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Process oriented and vector based evaluation of rare earth element (REE) potential in granitoid weathering crusts using archived drill cores from the Souktal Plutonic Complex (Northern Kazakhstan).
Department of Geology, Nazarbayev University
Exploration potential of lithium–caesium–tantalum (LCT) pegmatites in the Brasília Orogen, Brazil
Institute of Geosciences, University of Brasília
Evolution and Prospectivity of Rare Element Mineralisation using Mineralogical and Geochemical Characteristics of Pegmatites in the Biriwa-Ewoyaa Enclave, Southern Ghana
Department of Geological Engineering, University of Mines and Technology (UMaT)
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
Exploring the influence of rock geochemistry on biofilm composition in a lithium pegmatite system using metabarcoding
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University
Melt Evolution: The Transition from Migmatite to Lithium-Mineralized Pegmatite
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of British Columbia - Okanagan
Ferrocarbonatite Complex at Cerro Manomó: Possible Geological Evolution and Potential for Rare Earth Elements
Geological Engineering, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés
Tourmaline micro-inclusions in quartz and implications for metallurgy at the Tanco pegmatite, southeastern Manitoba
Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Brunswick