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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A Groundbreaking Geological Approach to Industrial Mineral Resource Estimation: Integrating Physical, Geochemical, and Petrographic Insights of Calcitc Dolostone in Paciran, East Java
Departement of Geological Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Understanding the origin of hematite in red beds occurring in Paleoproterozoic fluvial-alluvial rocks of northern Saskatchewan and Nunavut
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan
Characterization of Uranium Mineralization and Alteration in the Pike Zone of CanAlaska Uranium's West McArthur Project, Saskatchewan
1Department of Earth Sciences, Western University,
Investigating Shale-Hosted Vanadium in the Selwyn Basin, Yukon & Northwest Territories
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto
A Drill Core Stratigraphic Classification of Angikuni Basin Sedimentary Rocks
Geology, University of Saskatchewan
Trace element and sulphur isotope geochemistry of sphalerite in the Ge-bearing Zn-Pb-Ag Prairie Creek deposit, NWT, Canada
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto
Inversion effects on Pb-Zn Mineralization in the Irish Ore-Field
School of Earth Sciences, University College Dublin,
Carbonate-Hosted Geothermal Lithium in the Leduc Formation, West-Central Alberta
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Saint Francis Xavier University
The Fluid Provenance and Ore Mineralisation History of the Ecton Copper Mine, Central England
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Ottawa