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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Characterizing the mineralogy of the Tuscan target, Sudbury Igneous Complex, Sudbury, Ontario
Harquail School of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University
From textures to tenors: Investigating mineral assemblages, textures, and Ni distribution within the Geminid Nickel Deposit
Earth and Environmental Science Department, Dalhousie University
Geology of the Magmatic Sulphide Ni-Cu Tyko Project
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario
Petrogenesis of chromitite associated with the platiniferous J-M Reef, Stillwater Igneous Complex, USA
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Ottawa
From Bedrock to Till: Mineral-Chemistry Vectoring to Cu–PGE Mineralization — Insights from the Marathon Deposit, Northwestern Ontario.
Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University