PDAC awards top mining talent
The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) honoured its 2016 award winners at a gala evening ceremony during its annual convention in Toronto in last month. The association gave…
PDAC 2016
PDAC 2016: Canadian bankers ponder future of mining finance
Debt, balance sheet repair and available financing were the main themes of a panel discussion on capital markets at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention. Since the early…
PDAC 2016: Premier Bob McLeod on mining in the NWT
Bob McLeod, the premier of the Northwest Territories, caught up with The Northern Miner at the recent Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto to talk about the…
PDAC 2016: Engineering reports fail to impress
A review for adequacy and quality of 34 development-stage National Instrument (NI) 43-101 studies on Sedar showed nearly half lacked engineering rigour, Tim Oliver, an environmental engineer and independent consultant,…
PDAC 2016: China remains ‘engine of growth’
Philip Macoun, managing consultant at London-based CRU Consulting, shared an overview on China’s impact on commodity markets, along with his outlook for copper, coal, iron ore and gold, at the…
PDAC 2016: Andrew Cheatle shares his upbeat view on the industry
This year’s annual Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention, now in its 84th year, attracted more than 22,000 attendees, including inventors, analysts, mining executives, government officials and students….
PDAC 2016: Transparency, education needed to restore confidence in miners, Brent Cook says
Brent Cook, an independent exploration analyst and editor of Exploration Insights, delivered a talk in early March at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention on whether there is…