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PDAC - SEG Student Minerals Colloquium Award Recipients
2025 Award Winners
BSc
1st: Rowan Perrott, Laurentian University; A study of the nature and distribution of precious-metal minerals in the Norman West Deposit, Sudbury, Ontario: Implications to geoformational processes and precious-metal deportment
2nd: Owen Davis, Laurentian University; Structures, alteration, and mineralization along a newly exposed segment of the Larder Lake-Cadillac Deformation Zone, southern Abitibi subprovince, Ontario, Canada
3rd: Ella Curtis, University of Toronto; Analyzing the Alteration Halos of Young-Davidson Orogenic Gold Deposit Using Short Wavelength Infrared (SWIR)
MSc
1st: Jack Halloran, University of Ottawa; Patchy Alteration Carapace and High-Grade Mineralization above the Valeriano Cu-Au Porphyry Deposit, Chile
2nd: Margaret Laverge, Laurentian University; Structural Controls on Gold Mineralization at the Great Bear Property, Red Lake, ON
3rd: Kelsie Ojaste, University of Ottawa; Volatile signatures in the Sudbury Igneous Complex magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE deposits: Implications for sulfide melt differentiation and precious metal mineralisation
PhD
1st: Sofia Mantilla Salas, Stanford University; Automated Identification of Exploration Targets with Geophysical Patterns Matching Known Economic Deposits
2nd: Nelson Román, University of Toronto; Gold alloy trace element composition at the Klondike gold district, Yukon
3rd: Kevin Ng, McGill University; Fluid Inclusion Evidence of Structural Modification of Epithermal Bonanza-Grade Gold Veins in the Brucejack Au-Ag Deposit, British Columbia, Canada
2024
Award Winners
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BSc
1st - Kaylee Tymo, University of Regina; Petrographic, Geochemical, and Structural Analysis of Pegmatite-Hosted REE Mineralization in the Forget Lake Area, Northern Saskatchewan
2nd - Jack Halloran, University of Ottawa; High Sulphidation Overprint Associated with High Cu-Au Grades of the Filo del Sol Porphyry Cu-Au deposit, Argentina-Chile
3rd - Sarah Mills, University of Western Ontario; Characterizing mafic metavolcanic rocks and the nature and timing associated hydrothermal alteration rocks on Parker Island, Wollaston Lake, Saskatchewan
MSc
1st - Camila Aliaga-Morales, University of Western Ontario; The characterization of breccias at the Iska Iska silver-tin polymetallic Project, Bolivia
2nd - Nathan Carter, Laurentian University; Mineralogical, textural, and geochemical parameters of nickel mineralization at the Crawford Ni-Co-Cu-(PGE) Deposit, Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Superior Province, Ontario, Canada
3rd - Margaret Laverge, Laurentian University; Structural Evolution of the Gold-Bearing LP Fault Zone on the Great Bear Property, Red Lake, ON
PhD
1st - Juan Bello-Rodriguez, University of Toronto; Germanium enrichment constraints in Zn-Pb sediment/carbonate-hosted mineral deposits
2nd - Adrian Rehm, Laurentian University; P-T-fluid evolution of the Quetico basin: a metamorphic origin for Archean gold?
3rd - Nelson Roman, University of Toronto; Geochemical fingerprints of mineralization at the gold deposits in the Klondike gold district, Yukon
2023
Award Winners
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BSc
1st - Natalia Goszczynski, University of Western Ontario; Distribution and Textural Characterization of Tin in the Iska Iska Polymetallic Project, Bolivia
2nd - Rhian Dentelbeck, University of Ottawa; Intraplate volcanism and implications for crustal growth and metal endowment in back-arc basins: Evidence from the Niuafo’ou Volcanic Complex in the Northern Lau Basin
3rd - Kingslei Medina, University of Saskatchewan; Pyrite in the Golden Marmot target, Brucejack Au-Ag deposit, British Columbia: Variations in texture, relationship to Au, and comparisons with the Valley of the Kings
MSc
1st - Ben Eaton, University of British Columbia; Rapid Cu-porphyry indicator mineral characterization by μXRFF: a case study investigating μXRF corescanners as a prospective automated indicator mineral analytical tool on HMC till samples from central British Columbian Cu-porphyry exploration properties
2nd - Tavis Enno, University of Western Ontario; Characteristics of ore fluids and mineralization at the Troilus Gold Project, Quebec: Implications for ore transport and exploration
3rd - Julian Melo-Gomez; Laurentian University; Using gold to explore for gold: Trace element content of native gold across Ontario
PhD
1st - Duncan McLeish, McGill University; The electrochemical flocculation of colloidal gold by semiconductive p-type pyrite at the high-grade Brucejack epithermal Au-Ag deposit, NW British Columbia: a solution to the bonanza gold ore paradox?
2nd - Tyler Hall, Stanford University; Sequential decision-support for optimal exploration data acquisition
3rd - Catriona Breasley, University of British Columbia; Mining and processing of micro spodumene-quartz intergrowths at the Tanco pegmatite, Manitoba
2022
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ONLINE SMC AWARD WINNERS
ANNOUNCED JUNE 28, 2022
| Award | BSc | MSc | PhD |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Andres Canales, Queen's University | Yann Mpaka Waku, Stellenbosch University | Marc Lorin Fassbender, University of Ottawa |
| 2nd | None | Shelby Brandt, University of Regina | (Tie for 2nd place) Livia Leskone Majoros & Csilla Balassa, both at University of Miskolc |
| 3rd | None | Steve Chingwaru, Stellenbosch University | Rita Chirico, University of Naples Federico II |
Although there was only one BSc competitor this year, Andres Canales achieved a near-perfect score on his poster.
The 2022 SMC Online Competition winning posters are available only to those who are registered for the PDAC Online Convention. They may be posted here at a later time, pending PDAC permission. In-person SMC winning poster winners and the associated digital files are below.
| Award | BSc | MSc | PhD |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Martina Boddy, University of Ottawa | Connor Caglioti, Lakehead University | Collette Pilsworth, Queen's University |
| 2nd | Tavis Enno, Western University | Michael Ryan, University of Ottawa | Tom Buckle, Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter |
| 3rd | Caelen Burand, University of Arizona | Char Erb, University of Toronto | Taylor Tracey Kyryliuk, University of Ottawa |
| Award | BSc | MSc | PhD |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Daniel Thomson | Nessrine Mohamed | Priyal Daya |
| 2nd | Sofia Panasiuk | Quinton Willms | Nini Tatiana Pertuz |
| 3rd | Kallie Stone | Jessie Kehew | Marie Kieffer |
2020
| Award | BSc | MSc | PhD |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauren Norenberg, Queen's |
Adrian Rehm, Laurentian |
Well-Shen Lee, Laurentian |
| 2 | Liam Maw, uOttawa | James Alexander, Western | Alexandra Pearce, New Mexico Tech |
| 3 | Catherine Gavaris, Queen's | Selcuk Cevik, Queen's | Francisca Maepa, Laurentian |
2019
| Award | BSc | MSc | PhD |
| 1st |
Andrew Bradley,Laurentian University |
Jeff Hrncir,University of New Mexico |
Dennis Sanchez-Mora,Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| 2nd |
Logan Foucault,Laurentian University |
Christophe Simbo,University of Arkansas |
Camilo Uribe,New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology |
| 3rd |
Katharina Holt,Queen’s University |
Arin Kitchen,University of Regina |
Jackie Wrage,University of Michigan |
2018
| Award | BSc | MSc | PhD |
| 1st |
K Cunningham,University of Regina |
Erin Keltie,Dalhousie University |
DF McLeish,University of McGill |
| 2nd |
J Squire,University of Regina |
Martin Viala,University of Ottawa |
Marina Schofield,Laurentian University |
| 3rd |
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Jianjuang Chen,Memorial University |
2017
| Award | BSc | MSc | PhD |
| 1st |
Robert Meek,Laurentian University |
Dillon Johnstone,University of Regina |
Jessica Stromberg,Western University |
| 2nd |
Katelynn Brown,University of Saskatchewan |
Jessica Pickett,Queen's University |
Charles Bérubé,Polytechnique Montréal |
| 3rd |
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Rachel Chouinard,University of British Columbia |
2016
| Award | BSc | MSc | PhD |
| 1st |
Ryan Bachynski,University of Regina |
Raja Yarra,University of British Columbia |
Nicolas Gaillard,McGill University |
| 2nd |
Mikell Bilodeau,University of Ottawa |
Craig Richardson,University of British Columbia |
Raymond Caron,Carleton University |
| 3rd |
Shawn Scott,University of Waterloo |
2015
| Award | BSc | MSc | PhD |
| 1st |
Mélanie Bouchard,Laurentian University |
Mo Asmail,Western University |
Volker Möller,McGill University |
| 2nd |
Thasan Kandasamy,Western University |
Justin Hoyle,University of Windsor |
Charles Bérubé,Polytechnique Montréal |
| 3rd |
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Maria Stefanescu,University of Ottawa |
2014
| Award | BSc | MSc | PhD |
| 1st |
Marie-Eve Lajoie,University of Ottawa |
Édouard Côté-Lavoie,UQAC |
Katie Hahn,Laurentian University |
| 2nd |
Justin Emberley,University of Ottawa |
Shannon Gill, Memorial University |
Erin Adlakha,University of Ottawa |
| 3rd |
Lindsay Upiter,Carleton University |
