The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Announces 2012 Award Recipients
(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 12/22/11 -- The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2012 awards for outstanding contributions to and excellence in the minerals industry. The PDAC's prestigious awards program goes back to 1977, when the first Bill Dennis Award for prospecting success was handed out.
Recipients of the 2012 awards will be honoured at the PDAC's awards evening on March 5, 2012, at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. The awards evening takes place every year during the PDAC convention-the mineral exploration and development industry's premier networking and educational event.
The 2012 award recipients are as follows:
Gerald Panneton, President and CEO of Detour Gold Corp., is the recipient of this year's Bill Dennis Award for prospecting success or for a Canadian mineral discovery. Panneton advanced the company's Detour Lake property in northern Ontario into a world-class, low-grade, high tonnage gold deposit with reserves of some 17.7 million ounces of gold.
Osisko Mining Corp. is the recipient of the Viola R. MacMillan Award for company or mine development. Osisko successfully developed and brought into production its Canadian Malartic gold property in Quebec's Abitibi gold belt. The mine began commercial production in May 2011 and currently has an estimated 10.71 million ounces in proven and probable reserves.
David Giles, Director of Exploration for Mexican-based Fresnillo plc, is the recipient of this year's Thayer Lindsley Award for mineral discoveries outside Canada. Giles headed up exploration that has yielded several ore finds in Mexico and Latin America, including the discovery of a new vein system in the Fresnillo district that led to the opening of the Saucito mine in 2011; the San Julian silver-gold and Orisyvo gold deposits, both now under development; and the Francisco I. Madero SEDEX deposit that led to the opening of an important new mine in 2002.
Deborah McCombe is the recipient of the 2012 Distinguished Service Award. McCombe is a long time volunteer and supporter of the PDAC, most notably for chairing the international affairs committee since its establishment in 2004. She has also been active in other mineral industry associations, including the Canadian Institute for Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. McCombe is currently Executive Vice President of Roscoe Postle & Associates.
The Mining Association of Canada is the recipient of this year's Environmental and Social Responsibility Award for its flagship initiative, Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM). This innovative program aims to improve the mining industry's overall performance by matching it with the priorities and values of Canadians. TSM is acknowledged as one of the best industry association sustainability initiatives in the world and has been ranked "best in class" by independent studies conducted in 2005 and 2009.
NUNA Group of Companies is the winner of the 2012 Skookum Jim Award for Aboriginal achievement. NUNA, which was formed in 1993 to provide mining and construction services to companies operating in northern Canada, is 51% Inuit-owned and has a 600+ workforce. NUNA built and maintains the 567-kilometre ice road from Yellowknife to Lupin, Nunavut, which provides access to northern mining sites throughout the winter.
Yellowknife Mine Training Society (MTS) is the recipient of a Special Achievement Award for its work. The MTS provides Aboriginal people in the Northwest Territories with opportunities to develop job skills that can be used in the mining industry. The MTS's services also include providing mining companies with access to a much-needed pool of skilled workers in the North. Over the past seven years, the Yellowknife MTS and its partners have trained 854 individuals, and 600 people have been placed in the northern mine and mine services sector.
Additional information about the awards is available on the PDAC website -
About the PDAC
The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) is a national association representing the mineral exploration and development industry. The PDAC encourages the highest standards of technical, environmental, safety and social practices in Canada and internationally. It has 7695 individual members (including prospectors, developers, geoscientists, consultants, mining executives and students, as well as those involved in drilling, financial, investment, legal and other support fields) and 1110 corporate members (including senior, mid-size and junior mining companies, and organizations providing services to the mineral industry).
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Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)
Awards Committee
Edward G. Thompson, Chair
416.366.6083
Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)
Carolyn Foster, Communications Specialist
416.362.1969 x233
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