The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) anticipates a large crowd for this year’s annual convention in early March at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel.
More than 3,000 delegates are expected to register for the March 6-9 convention, Canada’s largest annual mining show. There is no overall theme for the 1994 convention.
In keeping with the trend of globalization being exhibited by the mining and other industries, this year’s PDAC convention will offer several features geared to development abroad.
A “profile on Peru” will be presented on Tuesday morning by a representative of that country’s ministry of energy and mines. Some overseas projects will be featured in the “discoveries and developments” section on Wednesday morning. Chilean Hernan Buchi, with the Instituto Libertad y Desarrollo in Santiago, will address one of the luncheons. The “open forum” section will include papers from around the globe. And a one-week field trip to Cuba for up to 35 participants is being organized from Toronto in co-operation with Geominera S.A.
The Monday morning keynote session will address the issue “Mining in Canada: confrontation or co-operation.” Both the morning and afternoon sessions on Tuesday will be given over to “Economic aspects of diamond deposits.” In addition to the usual “core shack” and “prospectors’ tent” features, the PDAC will offer an “investors’ exchange,” which will give junior mining companies an opportunity to inform potential investors about themselves. There will be company exhibits and scheduled company information sessions. The premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Clyde Wells, will speak at the Monday evening awards banquet.
A pre-convention short course on “Prospecting in tropical and arid terrains” will be offered March 5-6.
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