Articles from Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)

TORONTO, March 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PDAC was encouraged to see a two-year extension of the Mineral Exploration Tax Credit (METC) announced on March 2, 2025, but legislation has not materialized. Ultimately, a long-term solution is essential to provide the certainty needed to reverse the decade-long decline in equity investment in grassroots exploration across Canada.

TORONTO, March 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) proudly celebrated another landmark gathering with PDAC 2025, which brought together 27,353 participants to explore premier business prospects, investment opportunities, and professional networks in the global mineral exploration and mining sphere. Showcasing more than 1,100 exhibitors—including government representatives, corporate leaders, and technical specialists from across the world—PDAC 2025 upheld its reputation as the industry’s most influential convention.

TORONTO, Feb. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) is excited to welcome the world to Toronto for its 93rd annual Convention, taking place March 2-5, 2025, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. As the World’s Premier Mineral Exploration & Mining Convention, the event unites thousands of participants—including industry leaders, mineral exploration and mining professionals, government representatives, investors, students and Indigenous communities—from around the globe.

TORONTO, Dec. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) is pleased to announce that registration for the PDAC 2025 Convention, taking place March 2-5, 2025, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, is now open.

TORONTO, Nov. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) is proud to announce the recipients of its 2025 PDAC Awards. Since the awards were established in 1977, they have been a symbol of excellence, recognizing individuals, teams, and organizations that have made significant contributions to the global mining industry.

TORONTO, April 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PDAC recognizes Budget 2024 takes focus on the significant challenges Canadians are currently facing with respect to cost inflation, housing, and affordability of everyday life.

TORONTO, April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Government of Canada announced an extension to the Mineral Exploration Tax Credit (METC) through March 31, 2025.

TORONTO, March 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) was thrilled to welcome 26,926 participants to Toronto for the best business, investment and networking opportunities in the mineral exploration and mining industry. With more than 1,100 exhibitors, including governments, companies and leading experts from around the world, PDAC 2024 was one of the largest events in the association’s history.

TORONTO, Feb. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada’s (PDAC) 2024 Convention – The World’s Premier Mineral Exploration & Mining Showcase – will commence March 3-6, 2024 in Toronto.

OTTAWA and TORONTO, Dec. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) and the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) partnered to produce the 2023 Canadian Mineral Exploration HR Outlook, which enhances labour market information available to mineral exploration stakeholders and serves as the basis for developing an industry strategy and action plan to address key human resources issues.

TORONTO, Nov. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) is honoured to announce that five outstanding groups have been selected to receive 2024 PDAC Awards. Since 1977, the annual PDAC Awards have recognized exemplary individuals, teams, and companies for their significant accomplishments in mineral exploration and development.

TORONTO, March 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) is encouraged to see the Government of Canada committing further support for the mineral industry in the 2023 Federal Budget by announcing a 30% cleantech manufacturing tax credit that will boost the economics of mining of critical minerals in Canada. Worth more than $10 billion over ten years, the cleantech manufacturing tax credit aims to offset the cost of equipment used for mining and processing critical minerals, and make building new mines in Canada more economically feasible.

TORONTO, March 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) is thrilled to welcome pre-pandemic levels of attendance back to its annual convention, drawing 23,819 attendees to Toronto for the best business, investment and networking opportunities in the mineral exploration and mining industry.

TORONTO, March 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) releases its annual update, Mineral Finance 2023: Shifting tides within the mineral industry, outlining how the rapidly changing economic landscape translated to metal prices, the availability of capital for the mineral sector and the pace of exploration expenditure in Canada and around the world.

TORONTO, Feb. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) will welcome Indigenous Peoples, community leaders and industry practitioners to the world’s premier mineral exploration and mining conference in Toronto from March 5-8th. Thousands of attendees from more than 100 countries will be in attendance and anticipate increased representation from First Nation, Inuit, Métis and international Indigenous Peoples.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) is encouraged to see its recommendations on behalf of Canada’s mineral exploration and development industry reflected in the Federal Government’s Critical Minerals Strategy, launched today by Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources.

TORONTO, Nov. 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) is honoured to announce that five top international and domestic performers were selected for their distinctions, contributions and successes in mineral exploration and development.