DAY 1 | Monday, November 3
Time
Event Details
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Exhibitor set-up
7:30 am
Registration and Networking
8:30 am – 8:55 am
OPENING CEREMONIES – Centennial Room
9:00 am – 9:45 am
9:45 am – 10:00 am
Health Break and Networking
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Centennial Room
Session 1: Churchill: Canada’s Newest Critical Minerals Gateway
Presenters: Chris Avery, Arctic Gateway Group President and CEO & Michael Spence, Mayor of Churchill
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Embassy Room
Session 2: It’s Wellness Beneath the Surface
Presenter: Stacy Stockham, Human Resources Hudbay Minerals
11:00 am – 11:15 am
Trade Show Networking
11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Centennial Room
Session 3: Mining Your Potential
Presenters: Sandy Doverspike, Director of Human Resources and External Relations & Richard Trudeau, Hudbay Minerals and Glenn Laycock, Executive Director Northern Sector Council
11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Embassy Room
Session 4: Innovation in Exploration
Presenters; David Quiroga, Dias Geophysical and Tristian Leclerc, EarthEx Geophysical
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Lunch – Wellington Room
1:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Special Event – Centennial Room: Zoloto Ukrainian Dance Ensemble
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Centennial Room
Session 5: Gold in Under-Explored Districts
Presenters: Kyle Stanfield, Director and CEO ONGold Resources and Ryan Humphries, Exploration Manager Dryden Gold Corp.
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Embassy Room
Session 6: Government Showcase
Presenters: Perry Blomquist , Impact Assessment Archaeologist and Suyoko Tsukamoto, Senior Impact Assessment Archaeologist MB Government Historic Resources Branch
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Health Break and Networking
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Centennial Room
Session 7: Minago: Charting the Future of Mining Through Indigenous-led Resource Partnerships
Presenters: Chief Larson Anderson, Norway House Cree Nation and Jim Rondeau, NHCN Major Project Office Director
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Embassy Room
Session 8: Exploring Silica: Structure, Function and Innovation
Presenters: Brent Bullen, Director and COO Sio Silica Corp. and Claude Deveau, Chief Metallurgist Tanco
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Host Bar
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Trade Show Networking
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Mining Mixer co-hosted by CCMEC and Women in Mining Manitoba
DAY 2 | Tuesday, November 4
Time
Event Details
7:30 am – 8:45 am
Registration and Networking
8:50 am – 8:55 am
Welcoming Remarks – Centennial Room
9:00 am – 9:45 am
9:45 am – 10:00 am
Health Break and Networking
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Centennial Room
Session 1: Next-Gen Nugget Hunting
Presenters: Chris Whorton, Project Director Alamos Gold and Cole Stocki, District Exploration Geologist First Mining Gold
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Embassy Room
Session 2: Geophysics for Advancing Mineral Knowledge in Manitoba
Presenters: Ben Lee, Brandon Chase, Seogi Kang and Jason Marks
11:00 am – 11:15 am
Trade Show Networking
11:15 am – 12:30 pm
Centennial Room
Session 3: Unearthing Talent – Preparing the Next Mining Workforce
Presenters: Jamie Grant, Lori Simon and Tanya Manch, University College of the North & Yev Buriakova and Kelly Mahoney, Asper School of Business
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Sponsor & Exhibitor Lunch – Wellington Room
1:00 PM – 1:15 pm
Special Event: Mine Rescue Demo
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Centennial Room
Session 4: Tried and True – Faster Than New
Presenters: Christian Bohm, Principal Geoscientist Goldilocks Geocience Services and Andrea McLaren, Americas at Chrysos Corporation
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Embassy Room
Session 5: Hot Metals
Presenters: Neil Richardson, Exploration Director Hudbay Minerals and Kelsey Privett, Kinross Gold Director of Greenfields Exploration, Canada
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Health Break and Networking
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Centennial Room
Session 6: Unlock the Earth’s Wealth – We’ll Help Fund the Key
Presenters: Chuck Davidson, President & CEO Manitoba Chambers of Commerce and Edward Suzuki Program Manager Manitoba Mineral Development Fund (MMDF)
2:45 pm – 3:15 pm
Embassy Room
Session 7: Our Land, Our Future: Strengthening Indigenous-Industry Collaboration
Presenters: Janessa Kosar North, CEO, Kiciwapa Cree Nation, CEO, Mamawewin Productions Corp., Executive Lead, Our Land, Our Future and Floyd North, Headman, Kiciwapa Cree Nation (KCN), Project Director, Kiciwapa Cree Nation Economic Development GP Inc.
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Host Bar
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Trade Show Networking
4:20 PM – 4:30 pm
Closing Ceremonies
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Booth Tear Down