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Sunday, March 7, 2010

PDAC 2010 brings world mining to Toronto



International Mining Business Development Initiative at the 2010 PDAC
Level 700, South Building
Monday, March 8 and Tuesday, March 9
Canadian Trade Commissioner Service at PDAC 2010.
On Monday, March 8 and Tuesday, March 9, Trade Commissioners of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) from different Canadian Posts around the world will be available for prescheduled individual meetings with Canadian companies interested in international business developmen

Registration Desk Hours
Friday, March 5* 7:00 am – 10:00 am
Saturday, March 6 7:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday, March 7 7:00 am – 5:30 pm
Monday, March 8 7:00 am – 5:30 pm
Tuesday, March 9 6:30 am – 5:30 pm
Wednesday, March 10 8:00 am – 2:00 pm
*short course registrants only
Exhibit Hours
Sunday, March 7 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Monday, March 8 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Tuesday, March 9 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Wednesday, March 10 9:00 am – 12:00 noon

PDAC / CAMESE Exhibitors Innovation Forum - presentations by Trade Show exhibitors

PDAC / CAMESE Exhibitors Innovation Forum - presentations by Trade Show exhibitors


The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) and the Canadian Association of Mining Equipment and Services for Export (CAMESE) have joined forces again to enhance exchanges between exhibitors and delegates at the world’s leading convention and trade show for the mineral exploration industry.

The purpose of the Exhibitors’ Innovation Forum is to allow exhibitors an additional opportunity to inform convention visitors about their innovations. Examples can be new products, services, exploration developments, discoveries, legislation changes or recent technical or commercial successes.

Any questions regarding the PDAC/CAMESE Exhibitors Innovation Forum should be directed to: mkwasnycia@pdac.ca

PDAC/CAMESE Exhibitors Innovation Forum Schedule

Monday March 8
Trade Show, Aisle 1300, Booth 1349
Organizer: Spencer Ramshaw, CAMESE
Chair: Pascal Muzard, Independent Consultant
Government
10:20 Streamlining regulatory review: Fisheries and Oceans Canada introduces the Mineral Exploration Activities Operational Statement
Lyndon Kivi, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
10:40 Mineral exploration approval management system (MEAMS)
Jim Hinchey, Newfoundland & Labrador Dept. of Natural Resources (Mines Branch)
11:00 Matawa First Nations interim minerals measures process (IMMP)
David Achneepineskum, Matawa First Nations
11:20 Online geo data product
Isabelle Martineau, Natural Resources Canada

Human Resources
11:40 Preparing Aboriginal youth for careers in mining
Dave Bradley, Outland Camps

Mapping
2:00 Airborne LiDAR mapping project characteristics and insight
Kari-Ann McNabb, LiDAR Services International Inc.

Geophysics
2:20 Air-FTG(r) and ore resource estimations
James Mataragio, Bell Geospace Inc.
2:40 The application of the Falcon airborne gravity gradiometer system to minerals exploration
Ken Witherly, Condor Consulting, Inc.
3:00 Introducing Fugro's new helicopter-borne time-domain geophysical system
Gregory Paleolog, Fugro Airborne Surveys
3:20 Next generation of integrated high sensitivity birds for airborne exploration
Francisco Lopez, GEM Advanced Magnetometers
3:40 ZTEM airborne AFMAG EM results over the Reese River geothermal test area, central Nevada
Jean Legault, Geotech Ltd.
4:00 New HTEM system EQUATOR from Geotechnologies
Evgeny Karshakov, Geotechnologies
4:20 New GDD sample core IP tester (SCIP Tester) to measure resistivity and chargeability from DDH core or rock sample
Pierre Gaucher, Instrumentation GDD Inc.
4:40 Advances in long-range ground penetrating radar (GPR) applications to mineral exploration
Jan Francke, International Groundradar Consulting Inc.

Tuesday March 9
Trade Show, Aisle 1300, Booth 1349
Geophysics
10:20 Gold exploration using Titan 24 Deep Earth Imaging
Greg Hollyer, Quantec Geoscience
Geochemistry
10:40 "Follow the leader" Innov-X Systems continues its commitment to the mining industry
Aaron Baensch, Innov-X Systems Inc.
11:00 The application of quantitative automated mineralogy: From mineral exploration to metallurgical applications
Tassos Grammatikopoulos, SGS Minerals Services
11:20 Widespread adoption of handheld Niton XRF Analyzers for geochemical exploration
Christopher Smith, Thermo Scientific Niton Analyzers

Field Equipment
11:40 From compact, tight-swing CAT mini-excavators to power generation equipment - Toromont Cat solutions for remote exploration sites
Adam Miller, Toromont Cat Power Systems

Drilling
2:00 Delivering improved safety and productivity to drilling contractors
Monika Portman, Boart Longyear
2:20 How drillers can survey inside drill rods without using a gyro
Mike Ayris, Devico Drilling and Borehole Surveying
2:40 REI: More than core
Michael Bohan, REI Drilling Inc.

Project Management
3:00 Acceleration of project schedule for targeting early revenue streams
Zia Pirzada, Wardrop Engineering Inc.

Data Management
3:20 The evolution of geological data management: Best practices in safeguarding your mission critical information
David Kerr, Century Systems Technologies
3:40 Gemcom Custom Int.
Zorica Markovic, Gemcom Software Itl.
4:00 Building innovation through web based reporting for exploration data assets
Steve Randall, Geosoft Inc.
4:20 Structural data in 3D
Hughan Ross, Leapfrog Software
4:40 Data capture: Your future is in the bag
Sharyn Alexander, Maxwell GeoServices (Canada) Inc.
5:00 What's new in Micromine 2010: Exploration and mining keeps getting better
Frank Bilki, Micromine

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