Winners

2022
Christopher Collins
Chris Collins is retiring as chief mining advisor at the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) in May. He has been in this role since 2014, leading a team focused on NI 43-101 and the Canadian mining securities disclosure regime.
Prior to the BCSC, he held executive roles in Toronto based junior exploration companies, Apogee Silver Ltd. and Gold Eagle Mines Ltd. There he led teams with projects in Bolivia, Chile and Red Lake, Ontario, respectively. Before this he was director of ALS Laboratories Group Eastern Canada operations.
Collins started his career over 35 years ago with Noranda Exploration in Newfoundland before moving to the Brunswick #12 Mine in Bathurst, New Brunswick. While with Noranda in Bathurst he also led exploration projects in Brazil, Norway, and Chile. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology from Memorial University of Newfoundland, and a Master of Business Administration from Saint Mary’s University in Nova Scotia. He is a professional geoscientist registered in both British Columbia and Newfoundland and Labrador.

2021
Dr. Daniel Marshall
Dan Marshall is the lead author on the Ore Mineral Atlas (2011, 2005) and has published a variety of peer reviewed papers on ore and gem deposits worldwide. He has 25 years of experience studying the petrology and petrogenesis of ore deposits. He has taught courses on ore deposits, fluid inclusions, ore petrology, gems and geochemistry at Simon Fraser and Carleton University as well as to industry. He has also acted as consultant for a number of exploration companies, and been principal investigator on Industry-Academia-Government projects.
Distinguished Lecturer 2016-17
Lecture Abstract
Melt inclusions of native-silver and native-bismuth at Cobalt, Ontario. Model for native-metal enrichments comparing natural samples with experimental and in-situ studies
Cobalt, Ontario is renowned for the 12.6 billion grams (445 million ounces) of silver produced from the area since its discovery in 1903. Based on our studies of natural and synthetic systems we are able to formulate a new model for silver transport, deposition and enrichment based on immiscible systems of molten precious metals and hyper-saline brines. These observations are consistent with silver inside these solid-silver inclusions melting at approximately 300 to 350 °C.