2025 CIM Award Winners

05 May 2025

Hundreds from the mining, minerals and metals industry donned their finest and came out last night to see more than 70 individuals and organizations accept their prestigious CIM Awards.

This year saw a record-breaking number of nominations. CIM is proud to showcase the achievements of this highly engaged and motivated minerals, metals, and energy industry, and its commitment to excellence and recognition.

The Career Excellence Awards are highly competitive and act as a benchmark of achievement in our industry. Recipients are often pioneers and leaders who epitomize success and innovation within their respective fields.

This year's recipients:

Medal for Meritorious Contributions to Mining - Jack Zhang, Associate Vice-President of Strategic Technology at Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) and adjunct professor at University of Saskatchewan.

Selwyn Blaylock Canadian Mining Excellence Award – Roussos Dimitrakopoulos, professor in the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering at McGill University.

CIM Distinguished Service Medal – Richard Arnold McIvor, president of McIvor Engineering and Maintenance Services Inc.

CIM is extremely proud of its tradition of honouring those who have made exceptional contributions in various fields related to the minerals and metals industry. Their achievements and dedication have always made –– and continue to make –– Canada's mining industry a unique influencer in the global minerals, metals and energy landscape.

The CIM Awards were presented at the Awards Gala sponsored by Caterpillar and its Canadian dealers, on Monday, May 5, 2025, during the CIM CONNECT Convention + Expo at the Montréal Convention Centre.

Complete list of CIM awards and recipients:

District Distinguished Service Award

Don Jones, Eastern District

Mel W. Bartley Outstanding Branch Award

CIM Quebec

Mining Engineering Outstanding Achievement Award

Simon Nickson

Robert Elver Mineral Economics Award

Christopher Twigge-Molecey (posthumously)

Hatch – CIM Mining & Minerals Project Development Safety Award

Voisey's Bay Mine Expansion

Rock Mechanics Award

Ming Cai

Julian Boldy Geological Society Service Award

Stella Searston

Barlow Medal for Best Geological Paper

"Tourmaline breccia pipes of the Giant Copper porphyry system: Extending the Cascadia porphyry district into southern British Columbia, Canada" by W. T. Fischer, D. D. Marshall & J. Miller-Tait

50 Year Club

Dale Alexander; Curtis Andrews; Douglas Boyd; Eric W. Brown; Dennis A. Bordin; Dennis P. Bolger; James G. Burns; George Delorme; Marcel M. Djivre; George B. Flumerfelt; Pierre-Jean Lafleur; William (Bill) Mercer; J. Steven McAlpine; Robert E. McIvor; Brian J. Paul; Valmont Samuel; Walter T. Segsworth; John Tosney; David H. Watkins; Mark Wittrup

TSM Community Engagement Excellence Award

Laura Worsley; Mathieu Bergeron; Garrett Hinchey; Carolyn Chisholm for Agnico-Eagle's First Reconciliation Action Plan with Indigenous Peoples

TSM Environmental Excellence Award

Mélanie Corriveau; Josée Noël; Tracy Yan for Rio Tinto – Diavik Diamond Mine Solar Plant

John T. Ryan Safety Trophies and Technology Awards

National Metal Category – Mike Vallance; Stacey Kennedy; Amy Byers for Vale Canada T1 Mine

National Metal Category – Amy Byers for Vale Canada T3 Mine

National Select Category – Doug Laey for Suncor Energy – Baseplant Projects and Common Services, Contract Mining

National Coal Category – Tracy Welder for Westmoreland Mining, Poplar River Mine

Regional Metal BC/Yukon – Justin Clark for New Gold Inc., New Afton Mine

Regional Metal Prairie/Territory – Jean-Claude Blais for Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd., Meliadine Mine

Regional Metal Ontario – Chris Deschesnes for Kidd Operations, A Glencore Company

Regional Select West – Baffin Iron Mines Corp., Mary River Mine

Regional Metal Quebec/Atlantic - Richard Sevigny for Glencore, Raglan Mine

Regional Select East – Megan Lord; Blaine Taylor; Jeff Newton; Danny O’Keefe for Gold Bond Canada

Technology Award Certificate – Doug Wilkins; Kathy Wakaluk-Yanco for Imperial Oil Resources – Kearl Operations for “Track Topper – Dozer Track Kneeling Pad”

CIM congratulates all award recipients!

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