Bruno Lalonde takes over ownership from founder Marty Warkentin, owner since the company's inception in 1989, now retiring after 35 years with partner Ann Marie Warkentin.
The Young Mining Professionals Scholarship Fund has this year awarded C$210,000 to 44 students pursuing mining-related programs at post-secondary institutions across Canada.
Ivanhoe Mines was the first company to implement the LPRM in 2019. Now 12 companies are using it, including Freeport-McMoRan, New Gold, and Lundin Gold.
The center is home to companies and researchers developing commodities like asphalt, graphene, graphite, agricultural char, carbon fiber and more — using coal and coal byproducts.
Cathy Barton, Senior Geologist for IGO won 1st prize for producing alternative geological models to better understand water-bearing structures on a disseminated nickel deposit.