PDAC 2021 Day 3: Green Technologies in Mining

Every March, PDAC is the must attend event for the world’s mineral exploration and mining industry. Back for its 89th year, and stronger than ever, the premier mining trade show continues on this year in a reimagined way.

And Stockhouse welcomes you to the iconic convention, virtually, March 8th to March 11th, 2021.

Our coverage kicked off on Monday with look at the gold vs. silver markets and Tuesday highlighting the Electric Vehicle battery metals markets. Today, we examine “Green Technologies in Mining.”

Once again, four C-Suite industry experts met up with Simon Druker and Brieanna McCutcheon of The Market Herald Canada to talk about the New Green Revolution and what consumers and investors can expect in the coming months.


EnviroLeach - Reducing the need for tailing ponds and future green technology.

EnviroLeach Technologies Inc. (CSE: ETI, OTCQB: EVLLF, Forum) CEO Duane Nelson talks about his company’s efforts to develop and market hydrometallurgy solutions to the mining and E-waste sectors. It recovers precious metals from ores, concentrates and electronic waste using environmentally friendly technologies. The company has developed a cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternative to the current toxic methods used in the hydrometallurgical extraction of precious metals for the mining and Electronic Waste (E-Waste) sectors


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How to reduce vehicle emissions with Generation Mining.

Generation Mining Ltd. (T.GENM, OTC: GENMF, Forum) Director Kerry Knoll discusses GENM's development of the Marathon Project, the largest undeveloped palladium-copper Mineral Resource in North America. The Marathon property covers a land package of approximately 22,000 hectares, or 220 square kilometres. Gen Mining owns an 80% interest in the Marathon Project, with the remaining interest owned by Sibanye Stillwater, which has certain back-in rights that allow it to increase its interest in the Marathon Project to 51% in certain circumstances and subject to certain conditions after such time a positive production decision has been made.


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Keynote Speaker Jumana Saleheen – The environmental impact of fossil fuels compared to the mining industry and attracting a greener, younger generation.

Given the size of the US and China’s energy markets, any progress the two countries make in advancing use of renewable energy would likely provide benefits across the globe, in terms of enhanced technological understanding, reduced costs through expanded deployment, and reduced greenhouse gasemissions relative to conventional generation from fossil fuels.


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Rick Rule - How are companies moving into green tech.

A collection of new startups are about to revolutionize the sharing economy - and smart money is starting to pay attention. Investing guru Rick Rule, the Senior Managing Director at Sprott Inc., President & CEO, Sprott US Holdings provides a primer on tech investing and what to look for to enhance your portfolio.


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The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention marks its 89th year, this time, opening its access up virtually, for anyone across the world to attend. Tomorrow highlights the market for electric vehicle (EV) battery metals.

To register, click here.

The 2021 PDAC convention runs until March 11th, 2021.

To find out more, visit pdac.ca.


FULL DISCLOSURE: EnviroLeach Technologies Inc. and Generation Mining Ltd. are clients of Stockhouse Publishing.