EVENING AFTERNOON MORNING MONDAY OCTOBER 16th TUESDAY OCTOBER 17th WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18th THURSDAY OCTOBER 19th Workshop SEG McGill High-tech metals Anthony E. Williams-Jones Robert Linnen Workshop UQAC Recognize and quantify hydrothermal alteration Lucie Mathieu 9:00 a.m. 11:40 a.m. Strategies and future of exploration 9:00 a.m. 11:50 a.m. Contribution of the GSC, projects in Quebec Workshop Bourse TSX TSXV filing fundamentals Sylvain Martel Michel Landripet Valérie Douville Workshop Ulaval INRS Practical structural geology applied to exploration Jean-François Ravenelle 9:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Markets and perspectives 9:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Franco-Mine 1:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Workshop Géologie Québec New geological report formats at Géologie Québec François Leclerc Marie-Andrée Vézina Workshop Best practices in mineral exploration projects Charles Beaudry Elzéar Belzile Luc Arsenault André Laferrière 1:30 p.m. 3:50 p.m. Technology and research in exploration 1:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Financing of junior companies in Quebec 1:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Active projects in Quebec 1:30 p.m. 3:45 p.m. Dialogue: the key to cohabitation 4:15 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Annual General Meeting 5:00 p.m. Opening cocktail Pub Explo 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m Trade show 6:00 p.m. Cocktail & Awards Gala Hôtel Bonaventure 9:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m Trade show
PROGRAM MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 th 2017 T R A I N I N G W O R K S H O P S Presented by Mines Richmont Sylvain Martel Michel Landripet (Bourse TSX) Part 1 TSXV filing fundamentals (workshop in French) Valérie Douville Sylvain Martel (Bourse TSX) Part 2 Timely disclosure fundamentals (workshop in French) Duration: 1 day, lunch included Location: Hôtel Bonaventure REGISTRATION Regular rate: $325 Student rate : $100 Anthony E. Williams-Jones (AW) Robert Linnen (RL) (McGill) High-tech metals - Introduction to high-technology metals (RL) - General geochemical characteristics of the hightech metals (AW) - Magmatic Behavior and Processes (RL) - Hydrothermal Behavior and Processes (AW) - Deposits Associated with Alkaline Rocks (AW) Deposits Associated with Peraluminous Rocks (RL) Duration: 1 day, lunch included Location: Hôtel Bonaventure REGISTRATION Regular rate: $325 Student rate : $100 1:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. François Leclerc Marie-Andrée Vézina (Ministère de l'énergie et des Ressources naturelles) New geological report formats at Géologie Québec Duration: ½ day Location: Hôtel Bonaventure REGISTRATION Rate (AEMQ members only): $150
PROGRAM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17 th 2017 T R A I N I N G W O R K S H O P S Presented by Mines Richmont 8:00 4:00 p.m. Lucie Mathieu (UQAC) Recognize and quantify hydrothermal alteration Duration: 1 day, lunch included Location: Hôtel Bonaventure REGISTRATION Regular rate: $325 Student rate : $100 8:00 4:00 p.m. Jean-François Ravenelle (Université Laval INRS) Practical structural geology applied to exploration Duration: 1 day, lunch included Location: Hôtel Bonaventure REGISTRATION Regular rate: $325 Student rate : $100 1:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Charles Beaudry Elzéar Belzile Part 1 NI 43-101 and best practices in mineral exploration projects Luc Arsenault André Laferrière Part 2 MP: Regulation 43-101 respecting Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects: industry best practices and presenting information to the public Duration: 1 day, lunch included Location: Hôtel Bonaventure REGISTRATION Regular rate: $325 Student rate : $100 4:15 5:00 p.m. Annual General Meeting 5:00 7:00 p.m. Opening cocktail presented by
PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18 th 2017 C O N F E R E N C E S S E S S I O N S room Investment / Finance Presented by Red Cloud Klondike Strike Inc. room Geosciences Presented by Forage G4 MARKETS AND PERSPECTIVES Isabelle Cadieux and Julien Davy STRATEGIES AND FUTURE OF EXPLORATION Réal Daigneault and François Robert 9:00 to 9:30 a.m. 9:00 to 9:45 a.m. Glenn Mullan Daniel Wood PDAC (guest speaker) Signs of life? The state of WH Bryan Mining & Geology exploration in Canada Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Australia Future exploration How we will need to explore 9:30 to 9:50 a.m. Guy Le Bel Golden Queen Mining LTd Optimist trumps pessimism 9:50 to 10:10 a.m. 9:45 to 10:30 a.m. Oliver Heathman François Robert Metals Focus Barrick Gold Corporation How long can we sustain peak gold? Exploration success: strategic elements and the role of innovation 10:10 to 10:30 a.m. Shane Nagle National Bank Financial What analysts and investors are looking for in an exploration company
10:30 to 10:50 a.m. 10:30 to 11:00 a.m. Richard Sylvain John McGaughy Raymond Chabot Grant Mira Géosciences Thornton Tax credit relating to Application and challenges of resources An update artificial intelligence in exploration 10:50 to 11:10 a.m. 11:00 to 11:20 a.m. Chris Berry Jean-Philippe Paiement House Mountain Waterton Global Resources Management Challenges for exploration Using machine learning to companies facing the leverage the most out of Fourth Industrial Revolution exploration data to enhance geological knowledge 11:10 to 11:30 a.m. 11:20 to 11:40 a.m. Chad Williams Réjean Girard Red Cloud IOS Services Géoscientifiques Klondike Strike Inc Current trends in mining Predictive modelling using finance and the next HyperCube : From regional generation investor endowment to mill operation 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Luncheon Agnico Eagle Celebrating 60 years Proud of our past, focused on the future Ammar Al-Joundi President, Agnico Eagle Honorary President, Xplor 2017 Hôtel Bonaventure Ticket cost: $100 Presented by:
room Investissement / Finances Presented by Red Cloud Klondike Strike Inc. room Geosciences Presented by Forage G4 FINANCING OF JUNIOR COMPANIES IN QUEBEC Elif Levesque and Ingrid Martin TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH IN EXPLORATION Isabelle D Amours and Steven Lauzier 1:30 to 1:50 p.m. 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. John Burzynski Richard Hillis (guest speaker) Osisko Mining DET CRC Re-creating Osisko Mining Prospecting drilling : A after the 2014 take-over technology-enabled revolution battle in mineral exploration 1:50 to 2:10 p.m. Stephen Poitras Pierre Lambert Caisse de dépôt et de placement du Québec Mining investments at the Caisse 2:10 to 2:30 p.m. 2:15 to 2:40 p.m. Glenn Mullan Ross Sherlock Golden Valley Mines Ltd Harquail School of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University Financing of junior Metal Earth companies in Quebec 2:30 to 2:45 p.m. François Goulet Harfang Exploration Inc. The history of Harfang and its financing
2:45 to 3:00 p.m. 2:40 to 3:00 p.m. Kiril Mugerman Réal Daigneault Kintavar Exploration CONSOREM-UQAC A hybrid transaction, The mineral exploration financing and a listing in just research partnership: examples over three months and lessons from CONSOREM and vision for the future 3:00 to 3:15 p.m. 3:00 to 3:20 p.m. Julien Davy Joannie Caron Tarku Resources Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue A win-win agreement Towards sustainable between Tarku Resources development certification for and Eureka Exploration the mineral exploration industry 3:15 to 3:30 p.m. 3:20 to 3:45 p.m. Sylvain Martel Michel Jébrak Groupe TMX UQAM Overview of the TSX and TSXV mining sector Mining innovations: temporalities, transversalities and impacts Cocktail & Awards Gala Presented by Starting at 6:00 p.m. Hôtel Bonaventure Ticket cost: $150
PROGRAM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19 th 2017 7:30 9:00 a.m. Breakfast-conference Young Mining Professionals André Gaumond, Patrick Godin and Robert Sauvé Hôtel Bonaventure Ticket cost: $70 C O N F E R E N C E S S E S S I O N S room Investment / Finance Presented by Red Cloud Klondike Strike Inc. room Geosciences Presented by Hecla Mining FRANCO-MINE Presented by McCarthy Tetrault CONTRIBUTION OF THE GSC, PROJECTS IN QUEBEC Presented by IAMGOLD Session chair: Pierre Boivin Sylvain Lépine and Benoît Dubé 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. 9:00 to 9:45 a.m. Benoît La Salle Michel Gauthier Windiga Energie Gardin Doing business in Africa The structural contribution of a more than century-old geological agency: the Geological Survey of Canada 10:00 to 10:30 a.m. 9:45 to 10:10 a.m. Léonie Perron Yan Ducharme Conseil canadien pour l'afrique (CCA) Élise Roy Partenariat Canadian Malartic Export Québec Getting to know the stakeholders in Africa Odyssey project: a journey toward the mine
10:30 to 11:00 a.m. 10:10 to 10:35 a.m. Marc-Antoine Audet Louis Grenier Sama Resources Daniel Gagnon Windfall Lake gold deposit Met-Chem and Lynx high-grade corridor discovery Industry stories 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. 10:35 to 11:00 a.m. Question/networking period Tony Brisson Goldcorp, Mine Éléonore Goldcorp exploration work in the Éléonore area, Eeyou Istchee Baie-James 11:00 to 11:25 a.m. Luc Théberge Eldorado Gold - Lamaque The structural and lithogeochemical context of the Triangle and #4 Plug gold deposits (Val-d Or, QC): Local implication on gold metallogeny 11:25 to 11:50 a.m. Sébastien Castonguay Commission Géologique du canada (Ressources naturelles Canada) Geology and lithotectonic setting of the Detour Lake gold mine and Lower Detour zones 58N and 75, Abitibi Subprovince, Ontario: Implications for regional exploration
room Investment / Finance Presented by Red Cloud Klondike Strike Inc. DIALOGUE: THE KEY TO COHABITATION Presented by Canadian Malartic room Geosciences Presented by Hecla Mining ACTIVE PROJECTS IN QUEBEC Presented by Eldorado Gold - Lamaque Jean-François Doyon and Cédric Bourgeois François Bouchard and Jacques Simoneau 1:30 to 1:40 p.m. 1:30 to 1:55 p.m. Jean-François Doyon Isabelle Lépine and Cédric Bourgeois Stornoway Diamond Introduction Update on exploration work on the Adamantin property, Otish Mountains, Quebec 1:40 to 2:00 p.m. 1:55 to 2:20 p.m. Philippe Cloutier Damien Gaboury Ressources Cartier Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Dialogue at the exploration What's new in the stage Chibougamau Chapais district? 2:00 to 2:20 p.m. François Chabot Integra Gold Complete an honest and transparent informationconsultation process to develop a better project, the example of the Lamaque project, Eldorado Gold 2:20 to 2:40 p.m. 2:20 to 2:45 p.m. Jean-François Doyon Denis Vaillancourt Mines Agnico Eagle Mines Agnico Eagle The necessity of engaging Amaruq: From a grassroot with stakeholders from the project to a producing mine outset in the development The important steps of a mining project
2:40 to 3:00 p.m. 2:45 to 3:10 p.m. Patrick Brunelle Claude Pilote Secrétariat aux Affaires Ressources Falco autochtones Consulting Aboriginal The Noranda mining camp, communities: close to 100 years after the an essential step first discovery 3:00 to 3:20 p.m 3:10 to 3:35 p.m. Youcef Larbi Michel Allard Cree Mineral Exploration Inter Géophysique Board Pascal Lessard Cree Mineral Exploration Robert Namour Board, Cree land: Mineral Glencore Zinc Canada exploration and access Daniel-25 deposit 3:20 to 4:00 p.m. 3:35 to 4:00 p.m. Cédric Bourgeois Michel Houlé Transfert Environnement Centre géoscientifique de Québec State of knowledge on the Ni-Cu-Cr-(PGE) mineralization in the Cape Smith belt after 20 years of production: Perspectives and future of this world-class nickel district PROGRAM COMMITTEE Elif Lévesque, RAO Isabelle Cadieux, SIDEX Ingrid Martin Julien Davy, Tarku Ressources PROGRAM COMMITTEE Réal Daigneault, CONSOREM - UQAC François Robert, Barrick Gold Corporation Benoît Dubé, Centre géoscientifique de Québec Sylvain Lépine, Ressources Yorbeau
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA To celebrate its 175 th anniversary, the geological survey of Canada will participate to the XPLOR convention. Pavilion in partnership with VISIT THE DIFFERENT ZONES OF THE EXHIBITION FLOOR! Business Café des Affaires and Meeting Zone presented by Pub Explo presented by Coffee break Wednesday and Thursday presented by