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Canadian Mining Hall of Fame welcomes most diverse slate of inductees ever HONOURS
| New members feted for contributions from prospecting and discovery to mineral processing innovation
Canada inks MOUs with German automakers to help meet clean transport demand | Co-operation could help secure Canada’s position as a ‘leading centre of excellence’ for EV manufacturing
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Tara Risby, daughter of Canadian Mining Hall of Fame inductee Peter Risby, speaks at the 34th annual ceremony on Aug. 18, 2022 at the Palais Royale in Toronto. CANADIAN MINING HALL OF FAME
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BY ALISHA HIYATE
he Canadian Mining Hall of Fame held its 34th annual induction ceremony on Aug. 18 at the Palais Royale in Toronto, welcoming five new honourees. This year’s event was historic. Not only did the CMHF induct its 200th member, but the slate of inductees was the most diverse in the history of the Hall of Fame dating back to its origins in 1989. Three of the five that would be considered diverse include the first Black man to be inducted, the first openly gay person, and the sixth woman. With attendance of about 380 people, the event was larger than last year’s ceremony, which was capped at 125 due to Covid-19 restrictions and held outdoors, but still modest compared to pre pandemic numbers of well over 1,000 guests. The celebration was co-hosted by The Northern Miner Group’s president, Anthony Vaccaro, and president and CEO of the Mining Association of Canada, Pierre Gratton.
Dale Corman:
Impeccable timing and a drive to find big deposits The first inductee of the night was Dale Corman, a geologist that has made many big discoveries, including the San Nicolas deposit in Mexico and the Peñasquito mine, which became the largest gold mine in Mexico. Corman has also been a successful company builder, serving as president of seven public companies and a director of 25. His focus has been on big deposits, and “he understands what type of deposits work in any type of cycle and his timing is impeccable,” said Sam Lee, president and CEO of NorthIsle Copper and Gold in a video tribute. “He is able to identify when a project should be advanced, when a project should be sold, and when a project should just sit.” Corman was born in southern Ontario into a farming family who had an orchard business, but decided to study geology. He spent a summer working with the Geological Survey of Canada in B.C.
“ONE THING THAT I’VE ALWAYS NOTICED IS THAT THOSE PLACES THAT SUPPORT MINING GENERALLY THRIVE AND PROSPER.” DALE CORMAN
before spending a year studying law at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. “I learned enough law just to be dangerous. It certainly helped me through my career,” he said. Early experience with black flies in the bush pushed him towards becoming a mining analyst rather than a field geologist. After several years in the investment industry, he joined Harbinson Mining and Oil Group, helping to manage a See HALL OF FAME / 6
BY HENRY LAZENBY
he federal government has signed new agreements with German automakers Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz, setting the stage for exploring deeper cooperation across all stages of the automotive value chain. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz observed a signing ceremony in Toronto at an event hosted by the Canadian-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce on Aug. 23. The agreements cover all supply chain elements, from technical development and the extraction of raw materials to production, service life and recycling. Ottawa said in a news release these agreements would “help secure Canada’s position as a leading centre of excellence for the manufacturing of electric vehicles and batteries.” The Volkswagen agreement focuses on deepening co-operation on sustainable battery manufacturing, cathode active material production and critical mineral supply. It also allows Volkswagen to set up a Canadian subsidiary for its newly formed battery company. The Mercedes-Benz agreement focuses on enhancing collaboration with Canadian companies along the electric vehicle and battery supply chains, supporting the development of a sustainable critical mineral supply chain. In a separate news release, Mercedes-Benz said the agreement was necessary to secure sustainable raw materials sources. The automaker is preparing to go all-electric by the end of the decade, “wherever market conditions allow.” Because of the sharply rising electrification of the automotive sector, Mercedes has flagged demand will increase exponentially for specific and responsibly sourced raw materials, particularly cobalt, lithium, nickel, graphite, manganese and copper. Canada is regarded as a top
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destination for European investors, with recent investments in the battery supply chain by companies like Germany’s BASF and Belgium’s Umicore, demonstrating strong and growing potential for collaboration in the clean technology and automotive space. Securing metal supplies Global battery and minerals supply chains need to expand ten-fold to meet projected critical minerals needs by 2030, an early August report published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) found. The report concludes the industry needs to build 50 more See CANADA-GERMANY / 5
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