Annual Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) runs from March 1st to 4th
Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from March 1-4. (Matthew Sherwood for The Globe and Mail)The Globe and Mail
Christian Guilbaud, centre, and Dominique Doucet, right, from Sirios Resources Inc., show Stanley Robinson samples from the Cheechoo gold project. (Matthew Sherwood for The Globe and Mail)The Globe and Mail
TRaymond Bernatchez, a consulting geologist, looks for specs of gold in a rock sample. (Matthew Sherwood for The Globe and Mail)The Globe and Mail
People wander through the Ontario pavilion at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.(Matthew Sherwood for The Globe and Mail)The Globe and Mail
Alain Cayer, from Geomega Resources, left, shows samples with rare earth elements to Chris Barrett, from SRK Consulting. (Matthew Sherwood for The Globe and Mail)The Globe and Mail
Barrick booth at the PDAC convention in Toronto. (Matthew Sherwood for The Globe and Mail)The Globe and Mail
Chief Peter Moonias of the Neskantaga First Nation, left, shakes hands with Greg Rickford, Minister of Natural Resources and the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (FedNor), during a press conference at PDAC convention at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Sunday, March 1, 2015. Rickford announced that the federal and provincial governments will each invest $393,814 to complete a study examining the benefits of an all-season transportation corridor through a number of First Nation communities in the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario. (Matthew Sherwood for The Globe and Mail)The Globe and Mail
Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Sunday, March 1, 2015. (Matthew Sherwood for The Globe and Mail)The Globe and Mail
People look at a geo-physical map Quebec. (Matthew Sherwood for The Globe and Mail)The Globe and Mail
Per Moller-Jensen, left, and Leif Bildstrˆm, from the Geological Survey of Mala, Sweden, look at mining samples. (Matthew Sherwood for The Globe and Mail)The Globe and Mail
Dehua Huang, from China, attends the Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention. (Matthew Sherwood for The Globe and Mail)Matthew Sherwood/The Globe and Mail
Bausan Dulguun, left, and Batchuluun Bausan look at rare stones for sale. (Matthew Sherwood for The Globe and Mail)The Globe and Mail