The Northwestern Ontario Prospectors Association (NWOPA) 2018 Awards Dinner was held on Tuesday, April 2nd.
Since 2001 NWOPA has presented awards recognizing lifetime achievements, mineral discoveries and mine developments.
Lifetime achievement is based upon cumulative work, discoveries and contributions to the prospecting, exploration and mining community of Northwestern Ontario.
The Bernie Schnieders Discovery of the Year Award recognizes an exceptional discovery in Northwestern Ontario during the previous calendar year with the Developer of the Year Award recognizing an outstanding mineral development during the previous calendar year.
In 2010 NWOPA added the Dan Calvert Distinguished Service Award to acknowledge exceptional service to the mineral exploration community.
The award was named in honour of Dan Calvert and in 2016 NWOPA renamed the Lifetime Achievement Award in honour of Dave Christianson; both of these gentlemen were longtime prospectors and supporters of mineral exploration in Northwestern Ontario.
On behalf of NWOPA, the Awards Committee is pleased to announce the 2018 recipients:
Dan Calvert Distinguished Service Award
Mark Smyk
Dave Christianson Lifetime Achievement Awards (3)
Roger Mitchell, Michael Stares, Stephen Stares
Bernie Schnieders Discovery of the Year (2018)
Dixie Gold Project – Great Bear Resources Ltd.
Developer of the Year (2018)
Musselwhite Mine – Goldcorp Canada Ltd.
Also at the Awards Dinner, Lakehead University presented the Bernie Schnieders Memorial Award to Dana Campbell.
Northwestern Ontario Prospectors Association
