| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | |
| 1:00 – 4:00 PM | Exhibitor Registration and Set-Up |
| 4:00 – 6:00 PM | Registration Opens |
| 6:00 – 9:00 PM | Opening Reception & Community Open House |
| Thursday, May 1, 2025 | |
| 7:30 AM | Registration Opens |
| 8:00 – 9:00 AM | Breakfast – Prince George Conference and Civic Centre |
| 8:30 – 9:00 AM | Official Conference Opening Khast'an Drummers Conference MC
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| 9:00 – 9:15 AM | Powering Progress: BC Hydro's plan for growth, security and sustainability |
| 9:15 – 9:45 AM | Regional Update Hassan Heidarian, Regional Geologist – North Central and Northeast BC |
| 9:45 – 10:00 AM | Keynote Address Trish Jacques, Chair, Association for Mineral Exploration |
| 10:00 – 10:15 AM | Update on the Mineral Claims Consultation Framework Jack Middleton, Vice President, Policy and Advocacy, AME |
| 10:15 – 10:45 AM | Nutrition Break & Tradeshow Networking |
| 10:45 – 12:00 PM | Exploration Updates - 15 minutes eacg Wendell Zerb, Chairman and CEO, Red Canyon Resources Niel Marotta, CEO, Sun Summit Materials |
| 12:00 PM – 12:40 PM | Late-Stage Development R. Brent Murphy, SVP Environmental Affairs, Seabridge Gold |
| 12:40 – 12:50 PM | Tradeshow Networking |
| 12:50 – 2:10 PM | Keynote Luncheon – Advancing the Eskay Creek Section 7 Speakers: Connor Pritty, Lands Director, Tahltan Central Government Nalaine Morin, Vice President, Environment and Regulatory Affairs, Skeena Gold + Silver Moderator: Logan Hwang, Project Specialist - Community and External Relations, C3 Alliance |
| 2:10 – 2:40 PM | Tradeshow Networking |
| 2:40 – 3:30 PM | Investing in the North – Building the Infrastructure & Services Speakers Mayor Simon Yu, City of Prince George Mayor Gladys Atrill, Town of Smithers Mayor Sean Bujtas, City of Terrace Moderator: Sarah Weber, President and CEO, C3 Alliance |
| 3:30 – 4:30 PM | Developing Agreements in Mineral Exploration and Mining Vesta Filipchuk, Vice President Sustainability, NorthWest Copper Moderator: Steve Nycholat, Principal, Nycholat Consulting |
| 4:30 – 6:00 PM | Tradeshow Reception |
| 6:00 – 8:00 PM | Minerals North Banquet Dinner Elder P. Jerry Asp, CEO, Global Indigenous Development Trust |
| Friday, May 2, 2025 | |
| 8:00 AM | Registration Opens |
| 8:00 – 8:45 AM | Breakfast – Prince George Conference and Civic Centre |
| 8:45 – 9:00 AM | Keynote Address Kiel Giddens, MLA, Prince George-Mackenzie |
| 9:00 – 9:20 AM | BC Mining: Securing Our Economic Future Michael Goehring, President and CEO, Mining Association of BC |
| 9:20 – 10:00 AM | Innovation and Sustainability in Operating Mines Speakers: Claudette Gouger, Manager of Social Performance, Centerra Gold Inc. Sean Magee, Vice President, Taseko Mines Limited Moderator: Michael Goehring, President and CEO, Mining Association of BC |
| 10:00 - 10:15 AM | Exploration Update |
| 10:15 – 10:40 AM | Nutrition Break & Tradeshow Networking |
| 10:40 – 11:30 AM | First Nations Leadership and the MTA Speakers: |
| 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Nutrition Break & Tradeshow Networking |
| 12:00 – 1:30 PM | Closing Luncheon Hon. Jagrup Brar, Minister of Mining and Critical Minerals, Government of B.C. |
