PDAC Convention
Organized by Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada
7–10 March 2027 · Toronto, Canada
The world’s premier mineral-exploration and mining convention — the industry’s single largest annual meeting point.
Overview
PDAC is the largest mineral-exploration and mining convention in the world, drawing tens of thousands of delegates from more than a hundred countries to Toronto every March. It spans the entire industry — exploration geoscience, investment, capital markets, sustainability, government and technology — across a sprawling trade show, an investors’ exchange, and a deep technical program.
For precious-metals investors it functions as the sector’s town square: nearly every relevant junior, mid-tier and major has a presence, and the corridors are where deals, financings and narratives take shape. Its sheer scale is both its strength and its challenge — planning is essential.
Who should attend
Suits investors across the spectrum: junior-mining speculators working the investors’ exchange, executives and geologists in the technical sessions, and analysts mapping the field. Serious private investors can access an enormous amount if they plan a route.
Institutional delegations attend in force too, so the event blends open trade-show access with private corporate and investor meetings running in parallel.
What to expect
A massive trade show and investors’ exchange, a rigorous technical/geoscience program, capital-markets and commodity sessions, short courses, and constant networking. Public registration tiers coexist with corporate and institutional passes.
Geographic emphasis
Canadian-hosted but globally comprehensive — jurisdictions from the Americas to Africa, Australia and Central Asia are all represented, with strong critical-minerals and battery-metals content alongside gold and silver.