The largest international exhibition of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) 2025 has started.
On March 2, 2025, the largest international exhibition of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada – PDAC 2025 – started in Toronto, Canada.
As part of the event, Vice Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan I. Sharkan, AIFC Manager R. Bekturov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Canada D. Kusainov, and PDAC Vice President K. Reese solemnly opened the national pavilion, representing Kazakhstan’s geological potential.
One of the key events of the first day was the international forum “Meet Kazakhstan: The Power of Geology in the Ninth Largest Nation,” where the Chairman of the Board of “UGQ” Yerlan Galiev took part in the second panel session, moderated by K. Tiilikainen, Head of the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK).
Also, the speakers of this panel included leading international experts in geology:
• Mr. F. Igualada, Senior Mining Specialist, World Bank.
• Dr. K. Hanghoj, Director of the British Geological Survey (BGS).
• Mr. H. Al-Marzouki, Director of Planning and Development, Saudi Geological Survey (SGS).
• Mr. Chr. Poinssot, Deputy Director General of the French Geological Survey (BRGM).
• Mr. S. Schulz, Head of Mineral Resource Assessment, German Mineral Resources Agency (DERA).
