The M&E Outstanding Young Professional Award, established in 1996, recognizes the meritorious accomplishments of a young individual working in the mining and exploration industry (including related academic and governmental careers). The award shall consist of a plaque appropriately engraved with the name of the award and the name of the recipient. The nominee must have made a significant contribution to the minerals industry in one or more of the following areas: mining, exploration, operations, research, academia, design or engineering/construction.
Outstanding Young Professional - Past Award Winners
2022 - Kathleen M. Tew
2021 - Isabel F. Barton
2020 - Grace E. Wilson
2019 - Daniel B. Rosenbach
2018 - Rosa M. Rojas Espinoza
2017 - Jenessa Haarala
2016 - Melissa L. H. Martinie
2015 - Jamie Torske
2014 - Jonathan B. Taylor
2013 - Justin D. Anderson
2012 - Elaina Ware
2011 - Claudio Cassio
2010 - Philip Joggerst
2009 - Jess Kindler
2008 - Donald C. Dwyer
2007 - Eben D. Robinson
2006 - Richard E. Bishop
2005 - Shaun P. Graber
2004 - Robert W. Pratt
2003- Terry A. Bush
2002 - Dayan J. Anderson
2000 - Matt J. Blattman
1998 - Jason R. Stoltz
1999 - Amy Patterson
1997 - Xavier L. Ochoa
1996 - Ian J. Duckworth
For more information, please contact SME at awards@smenet.org.