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.
Past Award Winners
2024 – Mackenzie Sorensen
2023 – Angelina K. Anani
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
1999 – Amy Patterson
1998 – Jason R. Stoltz
1997 – Xavier L. Ochoa
1996 – Ian J. Duckworth