Awards
Nunavut Mining Symposium Hall of Fame
In 2016 we launched the NMS Hall of Fame to showcase excellence in Mining in Nunavut. This Hall Of Fame showcases all previous winners of the Mining Awards. We're always looking for feedback to make this showcase even better as well as we encourage you to nominate a person or a company who fits the criteria for induction in to the NMS Hall Of Fame.
About the Nunavut Mining Awards
The NMS Awards are the only awards to recognize excellence in the mining and exploration industry in Nunavut. Each year, three awards are considered for review in the categories of Corporate, Individual and Government. The awards are handed out during the Nunavut Mining Symposium in front of the peers and colleagues of those being honoured. They are the only awards to recognize excellence in the mining and exploration industry in Nunavut. Nominations are sought from, and made by, those in the mining and exploration industry and each nomination is reviewed by the Nunavut Mining Symposium Society Steering Committee.
The criteria for each award is as follows:
Individual Award (formerly the Mike Hine Award)
To recognize an individual who has made significant contribution to the mining industry in Nunavut.
To recognize outstanding progress by a Nunavut employee in the mining industry.
To recognize student/school involvement in the mining industry.
Corporate Award (formerly the Murray Pyke Award)
To recognize the contribution of a mining, exploration, or related company to the economic/social development of a community, region or Nunavut in general.
Government/Organization Award
To recognize the contribution of a government department, group, or organization to the advancement of the mining industry in Nunavut.
Can be presented to any level of government - Municipal, Territorial, Federal or Inuit.
Have questions about the nominations process? Submit questions to Jen Hayward or Brenda Mercer at info@nunavutminingsymposium.ca.
Award History
Two of the awards were originally named after individuals who were instrumental in the early days of exploration in Nunavut. Murray Pyke was a prominent figure in minerals and petroleum exploration and spent many summers mapping the Canadian Precambrian Shield in northern Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. He was a President of Comaplex Minerals. The award named in his honours recognizes a corporation that makes a significant contribution to advancing the mineral industry in Nunavut. Generally specific projects or large initiatives by businesses are what get recognized by this honour.
Mike Hine was a geologist who worked with several organizations in Nunavut including Qikiqtaaluk Corporation and Aboriginal Affairs & Northern Development and the Chamber of Mines. The award named in his honour recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to mining in Nunavut as an employee in the industry or a student or as a service provider employee.
2022 Nunavut Mining Award Winners
Government Award - Government of Nunavut CPHO team
Corporate Award - North Arrow Minerals
Individual Award - Brenda Mercer
2019 Nunavut Mining Award Winners
Corporate Award - Sarliaq Holdings Inc
Individual Award - Teresa Meadows
Government Award NRCAN CNGO
Trailblazer Award - Actua
2018 Nunavut Mining Award Winners
Corporate Award - North Arrow Minerals Inc.
Individual Award - Qikiqtani Inuit Association
Individual Award - John Tugak
2017 Nunavut Mining Award Winners
Trailblazer Award - Stephanie Autut
Individual Award - Denise Lockett
Corporate Award
Government Award - Government of Nunavut
Special Individual Award: Bernie MacIsaac, Barry MacCallum, Puujjuut Kusugak (Presenter), Missing Graeme Dargo
2016 Nunavut Mining Award Winners
The Canadian North Nunavut Mining Awards were presented at the Agnico-Eagle Gala on Thursday, April 9th, 2015. We are delighted to announce the following winners.
Corporate Award - Agnico Eagle Mines
Government/Organization Award - Kitikmeot Corporation
Individual Award - Dan Kane, Nuna Group of Companies
2015 Nunavut Mining Award Winners
The Canadian North Nunavut Mining Awards were presented at the Agnico-Eagle Gala on Thursday, April 9th, 2015. We are delighted to announce the following winners.
L-R: Hunter Tootoo (Canadian North) Alex Buchan (TMAC Resources) and Bernie MacIsaac (Nunavut Mining Symposium Society).
Corporate Award: TMAC Resources
L-R: Hunter Tootooo (Canadian North) Ronnie Suluk (Arviat, receiving on behalf of Keith Collier, EDO Arviat) and Bernie MacIsaac (Nunavut Mining Symposium Society).
Government/Organization Award - Hamlet of Arviat, Economic Development Office
L-R: Hunter Tootoo (Canadian North), Mike Beauregaurd (EDT) and Bernie MacIsaac 9Nunavut Mining Symposium Society).
Individual Award: Mike Beaureguard, EDT - Government of Nunavut
Previous Recipients
2014
Murray Pyke Award: Baffinland Iron Mines
Mike Hine Award: Peter Tapati, Peter's Expediting Service
Government/Organization: Charlie Jefferson, Geological Survey of Canada
2013
Murray Pyke Award: 1984 Nunavut Ltd.
Mike Hine Award: Robert Connelly, Government of Nunavut
Government/Organization: Workers Safety & Compensation Commission
2012
Murray Pyke Award: Peregrine Diamonds
Mike Hine Award: Honourable Leona Aglukkaq & Senator Dennis Patterson
Government/Organization: Nunavut Chamber of Mines
2011
Murray Pyke Award: Sabina Gold & Silver Corp
Mike Hine Award: Eberhard Scherkus, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited and Allison Rippin Armstrong
Government/Organization: Natural Resources Canada
2010
Murray Pyke Award: Newmont Mining
Mike Hine Award: James Eetoolook
Government/Organization: Nunavut Impact Review Board & Nunavut Water Board
2009
Corporate: Agnico Eagle Mines
Mike Hine Award: Luis Manzo
Government/Organization: Kivalliq Inuit Association
2008
Corporate: Nuna Logistics
Individual: Alex Buchan, Hope Bay Mining
Government: Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated & Government of Nunavut, Economic Development and Transportation
2007
Project Award: Nunavut Geoscience Online Project
Government Award: INAC – Department of Mineral Resources
Corporate Award: Shear Minerals