Nominations for the Hatch–CIM Mining and Minerals Project Development Safety Award are now open!

Calling all Canadian mining and mineral processing projects that have achieved safety excellence!

October 5, 2022

Calling all Canadian mining and mineral processing projects that have achieved safety excellence
Project Safety Excellence award.

Until December 15, 2022, the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) is accepting nominations for the 2023 Hatch–CIM Mining and Minerals Project Development Safety Award.

Use the links below to submit your project:

English – online nomination form

French – online nomination form

To be eligible for nomination, the project must meet the following criteria:

  • Project owner/team must be an active CIM member.
  • Project owner/team must have completed a single, significant (>300,000 work hours), Canada-located project within 12 months of this application. Applications stand for three years.
  • All Canadian mine and processing facilities in the metals, diamonds, industrial minerals, oil sands, and coal sectors are included and eligible.
  • Project owners must submit this application.

About the award

The Hatch–CIM Mining and Minerals Project Development Safety award was established in 2012 to recognize and reward projects with outstanding safety systems and performance. The award focuses on the overall safety performance at the mine and/or processing plant and its infrastructure during the development and construction phases of a project.

The award winner will be announced on May 1st at the 2023 CIM Convention Award Gala at the Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Ontario.

For more information on the CIM Awards click here, or click here for a list of previous winners.