Mining Show Goes On, With Elbow Bumps and a Whiff of Fear

  • PDAC convention sees lower attendance amid coronavirus
  • ‘We can’t touch, we can’t hug,’ says First Majestic CEO
Photographer: Cole Burston/Bloomberg
Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

“Shake hands with the world.”

So says the promotional blurb for the annual convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada. The Toronto gathering is one of the industry’s biggest, drawing tens of thousands of miners, government officials and analysts.