The MINEXCHANGE 2026 SME Annual Convention & Expo, to happen subsequent week in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah, will conclude with its Signature Awards Occasion the place greater than 70 award recipients might be honoured.
Annually, the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) presents these awards, with the recipients representing the very best ranges of professionalism and experience within the mining and minerals business. Awards are given for each particular person and group achievements.
The 2026 SME Awards Celebration will happen on Wednesday, February 25 from 5:30-8:00 pm contained in the Salt Lake Ballroom on the Hyatt Regency Salt Lake Metropolis. The occasion serves as a energetic conclusion to the annual convention, is open to all attendees and is
included with MINEXCHANGE registration. After a multimedia awards presentation, attendees will take pleasure in an intimate reception with the recipients and their awards, offering a closing networking alternative with the business’s finest and brightest.
“I can’t think about a greater strategy to conclude MINEXCHANGE than by having an SME Awards Celebration,” Invoice Hancock, 2025 SME President, mentioned. “Recognising innovation and excellence by our awards program is core to our mission and a testomony to the exceptional members making a distinction the world over.”
Notable awards embrace:
- Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal, offered to Lawrence P. Radford;
- Mineral Economics Award, offered to Alan Ok. Stagg;
- Mineral Trade Training Award, offered to Navid Mojtabai;
- AIME Honorary Member Award, offered to S. Komar Kawatra and David L. Kanagy;
- Erskine Ramsay Medal, offered to Stephen C. Tadolini;
- Frank F. Aplan Award, offered to James E. Gebhardt;
- Hal Williams Hardinge Award, offered to Rajesh Raitani;
- Ivan B. Rahn Training Award, offered to Kramer D. Luxbacher;
- James Douglas Gold Medal, offered to Kaixi Jiang;
- John Fritz Medal, offered to Mau-Chung Frank Chang;
- Robert E. Murray Innovation Award, offered to FLS;
- Robert Earll McConnell Award, offered to Donald R. Taylor;
- Robert H. Richards Award, offered to Robert E. McIvor;
- Robert M. Dreyer Award, offered to Richard A. Leveille;
- William Lawrence Saunders Gold Medal, offered to Jami Girard Dwyer;
- Syd S. Peng and Felicia F. Peng Floor Management in Mining Award, offered to Dr. Michael Karmis;
- President’s Quotation, offered to Sanja Zlatanic, Mary Korpi, and Kimberly Mills; and
- President’s Part Quotation, offered to the WAAIME Peru Part and the Gila Valley, AZ SME Native Part.
Worldwide Mining is a media sponsor of the MINEXCHANGE 2026 SME Annual Convention & Expo. For extra data relating to the 2026 SME Awards Celebration and a full record of recipients, go to smeannualconference.org/awards
