TRCR 49th Annual Mine Reclamation Symposium 2026
The British Columbia Technical and Research Committee on Reclamation proudly presents:
B.C.’s 49th Annual Mine Reclamation Symposium (Registration now online)
When: September 21st to 24th, 2026
Where: Pomeroy Hotel and Conference Centre at 11308 Alaska Rd, Fort St. John, BC
Theme: Mine Reclamation
What: The BC TRCR Mine Reclamation Symposium, September 21 – 24, 2026, offered in person and virtually.
Registration, Sponsorship and Exhibitor details.
Registration, accommodations and transportation from the FSJ International airport, opportunities for sponsorship and exhibitors are all found at the REGISTRATION link.
We also wish to thank our TRCR Partners (2026 Committee members) and 2026 Sponsors that are scrolling on the right side of the page.
Students are welcome as well, with a reduced Symposium rate and scholarship and volunteer opportunities.
We have annual opportunities for free Symposium registrations for First Nations and community members actively participating in the review of reclamation at proposed, operating or closed mines and this includes the workshops, mine tour and paper presentations.
Aggregate borrow pit reclamation near the Site C hydroelectric project (techniques of rough and loose and coarse woody debris placement).
On Tuesday, September 22, 2026, the annual mine tour will be held at:
Location: North East BC metallurgical coal mines of Conuma Resources
Photos above are Quintette Coal mine in background and CN coal train in heading to port in Prince Rupert, BC and also Quintette mine area mountain goat checking things out.Time: Approximately 8:00am-5:00pm (exact time to be confirmed)
Includes: Bus transportation from FSJ, boxed lunch, and snacks (breakfast not included).
All technical papers from 48 years of the Symposia are published annually on UBC’s eCIRCLE , accessed from the TRCR website, for use by reclamation practitioners and academics.
On the evening of September 23rd, the annual awards banquet will be held with reclamation awards handed out for several reclamation categories, the best practical paper from 2025 and annual TRCR student scholarships.
As a reminder, in 2025 the Jake McDonald Annual Mine Reclamation Award was presented to Elk Valley Resources (EVR). This award recognized EVR’s progressive reclamation of the Swift Project at Fording River’s operations. Located near Elkford in southeast BC, the Project set a goal to produce 170 million metric tonnes of steelmaking coal over 25 years. In addition, Amrize (formerly Lafarge) was awarded the Sand & Gravel Award for its achievement of reclamation through Abbotsford Gravel Sales. The team proposed a collaborative solution with neighbouring landowners and the Agricultural Commission to restore 30 acres of land as well as mining and restoring 85 acres of land.
The TRCR was also pleased to announce that its 2025 Jake McDonald Memorial Scholarship recipient Scholarship recipients were Thompson Rivers University Master of Science students Rabeya Shikdar Orpa and Zhaohui (Sunny) Han who also performed as co-paper facilitators.
An additional annual award was based on a survey of Symposium participants in 2024, Jacqueline Dube and DJ Formanski of Elk Valley Resources were awarded the Tony Milligan Book Award (created in recognition of the contributions Tony Milligan made to mine reclamation). This award was presented based on the quality of their paper, ‘An operational approach to geomorphic design in mine reclamation : A case study from Teck Coal Line Creek Operations’, presented at last year’s symposium.
Congratulations to all!
The TRCR Committee will be pleased to see you at the 49th Annual Mine Reclamation Conference in Fort St. John, BC – Welcome all.
