A Collaborative Effort to Revolutionize the
Industry's Future with Exponential and Disruptive
Technologies
Press Release Highlights:
- Integra Gold and Goldcorp to host #DisruptMining innovation
expo and "Shark-Tank" style live event on Sunday, March 5, 2017
- Calling for Disruptors to pitch their disruptive technologies
and business ideas to a panel of industry senior executives and a
live audience of mining industry influencers and decision makers –
sign up at www.disruptmining.com
- All proceeds from the #DisruptMining finale event will be
donated to charities and will create scholarships designed to spur
innovation in mining.
VANCOUVER, Dec. 16, 2016 /CNW/ - GOLDCORP INC. (TSX:
G, NYSE: GG) and INTEGRA GOLD CORP. (TSXV: ICG, OTCQX:
ICGQF) are pleased to announce #DisruptMining, a marquee event
during the annual Prospectors and Developers Association of
Canada ("PDAC") conference that
will showcase disruptive and exponential technologies with the
potential to revolutionize the future of mineral exploration,
mining and more. Integra and Goldcorp have partnered to present
this unique initiative that will showcase disruptive ideas in front
of a live audience of over 500 industry leaders and a "Shark-Tank"
style panel of industry executives. The prize is up to $1 Million in investment for a proof of concept
at one of Goldcorp's mines or investment in the winning
technologies. All proceeds from the #DisruptMining finale event
will be donated to charities and will create scholarships designed
to spur innovation in mining.
Link to #DisruptMining promo video:
https://vimeo.com/195817154
"The mining industry is overdue for radical, disruptive
innovation that drives value, enhances safe production and
performance across every aspect of our business, from exploration
through to reclamation and closure," said Todd White, Senior Vice President,Technical
Services and Business Excellence at Goldcorp and board member of
the Canadian Mining Innovation Council. "As an industry, we must
collaborate to spur investment and accelerate the pace of
innovation in order to stay competitive and deliver greater value
to shareholders. Efficient, socially and environmentally
responsible operations that deliver value for all of our
stakeholders are simply good business and this event is designed as
a catalyst to make that happen faster."
"At last year's $1 Million Integra
Gold Rush Challenge we challenged governments, mining companies and
financiers to get off the sidelines and into the innovation game.
This year, the industry has delivered," said Stephen de Jong, President and Chief Executive
Officer, Integra Gold. "Together with Goldcorp and other mining and
technology partners, #DisruptMining will break down barriers and
present innovative technologies set to radically disrupt
exploration and mining in the years to come. Proceeds from this
event will both support charities in the communities in which we
operate as well as invest in the future of mining through a number
of mining innovation focused scholarships."
#DisruptMining Innovation Expo
On Sunday, March 5th, 2017 the #DisruptMining
daytime innovation expo will showcase companies working with
industry-changing technologies in order to present how the mining
industry can foster, grow and attract investment focused on
changing the path of natural resource exploration and
extraction.
"Shark-Tank" Style Live Finale Event
The
#DisruptMining innovation expo will then transition into an evening
gala where five Disruptors will pitch their disruptive ideas
"Shark-Tank" style to a live audience. Five industry senior
executives - including Rob McEwen,
one of the mining industry's original disruptors, must decide:
Which big idea(s) will change the future of mining and mineral
exploration?
Call for Disruptors
Any innovator interested in
pitching their idea at #DisruptMining are encouraged to submit an
application via the submission portal found at
www.disruptmining.com before 9:00pm
PST on Wednesday, January 18,
2017.
Applications are limited to four pages and must include a brief
introduction to the idea and technology being pitched, along with
an explanation of its potential impact on the mining
industry. Multi-media usage is highly encouraged to
complement submissions as well as introduce yourself.
Attendees chosen to exhibit at the innovation expo, and the five
finalists chosen to pitch at the #DisruptMining live event will be
notified by February 1, 2017.
#DisruptMining Timeline
- Wednesday, January 18, 2017:
deadline for disruptors applications.
- Wednesday, February 1, 2017:
selected disruptors notified.
- Sunday, March 5, 2017
1:00pm – 4:30pm: #DisruptMining Innovation Expo.
- Sunday, March 5, 2017
5:00 pm – late: #DisruptMining Live
Event.
For more information, to ask questions and full application
details please visit www.disruptmining.com or email
submissions@disruptmining.com.
Tickets to #DisruptMining
For more information on
attending #DisruptMining please email
tickets@disruptmining.com.
About Goldcorp www.goldcorp.com
Goldcorp is a senior gold producer focused on responsible mining
practices with safe, low-cost production from a high-quality
portfolio of mines.
About Integra Gold Corp. www.integragold.com
Integra Gold is a junior gold exploration company advancing
projects in Val-d'Or, Québec, one
of the top mining jurisdictions in the world. The Company's primary
focus is its high-grade Lamaque project.
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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements: Certain disclosures in this document constitute
forward-looking statements, including the timing and completion of
the #DisruptMining expo and live finale. In making the
forward-looking statements, the Company has applied certain factors
and assumptions that are based on the Company's current beliefs as
well as assumptions made by and information currently available to
the Company, including that the Company is able to execute the
challenge in accordance with the terms described herein. Although
the Company considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on
information currently available to it, they may prove to be
incorrect, and the forward-looking statements are subject to
numerous risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause
future results to differ materially from those expressed or implied
in such forward-looking statements. Such risk factors include,
among others, those matters identified in its continuous disclosure
filings, including its most recently filed MD&A. Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements. The Company does not intend, and expressly disclaims
any intention or obligation to, update or revise any
forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
SOURCE Goldcorp Inc.