YMP Annual Awards
The YMP Awards recognize two young mining entrepreneurs, a male and a female, who over the past year, and during the course of their careers, have demonstrated exceptional leadership skills and innovative thinking to create value for their companies and shareholders, as well as for themselves.
The Awards are named after two iconic entrepreneurs in the mining industry, Peter Munk and Eira Thomas.
Nominations for the Peter Munk Award (male) and the Eira Thomas Award (female) are open to the public until December 31, 2023.
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Under the age of 40 on Dec 31, 2023; currently engaged in the metals and mining industry.
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The selection committee, consisting of YMP Directors and Senior Executives at The Northern Miner, will select a winner in each category from the nominees submitted. The recipients of each award will be announced in February 2024.
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Stay tuned for event details – The date and place are TBD!
2024
Winners
Ella Cullen
Eira Thomas Award Recipient
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Ella Cullen is Co-founder & CMO of Minespider, the leading traceability platform for transparent and compliant mineral supply chains. Their partners include Google, Renault, Cisco, Woodcross, Ford Otosan, LuNa Smelter and Minsur. Ella is a UNECE expert in blockchain traceability, one of 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining (WIM100) in 2022 and a mentor for DLT Talents and the CV Labs Incubator.
Scott Berdahl
Peter Munk Award Recipient
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Scott Berdahl, CEO and Director, Snowline Gold (TSX-V:SGD) - Snowline is one of the most exciting exploration plays to emerge out of the Yukon. Snowline's 2023 exploration program continues to top the charts with industry-leading drill results. A 2023 hole returned 2.5 grams per tonne gold over 553 meters at the Valley discovery, making it one of the best drill holes ever drilled in the Yukon Territory's 125-year history. The company has a huge land package, 330,000 ha with 30+ primary gold targets. Thanks to outstanding drill results the company is up 17-fold since 2021.
Scott Berdahl and Ella Cullen have been named the Young Mining Professionals of the Year for 2024.
BY: NORM TOLLINSKY MARCH 27, 2024
The winners of the Young Mining Professionals’ (YMP) Eira Thomas and Peter Munk Awards for 2024 are Scott Berdahl of Whitehorse and Ella Cullen of Lisbon, Portugal. The YMP awards recognize two young mining professionals — a male and a female — under the age of 40 who have demonstrated exceptional leadership skills and innovative thinking for their companies and shareholders.