Previous Jake McDonald Annual Reclamation Award & 
Category Reclamation Award Winners
- Jake McDonald Reclamation Award Winners
- Coal Mine Category Reclamation Award Winners
- Metal Mine Category Reclamation Award Winners
- Exploration Category Reclamation Award Winners
- Sand/Gravel & Quarries Category Reclamation Award Winners
- Placer Category Reclamation Award Winners
- Special Category Reclamation Award Winners
Jake McDonald Reclamation Award Winners
| YEAR PRESENTED |
AWARD RECIPIENT |
PROJECT |
LINKS |
| 2024 | Glencore Canada | Central South bulk sample project and exploration area |
2024 News Release -TRCR |
| 2023 | Imperial Metals | Mount Polley Mine and Habitat Remediation Working Group for the remediation of Hazeltine and Edney creeks following the breach of the Mount Polley Mine tailings storage facility | 2023 TRCR Press Release |
| 2022 | Seabridge Gold Inc | Johnny Mountain Mine | Newsrelease2022 |
| 2021 | Centerra Gold and Chu Cho Environmental | Mount Milligan Mine | |
| 2020 | Taseko-Gibraltar Mine | Gibraltar Copper Mine | |
| 2019 | Barrick Gold Inc. | Giant Nickel Mine | TRCR Press Release / 2019 Awards Speech / 2019 Awards Presentation |
| 2018 | Teck Highland Valley Copper Partnership | Highland Valley Copper | 2018 News Release / 2018 Awards Speech /Awards Presentation |
| 2017 | No Symposium due to BC Fires | ||
| 2016 | Thompson Creek Metals Company | Mount Milligan Mine | News / 2016 Award Speech/Presentation |
| 2015 | Valley Gravel Sales Ltd. | Valley Gravel Operations, Abbotsford, BC | News -/2015 Awards Speech/Presentation |
| 2014 | No awards this year | News | |
| 2013 | Teck Metals Limited | Pinchi Mine | 2013News/Article/ Awards (pdf) |
| 2012 | Tsolum River Partnership | Mt. Washington | News/Article/ Presentation (PDF) |
| 2011 | Northgate Minerals Corporation | Kemess South Min | News / Article Presentation (PDF) |
| 2010 | Lehigh Materials | Sechelt Mine | Article / Report Presentation (PDF) |
| 2009 | Teck Resources | Teck Highland Valley Partnership | Article/Report Presentation (PDF) |
| 2008 | Inmet Mining Corporation | Samatosum Mine | Presentation (PDF) |
| 2007 | BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. | Island Copper Mine | Presentation (PDF) |
| 2006 | Elk Valley Coal Corporation | Fording River Operations | |
| 2005 | North American Metals Corp. | Golden Bear Mine | Presentation (PDF) |
| 2004 | Bullmoose Operating Corporation | Bullmoose Mine | |
| 2003 | Kinross Gold | QR Mine | |
| 2002 | Teck Cominco Limited | Bluebell Mine | |
| 2001 | Huckleberry Mines Limited | ||
| 2000 | Highland Valley Copper | ||
| 1999 | Afton Operating Corp. |
Afton Mine | |
| 1998 | BHP Minerals Canada Ltd. |
Island Copper Mine | |
| 1997 | Cominco Ltd. | Kimberley Operations | |
| 1996 | Line Creek Resources | ||
| 1995 | Homestake Canada Inc. | Giant Nickel Mine | |
| 1994 | Cheni Gold Mines Inc. | ||
| 1993 | Fording Coal Limited |
Fording River Operations | |
| 1992 | Highland Valley Copper | ||
| 1991 | Brenda Mines | ||
| 1990 | Westar Mining |
Balmer Operation | |
| 1989 | Noranda Mines |
Boss Mountain | |
| 1988 | Equity Silver Mines Ltd. | ||
| 1987 | Byron Creek Collieries | ||
| 1986 | Highland Valley Copper | ||
| 1985 | Quintette Coal Ltd. | ||
| 1984 | Island Copper | ||
| 1983 | B.C. Coal | Environmental Services | |
| 1982 | Crows’ Nest Resources | Line Creek Operation | |
| 1981 | Island Copper | ||
| 1980 | Fording Coal Limited | Fording River Operations | |
| 1979 | Kaiser Resources Ltd. | ||
| 1978 | Cominco Ltd. | Reclamation Research Group | |
| 1977 | Kaiser Resources Ltd. |
Coal Mine Category Reclamation Award Winners
| YEAR PRESENTED |
AWARD RECIPIENT |
PROJECT | LINKS |
| 2024 | Elk Valley Resources | Line Creek Mine for designing the reclamation of the West Line Creek rock spoil | 2024 News Release -TRCR |
| 2023 | Teck Resources Limited | Coal Mountain mine for uphill contouring to re-slope rock spoils | 2023 TRCR Press Release |
| 2022 | Teck Coal | Developing ecosystem/habitat models | Newsrelease2022 |
| 2018 | Teck Coal | Line Creek Operations | 2018 New Release / Awards Presentation |
| 2010 | Teck Coal | Elkview Operations | Article / Report Presentation (PDF) |
| 2009 | Teck Coal | Coal Mountain Operations | Article / Report Presentation (PDF) |
| 2008 | Elk Valley Coal Corporation | Line Creek Operations | Presentation (PDF) |
| 2007 | Elk Valley Coal Corporation | Fording River Operations | Presentation (PDF) |
| 2006 | Elk Valley Coal Corporation | Elkview Operations | |
| 2005 | Elk Valley Coal Corporation | Fording River Mine | Presentation (PDF) |
| 2004 | Elk Valley Coal Corporation | Fording River Mine | |
| 2003 | Quintette Operating Corp. | ||
| 2002 | Teck Cominco Limited | Bullmoose Coal Mine | |
| 2001 | Fording Coal Limited | Greenhills Operations | |
| 2000 | Fording Coal Limited | Fording River Operations | |
| 1999 | Luscar Ltd. | Line Creek Coal | |
| 1998 | Quintette Operating Corp. | ||
| 1997 | Fording Coal Limited, | Fording River Operations | |
| 1995 | Fording Coal Limited | Fording River Operations | |
| 1994 | Quintette Coal Ltd. | Research Program | |
| 1993 | Line Creek Resources | ||
| 1992 | Westar Mining Ltd. | Greenhills | |
| 1991 | Westar Mining Ltd. | Greenhills | |
| 1990 | Quintette Coal Ltd. | ||
| 1988 | Westar Mining | Balmer Operation | |
| 1987 | Crows’ Nest Resources | Line Creek | |
| 1985 | Crows’ Nest Resources | Line Creek Mine | |
| 1984 | Crows’ Nest Resources | Line Creek Mine | |
| 1983 | Crows’ Nest Resources | Line Creek Project | |
| 1982 | B.C. Coal | ||
| 1981 | B.C. Coal | ||
| 1980 | Kaiser Resources Ltd. | ||
| 1979 | Fording Coal Limited | Fording River Operations | |
| 1978 | Kaiser Resources Ltd. |
Metal Mine Category Reclamation Award Winners
| YEAR PRESENTED |
AWARD RECIPIENT |
PROJECT | LINKS |
| 2023 | Centerra Gold | Mount Milligan Mine and Chu Cho Environmental for ongoing progressive reclamation | 2023 TRCR Press Release |
| 2022 | Copper Mountain Mine Limited | Wolfe Creek Habitat Offset | Newsrelease2022 |
| 2020 | Teck Metals Limited | Lower Mine Yard | |
| 2019 | Crown Contaminated Sites Program of the BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development and AECOM Canada Ltd. | Atlin Ruffner mine site | TRCR Press Release / 2019 Awards Speech / 2019 Awards Presentation |
| 2015 | Huckleberry Mines Limited | Huckleberry Mine, Houston, BC | News /2015 Awards Speech/Presentation |
| 2013 | Crown Contaminated Sites Program, FLNRO and AECOM Canada | Historic Atlin Ruffner Mine | News/ Article / 2012 awards |
| 2012 | Taseko Mines Limited | Gibraltar Mine | News/Article/Presentation |
| 2011 | Thompson Creek Mining Ltd. | Endako Mine | News / Article Presentation (PDF) |
| 2010 | Northgate Minerals | Kerness South Mine | Article / Report Presentation (PDF) |
| 2009 | Northgate Minerals | Kerness South Mine | Article / Report Presentation (PDF) |
| 2007 | Teck Cominco Metals Ltd. | Trail Smelter | Presentation (PDF) |
| 2006 | Highland Valley Copper | Highland Valley Copper Mine | |
| 2005 | Teck Cominco Limited and the Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management | Muskwa Kechika Joint Project | Presentation (PDF) |
| 2004 | Teck Cominco Metals Ltd. | Sullivan Mine | |
| 2003 | Homestake Canada Inc. | Snip Mine | |
| 2002 | Northgate Exploration Inc. | Kemess Mine | |
| 2001 | North American Metals Corp. | Golden Bear Mine | |
| 2000 | Greater Vancouver Regional District | Biosolids Recycling Program | |
| 1999 | Highland Valley Copper | Afton and Ajax Mines | |
| 1998 | Afton Operating Corp. | ||
| 1997 | Highland Valley Copper | ||
| 1996 | Homestake Canada | Giant Nickel | |
| 1995 | Equity Silver Mines Ltd. | ||
| 1994 | Domtar Gypsum | Lussier River Mine | |
| 1993 | Noranda Minerals Ltd. | ||
| 1992 | Cominco Ltd. | Sullivan Mine | |
| 1991 | Total Energold Corp. | ||
| 1990 | Total Energold Corp. | ||
| 1989 | Equity Silver Mines Ltd. | ||
| 1988 | Afton Operating Corp. | Afton Mine | |
| 1987 | Island Copper Mine | ||
| 1985 | Lornex Mining Corporation Ltd. | ||
| 1984 | Equity Silver | ||
| 1983 | Craigmont Mines Ltd. | ||
| 1982 | Cominco Ltd. | Pinchi Lake Operation | |
| 1981 | Newmont Mines Ltd. | Similkameen Division | |
| 1980 | Island Copper | ||
| 1979 | Craigmont Mines Ltd. | ||
| 1977 | Placid Oil Company | Bull River Mine |
Exploration Category Reclamation Award Winners
| YEAR PRESENTED |
AWARD RECIPIENT |
PROJECT |
LINKS |
| 2010 | Alpha Gold Corporation | Lustdust | Article / Report Presentation (PDF) |
| 2009 | Selkirk Minerals | Catface Property | Article / Report Presentation (PDF) |
| 2008 | Sego Resources Inc. | Miner Mountain Property | Presentation (PDF) |
| 2007 | Canarc Resource Corp | Polaris Taku | Presentation (PDF) |
| 2006 | NovaGold Canada Inc. | Galore Creek Property | |
| 2005 | Noranda Inc. | Kerr-Sulphurets Property | Presentation (PDF) |
| 2004 | Newmont Exploration of Canada | Trout Lake Molybdenum Property | |
| 2003 | Silver Standard Resources Inc. | Duthie Mine Property | |
| 2002 | Newhawk Gold Mines | Hawk Pit | |
| 2001 | Metal – Noranda Mining and Expl., Tommy Jack Coal and Luscar Ltd. | Telkwa | |
| 1999 | Misty Mountain Gold Ltd. | ||
| 1998 | Doublestar Resources Ltd. | Yellow Giant | |
| 1997 | Homestake Canada | Eskay Creek | |
| 1996 | Lac Minerals | ||
| 1995 | Placer Dome Canada | ||
| 1994 | Fox Geological Consultants Ltd. | ||
| 1993 | New Canamin Resources | ||
| 1991 | Polestar Exploration Inc. | ||
| 1990 | Quintette Coal Ltd. | ||
| 1988 | Cordilleran Engineering | ||
| 1987 | Utah Mines Ltd., Carbon Creek | ||
| 1986 | Fording Coal Limited | Fording River Operations | |
| 1985 | Bullmoose Operating Corporation | Burnt River | |
| 1984 | Crows’ Nest Resources | Telkwa Project | |
| 1983 | Fording Coal Limited | Fording River Operations | |
| 1982 | Fording Coal Limited | Fording River Operations | |
| 1981 | Sage Creek Coal | ||
| 1980 | British Petroleum Exploration Canada Ltd. | Sukunka Coal Property | |
| 1978 | Elko Mining Ltd. |
Sand/Gravel & Quarries Category Reclamation Award Winners
| YEAR PRESENTED |
AWARD RECIPIENT |
PROJECT |
LINKS |
| 2024 | R.E. Postill and Sons | Rosebush Land Improvement Project at Coldstream Ranch in the North Okanagan |
2024 News Release -TRCR |
| 2023 | Orca Sand and Gravel | For progressive reclamation efforts at the Orca Quarry near Port McNeill | 2023 TRCR Press Release |
| 2020 | Orca Sand and Gravel | Planning and implementation of reclamation | |
| 2012 (Sand) | R.E. Postill and Sons Ltd. and the Coldstream Ranch Ltd | Rosebush Pit | News/Presentation |
| 2012 (Industrial) | Quinto Technologies | Lumby Mine | Article |
| 2011 | Lafarge Canada Inc. | Abbotsford Gravel Sales Ltd. | News / Article Presentation (PDF) |
| 2010 | CertainTeed Gypsum Canada Ltd. | Windemere Operations | Article / Report Presentation (PDF) |
| 2008 | Emil Anderson Construction Co. Ltd. | Norm Ross Pit | Presentation (PDF) |
| 2007 | Little Rock Quarries Ltd. | Ross Road Gravel Pit / Three Point Properties – Bamberton Quarry | Presentation (PDF) |
| 2005 | Monteith Bay Resources Ltd. | Monteith Bay Quarry | Presentation (PDF) |
| 2002 | Hub City Paving | Nanaimo Lakes | |
| 2001 | Construction Aggregates | Sechelt Operation | |
| 2000 | Columbia Bitulithic | ||
| 1998 | Lafarge Canada Inc. | ||
| 1997 | Steelhead Aggregates | Dhillon Pit | |
| 1996 | Fraser Valley Aggregates | Columbia River Road | |
| 1995 | West Coast Aggregates | ||
| 1994 | Frostrup Developments | ||
| 1993 | West Coast Aggregates | ||
| 1991 | Butler Bros. Ltd. | ||
| 1989 | Columbia Ready Mix | ||
| 1985 | Marathon Realty | Reflection Lake | |
| 1984 | Canada Cement Lafarge | Surrey Gravel Pit |
Placer Category Reclamation Award Winners
| YEAR PRESENTED |
AWARD RECIPIENT |
PROJECT |
LINKS |
| 2012 | Eli Christiansen | Douglas Property | Article / awards presentation |
| 2004 | Westrail Construction Limited | Ruby Creek | Article |
| 2003 | Sister Resources Limited | Wright Creek | |
| 2001 | Daniel Romanow | ||
| 1999 | Gallery Resources | ||
| 1991 | Preido Mines | ||
| 1990 | Queenstake Resources | ||
| 1985 | Mr. A.F. Savage | ||
| 1984 | Mr. N. Olausen, Mr. G. Lewans | Quesnel | |
| 1978 | Hon. Mention: Canex Placer Ltd. | Salmo Area |
Special Category Reclamation Award Winners
| YEAR PRESENTED |
AWARD RECIPIENT |
PROJECT |
LINKS |
| 2009 (a) | British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Lands | Yankee Girl Tailings | Article / Report Presentation (PDF) |
| 2009 (b) | BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources | Lakeview Dividend Site | Article / Report Presentation (PDF) |
| 1999 | Homestake Canada Inc. | Nickel Plate Mine | |
| 1996 | BC Chrysotile | Cassiar Mine | |
| 1995 | Canada Wide Mines | Granduc Mine | |
| 1993 | Dr. J.C. Errington, Reclamation Inspector | ||
| 1979 | Mr. J.D. McDonald, Sr. Reclamation Inspector |
