BRIMM at MICA 2022 Annual Conference and Innovation Showcase

Mining Microbiome, Sustainable Mine Energy Systems, Water Stewardship,

BRIMM is excited to be a part of the First Annual Conference and Innovation Showcase Event for Canada’s MICA Network – the Mining Innovation Commercialization Accelerator. We are in Toronto on November 15th and 16th, 2022.  For more information about the event, click here.

With BRIMM being the BC-Yukon regional partner organization for the MICA network, Director John Steen will be giving an update on Day 1. Also attending is the MICA regional support lead Janice Fingler.

On Day 2, Dr. Aria Hahn, of Koonkie Inc., will be presenting on “The Power of Microbes”. Koonkie is an industry consortium partner in BRIMM’s MMAP – Mining Microbiome Analytics Platform project , a $16.6 million project with the Digital Supercluster.

We look forward to meeting with all of you!

To learn more about the MICA Network click here.

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