The 13th International Congress of Prospectors and Explorers - proEXPLO 2023 will feature Canadian speaker Anne Thompson, president of PetraScience Consultants Inc. who is one of the 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining (WIM100), highlighted by Women in Mining UK in 2020.

Anne Thompson is a specialist in economic geology, focused on innovation, sustainability and responsible mining. She has over thirty-five years' experience working in and advising the mineral exploration industry, including fieldwork and applied mineralogy, providing innovative approaches to mapping alteration minerals.

She founded PetraScience in 1995, which focuses on alteration mineral deposit studies with application to exploration, mine development and remediation. A key service was the early application of field spectrometers to map mineralogy.

Today, Anne leads PetraScience with her partner John Thompson, with a focus on technology, sustainability and innovation in the mining industry, and on developing communication channels that bring more diverse voices and a broader point of view to the global mining conversation.

It is worth mentioning that in 1996, Anne co-edited the "Atlas of Alteration", which continues to be available for sale through the Geological Association of Canada and remains the only comprehensive source of information on minerals commonly found in alteration associated with mineral deposits.

Much of her experience and knowledge will be shared during proEXPLO, an event organized by the Peruvian Institute of Mining Engineers, which will be held from May 8 to 10, 2023, in Lima, Peru. The slogan of this edition of the international congress is "Discovering the mining of the future".

proEXPLO 2023: Discovering The Mining Of The Future