Canadian Mineral Processors

2008 André Laplante Memorial Scholarship Announcement

André Laplante was internationally renowned as an educator in mineral processing and for his expertise in the area of gravity gold recovery. He is also credited for developing and popularizing the 'gravity recoverable gold' (GRG) test, which is now widely accepted as an industry standard procedure. He made numerous positive contributions to the advancement of the Canadian mineral processing industry, especially in the areas of sampling, testing, teaching, research and development. He was considered a pioneer in developing and creating the industry’s standard characterization methods.  He authored and co-authored numerous technical papers and was a widely sought after speaker. He traveled extensively to participate in gravity conferences and seminars and through his tireless efforts he helped bringing gravity concentration back into the mainstream of gold processing.

 As a tribute for Laplante ’s significant contributions to mineral processing and education a $5,000.00 Annual Scholarship has been established in his name for undergraduate students enrolled in a mineral processing related program at a Canadian university or college. The André Laplante Memorial Scholarship will be coordinated by the Canadian Mineral Processors (CMP) and administered through the Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Foundation (CIM CMMF).  For regular updates on the Scholarship Fund, please bookmark and visit this web page regularly.

2008 Andre Laplante Scholarship Winner, Mr. Paul Scinto of Laurentian University receiving his award at the
Central Ontario Annual CMP Meeting held in Sudbury, Ontario. Martha Bailey, their CMP Chair presented the
award to Paul Scinto. Photo (from L to R), Katherine Hopkins, Dave Middleditch, Martha Bailey, Paul Scinto,
Dominic Fragomeni, Professor Lucky Amaratunga