Goldcorp donates $300k for new mineral resource engineering professorship

Vancouver-based gold producer Goldcorp has donated $300 000 to Dalhousie University’s Mineral Resource Engineering programme to establish a new professorship that would increase teaching capacity, expand programme breadth and provide more opportunities for students. Announced on Tuesday at Dalhousie, the gift would establish the Goldcorp Professorship in Mineral Engineering. Senior professor in Dalhousie’s Mineral Resource Engineering programme, Donald Jones,will be the first incumbent.