The Barlow Memorial Medal was created in 1916 by the
Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) is a not-for-profit technical society of professionals in the Canadian minerals, metals, materials and energy industries. CIM's members are convened from industry, academia and go ...
to recognize the best paper on
economic geology
Economic geology is concerned with earth materials that can be used for economic and/or industrial purposes. These materials include precious and base metals, nonmetallic minerals and construction-grade stone. Economic geology is a subdisciplin ...
published by the Institute each year.
Initially a cash prize, the award then became a silver medal (supplemented by a cash prize), upgrading in 1941 to a gold medal.
The medal is named after
Alfred Ernest Barlow, who served as President of the Institute between 1912 and 1919.
Recent Prizewinners
Source:(2006-
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Source (1926-2000)
Literary Awards
See also
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List of geology awards
This list of geology awards is an index to articles on notable awards for geology, an earth science concerned with the solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Geology can also include the ...
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Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
Canadian science and technology awards
Geology awards
Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
Awards established in 1916