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UBC Applied Science launches new Wheaton Professorship in Mine Economics and Innovation

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Wes Carson (middle), Vice President, Mining Operations at Wheaton Precious Metals (BASc. mining and mineral process engineering, 2000), points out that mine economics has long been underrepresented in mining education—until now.
March 26, 2026
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UBC is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm people (Musqueam; which means 'People of the River Grass') and Syilx Okanagan Nation. The land has always been a place of learning for the Musqueam and Syilx peoples, who for millennia have passed on their culture, history and traditions from one generation to the next.

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