Adam Tonnos, sales manager at the Sudbury-based BESTECH, has been
recognized on the national stage, having been awarded the Canadian
Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum (CIM)'s prestigious Past
Presidents' Memorial Medal.
Given out at the CIM's annual
conference and exhibition in Vancouver in early May, the award
recognizes someone under 45 years of age whose accomplishments set an
outstanding example to young CIM members and youth interested in a
career in the minerals industry.
Tonnos joined CIM in 2003,
becoming the organization's youngest member. He has since participated
in a number of boards and committees at the local and national levels.
He
now serves as chair of the CIM Sudbury Branch, and is assisting with
the organization of the Maintenance Engineering and Mine Operators'
(MEMO) October 2010 Conference in the city.
Past recipients of
the Past Presidents' Memorial Medial include Eira Thomas, executive
chairman and director of Stornoway Diamond Corporation, and Anne Marie
Toutant, vice-president of Suncor Energy.
CIM is made up of
11,000 members from across Canada, spread across industry, government
and academia and dedicated to the discovery, production, use and
economics of minerals, metals and petroleum.