加拿大皇家造幣廠在2025年薄荷董事會議（MDC）上贏得了國際譽

加拿大皇家造幣廠在4月29日在南非開普敦舉行的2025 MINT導演會議（MDC）上獲得了國際譽

The Royal Canadian Mint has returned from the 2025 Mint Directors Conference (MDC), held April 29 in Cape Town, South Africa, with two prestigious awards. The awards, which are decided by an international jury of peers, recognize the Mint’s excellence in coin design and innovation.

加拿大皇家造幣廠已從4月29日在南非開普敦舉行的2025年薄荷董事會議（MDC）返回，並獲得了兩個享有聲望的獎項。該獎項是由國際同行陪審團決定的，它認識到薄荷造成的硬幣設計和創新方面的卓越表現。

The Mint’s 2024 $50 pure silver coin celebrating the Year of the Dragon was named Best Commemorative Silver Coin, while its research collaboration with McGill University in Montreal, Que., on an environmentally responsible gold refining method earned the award for Best Collaboration.

造幣廠的2024年$ 50純銀硬幣慶祝《龍之年》被評為最佳紀念銀幣，而其與魁北克蒙特利爾的麥吉爾大學的研究合作則獲得了對環境負責的黃金方法的最佳合作獎。

“The Royal Canadian Mint is passionate about innovating to keep demonstrating the excellence and artistry of our world-famous coin products, as well as the sustainability of our processes,” said Marie Lemay, President and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint. “To be recognized in two award categories by the Mint Directors Conference judges is a tremendous peer endorsement of our commitment to finding new ways to delight our customers while finding more caring and sustainable ways to continue leading the global minting community.”

皇家加拿大皇家造幣廠總裁兼首席執行官瑪麗·萊梅（Marie Lemay）表示：“加拿大皇家造幣廠對創新充滿熱情，以繼續展示我們世界著名的硬幣產品的卓越和藝術性以及我們流程的可持續性。” “要被薄荷董事會議法官在兩個獎勵類別中認可，這是我們致力於尋找新的方式來使客戶滿意的方式的同伴認可，同時尋找更多的關懷和可持續的方式，以繼續領導全球鑄造社區。”

The award-winning coin, designed by Canadian artist Simon Ng, pushes the boundaries of minting with an Extraordinarily High Relief (EHR) engraving that reaches an impressive height of 4.7 millimetres. The reverse features the Wood Dragon, the fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac, moving through the clouds of a night sky illuminated by the moon. Its tail curls to form the lucky number eight, which symbolizes prosperity and fortune in Chinese culture. A laser-engraved pattern framing the design represents the wood element of the dragon’s zodiac year.

由加拿大藝術家西蒙（Simon Ng）設計的屢獲殊榮的硬幣以非常高的浮雕（EHR）的雕刻來推動鑄造的界限，其高度達到了4.7毫米。相反的特色是木龍，這是中國十二生肖的第五個跡象，穿過月亮照亮的夜空的雲層。它的尾巴捲曲以形成幸運的第八名，這象徵著中國文化中的繁榮和財富。設計框架的激光雕刻圖案代表了龍十二生肖年的木材元素。

In a unique technical and artistic achievement, the obverse offers a rear view of the same scene, also in EHR. Above the dragon appears the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt, accompanied by four small pearls that represent the four different effigies of the Queen used on Canadian coins during her reign. The coin also bears the double date of her reign, marking her lasting legacy.

在獨特的技術和藝術成就中，正面在EHR中提供了同一場景的後視圖。在龍上方出現了蘇珊娜·布朗特（Susanna Blunt）的伊麗莎白二世女王（Queen Elizabeth II）的雕像，伴隨著四個小珍珠，代表了加拿大硬幣在統治期間使用的女王的四個不同雕像。硬幣還帶有她統治的雙重約會，標誌著她持久的遺產。

Alongside its numismatic artistry, the Mint’s commitment to sustainable innovation was recognized through its partnership with the Department of Chemistry at McGill University. The collaboration aims to replace the traditional Miller chlorination process used in gold refining—a method that relies on chlorine gas—with a safer, non-toxic alternative that uses a mild reagent to catalyze a chemical reaction, yielding pure gold in soluble form.

除了其錢幣藝術外，造幣廠對可持續創新的承諾通過與麥吉爾大學化學系的合作夥伴關係得到了認可。該協作旨在替代用於黃金煉油中使用的傳統米勒氯化過程（一種依賴於氯氣的方法），它是一種更安全的，無毒的替代方法，該替代方法使用溫和的試劑來催化化學反應，以可溶性形式產生純金。

“At a lab scale, this process has demonstrated the ability to deliver pure gold in a way that is significantly less energy-intensive and safer for people and the environment,” the Mint stated. “This promising method builds on previous work undertaken in 2019, when the Mint introduced acid-less separation (ALS) technology that reduced chlorine use by more than 50 per cent at its Ottawa refinery.”

鑄幣廠說：“在實驗室的規模上，這個過程表明了能夠以較小的能源密集型和更安全的方式提供純黃金的能力。” “這種有希望的方法是基於2019年先前的工作，當時造幣廠引入了無酸性分離（ALS）技術，該技術將氯的使用降低了50％以上的渥太華煉油廠。”

The Mint Directors Conference is the global minting industry’s leading forum, held every two years. Its Coin Awards recognize outstanding achievements in the design, production, packaging, and distribution of both circulating and commemorative coins.

MINT董事會議是全球造幣業的領先論壇，每兩年舉行一次。它的硬幣獎表彰了循環和紀念硬幣的設計，生產，包裝和分配中的傑出成就。

For more information about the Royal Canadian Mint and its award-winning products, visit: www.mint.ca

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