Historically, the Mine Reclamation Symposium returned year after year to the Vernon Lodge in Vernon, B.C. Over time, however, the variety of Mine Reclamation Symposium field trips have become one of the main draws for attendees and highlight best practices in reclamation. Accordingly, the conference has moved all over the province in pursuit of new experiences for its delegates (host cities are listed below with field trips over the past decade noted in parentheses).
- 1977 – Vernon
- 1978 – Vernon
- 1979 – Vernon
- 1980 – Vernon
- 1981 – Cranbrook
- 1982 – Vernon
- 1983 – Victoria
- 1984 – Victoria
- 1985 – Kamloops
- 1986 – Cranbrook
- 1987 – Campbell River
- 1988 – Vernon
- 1989 – Vernon
- 1990 – Cranbrook
- 1991 – Kamloops
- 1992 – Smithers
- 1993 – Port Hardy
- 1994 – Vernon
- 1995 – Dawson Creek
- 1996 – Kamloops
- 1997 – Cranbrook
- 1998 – Penticton
- 1999 – Kamloops
- 2000 – Williams Lake
- 2001 – Campbell River
- 2002 – Dawson Creek
- 2003 – Kamloops
- 2004 – Cranbrook
- 2005 – Abbotsford (local quarries and gravel pits)
- 2006 – Smithers (Kemess, Equity Silver)
- 2007 – Squamish (Britannia)
- 2008 – Kamloops (Highland Valley Copper)
- 2009 – Cranbrook (Sullivan, Line Creek, Greenhills)
- 2010 – Courtenay (Island Copper, Mt. Washington)
- 2011 – Lake Louise, Alberta (as part of Mine Closure 2011)
- 2012 – Kamloops (Samatosum)
- 2013 – Vancouver (Lehigh Sechelt Sand and Gravel)
- 2014 – Prince George (Kemess, Pinchi Lake)
- 2015 – Vancouver (as part of Mine Closure 2015)
- 2016 – To be determined