NSERC/MDA/CSA/CEMI Industrial Research Chair in Earth and Space Exploration

NSERC/MDA/CSA/CEMI 地球与空间探索工业研究主席

• 批准号: 407979-2014
• 负责人: Osinski, Gordon
• 金额: $ 7.26万
• 依托单位: University of Western Ontario
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Industrial Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=619400
• 关键词: NSERC; MDA; CSA; CEMI; Industrial

Mineral exploration and mining employs approximately 400,000 Canadians and generates billions of dollarsfor the Canadian economy but the face of mineral exploration and mining in Canada, and around the world, ischanging. There is a rapidly growing focus on advanced mineral exploration and resource development. Inorder for Canada to play a leading role in this transdisciplinary sphere, Western University and Yamana GoldInc. propose the creation of an NSERC / Yamana Gold Inc. Industrial Research Chair in Advanced MineralExploration. This aligns with industry and government recognition of innovation being central to responsibleresource exploration and extraction. Canada is a world leader in mineral exploration and mining technology,but discovery of new mineral resources has declined, despite increasing exploration expenditures. Severalaspects of the exploration process need to be improved, including the development of new methodologies andapproaches to efficiently and effectively explore at broad scales and at depth while implementing advancedexploration and resource development practices informed by science and enabled by technology.The proposed research program is comprised of overarching themes in the following areas: (Theme 1)characterization of gold deposits in the Kirkland Lake mining camp; (Theme 2) sources of mineralizing fluidsand metals; and (Theme 3) integrated gold system signatures. Taken together, they will provide anunderstanding of the signature(s) and possible genetic relationship(s) between several deposits across theKirkland Lake mining camp while applying new, cutting edge analytical techniques and technologies toimprove exploration efficiency and effectiveness. These results will provide a knowledge-based foundation forthe development of practical models and exploration vectors to gold mineralization, unlock value in largedatasets, and improve exploration success.

矿产勘探和采矿公司雇用了大约40万加拿大人，并为加拿大经济带来了数十亿美元，但加拿大及世界各地的矿产勘探和采矿的面孔都在不变。对高级矿产探索和资源开发的关注迅速越来越大。加拿大在这个跨学科领域，西方大学和Yamana Goldinc中发挥领导作用。提议创建NSERC / Yamana Gold Inc.高级Mineralexploration工业研究主席。这与行业和政府对创新的认识相吻合，这对于责任探索和提取是核心。加拿大是矿产勘探和采矿技术的全球领导者，但尽管勘探支出增加了，但新矿产资源的发现仍在下降。 Severalaspects of the exploration process need to be improved, including the development of new methodologies andapproaches to efficiently and effectively explore at broad scales and at depth while implementing advancedexploration and resource development practices informed by science and enabled by technology.The proposed research program is comprised of overarching themes in the following areas: (Theme 1)characterization of gold deposits in the Kirkland Lake mining camp; （主题2）矿化液体和金属的来源； （主题3）集成的黄金系统签名。综上所述，他们将提供对Kirkland Lake矿业营地的几个沉积物之间的签名和可能的遗传关系，同时采用新的，最先进的分析技术和技术，以破坏勘探效率和有效性。这些结果将为开发实用模型和探索媒介的发展提供基础，从而为黄金矿化，释放大量矿物质的价值并提高勘探成功。