Diamond Exploration Research and Training School

自20世纪90年代初以来，钻石为加拿大北部的经济发展提供了绝大多数。由于目前生产集中在西北地区，加拿大是世界第三大钻石生产国。自1998年开始采矿以来，钻石业已经在西北地区的经济中投资了130亿美元，其中包括与土著公司合作的40亿美元和进一步的社会投资1亿美元。西北三个矿场中有两个已进入生产的最后阶段，如果找不到新的矿藏，加拿大在钻石生产中的作用将会减弱，对北方经济造成严重后果。新矿藏的发现将在技术上具有挑战性，需要**拥有多学科背景的新一代地球科学家，尤其是在野外地球科学、业务物流和在加拿大北极地区**工作所涉及的社会经济因素方面有良好的**基础。这一培训计划将培养出能够成为钻石勘探和采矿行业下一代领导者的地球科学家，为迎接这一挑战做好准备。它将**培养出具有更好的行业准备背景的人员，他们也具有学术资格，**指导和应用最新的研究方法，为基于金伯利岩的钻石勘探项目提供信息。

Diamonds have provided the vast majority of the economic development of the Canada's**North since the early 1990s. With production currently focused on the NWT, Canada is the world's 3rd**largest diamond producer. Since mining began in 1998, the diamond industry has invested $13 billion in**the NWT economy including > $4 billion with Aboriginal companies and > $100 million in further**social investments. Two of the three NWT mines are in the final phase of production and if no new**deposits are found Canada's role in diamond production will diminish, with dramatic consequences for**the economy of the North. The discovery of new deposits will be technologically challenging, requiring**a new generation of geoscientists who have a multi-disciplinary background and critically, an excellent**grounding in field geosciences, operational logistics and the socio-economic factors involved in working**in Canada's Arctic regions. This training program will produce geoscientists who can become the next**leaders in the diamond exploration and mining industry, well equipped to take on this challenge. It will**produce personnel with greater industry-ready backgrounds, who are also academically qualified to**direct and apply the latest research methods to inform kimberlite-based diamond exploration programs.