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。加拿大目前的生产主要集中在西北地区，是世界第三大钻石生产国。自1998年开始采矿以来，钻石业在西北地区的经济中投资了130亿美元，其中40亿美元投资于土著公司，1亿美元投资于进一步的社会投资。西北部的三个矿场中有两个已进入生产的最后阶段，如果没有发现新的矿藏，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，需要具有多学科背景的新一代地球科学家，更重要的是，他们在实地地球科学、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具有出色的基础。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，并为迎接这一挑战做好准备。它将培养具有更多行业准备背景的人员，他们也有学术资格，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'sNorth since the early 1990s. With production currently focused on the NWT, Canada is the world's 3rdlargest diamond producer. Since mining began in 1998, the diamond industry has invested $13 billion inthe NWT economy including > $4 billion with Aboriginal companies and > $100 million in furthersocial investments. Two of the three NWT mines are in the final phase of production and if no newdeposits are found Canada's role in diamond production will diminish, with dramatic consequences forthe economy of the North. The discovery of new deposits will be technologically challenging, requiringa new generation of geoscientists who have a multi-disciplinary background and critically, an excellentgrounding in field geosciences, operational logistics and the socio-economic factors involved in workingin Canada's Arctic regions. This training program will produce geoscientists who can become the nextleaders in the diamond exploration and mining industry, well equipped to take on this challenge. It willproduce personnel with greater industry-ready backgrounds, who are also academically qualified todirect and apply the latest research methods to inform kimberlite-based diamond exploration programs.