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

矿产勘探和开采雇用了大约40万加拿大人，产生了数十亿美元的收入。 加拿大的经济，但面对矿产勘探和采矿在加拿大，以及世界各地， 改变先进的矿产勘探和资源开发正迅速成为人们关注的焦点。在 为了让加拿大在这一跨学科领域发挥主导作用，西方大学和Yamana Gold Inc.建议成立NSERC / Yamana Gold Inc.。高级矿物工业研究主席 探索这与行业和政府认识到创新是负责任的核心是一致的 资源勘探和开采。加拿大在矿产勘探和采矿技术方面处于世界领先地位， 但新矿产资源的发现却有所下降，尽管勘探支出不断增加。几 需要改进勘探进程的各个方面，包括制定新的方法， 高效率和高效力地广泛深入探索的办法， 勘探和资源开发实践以科学为基础，以技术为动力。 拟议的研究计划包括以下领域的总体主题：（主题1） 柯克兰湖矿区金矿的特征;（主题2）成矿流体的来源 和金属;以及（主题3）综合黄金系统特征。合在一起，它们将提供一个 了解跨太平洋若干矿床之间的特征和可能的成因关系， 柯克兰湖采矿营地，同时应用新的，尖端的分析技术和技术， 提高勘探效率和效果。这些结果将为以下方面提供知识基础： 开发了实用的金矿成矿模式和找矿载体，具有较大的开发价值 数据集，并提高勘探成功率。

Mineral exploration and mining employs approximately 400,000 Canadians and generates billions of dollars for the Canadian economy but the face of mineral exploration and mining in Canada, and around the world, is changing. There is a rapidly growing focus on advanced mineral exploration and resource development. In order for Canada to play a leading role in this transdisciplinary sphere, Western University and Yamana Gold Inc. propose the creation of an NSERC / Yamana Gold Inc. Industrial Research Chair in Advanced Mineral Exploration. This aligns with industry and government recognition of innovation being central to responsible resource 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. Several aspects of the exploration process need to be improved, including the development of new methodologies and approaches to efficiently and effectively explore at broad scales and at depth while implementing advanced exploration 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 fluids and metals; and (Theme 3) integrated gold system signatures. Taken together, they will provide an understanding of the signature(s) and possible genetic relationship(s) between several deposits across the Kirkland Lake mining camp while applying new, cutting edge analytical techniques and technologies to improve exploration efficiency and effectiveness. These results will provide a knowledge-based foundation for the development of practical models and exploration vectors to gold mineralization, unlock value in large datasets, and improve exploration success.