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，为加拿大经济创造了数十亿美元 **，但加拿大和世界各地的矿产勘探和开采的面貌正在发生变化。先进的矿产勘探和资源开发正迅速成为人们关注的焦点。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.。高级矿物勘探工业研究主席。这与行业和政府对创新的认识是一致的，创新是负责任的资源勘探和开采的核心。加拿大在矿产勘探和采矿技术方面处于世界领先地位，** 但尽管勘探支出不断增加，但新矿产资源的发现却有所下降。勘探进程的几个 ** 方面需要改进，包括制定新的方法和 ** 办法，以便在广泛和深入的范围内进行高效率和高效力的勘探，同时采用以科学为依据、以技术为手段的先进 ** 勘探和资源开发做法。拟议的研究计划包括以下领域的总体主题：（主题1）** 表征柯克兰湖采矿营地的金矿;（主题2）矿化流体 ** 和金属的来源;（主题3）综合金系统签名。总之，他们将提供对整个 ** 柯克兰湖采矿营地的几个矿床之间的特征和可能的成因关系的理解，同时应用新的、尖端的分析技术和技术来 ** 提高勘探效率和有效性。这些结果将为金矿化的实用模型和勘探矢量的开发提供基于知识的基础，释放大型数据集的价值，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.