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

矿产勘探和采矿业雇佣了大约40万加拿大人，为加拿大经济创造了数十亿美元的收入，但加拿大和世界各地的矿产勘探和采矿业的面貌正在发生变化。对先进矿产勘探和资源开发的重视迅速增加。为了使加拿大在这一跨学科领域发挥主导作用，西部大学和Yamana GoldInc。提议成立NSERC / Yamana黄金公司。高级矿产勘探工业研究主席。这与行业和政府对创新是负责任的资源勘探和开采的核心的认识相一致。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。勘探过程的几个方面需要改进，包括开发新的方法和方法，以便在科学和技术的支持下，在实施先进的勘探和资源开发实践的同时，在更大的范围和深度上进行高效和有效的勘探。拟议的研究计划包括以下领域的总体主题：（主题1）柯克兰湖采矿营地金矿的特征；（主题2）成矿流体和金属的来源；（主题3）集成黄金系统签名。总的来说，他们将提供对kirkland湖采矿营地几个矿床之间的特征和可能的遗传关系的理解，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实用模型和勘探向量的开发提供知识基础，解锁大数据集的价值，提高勘探成功率。

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.