Critical element prospectivity in the Northwest Territories

关键金属是指供应链面临风险、目前没有替代品的金属。金属是清洁和数字技术的基石，国际能源署预计，到2050年，全球对关键金属的需求将增长500%，基础设施相关金属的需求将增长100%。因此，解决供应链中的不稳定问题对于确保技术、环境和社会发展是必要的。西北地区是加拿大一个资源丰富、开采活跃或历史悠久的地区，开采的关键金属包括钨、钴和稀土元素。此外，采矿和勘探是西北地区的主要私营雇主。该项目与西北地区地质调查局合作，目的是(1)评估钨和钴分别在麦肯齐山脉和大奴湖东部的赋存状态及其对勘探的影响；(2)扩大在黄刀金矿带进行有效金矿勘探的工具。因此，该项目将有助于确定西北地区关键金属的远景，有助于评估加拿大关键金属的当地可获得性，并将收集和传播直接适用于该地区勘探的数据。

Critical metals are metals whose supply chain is at risk and for which there are no current substitutes. Metals are the building blocks for clean and digital technologies and the International Energy Agency expects an increase in the global demand of critical metals of up to 500 %, and of infrastructure-related metals up to 100 %, by 2050. As a result, addressing instabilities in the supply chain is necessary to secure technical, environmental and social development. The Northwest Territories is a region of Canada highly endowed, and actively or historically mined for critical metals including tungsten, cobalt and rare earth elements. In addition, mining and exploration are the major private employer in the NWT. In collaboration with the Northwest Territories Geological Survey, this project aims to (1) evaluate how tungsten and cobalt occur in the MacKenzie Mountains and the East Arm of the Great Slave Lake respectively and the implications for exploration and (2) expand tools for effective gold exploration in the Yellowknife Gold Belt. This project will therefore help define the prospectivity for critical metals in the NWT contributing to evaluate local availability of critical metals in Canada, and will collect and disseminate data directly applicable to exploration in the region.