Stratigraphy and Gold Metallogeny of the Guiana Shield

这项NSERC联盟拨款提案代表了澳大利亚矿业研究协会（AMIRA）资助的一项大型研究中的一个子项目。“P1061B -南美勘探倡议”项目由西澳大利亚大学勘探目标中心开展，在AMIRA的协调下，由5家矿业公司（巴里克黄金公司、纽蒙特公司、AngloGold Ashanti公司、留尼汪黄金公司和Centamin公司）赞助，为期三年。提供给劳伦森大学的31万加元只占整个项目170万美元的一小部分，不包括当地合作伙伴的实物捐款。巴里克黄金公司已要求AMIRA和西澳大利亚大学将其赞助的一部分用于资助这个关于圭亚那地盾地层学和黄金成矿作用的子项目。南美洲勘探倡议的目的是更新和整合圭亚那地盾的地质。这是自1970年代以来首次为整合和现代化圭亚那地盾地质而进行的持续合作努力，力求克服该地区在殖民时期由五个不同国家划分而造成的科学孤立，每个国家都有不同的语言和文化。它包括代表该地区每个国家的学术界、工业界和政府的研究人员。该项目被细分为一系列模块，每个模块都侧重于区域地质的不同方面。我们的NSERC联盟资助提案分为模块1，地层学和构造，模块3，金成矿学。其他模块侧重于该地区的岩浆（模块2）和变质（模块4）演化，以及圭亚那和苏里南的能力建设（模块5）。

This NSERC Alliance Grant proposal represents a sub-project within a larger study funded by the Australia Mining Industries Research Association (AMIRA). The project "P1061B - South American Exploration Initiative" is run through the Center for Exploration Targeting at the University of Western Australia and is sponsored by 5 mining companies (Barrick Gold, Newmont, AngloGold Ashanti, Reunion Gold and Centamin) for three years under the coordination of AMIRA. The CA$310,000 provided to Laurentian University represents a small portion of the US$1.7 M for the project as a whole, excluding in-kind contributions from local partners. Barrick Gold have requested that AMIRA and the University of Western Australia direct a portion of their sponsorship to fund this sub-project on the stratigraphy and gold metallogeny of the Guiana Shield.The South American Exploration Initiative aims at updating and integrating the geology of the Guiana Shield. It represents the first sustained collaborative effort at integrating and modernizing the geology of the Guiana Shield since the 1970's, seeking to overcome the scientific isolation caused by colonial era divisions of the region between five different countries, each with a different language and culture. It includes researchers representing academia, industry and government in each of countries in the region. The project is subdivided into a series of modules each focusing on a different aspect of the regional geology. Our NSERC Alliance Grant proposal falls into module 1, stratigraphy and structure, and module 3, gold metallogeny. Other modules focus on the magmatic (module 2) and metamorphic (module 4) evolution of the region, and on capacity building (module 5) in Guyana and Suriname.