2022 Geoscience BC Minerals and Energy & Water Research Summaries Now Available

Vancouver, BC – January 23, 2023 – Research papers summarizing Geoscience BC minerals, energy and water research projects and scholarships are now available in the Summary of Activities 2022: Minerals and Energy & Water volumes.


Summary of Activities 2022: Minerals (Geoscience BC Report 2023-01) contains eight technical papers from ongoing Geoscience BC projects and from 2022 Geoscience BC Scholarship Program recipients focusing on two strategic objectives: identifying new natural resource opportunities; and advancing science and innovative geoscience technologies. The papers include a new project integrating electromagnetic and gravity data to resolve the deep geology of the Quesnel terrane in central British Columbia and seven papers led by Geoscience BC Scholarship 2022 recipients.

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Summary of Activities 2022: Energy and Water (Geoscience BC Report 2023-02) contains seven technical papers that contribute to meeting strategic objectives of identifying new natural resource opportunities; facilitating responsible natural resource development; enabling clean energy; and understanding water. The papers include an update on a project developing a database of brines containing lithium and other dissolved critical minerals and metals in northeast BC; a summary of the recently-completed Northeast BC Geological Carbon Capture and Storage Atlas project; an update on continuing research into geothermal energy in the Garibaldi volcanic belt; and three papers led by Geoscience BC Scholarship Program 2022 recipients.

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As well as being available online, limited printed copies of the Summary of Activity volumes are available from Geoscience BC, including at the AME Roundup 2023 conference from January 23-26, 2023.

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