By: Carlos Salas, Executive Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer Geoscience BC Chief Scientific Officer Carlos Salas highlights the largely unknown geothermal potential in northeastern BC’s Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, and summarizes public geoscience for the region available through Geoscience BC. The Challenge The world is on the cusp of a massive energy transition, much […]

By: Stephanie Killam, Chair of the Board and Gavin C. Dirom, President & CEO The COVID-19 pandemic made 2020 and early 2021 a period of significant change, challenge and adaptation for society globally. As we look to economic recovery there is an opportunity to build on British Columbia’s successes and leverage our existing competitive advantages, […]

  Geoscience BC and the Association for Mineral Exploration are partnering to present the following six mineral research projects from 9:00 am to 11:00 am PST on Thursday, May 20, 2021. Presentations now available

Vancouver, BC – May 6, 2021 – Geoscience BC and NGIF Industry Grants (a division of NGIF Capital Corporation) are supporting Saltworks Technologies Inc. to develop its AirBreather evaporator-crystallizer. Saltworks’ AirBreather Pilot uses excess heat from natural gas production to efficiently and effectively treat produced water on-site. The project will test its innovative evaporation system […]

Vancouver, BC – May 4, 2021 – Geoscience BC’s Annual Report 2020-21 highlights innovative and collaborative research projects in British Columbia that are contributing to BC’s economic recovery, lower emission future and stronger relationships with Indigenous groups, industry, local governments and academia. The Annual Report 2020-21 serves as a report card against the Geoscience BC […]

Presentations are now available here Vancouver, BC – April 19, 2021 – Geoscience BC and the Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) are partnering to present six minerals research projects that are helping to identify new natural resource opportunities and advancing science and innovative geoscience technologies at an online event during BC Mining Month. The webinar, […]

Vancouver, BC – April 12, 2021 – This quarterly update from Geoscience BC covers the January to March quarter and provides Geoscience BC research updates, 2021 scholarship program and latest editions of the Digging Deep blog. View Quarterly Newsletter About Geoscience BC Geoscience BC generates independent, public geoscience research and data about British Columbia’s minerals, […]

Vancouver, BC – April 8, 2021 – Geoscience BC researchers will provide an update on the latest research from our Central Interior Copper-Gold Research (CICGR) project series as part of the 2021 Kamloops Exploration Group (KEG) Technical Talk Lunch Series at 12:00 PM Pacific Time on April 27, 2021. Dianne Mitchinson, Research Associate at the […]