December 21, 2017 – Geoscience BC today released new data and maps of groundwater resources in the Peace region of northeast British Columbia, an area of active oil and gas development. The three new reports are the latest results from Geoscience BC’s ongoing Peace Project, a multi-year program to generate baseline information about groundwater resources […]

December 19, 2017 – Geoscience BC is asking for ideas and guidance from all groups to guide a strategic planning process. It has today launched a process including surveys, interviews and focus groups. Input will be used to guide a strategic plan, which will be published in April. For more information on the strategic plan, […]

December 12, 2017 – Six new maps released yesterday by Geoscience BC and the British Columbia Geological Survey (BCGS) will help locate mineralization buried under thick layers of glacial till in BC’s Interior Plateau. Covering an area north and east of Anahim Lake the new surficial geology maps were created by interpreting features visible in […]

Vancouver, BC – November 23, 2017 – Valuable new data for the central interior was presented at the Geoscience BC and MDRU-hosted ‘TREKing through BC’s Central Interior’ workshop on October 17th. It was the first time many of the experts involved in four years of Targeting Resources for Exploration and Knowledge (TREK) projects have been […]

Cranbrook, BC – November 9, 2017 – New Geoscience BC funded work presented at East Kootenay Chamber of Mines’ Minerals South conference yesterday shows how traditional rock hammers and modern-day iPads are being used together to locate the source of some of BC’s most famous gold deposits. Funded by Geoscience BC, earth scientists from the […]

Fort Nelson, BC – November 8, 2017 – Fort Nelson First Nation (FNFN) and Geoscience BC have signed a new agreement which will see FNFN take over four hydrometric water monitoring stations in its territory. FNFN will use the stations at D’Easum Creek, Dilly Creek, Kiwigana River and Sahtaneh Creek to monitor water flow as […]

Mount Meager, southern BC – November 3, 2017 – A new Geoscience BC project to share historical data about geothermal heat and power potential at Mount Meager has been released today. The information, which is available on the Geoscience BC website www.geosciencebc.com can be used by First Nations leaders, experts, governments and others to better […]

Vancouver, BC – November 2, 2017 – An innovative technique to analyze gold grains finer than a human hair — and even smaller minerals trapped inside them — with a probing instrument and scanning electron microscope could help to find new copper deposits, according to new results from research funded by Geoscience BC. Tiny grains […]

-New data will be presented at joint Geoscience BC and MDRU workshop on October 17th Vancouver, BC – October 11, 2017 Geoscience BC-supported researchers have ‘stitched’ together gravity maps to deliver the latest geological and geophysical information to decision-makers involved with resource development in Central British Columbia, identifying buried structures that may be host to […]