February 20, 2007 – Ms. Sluggett will be responsible for GBC’s geoscience project management, including administration of project agreements, technical oversight, and assisting in identifying, designing and encouraging proposals on key projects that will fill strategic applied geoscience data gaps and attract new exploration investment to BC. In addition, she will play a key role […]
Vancouver, B.C. – January 30, 2007 – Geoscience BC and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) are pleased to announce the release of new high-resolution airborne geophysical magnetic data for the Jennings River area (NTS 104 O) in northern British Columbia. The data, presented today at the Mineral Exploration Roundup Conference, provides new insights into the geology […]
Vancouver, BC – January 30, 2007 – In a move to address the skills shortage in the mineral exploration and mining industries, Geoscience BC today announced that it will be awarding up to ten scholarships annually to Masters and Doctoral students enrolled in Canadian Universities working on mineral or oil and gas exploration-related projects in […]
Vancouver BC – November 21, 2006 – Geoscience BC in cooperation with Arcis Corporation announced today the signing of a definitive agreement whereby Geoscience BC has acquired the rights to seismic data from the Nechako Basin acquired by Canadian Hunter Exploration in the early 1980s. This seismic data covers a significant part of the southern portion […]
Vancouver, BC – October 19, 2006 – Geoscience BC, a not-for-profit research organization, is seeking input on ways to stimulate new investment in mineral exploration and oil and gas development in British Columbia. Geoscience BC has issued a request for letters of intent (LOI) for applied geoscience projects from industry, academia, First Nations, communities and […]
Vancouver, BC – September 25, 2006 – Regional geochemical surveys sponsored by Geoscience BC in the Anahim Lake and Nechako River areas, east of Tweedsmuir Park in central BC, have detected significant concentrations of gold and copper. Release of data from these surveys has attracted immediate attention from exploration companies targeting prospective copper and gold deposits […]
Vancouver, BC– August 28, 2006 – Geoscience BC, in partnership with Natural Resources Canada’s Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-3) program, Candorado Operating Company Ltd., and GWR Resources Inc., is funding an airborne geophysical survey in south-central British Columbia starting in early September. This survey is designed to provide new geoscience information to help determine if there […]
August 2, 2006 – This report is the product of a collaborative project between Geoscience BC and the Geological Survey of Canada called “Targeted Energy Resource Studies in the Bowser and Sustut Interior Basins of British Columbia”. The targeted study augments a broader 4 year collaborative project between the Geological Survey of Canada and the […]
June 23, 2006 – Regional Drainage Sediment and Water Geochemical Data, Anahim Lake and Nechako River, British Columbia (NTS Map Sheets 93C and F) By W.Jackman Geoscience BC Report 2006-4 / MEMPR Geofile 2006-11 reports new regional geochemical drainage sediment — water survey data from the Anahim Lake (NTS 93C) and Nechako River (93F) map […]
Geoscience BC seeking proposals to assess oil, gas and mineral potential in central BC Vancouver, BC — March 28, 2006 — Geoscience BC is moving forward to help stimulate new economic development in forest-dependent communities affected by the Mountain Pine Beetle infestation by seeking proposals for oil and gas and mineral exploration-related projects in central […]