Vancouver, BC — April 30, 2007 — Geoscience BC is pleased to announce the appointment of the following new Directors to its Board: David Caulfield. President and CEO of Rimfire Minerals Corporation; Tony Fogarassy, energy and natural resources lawyer with the Vancouver law firm Clark Wilson LLP; Byng Giraud, Senior Director of Policy and Communications with […]
Vancouver, BC — April 3, 2007 — Geoscience BC, in partnership with Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan) Targeted Geoscience Initiative 3, Candorado Operating Company Limited, Amarc Resources Limited and GWR Resources Limited, is pleased to announce the release of new airborne gamma-ray spectrometric and magnetic data in the Bonaparte Lake Area (parts of NTS 092P and […]
March 14, 2007 -Twenty percent of Geoscience BC’s funding is targeted at encouraging oil and gas exploration in British Columbia, in particular the Nechako region west of Williams Lake and Quesnel. The subsurface geology of the Nechako basin is poorly understood due to the limited exploration that has taken place over the last 50 years, […]
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 […]
November 28, 2006 – MapPlace.ca – Explore MapPlace and Find Exploration Targets. Tuesday, January 16, 2007, 9:00am – 5:00pm Simon Fraser University’s Harbour Center, 515 Hastings St. W., Vancouver BC. Introductory: Explore MapPlace (morning). Target audience are those who have never used MapPlace. This hands-on workshop will assume that participants have basic computer and Internet […]
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 […]