This project aimed to provide a better understanding of the nature of seismic events relating to hydraulic fracturing and water disposal in the Montney Play area in British Columbia’s Northeast Region, to guide new monitoring methods and ways of reducing and managing risk.
Natural gas exploration and development in northeast B.C. require large volumes of water. This water is needed to access the natural gas locked within tight shale rock reservoirs during a process called hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” This process releases the gas and/or oil by creating spaces in the otherwise tight reservoir that allow the gas […]
Search Phase I covered a 6,700 km2 area between Terrace, Kitimat and Smithers. At the time, Search Phase I was the most detailed regional airborne magnetic survey ever flown in BC’s Northwest Region.
This study conducted a helicopter-supported, spruce tree-top twig-and-needle survey to generate new geochemical information that can be used to help locate hidden mineralization and test the feasibility of a regional biogeochemical survey.
This project applied new analysis to data generated for Geoscience BC’s Peace Project. It applied modelling and interpretation work to results of an aerial magnetic survey conducted in 2015 (Geoscience BC Report 2016-03) and to Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) data to understand the structure and depth of the area’s crystalline basement. View Peace Project
This project identifies potential sources of valuable light to medium oil in northeast British Columbia’s portion of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.
The terrain of northern Vancouver Island is considered ideal for the automated generation of catchment basins, which help define the zone of geological influence on a specific stream sediment sample site. For this reason, this project is using stream sediment data collected as part of the Northern Vancouver Island Exploration Geoscience Project, a partnership between […]
A program to convert mineral exploration Assessment Report data of various types from their original analogue form to more useful digital form was undertaken as a pilot project with a fixed budget. The purpose was to undertake this work in order to see what could be accomplished within budget (time) and what challenges would arise. […]
The project involved detailed mapping of two 1:50,000 scale map sheets: Almond Mountain (NTS 082E/07) in the Monashee Mountain range, and Christian Valley (082E/10) to the north.
Tiny gold grains smaller than the head of a pin were collected from four copper-gold mines across central British Columbia and found to have unique chemical characteristics. This is valuable information for explorers searching for new copper deposits.