Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group of 17 minerals that are essential to the transition to a net-zero emissions economy and are considered one of the top six ‘critical minerals’ key to Canadian economic growth. This project examined REEs found in coal deposits in the East Kootenays in British Columbia’s Southeast Region and tested […]

This project is generating new data about the layers of sediments deposited by glaciers (e.g. till) found in an area between the Mount Polley (Quesnel), and Gibraltar (Williams Lake) and Mount Milligan (Mackenzie) mines to provide a framework that can be used to trace till samples and geochemical anomalies back to their source, which may help to identify areas of potential mineral exploration interest.

This project catalogued, promoted and preserved the existing Smithers Exploration Group’s (SEG) Rock Room – a collection of more than 2,000 rocks from across British Columbia with a focus on the Northwest Region. Visit the Rock Room home page

This project is salvaging and moving drill core samples from sites across southeastern British Columbia and beyond to the East Kootenay Chamber of Mines’ (EKCM) Fort Steele Drill Core Library. It is protecting valuable information about mines, mineral exploration projects and mineral claims in the area and making it available to geoscientists, students and the […]

The project helps identify potential new mineral development opportunities in British Columbia. It built a comprehensive, open source database of information about the composition of gold grains collected from streams and mineral deposits around BC. Project results have increased understanding of a range of compositional gold signatures from within complex geological settings in BC. The […]

Data from this project and a following project capturing missing reports and 2019-2021 reports can be viewed on our Earth Science Viewer and on the BC Geological Survey’s MapPlace 2.  View Project 2018-029        View Earth Science Viewer      View BC Geological Survey’s MapPlace2   This project paired location data with National Instrument […]

Copper-gold porphyry deposits are important ore-bearing resources. The heat and fluid that can form a copper-gold porphyry deposit also alters the surrounding rocks, creating a blanket of alteration minerals that can extend far beyond the economic mineralization. This project generated new tools to help pinpoint potential copper-gold porphyry deposits within zones of advanced argillic alteration.

This project is using existing Geoscience BC and other publicly available geophysical data to identify, map and model prospective copper-gold deposits and related rocks in the region of the Quesnel terrane between the Mount Polley (Quesnel) and Gibraltar (Williams Lake); and Mount Milligan (Mackenzie) mines that is covered by sediments deposited by glaciers (till).

The Energy and Environment Research Initiative (EERI) at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, the University of Calgary, the BC Oil and Gas Commission, and Geoscience BC have teamed up to conduct research toward addressing some aspects of public concern around oil and gas activities and groundwater methane in the Peace Region of Northeast BC.

Geoscience BC has compiled geothermal maps and reports for the Mount Meager area to help unlock the economic potential of this sustainable energy source.