Summary
Critical minerals and metals are essential to Canada’s economic security and are important to the electrification that a net-zero emissions economy requires. Locating new deposits of minerals and metals within British Columbia can boost both provincial and regional economies, while contributing to the governments’ net-zero emissions goals.
New regional airborne geophysical surveys can provide significant geoscience datasets that can be used to support mineral exploration and investment decisions by industry, community, Indigenous group and government.
Geoscience BC has a strong record of providing high quality geophysical data to attract mineral exploration investment. For example, QUEST project data is still a vital mineral exploration tool after more than 15 years.