Vancouver, BC – January 23, 2023 – Research papers summarizing Geoscience BC minerals, energy and water research projects and scholarships are now available in the Summary of Activities 2022: Minerals and Energy & Water volumes. Summary of Activities 2022: Minerals (Geoscience BC Report 2023-01) contains eight technical papers from ongoing Geoscience BC projects and from […]
Meet the Researcher: Dave Sacco from the research team will discuss project at Geoscience BC’s booth, AME Roundup conference, Vancouver, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm, January 23, 2023 (booth 111) Vancouver, BC – January 23, 2023 – New till geochemical and mineralogical results and an accompanying report published by Geoscience BC improve knowledge of central […]
Geoscience BC will be at the AME Roundup 2023 conference from January 23rd to 26th, 2023 at Booth #111 with research updates, new research Project Concepts and our popular membership program. The transition to net-zero and supply security issues are increasing interest in British Columbia’s natural resources, and with it the need for quality public […]
Vancouver, BC – November 1, 2022 – Geoscience BC has published new public geoscience for an area between Greenwood and Trail in the Kootenay Boundary Regional District that can be used to guide mineral exploration – including potential new critical minerals and metals opportunities. The new research includes six revised geological maps and a report […]
Vancouver, BC – August 18, 2022 – A new project is underway to use existing geophysical data to help identify new mineral exploration target areas in BC’s North Central Region. The search for new deposits of critical minerals and metals is an important part of BC’s move toward its Net Zero and green economy goals. […]
By: Christa Pellett, Vice President, Minerals 2022 marks the 15-year anniversary of the QUEST Project, Geoscience BC’s first major regional, multidisciplinary, multi-partner minerals research program. QUEST introduced a new model for Geoscience BC-supported public geoscience and has had broad and long-reaching effects on geoscience data in the Province of British Columbia. Fifteen years after the […]
Vancouver, BC – July 19, 2022 – Geoscience BC announces the 2022 recipients of the scholarship program that provides a financial boost to ten post-graduate geoscience students working on projects to advance earth science research in British Columbia. Each student receives a $5,000 scholarship to support them as they conduct their applied geoscience research. The […]
Vancouver, BC – July 12, 2022 – A newly published report sheds light on the potential for undiscovered minerals deposits in the Skeena Arch in British Columbia’s Northwest Region. Although the Skeena Arch – an area roughly between Terrace and Houston – is home to several past and current mines, the geological processes that caused […]
By: Stephanie Killam, Chair of the Board and Gavin C. Dirom, President and CEO This Digging Deep blog is an adaptation of the Chair and CEO Message in Geoscience BC’s Annual Report 2021-2022, which was published in May 2022. The Annual Report 2021-22 is available online or in limited print quantities upon request. View […]
Vancouver, BC – June 14, 2022 – A new Geoscience BC report shows how a small, made-in-British-Columbia device that uses sensors typically found in breweries and greenhouses can be used to boost exploration for critical minerals, following testing at the Mount Milligan Mine located between Fort St. James and Mackenzie. The device measures oxygen and […]