By: Randy Hughes, Manager, Energy & Water Geoscience BC released the Summary of Activities 2022: Energy & Water report in January 2023. It contains seven papers for Geoscience BC projects and scholarship recipients. The papers contribute to meeting four strategic objectives from the Geoscience BC Strategic Plan 2018-2022: Identifying New Natural Resource Opportunities Facilitating Responsible […]

Vancouver, BC – February 21, 2023 – Research results published by Geoscience BC help to zone in on geothermal potential in the Kootenay Lake area of British Columbia’s Southeast Region. The results bring scientific back-up to previously held views that the area east of Kootenay Lake may be a potential geothermal resource. Following fieldwork in summer […]

By: Christa Pellett, Vice President, Minerals Geoscience BC recently released the Summary of Activities 2022: Minerals volume, which contains eight papers from ongoing Geoscience BC projects and 2022 Geoscience BC Scholarship Program recipients that are within Geoscience BC’s strategic focus area of minerals. The papers are divided into two sections, based on Geoscience BC’s strategic […]

Vancouver, BC – February 6, 2023 – Geoscience BC is hosting an online open house to present the results of the Northeast BC Geological Carbon Capture and Storage Atlas Project on February 23 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Pacific. Published in January 2023, the Atlas identified, assessed, mapped and catalogued carbon dioxide storage potential […]

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 […]

ISSN 2562-2757 (Print) / ISSN 2562-2765 (Online) Geoscience BC, Report 2023-02 Geoscience BC Summary of Activities 2021: Energy and Water, contains seven papers from Geoscience BC projects and 2022 Geoscience BC Scholarship recipients that are within Geoscience BC’s strategic focus area of energy and water. An additional eight papers from ongoing Minerals geoscience projects can […]

* Application closed * Vancouver, BC – January 16, 2023 – Geoscience BC is building an Indigenous Relations & Reconciliation Advisory Committee to bring more Indigenous leadership to its research on critical minerals and metals, geological carbon capture and storage and cleaner energy. Opportunities to join the committee are now open. Commenting on the news, […]

Vancouver – January 12, 2023 – This quarterly update from Geoscience BC covers the July to September quarter and provides updates on Geoscience BC projects, research, membership, and more. View Quarterly eNews Update About Geoscience BC Geoscience BC generates independent, public geoscience research and data about British Columbia’s minerals, energy and water resources. This advances […]

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 – January 11, 2023 – Three new research papers help to further understand geothermal energy potential and historical volcanic activity at and around Mount Meager near Pemberton, BC. Mount Meager is regarded by some as a promising geothermal energy generation ‘hot spot’. The papers are related to the Garibaldi Geothermal Volcanic Belt Assessment […]