The Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC)
A semi-autonomous exploration geoscience research centre at Laurentian University focused on Precambrian ore systems research, education, and exploration methodology and targeting.
Research & Project Updates
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GAC-MAC Workshop: Controls on Gold and VMS Deposits in Archean Terranes and Modern Oceans
Tuesday March 18, 2025 -
MERC 2023-24 ANNUAL REPORT
Tuesday January 7, 2025
Recent Publications
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Tue
19 Aug 2025Channelized metasomatism in Archean cratonic roots as a mechanism of lithospheric refertilization
Archean cratons represent stable continental domains which form the nuclei of the Earth’s...
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Mon
28 Jul 2025Overprinting of primary magmatic features by fluid-mediated processes in a F-bearing felsic...
Fluids are major fractionation agents in granitic systems because they partly control the...
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Tue
1 Jul 2025Coeval development of dome-and-keel and linear accretionary architectures in the eastern Wabigoon...
The eastern Wabigoon superterrane in the Superior Province, Canada, comprises two belts with...
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