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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. 

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Research & Project Updates

  • Rebecca Montsion taking notes next to a lake and a canoe
    2021-22 MERC Annual Report Released
    Wednesday December 21, 2022
  • Larder Lake Transect data release snapshot shear wave velocity
    Metal Earth Data Release: Active and passive seismic data for Larder Lake Transect
    Friday January 28, 2022
  • Pedro Jugo and Thabiso Makhohliso in the field on the Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex (photo by M Leybourne)
    Magmatic and Magmatic-Hydrothermal Ore Deposits Group: Fall Update
    Wednesday October 7, 2020

Recent Publications

  • Tue

    13 Dec 2022
    An Early Cretaceous gold mineralization event in the Triassic West Qinling orogen revealed from U-Pb...

    The West Qinling orogen in central China, formed from continental collision between the North...

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  • Thu

    1 Dec 2022
    Diversity of Net-Textured Sulfides in Magmatic Sulfide Deposits: Insights from the Eagle’s Nest...

    The Eagle’s Nest Ni-Cu-(platinum group element; PGE) deposit occurs within the 2.73 Ga Esker...

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  • Mon

    28 Nov 2022
    Formation of oxidized sulfur-rich magmas in Neoarchaean subduction zones

    Oxidized, sulfur-rich arc magmas are ubiquitous in modern subduction-zone environments. These...

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  • Tue

    1 Nov 2022
    Geochemical Evidence for a Topographically Driven Regional Mineralizing Fluid in the Polaris Zn...

    The Polaris district in Canada’s Arctic Archipelago contains numerous carbonate rock-hosted Zn...

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  • Seismic truck
    MERC Short Course at PDAC Covers 5 Years of Metal Earth Research
    Friday January 20, 2023
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  • MERC Winter 2022 Newsletter
    Wednesday December 21, 2022
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  • Subduction-related volcanism in the Late Archean
    Where did the Earth’s oxygen come from? New study hints at an unexpected source
    Tuesday November 29, 2022
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