
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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Metal Earth Data Release: Active and passive seismic data for Larder Lake Transect
Friday January 28, 2022 -
Magmatic and Magmatic-Hydrothermal Ore Deposits Group: Fall Update
Wednesday October 7, 2020
Recent Publications
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Tue
3 Jan 2023Natural growth of gold dendrites within silica gels
High-grade ores in low-sulfidation epithermal precious metal deposits include banded quartz veins...
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Tue
13 Dec 2022An 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 2022Diversity 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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Thu
1 Dec 2022Genesis of Sublayer, Footwall Breccia, and Associated Ni-Cu-Platinum Group Element Mineralization in...
The Ni‐Cu‐platinum group element (PGE) sulfide mineralization in the 1.85 Ga Sudbury impact...
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News & Events
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Where did the Earth’s oxygen come from? New study hints at an unexpected source
Tuesday November 29, 2022
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