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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

  • 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
  • MT survey quantec geoscience
    MERC leads fall geophysical survey in Timmins-Cochrane region
    Thursday September 17, 2020
  • Metal Earth project enters 4th field season - photo of trucks on road.
    Metal Earth Project Entering 4th Field Season
    Monday June 29, 2020

Recent Publications

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    1 Oct 2020
    Physico-chemical parameters of Neoarchean syntectonic magmatism: The example of the Muscocho Pluton,...

    The Muscocho Pluton is one of a number of syntectonic Neoarchean granodiorite intrusions formed...

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  • Tue

    14 Jul 2020
    Examining the controls on gold deposit distribution in the Swayze greenstone belt, Ontario, Canada,...

    Understanding the spatial controls on mineral deposits is crucial in mineral exploration...

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  • Wed

    11 Mar 2020
    Emplacement of sharp-walled sulfide veins during the formation and reactivation of impact-related...
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  • Sun

    1 Mar 2020
    Gold Remobilization: Insights from Gold Deposits in the Archean Swayze Greenstone Belt, Abitibi...

    Recognizing if and how Au is remobilized, in solid, melt, or fluid state, is critical for...

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News & Events

  • Atikokan Field Crew - Metal Earth Field Season 2020
    PDAC Blog: Metal Earth health and safety program allows for exploration activity
    Thursday September 17, 2020
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  • Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Professor Real Daigneault with Adrien Boucher, M.Sc. candidate, conducting fieldwork for the Metal Earth program in Abitibi in 2019. Photo credit: Mineral Exploration Research Centre.
    The MERC Newsletter - July 2020
    Friday July 31, 2020
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  • SEG Podcast: Discovery to Recovery - Episode 8: Gold in the Abitibi - New System-Scale Research
    Wednesday June 24, 2020
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