
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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2021-22 MERC Annual Report Released
Wednesday December 21, 2022 -
Metal Earth Data Release: Active and passive seismic data for Larder Lake Transect
Friday January 28, 2022
Recent Publications
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Sat
1 Apr 2023Geophysical transects in the Abitibi greenstone belt of Canada from the mineral-exploration-oriented...
The Metal Earth project integrates geophysics, geology, geochemistry, and geochronology to...
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Sun
19 Mar 2023Geologic and Geochemical Features of the World-Class Archean Windfall Intrusion-Related Au Deposit,...
The Neoarchean Windfall gold deposit, hosted in the Urban-Barry greenstone belt of the Abitibi...
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Fri
3 Mar 2023Textural and geochemical evidence for two-stage mineralisation at the Kamoa-Kakula Cu deposits,...
Ore in the Kamoa-Kakula deposits (Democratic Republic of Congo) is dominated by fine-grained Cu...
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Wed
1 Mar 2023Stream Sediment Indicator Mineral Signatures of the Casino Porphyry Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Yukon, Canada
Case studies around porphyry Cu deposits in the glaciated regions of the Canadian Cordillera have...
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