Research & Project Updates

Metal Earth Symposium at GAC-MAC 2019

Metal Earth Transect Update: Geraldton-Onaman

Metal Earth Research Updates March 2019

Metal Earth researchers present research updates at the March 2019 MERC Advisory Board Meeting in Toronto, ON.

MSc & PhD Opportunities with Metal Earth

Canada’s largest mineral exploration research project, Metal Earth, is seeking MSc & PhD students to join the project

Watch: Metal Earth, Mineral Exploration Research Project

Metal Earth is a Canadian $104 million applied R&D program led by Laurentian University. With funding from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund and federal/provincial/industry partners, this initiative will be a strategic consortium of outstanding Canadian researchers from academia and allied Canadian and international research centres, government, and industry.

Research Update: Mantle Group

Research update with Dr. Graham Pearson, University of Alberta, Post Doctoral Fellows Janina Czas and Adrien Vezinet.

Ontario Geological Survey Summary of Field Work 2018

Summary of Field Work and Other Activities presents highlights of, and key new information from, mapping and geoscientific research conducted during the year.

Metal Oceans Research Expedition

Metal Oceans team departs for the NE Lau Basin December 2018.

Kirkland Lake Short Course 2018 Presentations

View presentations from the MERC/Metal Earth Short Course in Kirkland Lake, October 2018.

Imaging Subsurface Structures 36 km Deep

Metal Earth uses deep imaging techniques to understand subsurface structures up to 36 km below the crust.

Magnetotelluric (MT) Survey Update

Update on the MT Survey conducted by Complete MT Solutions.

Metal Earth Field Trip Guide 2018

Field trip guide from the Metal Earth 2018 public field trip September 5th - 15hth.

Metal Earth Annual Report 2017-2018

This annual report represents the work completed in Years 1 and 2 (March 2017-April 2018), the period marking the beginning of Metal Earth, a seven-year, $104 million applied R&D program.

Modern-Ancient Ocean Crust Project

Research Update: Isotopic Mapping

Metal Earth Field Crew Overview

Mineral Exploration Footprints Project Nears Completion

Sudbury Mining Solutions Journal: A progress report on year one of Metal Earth

"Providing framework geoscience will allow industry to understand greenstone belts with a higher degree of resolution than has ever been the case in the past."

Metal Earth Superior Map Compilation

Metal Earth Seismic Survey 2017 Video

Preliminary results from transect mapping in the Abitibi greenstone belt and Pontiac Subprovince, Rouyn-Noranda area, Quebec

Preliminary results from detailed geological mapping of the contact zone between metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks in the Pontiac Subprovince, Lac Bellecombe area, Quebec Published Tuesday, 19 December 2017

Volcanic stratigraphy and intrusions in the Renault–Dufresnoy and Duprat–Montbray formations: implications for metal endowment in the lower Blake River group, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec