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GeoGames 2017 a great Laurentian success!

Our talented squad brought back some great results from the competition.

2016 SMC Call for Abstracts

The PDAC-SEG Student Minerals Colloquium 2016 Call for Abstracts has now been released.

Federal Government Invests $49M in $104M Mineral Exploration Research

Funding is the largest single investment in Laurentian University’s history.

Harquail Family Invests $10 Million to Advance Mineral Exploration Research at Laurentian University

SUDBURY, ON (September 6, 2016) – David Harquail announced today that his family foundation is making a $10 million investment to support Laurentian University’s Department of Earth Sciences...

Federal Government Invests $49M in $104M Mineral Exploration Research

Evan Slater M.Sc. thesis defence

The defence will take place on Wednesday, September 7, at 1pm, in B8045, Willet Green Miller Centre.

$107 million “Metal Earth” proposal at Interview Stage!

Laurentian University has received positive news about the status of its “Metal Earth” proposal that was submitted by the Department of Earth Sciences and its Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC)...

Jordan McDivitt M.Sc. thesis defence

TOPIC: Gold Mineralization in the Missanabie-Renabie District of the Wawa Subprovince (Missanabie, Ontario, Canada) All welcome!

Dr. Daniel Kontak wins Duncan Derry Medal

Dr. Daniel Kontak, Full Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Laurentian University, has been named the 2016 winner of the Duncan R. Derry Medal, awarded by the Geological Association of Canada.

Dr. McDonald and Sarah Gordon win the 2015 Hawley Medal

The Hawley Medal of the Mineralogical Association of Canada was awarded to our faculty member Dr. Andrew McDonald and Sarah C. Gordon (M.Sc. Geology from Laurentian in 2013) for for the paper "A study of the composition, distribution, and genesis of pyrrhotite in the Copper Cliff Offset, Sudbury, Ontario"

Pictures from Matheson field work

A few pictures from field work conducted in Matheson, May 2016:

Congratulations Rémy Poulin, M.Sc. Geology!

Rémy Poulin successfully defended his M.Sc. in Geology today, with the thesis titled "Scheelite geochemistry as an indicator of intrusion-related W-Mo-(Au) mineralization"

South Africa and Canada on common ground!

On May 10, 2016, Sandra McCardell, the High Commissioner of Canada to South Africa with accreditation to Lesotho, Madagascar, Marutitius and Namibia met with LU DES graduate students; Michael Langa, Evan Keir-Sage, Thabiso Makohliso and Cédric Mayer in South Africa. All four students are M.Sc. candidates who have had learning and teaching experiences in Earth Sciences at both the University of Limpopo, South Africa, and at Laurentian University, Canada.

Pictures from the Year End Banquet!

LU M.Sc. student wins the 2016 Mary-Claire Ward Geoscience Award

This year’s recipient of the Mary-Claire Ward Geoscience Award is Jordan McDivitt of Laurentian University...

Job Posting: Canada Research Chair in Metallogeny (Tier I)

The Department of Earth Sciences (DES) and Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC) at Laurentian University invite applications for a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Metallogeny that integrates ore system research with broad scale tectonic processes...

LU student part of the SIFT geology winning team!

Congratulations to Philippe Trudel for winning the 2015 Student Industry Field Trip (SIFT) competition in Calgary, AB!

Joe Petrus on "Quirks and Quarks"

Joe Petrus was interviewed about his work at Laurentian University.

New graduate student research lab!

Graduate students can now use the following equipment in the research lab on the 5th floor...

More than $1000 raised in minerals auctions!

Students, faculty of DES and members of the broader geological community have been avidly bidding on rocks and minerals in the past months...

CIM Sudbury Branch donates $25,000

CIM Sudbury Branch representatives Sue Tessier and Trang Tran-Valade presented a $25,000 donation towards upgrading the Department of Earth Sciences’ petrographic microscope facilities...

New Microscopes!

The Goodman School of Mines’ generous donation of $ 50,000 allowed the Department of Earth Sciences to buy new Olympus BX41 microscopes and Lumenera cameras to accommodate our students’ learning and research.

Dr. Schindler's CBC Radio Interview

Dr. Michael Schindler was interviewed on CBC radio about the black coating on Sudbury rocks.