TGI-2 (2003-2005)

The Government of Canada committed $10M over two years to extend the mission of the original three-year Targeted Geoscience Initiative Program with a renewed focus on the energy sector, including energy-oriented activities in Canada's North. The Targeted Geoscience Initiative provided integrated geoscience knowledge pertaining to areas of high energy and mineral potential, with the intent of stimulating private-sector resource exploration. TGI is, by definition, a partnership program, delivered in collaboration with provincial and territorial geological surveys with participation by industry and universities. TGI outputs and outcomes for fiscal years 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 were delivered through projects that were part of both the Northern Resources Development (NRD) and Consolidating Canada's Geoscience Knowledge (CCGK) programs.

Committed Outputs

  • New multi-thematic regional geoscience analyses and syntheses for northern areas with resource potential
  • 10 percent of existing northern data converted into GIS and Web-enabled formats
  • Predictive models for hydrocarbons of prospective northern basins and all known mineral deposit types over 15 percent of the North
  • Syntheses, analyses and watching briefs on key areas for resource exploration and related sustainable development relevance, such as in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, Atlantic and Eastern Canada

Committed Outcomes

  • Digital, Web-enabled geoscience data contributes to Earth-science investment decisions in the North
  • Northern investment in exploration, development and resource extraction increases significantly from 2002/2003 levels
  • Increased Canadian competitiveness for attracting industrial investments in energy and mineral exploration and development sustained through timely knowledge transfers




TGI - 2 projects (2003-2005)