Summary

September 2002

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The Government of Canada committed $15 million in the 2000
federal budget to help stimulate new investment in mineral
exploration by upgrading Canada's geoscience knowledge base.
This funding allowed the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) to
implement the Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI) in
partnership with provincial and territorial geological surveys,
industry and academia. TGI's goal is to increase the level and
cost-effectiveness of private sector exploration for mineral
resources by upgrading and expanding the geoscience knowledge
on which exploration depends.

Over the 3-year initiative, ending in 2003, the $15 million TGI
investment is expected to lever additional federal funding of $8
million from GSC, plus $19 million from provincial surveys and
other external partners.

A total of 29 field projects were funded by TGI in targeted
regions across Canada. In addition, TGI funds have helped
support the On-line Data Catalogue project of the Canadian
Geoscience Knowledge Network that will make this knowledge
readily available to the users. This pamphlet summarizes the
highlights of a representative cross-section of TGI projects
compiled in the summer of 2002. More complete information on
TGI, the projects, agencies, and personnel can be obtained from
the TGI Web site.

CGKN is an initiative of the National Geological Surveys
Committee (NGSC) to provide an Internet portal to Canadian
geoscience information, making Canada a global leader in
providing rapid access to its knowledge assets. CGKN is
creating comprehensive catalogues describing geoscience data,
publications and maps that are available from Canadian
government geoscience agencies and implementing a new
Internet search engine. CGKN expands on the successful
Canadian Geoscience Publications Directory by including
information about geoscience data holdings. Through the Web
site, clients will be able to discover, view, evaluate and obtain
consistent and standardized geoscience data, maps and
publications for regions and sources across Canada. As the main
objective of TGI is to enhance the geoscience knowledge base on
which companies depend for targeting and directing their
exploration activities, it is crucial to the success of TGI that this
new information be quickly and easily accessible to clients.
Thus, TGI has contributed funding to assist in the On-line Data
Catalogue project. The first Data Catalogue came on line in
May 2002 and is accessible from the CGKN Web site,
Metadata collections for eight Canadian
geoscience agencies, representing over 20 collections, are now
searchable over the Internet, with many more collections from
multiple agencies being added to the data catalogue over the next
few months.

The Red Indian Line project is located in an area of Central
Newfoundland that is the focus of intense mineral exploration
activity. While this activity cannot be directly attributed to the
TGI project, the project is clearly contributing important new
information in a region where it is in demand and where it will be
put to immediate use by industry to find new mineral deposits.
The release of this new knowledge in more than fifteen
publications to date is acknowledged to have made a significant
contribution to the scientific understanding of the area, and will
provide a strong foundation for future work. As the exploration
activity being experienced in central Newfoundland is one of the
few bright spots in the local economy, it is being followed with
considerable interest in the communities concerned and in the
media, and the release of new maps and understanding derived
from the 2002 field season is eagerly anticipated.

The Grenville Transect project (see also Quebec) has involved
joint fieldwork by the Newfoundland and Labrador Geological
Survey and the GSC over a period of three years. A highlight of
the 2001 field season was the discovery of anomalous platinum,
palladium and gold in a
gossanous outcrop within a
layered mafic intrusion. A
timed release of this
information resulted in
immediate staking activity.
General interest in the nickel
potential within the mapped
areas, along with the rest of Labrador, has increased significantly
since the agreement in principle on the Voisey's Bay deposit, and
publication of data and maps from the project is meeting this
emerging demand.

Bedrock and surficial Geological Mapping for Mineral
Development in South-central Cape Breton Island has
significantly upgraded the geoscience database, resolving
stratigraphic and structural problems and uncovering significant
deposits of clay suitable for a wide range of uses. The final
digital geology maps and associated databases will be useful in
future industrial and metallic mineral exploration, for land use
planning and to identify other potential clay deposits. Mineral
deposit studies have improved knowledge of the setting of the
major limestone/dolostone/marble deposits in the project area and
produced an upgraded, comprehensive mineral deposits database
that will be useful to explorationists. The TGI project has
produced a strong and positive response from several sectors. A
series of community presentations about the project led to
inquiries about the potential for mineral development as part of a
diversified economy. Local artisans, landowners and economic
development officers have requested information on locating and
developing more new clay deposits. New information on
carbonate resources spawned increased exploration activity at
both the industry and grassroots levels. This TGI project has also
attracted the attention of the Nova Scotia Department of
Economic Development and has led to a MOU with the Strait-
Highlands Regional Development Authority to provide advice
and assistance in promoting and developing the mineral resources
of southern Cape Breton Island.

Under the TGI project Metallogeny of Intrusion-Related Gold
Systems in Southern New Brunswick, efforts have focussed on
regional and detailed mapping, drill core logging and modeling in
the Poplar Mountain and Clarence Stream areas of southern N.B.
to decipher stratigraphy and structure. The TGI project has
helped sustain exploration, with more than 3000 claims staked.
Over 130 diamond drill holes have intersected several, potentially
economic ore zones. More than 2 million dollars has been spent
on drilling and detailed geological, geochemical and geophysical
surveys by the private sector. As work continues on these
discoveries, prospecting aided by government sponsored regional
geochemical and geophysical surveys is revealing additional
occurrences that warrant exploration. The existence of potential
gold sources in and around
intrusive suites elsewhere in
the province similar to those
in the Poplar Mountain and
the Clarence Stream - Mount
Pleasant area are known, but
are essentially under explored.
The work being conducted
under the gold TGI project is
an effective mechanism to
help maintain and enhance much needed exploration activities in
the province. It is rapidly becoming apparent that a district-scale
gold district is evolving in the region, with a very real possibility
of a new mine. The TGI project has enjoyed tremendous support
from the private sector through logistical and monetary support,
and information transfer. The current activities are viewed very
favourably in communities of the region where mining activities
have formerly been an important part of the economy.

The Lac Vernon Airborne Geophysical Survey TGI project
was undertaken as a component of Projet Grand Nord to acquire
high resolution magnetic data in an area spanning thirty, 1:50,000
scale map sheets in the Lac Vernon and Lac Anuc regions. The
resulting maps support ground-based geological studies and
delineate regional scale geological features, significantly
improving the ability to identify targets for exploration for a
variety of mineral commodities. Based on the release of the TGI
project maps in 2001 and 2002, at least five companies have
acquired properties and have begun to undertake exploration in
the respective areas. The expansion of exploration could have
considerable impact on the economy of local communities.

The recent surge of diamond exploration in northern Quebec has
emphasized the need to reconstruct regional glacial dynamics and
to identify associated dispersal
patterns in glacial sediments,
knowledge essential for costeffective
exploration. The TGI
Glacial Dynamics and Diamond
Exploration project in northern
Quebec is determining the
succession of ice-flow systems in
this heavily glaciated region and the
possible occurrence and distribution of kimberlite indicator
minerals in the glacial sediments. This project has yielded a new
target region (Saindon-Cambrien corridor) with a high potential
for diamonds. Announcement in March 2002 of the discovery of
indicator minerals in the area prompted staking of nearly 600
claims within days.

The Doyon-Bousquet-Laronde District, Abitibi TGI project is
providing a better understanding of the nature, origin and
distribution of gold-rich, volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS)
deposits in this mining camp, knowledge that will help design
new exploration models for enhanced future exploration success.
Studies have re-defined many aspects of the host volcanic rock
sequences, from structural complexity controlling the location of
the known deposits to associated geochemical characteristics that
can point to new discoveries. It is now known, for example, that
not all the VMS lenses are associated with aluminous alteration,
contrary to all previous models; this new information is important
for exploration strategies. The TGI project has targeted key
questions that local exploration companies consider critical in
understanding the genesis and distribution of the ore bodies.
Moreover, the project has fostered development of an excellent
synergy between Géologie Québec, GSC and industry
participants. For the first time, mining companies are sharing
their information and visiting each other's properties during the
field trips and workshops organized by the project.

Eastern Quebec and Labrador are known for world-class nickelcopper,
iron and titanium deposits and the respective provincial
surveys have shown that geologic terranes in this area have all
the ingredients for the discovery of more. The Tectonic
Framework and Evolution of the Eastern Grenville Province
project (see also Newfoundland and Labrador) will develop new
maps, tools and models to enhance the current geological
knowledge as the basis for new exploration guides. An important
discovery has been the recognition of lithologic units within the
metasedimentary basement rocks that represent a geological
context similar to that hosting various base metal (copper, lead,
zinc) deposits elsewhere in the world.

The need for cost-effective diamond exploration methods,
particularly methods that can be used in areas with a thick drift
cover, is the impetus for the Enhancement of Kimberlite
Exploration Methods TGI project in the Timiskaming Region
where the known kimberlites are well documented and easily
accessible. New or improved exploration methods developed as
part of this research could enhance the effectiveness of diamond
exploration, not only in the study area, but also in other parts of
Ontario and northern Canada. Newly acquired ice flow and
indicator mineral data for the region north of the Timiskaming-
Kirkland Lake kimberlite field, overlying the field and up to 80
km down ice, have identified new exploration targets. An early
indication of the effectiveness of the new techniques is the
discovery of a new kimberlite (Triple B) from which samples are
currently undergoing analysis of the indicator minerals and
diamond content. Response to the TGI project has been positive;
exploration companies and prospectors have provided access to
their properties, drill core and till samples, and have sought
advice from the project's leaders.

To sustain or increase ore reserves at the Sudbury nickel camp, it
is necessary to explore more
effectively for those shallow
deposits that have eluded
detection, as well as for
deeper deposits. The Role of
Structure and Host Rocks
in the Evolution of Sudbury
Ores TGI project will
increase knowledge of the ore-forming processes and the local
volatile and structural history, leading to more effective
exploration techniques. Chemical analyses have demonstrated
that the four types of nickel - copper - platinum group element
ores have distinctive trace element signatures, knowledge that
provides a better understanding of their origins and emplacement
history. Both major and junior mining and exploration
companies operating in the basin have responded positively to the
TGI project, providing geoscience information, access to drill
cores and participating in field trips. This new knowledge will
prove valuable in directing future exploration.

Studies in the Flin Flon TGI project are resulting in development
of a sophisticated geological context for the region that will aid
mining and exploration companies to better understand the
factors controlling volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS)
formation in this mining camp. A key goal of the project is to
develop exploration criteria using mineralogical, geochemical
and isotopic variations within attendant alteration haloes to
identify the presence and nature of undiscovered, deep ore
bodies. The Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), Manitoba
Geological Survey (MGS),
Saskatchewan Geological Survey
(SGS) and Laurentian University
have collaborated on subprojects
with local exploration geologists.
Some important new findings
stem from development of a new
detailed stratigraphy for the Flin
Flon "mine horizon" which,
among other features, allows the
"mine sequence" to be readily
traced along strike and
recognized well beyond the immediate mine complex.
Collaboration among government agencies, university
researchers and local mining companies has been exceptional.
Provincial and federal government agencies have pooled
resources, combined important geochemical data sets, shared
archived samples, exchanged digital data, and mapped together in
the field. The Flin Flon mining companies have supplied
important samples, geochemical and drill hole data and
confidential maps, as well as providing important and often vital
logistical support. Mining companies are so supportive of the Flin
Flon TGI project that they have suggested continued
collaboration after the TGI is over.

The Lynn Lake - Leaf Rapids TGI project is providing insights
into the regional tectonic setting of lode gold and VMS deposits
in the region where the towns of Lynn Lake and Leaf Rapids are
dealing with recent mine closures. The impact of the closures on
the local economies emphasized the need for new geological and
mineral deposit studies. The TGI project has two main thrusts.
The first, led by GSC, is establishing the tectonostratigraphic
framework across the region, information that will afford a high
degree of confidence when tracing important rock units eastward
from Reindeer Lake, Saskatchewan into Manitoba. The second
component, led by MGS, is evaluating precious- and base-metal
mineral potential of the area in support of exploration activity.
This latter component continues the investigations under a fiveyear
multidisciplinary initiative begun by the Province in 2000.
Industry support for this project has been significant. Hudson Bay
Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. has shared data of all types for the
Ruttan Mine with both GSC and MGS researchers. In Lynn Lake,
Black Hawk Mining Inc. and Aur Resources Inc. have provided
access to data and properties. The level of support by the mineral
exploration industry highlights the important role of geological
surveys in fostering exploration investment.

The Phelps Lake Area Integrated Mapping project was
undertaken to provide a coherent geological framework over a
large, poorly understood, under explored region of northern
Saskatchewan. This information will help define the area's
mineral potential and contribute to decisions regarding
establishment of Protected Areas in northern Saskatchewan.
Bedrock and surficial geological mapping, incorporating data
from the multiparameter (NATGAM) airborne geophysical
survey, has significantly enhanced understanding of the
geological framework of the northern part of map sheet 64M.
For example, supracrustal rocks of the Ennadi and Hurwitz
Groups, both of which have the potential to contain
mineralization, are more extensive than previously recognized
and favourable indications of a spectrum of mineral occurrence
types have been revealed. A preliminary indication of the
project's success is the acquisition by industry of new mineral
dispositions on the basis of results from the 2001 field season,
which focused on the northwest corner of map sheet 64M.

The Athabasca Uranium Multidisciplinary Study (see also
Alberta) is building a modern, 4-dimensional, geoscience
framework of the Athabasca Basin and its uranium deposits. A
key component entails enhancing, developing and transferring
technologies to industry that
will facilitate exploration for
deep deposits. TGI funding
has allowed GSC's
EXTECH IV project in the
region to expand its original
scope and range of studies.
The $7.5 million total
resources by funding partners, Saskatchewan Industry and
Resources, Canada (GSC, NSERC), Alberta Geological Survey,
Cameco and COGEMA, substantially exceeds original TGI
commitments so that 14 integrated sub-projects have been
undertaken, including basement geology and structure, bitumens,
borehole geophysics, clay mineralogy, geochronology, gravity,
magnetotelluric, seismic, and Athabasca stratigraphy. The
improved detailed and basin-wide stratigraphic and structural
framework derived from these studies has enhanced consistency
between industry exploration projects and allows for greater
confidence in prospectivity models. This project will ensure that
the Athabasca Basin remains the world's most attractive place to
explore for and develop uranium deposits, thereby ensuring
continued economic opportunities for Saskatchewan's northern
communities.

The objective of the Uranium City Area Integrated Mapping
project is to provide a regionally coherent geoscientific
framework in the Uranium City area as a basis for current and
future studies, leading to increased and effective exploration in
this area of high potential for a variety of types of new mineral
discoveries. Completion of an airborne multisensor (NATGAM)
survey north of Lake Athabasca and 2,500 km2 of 1:20,000 scale
bedrock mapping, has led to a revised and improved definition
and understanding of the geological framework in this region.
Main lithologic sequences, for example, can now be correlated
across major structures, permitting amalgamation of several
previously distinct geological domains. This new knowledge has
improved the focus for ongoing gold (Box Mine), Olympic Dam
(copper, uranium, gold, silver), and base metal exploration, as
one early measure of success.

The Diamondiferous Kimberlites project will facilitate and
promote diamond exploration by providing an up-to-date
synthesis of available geological data relevant to kimberlites and
diamonds in central Saskatchewan. This is being accomplished
through detailed stratigraphic, biostratigraphic, volcanologic and
petrologic studies to establish a regional architectural framework
for the diamondiferous kimberlites. Detailed geologic studies on
selected kimberlite bodies, aided by geophysical techniques, will
determine their internal structure, emplacement, postemplacement
histories, and controls on diamond grade.
Knowledge has been gained on the depositional settings in which
the kimberlites were emplaced and on the role these sedimentary
processes played in reworking the eruptive kimberlite facies and
influencing diamond grade. Five major kimberlite facies types
can be distinguished and it has been shown that many of the
'individual' kimberlites consist of multiple 'stacked' kimberlites
emplaced during up to six discrete eruptive episodes.

Recent, intensive exploration for diamonds in northern Alberta
has emphasized the need for geochemical methods to facilitate
and enhance exploration for diamondiferous kimberlites in areas
where there is little or no
surface exposure of bedrock.
In the first two years,
orientation TGI Geochemical
Surveys were carried out in
selected parts of northern
Alberta to identify appropriate
sample media, sample
preparation and analytical
methods, followed by a
regional geochemical survey. Analysis of kimberlite-indicator
mineral dispersal patterns around a known kimberlite at the
Buffalo Head Hills will add refinement to this exploration
technique, and will complement the geochemical stream sediment
data in three 1:50 000 scale map areas, also within the Buffalo
Head Hills. The exploration industry has offered very positive
feedback about the usefulness of the preliminary results, which
have assisted and encouraged exploration activity for
diamondiferous kimberlites in northern Alberta. Results from the
geochemical stream sediment survey will also benefit
stakeholders such as forestry, environment and groups interested
in geochemical variations in the surficial environment.

Under the multi-faceted, Athabasca Extech IV TGI project (see
also Saskatchewan), new geological maps that cross the Alberta
and Saskatchewan portions of the Athabasca Basin have been
made consistent across the provincial boundary through reexamination
and interpretation of previously collected materials.
As well, existing geological, geophysical and geochemical
reports and relevant data are being compiled into a series of
digital geographic information system (GIS) databasecompilations
that will be highly beneficial to ongoing uranium
exploration in this area. Interpretation of Radarsat and Landsat
imagery for northern Alberta is providing new information about
the structural setting and possible surficial geological variations
within the western part of the Athabasca Basin. Recent staking
of most of the Alberta portion of the Basin by junior mineral
exploration companies following release of preliminary results is
ample testament to the value placed on the TGI project by
industry.

The multi-faceted studies under the Potential for Carbonate hosted
MVT Pb-Zn Deposits in Alberta and NWT project (see
also NWT) are intended to evaluate
prospects for a new lead-zinc deposit of
the important Pine Point type in the
Devonian carbonate strata. Field and
drill core examinations and related
studies are searching for features and
conditions that might be indicative of
MVT Pb-Zn deposits. This TGI project
only began in 2001 and, while
preliminary results from the first year's
studies have not as yet substantially
increased exploration in Alberta, there
has been definite interest by exploration
companies in the results presented at several forums attended by
industry in the winter of 2001-02.

To help attract and target mineral exploration, National
Geochemical Reconnaissance (NGR) Surveys were undertaken
through the Targeted Geoscience Initiative over 12,500 km2 in
the Dease Lake area of northern B.C., an area identified by the
province as having considerable mineral potential.
Reconnaissance-scale, drainage sediment and water surveys have
a history of success in B.C. and are widely recognized as one of
the most important exploration tools in the Cordillera. The
immediate release of a multi-element map from this survey and
addition of the new geochemical information on more than 1000
samples and sites to the geochemical database available to the
mineral exploration industry, are proving effective in the renewed
search for new deposits and reserves, particularly for copper,
molybdenum and gold, base metals and platinum group elements.

The objective of the Volcanic Massive Sulphide (VMS)
Potential of East Bella Coola TGI project is to enhance the
geoscience knowledge of this under explored area with a high
potential for base metals through 1:50,000 scale bedrock
mapping, other detailed studies and NGR surveys. Expectation
that new information on Jurassic and Cretaceous age volcanic
stratigraphy would stimulate new mineral exploration has been
borne out by industry's interest, and new staking generated by the
release of geochemical survey data. The project has also
generated, and benefited from strong community interest.
Consultations with local prospectors have helped direct both the
mapping activities and their own prospecting. A member of the
Bella Coola Valley's Nuxalk First Nation has been an integral
part of the project team and First Nations groups have assisted in
project logistics and afforded leads on prospective fossil sites.

The Atlin, B.C. Integrated Geoscience Mapping TGI project
integrates new aeromagnetic surveys, bedrock mapping,
structural and stratigraphic studies, geochronology and
geochemistry to target prospective environments for mineral
deposits. The aeromagnetic data from the first year of the project
identified mineral prospective anomalies that helped focus the
subsequent mapping and related studies along the boundary
between two major structural units. Ultramafic rocks associated
with placer gold in the Cache Creek Terrane are now recognized
to be more extensive. New structural and geochemical
understandings in the Nankina Transect region are testament to
its VMS potential. These, and other new findings have made the
Atlin map area one of the most active map areas in B.C.,
according to the provincial Mineral Tenure database, with a total
of 10,635 ha of new mineral claims and 2,825 ha of new placer
claims being staked since project inception. The project has also
generated considerable community interest with the result that
aboriginal place names are now being added to the geoscience
maps.

The Yukon TGI funding has enhanced the existing Ancient
Pacific Margin NATMAP project. Ongoing NATMAP work by
the GSC and Yukon Geology Program had resulted in the
development of expertise and knowledge in widespread areas
underlain by the Yukon
Tanana Terrane (YTT). TGI
funding has capitalized on that
expertise to map extensive
parts of the Finlayson and
Glenlyon map areas at
1:100,000 scale, to augment
mapping of the very poorly
exposed Stewart River area
with a multispectral geophysical survey, and to undertake
regional till geochemical surveys. Advances have been realized
in understanding the YTT internal stratigraphy, complex geologic
history, and relationships to bounding terranes. Several areas of
high potential for VMS deposits have been identified: one new
VMS prospect, one "kill zone", and two indicators of VMS
deposition (iron formation and manganiferous chert) were
discovered. The till geochemical survey resulted in the discovery
of an epithermal gold prospect, which is now being explored, and
several other promising anomalies. In the Stewart River area, a
local prospector used the regional aeromagnetic survey results to
outline the extension of a known iron oxide copper gold deposit.
The deposit is now optioned and under active exploration. The
TGI project team developed a streamlined and efficient process
for data management and map production in the field. As a result,
geology maps were released within months, a feature that
generated an enthusiastic response from government leaders,
individual exploration companies and the Technical Liaison
Committee to the Yukon Geology Program.

Northwest Territories is in partnership with Alberta and GSC in
the Potential for Carbonate-hosted MVT Pb-Zn Deposits in
Alberta and N.W.T. project (see also Alberta). The abandoned
open-pits of the Pine Point lead-zinc mine, located near Hay
River on the south shore of Great Slave Lake, and a wealth of
rock core collected during years of mineral exploration, provide
much of the fundamental data for the project. Work is still
underway, with fieldwork
continuing during the summer
of 2002, so that final outcomes
have yet to be realized.
Nonetheless, positive benefits
have already accrued. A CD
ROM, containing the
geochemical analysis, core
descriptions, and interpreted cross-sections of 900 drill holes will
be released early in the fall of 2002. Prospectors and junior
mining companies, including those who hold land-rights in the
area, have been in regular contact with project geologists and are
keen for the new insights and improved access to data that will
come with the CD's release. As well, regional analysis of
basement faulting has caught the interest of the petroleum
companies who have long suspected a linkage between such
faulting and development of reservoirs in overlying strata.

A tangible benefit of the project has been the new level of
collaboration with Alberta. Cross-border GIS and remote sensing
compilations have brought workers together to solve a common
problem. Similar collaborative efforts among surface and
subsurface geologists in the two jurisdictions have also been
established. One unanticipated, but potentially important
outcome, is an improvement in the attitude of native communities
towards mining.

The objective of the Integrated Geoscience Mapping and
Geophysics of the Committee Bay Greenstone Belt TGI
project is to provide bedrock and surficial geology maps and
state-of-the-art aeromagnetic coverage in this poorly known
region of central Nunavut, and to establish the structural and
stratigraphic underpinnings of the potentially rich metal
endowment of the greenstone terrane. The new aeromagnetic
survey data have had
considerable impact on
interpretation of bedrock
geology and structure, tracing
greenstones beneath surficial
cover and targeting drift
prospecting over greenstones
and anomalies possibly due to
kimberlites. The several new
geoscience products available
to the mineral exploration community have begun to generate
interest: one company commenced exploration for gold in the
Committee Bay area in the summer of 2002.

Knowledge of precise isotopic ages of mineral deposits and the
rock units with which they are associated can be used in the
search for similar type deposits in related geological structures
possibly hundreds of kilometres distant. New U-Pb ages from the
Geochronology of the Quebec/Baffin Segment of the Trans-
Hudson Orogen TGI project, combined with a major bedrock
mapping project in central Baffin Island by GSC and the Canada-
Nunavut Geoscience Office, have stimulated great interest from
several mineral exploration companies who advanced an
estimated $250,000 in 2001 for exploration permits in this area.

This summary of the Targeted Geoscience Initiative was prepared
under the auspices of the National Geological Surveys
Committee and compiled from information contributed by:

• Geological Survey of Canada
• Geological Survey of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Géologie Québec
• Nova Scotia Dept. of Natural Resources
• New Brunswick Dept. of Natural Resources and Energy
• Ontario Geological Survey
• Manitoba Geological Survey
• Saskatchewan Dept. of Energy and Mines
• Alberta Geological Survey
• British Columbia Geological Survey
• Yukon Geology Program
• C.S. Lord Northern Geoscience Centre (NWT)
• Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office