GEM Minerals: Geo-mapping for Minerals

Large regions of Canada’s North remain unexplored as a result of their remoteness and inadequate level of geoscience knowledge.  Over the next five years, the GEM Minerals component (MGM) will improve our knowledge of this vast region through acquisition and rapid release of new geoscience information, coupled with assembly and dissemination in digital form of existing field and remotely-sensed data, and accompanying analysis of mineral potential. Areas with high potential for base metals (copper, nickel, iron, zinc and lead), precious metals (gold, silver, platinum), diamonds, and multiple commodities including rare metals, are being targeted for on-the-ground mapping by teams of federal, territorial and provincial geoscientists, along with university-based collaborators and students. These multidisciplinary teams, assembled from across Canada and supported by geophysical and geochemical information from cutting-edge national laboratories, will provide an accurate portrayal of the land that will be disseminated in a form accessible by explorationists and land-use planners at community, territorial/provincial and federal levels. Communities will be engaged through information sessions and provision of tools enabling decisions informed by the new geoscience information.

Several partnered projects underway and under development have been prioritized through a series of consultations with territorial and provincial jurisdictions:

Program Manager responsible for Minerals: John Percival