August 6, 2020 – Vancouver, British Columbia and Calgary, Alberta – A new agreement between Geoscience BC and the Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada (PTAC) sets out how the organizations will share research, advance development, commercialization, and deployment of oil and gas clean technologies. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) includes details on how Geoscience BC and […]
Geoscience BC looks to collaborate with the mineral exploration and mining sector for data acquisition and consolidation project to boost economic development in northwest BC. Vancouver, BC – July 30, 2020 – A new Geoscience BC minerals project is seeking high-quality privately held geophysical data for the Golden Triangle area in British Columbia’s Northwest Region. […]
Vancouver, BC – July 23, 2020 – A three-year agreement signed between Geoscience BC and the British Columbia Geological Survey details how the organizations will coordinate and collaborate on geoscience research related to mineral resources in the province of British Columbia. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement provides the framework to jointly identify public mineral […]
Vancouver, BC – July 7, 2020 – This quarterly update from Geoscience BC covers the April to June quarter and provides updates on Geoscience BC Minerals and Energy projects, new collaborations and the 2020 scholarship recipients. View Quarterly Newsletter About Geoscience BC Geoscience BC generates independent, public geoscience research and data about British Columbia’s minerals, […]
Vancouver, BC – July 6, 2020 – As part of the Budget 2021 process, Geoscience BC has provided a submission to the Province of British Columbia’s Select Standing Committee on Finance & Government Services. View Select Standing Committee on Finance & Government Services submission About Geoscience BC Geoscience BC generates independent, public geoscience research […]
Vancouver, BC – June 17, 2020 – New data from a dense array of sensors to monitor ground motion (seismicity) in British Columbia’s Northeast Region is now available for download through a major international seismicity database. Earlier in 2020 a closely spaced network of seismometers, which measure seismicity, were installed as part of the Geoscience […]
Vancouver, BC – June 16, 2020 – The next generation of geoscience researchers in British Columbia has received a boost with the announcement of 2020 Geoscience BC scholarship recipients. Ten post-graduate geoscience students will each receive a $5,000 scholarship for their applied geoscience research related to either minerals, energy or water resources in the province. […]
Vancouver, BC – June 11, 2020 – Two newly completed Geoscience BC projects are bringing new digital mineral geoscience knowledge to British Columbia. The first project has used machine learning and multivariate statistical methods to produce a series of new mineral deposit probability maps, and the second has created a ‘virtual museum’ of rock, mineral […]
Three Geoscience BC projects that tested more than 15 analytical techniques on soil samples for detecting deeply buried mineral deposits By: Christa Pellett, Vice President, Minerals and Brady Clift, Manager, Minerals Three Geoscience BC minerals research projects have used samples collected at the surface to interpolate what is buried deep below. These geochemistry projects are […]
Vancouver, BC – June 4, 2020 – An innovative technique to rapidly test gas concentrations in soil may help to identify new mineral exploration opportunities in British Columbia. A new report published by Geoscience BC details testing of a portable device designed to identify anomalous soil gas concentrations that could indicate geological faults and mineralization […]