Grant: Industrial Research Chairs
Université Laval
$269,611.00
NSERC/Agnico-Eagle Industrial Research Chair in Mineral Exploration
FY 2019-20
Summary
The NSERC-Agnico-Eagle Industrial Research Chair in Mineral Exploration aims to develop new indicator mineral and field portable methodologies that can be applied to exploration for gold deposits. The research will tackle fundamental and applied aspects in order to devise innovative and efficient indicator mineral methods that can be applied in exploration for gold deposits by industry and for government surveys to determine the potential for undiscovered mineral resources. The methods will allow to fingerprint the chemical and isotopic signature of orogenic gold deposits, and assess the gold mineralization potential, or fertility, of the dispersed track of partially eroded deposits. The Chair will develop new methodologies using field portable instruments to increase the efficiency of mineral exploration and government surveys to detect, in the field, gold mineral deposits buried under quaternary sedimentary cover. In order to reach these goals, the Chair research program will address three themes: 1) indicator mineral (chalcopyrite, scheelite, tourmaline) fingerprinting and fertilitytools for orogenic gold deposits; 2) long range detection of orogenic gold deposits in glacial sediments; 3) field portable analytical instruments application to exploration in glaciated terrains.
Program
Industrial Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
Quebec, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
437203-2017
Name nom
Beaudoin, Georges
Department département
Sciences et génie, faculté des
Organization id
51
Institution établissement
Université Laval
Province en
Québec
Province fr
Québec
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2019
Competition year année de concours
2017
Award amount
269611
Program id
IRCPJ
Program name en
Industrial Research Chairs
Program name fr
Professeurs-chercheurs industriels
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
141
Committee name en
University/Industry
Committee name fr
Universités/industrie
Area of application code
202
Area of application group en
Natural resources (economic aspects)
Area of application group fr
Ressources naturelles (aspects économiques)
Area of application en
Mineral resources ( prospecting, exploration, mining, extraction, processing)
Area of application fr
Ressources minérales (prospection, exploration, mines, extraction et préparation)
Research subject code
4003
Research subject group en
Earth science
Research subject group fr
Sciences de la terre
Research subject en
Economic geology
Research subject fr
Géologie économique
Installment
inst:8 - 8
Partie
8
Nb partie
8
Application title
NSERC/Agnico-Eagle Industrial Research Chair in Mineral Exploration
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
The NSERC-Agnico-Eagle Industrial Research Chair in Mineral Exploration aims to develop new indicator mineral and field portable methodologies that can be applied to exploration for gold deposits. The research will tackle fundamental and applied aspects in order to devise innovative and efficient indicator mineral methods that can be applied in exploration for gold deposits by industry and for government surveys to determine the potential for undiscovered mineral resources. The methods will allow to fingerprint the chemical and isotopic signature of orogenic gold deposits, and assess the gold mineralization potential, or fertility, of the dispersed track of partially eroded deposits. The Chair will develop new methodologies using field portable instruments to increase the efficiency of mineral exploration and government surveys to detect, in the field, gold mineral deposits buried under quaternary sedimentary cover. In order to reach these goals, the Chair research program will address three themes: 1) indicator mineral (chalcopyrite, scheelite, tourmaline) fingerprinting and fertilitytools for orogenic gold deposits; 2) long range detection of orogenic gold deposits in glacial sediments; 3) field portable analytical instruments application to exploration in glaciated terrains.
