This research project aims to improve the efficiency and pace of porphyry copper discovery in BC by providing mineral exploration companies with new tools and knowledge to identify the most fertile deposits, and “vector” towards those deposits.
This project is supported by a number of leading minerals and instrumentation companies, including Anglo American, BHP, Brixton Metals Corporation, Centerra Gold Inc., Fortescue Metals Group, Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Gibraltar Mines Ltd, New Gold Inc., Happy Creek Minerals Ltd., Jaxon Mining Inc., Newmont Corporation, Nicola Mining Inc., NorthWest Copper Corp., Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Inc. and SciAps Inc.
In addition to the industry partners, the research will be carried out in collaboration with UBC faculty Dr. Ken Hickey and Prof. Dominique Weis (Director of the Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research), Dr. Pilar Lecumberri-Sanchez (University of Alberta), Dr. Eva…
