Subventions et des contributions :

Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019).

Mining is an important part of Canada's economy. Today, mineral exploration is moving to deeper or smallerx000D
deposits; methods are required that can effectively unify all geoscientific data and improve the potential tox000D
resolve such challenging deposits. Gold and other ore deposits can be delineated using various techniques thatx000D
work with different forms of geological and geophysical data. Proven methods exist that develop ore depositx000D
models from geological information, and others that develop models from geophysical information. Thex000D
current procedure is to derive geological and geophysical models independently, from each type of information,x000D
and perform qualitative comparisons. However, the models rarely match well, having geometrical orx000D
petrophysical differences, and model comparison often requires too much speculation. The question is thenx000D
how to reconcile the independently-derived models into one consistent, unified picture of the Earth'sx000D
subsurface. In the last several years there have been several independent critical scientific advances in 3Dx000D
modelling, many of which have been lead by the applicant's research group. However, less work has been donex000D
into methods that incorporate multiple sources of geoscientific data towards unified ore deposit models. Thex000D
proposed research looks at ways to place those advances into a single unified framework that can leverage allx000D
available geophysical and geological data, pull quality geological products out, and ultimately help predict andx000D
refine ore deposit models to better delineate ore resources. The outcomes of this project will give Barrickx000D
access to technologies and services that are not available to other companies in the world. This will helpx000D
maintain or increase Canada's share of the world-wide mining industry.