A Lakehead University researcher is playing a key role in an international project to improve the way companies discover new mines.
Dr. Peter Hollings is collaborating with researchers at the Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences (CODES) at the University of Tasmania. This $2.36 million (CAD) project is funded by 11 mining companies and is part of AMIRA International’s Far field and near mine footprints – Finding and defining the next generation of Tier 1 ore deposits project.
Dr. Hollings will spend the next three years developing tools that will help mining companies discover new ore deposits by investigating changes in the chemistry of minerals around the mineralized areas.
As well as studying ore deposits around the globe, two Master of Science students from Lakehead University will investigate the formation of copper mineralization on Vancouver Island, BC, in a direct collaboration with Freeport-McMoRan Mineral Properties Canada Inc.
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