Geology

A Characterization of the Skarn Propylitic Style Alteration at the Trek South Porphyry-Skarn Prospect, Golden Triangle, BC

Brett Rempel, 4th year HBSc Geology (supervisor Dr. Pete Hollings)

My research focuses on characterizing the alteration at the OreTerra’s Trek South Porphyry-Skarn prospect. A combination of petrographic analysis, short wavelength infrared (SWIR) data, and micro-XRF data will be used to describe the alteration. This will be used to develop a model that will aid in ongoing exploration.

Characterization of the Sankamap Metals Epithermal to Porphyry style mineralization at the Kuma Property, Soloman Islands

Steven Del Bel Belluz, 4th year HBSc Geology (supervisor Dr. Pete Hollings)

The Sankamap Metals Kuma Property, on the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, is located on a regional copper-gold trend along the NW-SE trending collisional plate boundary between the Australian Plate and Pacific Plate. I will be investigating drill core from this property through a combination of petrography, short-wavelength infrared analysis, and whole-rock geochemical analysis. My goal is to better understand the style of alteration associated with the deposit.

Lakehead partnering on UM-led sustainable mineral exploration research

Drone capture of mineral exploration

Drone capture of mineral exploration. Photo credit: New Age Metals Inc.

Dr. Peter Hollings, NOHFC Industrial Research Chair in Mineral Exploration, is part of a team of industry and academic partners led by University of Manitoba researchers, Dr. Mostafa Fayek and Dr. Alfredo Camacho, receiving more than $1.5 million in Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Alliance Missions grant funding to develop innovative technologies and sustainable practices to address key issues related to critical mineral exploration and extraction.

Read the full article at https://news.umanitoba.ca/um-researchers-to-develop-sustainable-extraction-and-processing-methods-for-critical-minerals/.

Keywords:

Minerals