(clockwise from left) Terrain covered by one
of Geoscience BC's QUEST airborne surveys;
Drillhole assays coloured and sized according
to grade in Micromine; Micromine's Implicit
Modelling module that shows grade shells,
lithology boundaries, faults or surfaces.
QUEST projects. It will incorporate
results from various data sources into an
integrated model for porphyry system
discovery in B.C.
PIP maps and data sets have the
potential to boost exploration interest
in B.C. by providing an understanding of B.C.'s porphyry deposits. This
new information will lead explorers to
new districts and generate new investment in the province. It is expected that
final maps and data sets from PIP will be
released in early 2014.
Geoscience BC is also working in
partnership with the East Kootenay
Chamber of Mines in the southeastern
part of the province on the Stimulating
Exploration in the East Kootenays
project (SEEK). The goal of SEEK is to
increase mineral exploration in B.C. by
acquiring, compiling and adding value to
existing mineral exploration information.
Funding is allocated to proponents with
good ideas for research that, it is hoped,
will stimulate new economic activity.
In 2012, funding was granted to a
SEEK project that compiled ground station gravity data from several sources in
southeast B.C. into the East Kootenay
Gravity Database. In 2013, a followup
project was undertaken to collect new
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