July 5, 2022 The Metals Company reigniting race to mine the ocean floor British Columbia firm looks to unleash a new era of resource extraction, raising questions over how to protect deep-sea ecosystems we know little about.
July 5, 2022 Earth’s mineral diversity 75% greater than previously thought Two papers published in American Mineralogist and sponsored in part by NASA help reconstruct the history of life on earth and guide the search for new minerals and ore deposits.
July 4, 2022 UK launches critical minerals data centre To be run by the British Geological Survey, the centre will use the data to help to find ways to source minerals needed for green technologies.
June 30, 2022 Minerals from Antarctica give clues to potentially habitable locations on Mars Minerals found in samples of material from Antarctica could give scientists a better understanding of the surface and subsurface environment of Mars.
June 29, 2022 Nicola Mining, UBC partner to find new porphyry copper targets in British Columbia UBC Mineral Deposit Research Unit awarded $2 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
June 28, 2022 Space tech start up discovers path to emission-free future for steel industry on earth Helios scientists discovered that technology created for a reactor built to extract oxygen and iron from regolith could also be used to extract 99% pure iron from iron ore.
June 28, 2022 Geoscience BC expands mineral database searchable by location In total, 1,262 NI 43-101 reports relating to mineral exploration and development in BC can now be searched by location.
June 27, 2022 International Day of Women in Mining launch looks at diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace A 2-hour virtual event on June was attended by over 1,000 industry participants from across the globe.
June 27, 2022 UBC tests carbon-capture potential of Inomin’s Beaver critical minerals project Inomin's inaugural 2021 drilling program at Beaver generated a significant discovery of high-grade magnesium and other critical minerals including nickel, chromium, and cobalt.
June 24, 2022 More than a mine: A tale of two historic British Columbia mining camps Britannia was a leader in the field and developed a new way to extract metals, which was copied in many other mines.
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