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In 2007, lake bottom sediments samples were collected in the Sept-Rivières area, Quebec, and these were analysed with samples previously collected in Fermont and Havre St. Pierre.  The new data and the reanalysis data for Fermont and Havre-St. Pierre are published in Quebec Ministère des Ressources naturelles et la Faune report PRO 2008-7.

In addition, samples from other surveys and collected in other years were reanalysed and all of the data are published (as maps) in Quebec Ministère des Ressources naturelles et la Faune report MB 2009-13*.

The reanalysed samples came from the following areas:

 

Area	Year of Collection	Original Publication
Baie-James	1970s	unknown; reanalysis data for a subset of these samples in PRO 2005-03.
Baie Johan Beetz	1983	MB 85-10
Havre-St. Pierre	1988	MB 89-19
Blanc-Sablon	1990	MB 90-33
Manicouagan	2003	PRO 2005-3 (new data from 2003 and reanalyzed samples from 1970s)
Sept-Rivières	2007	PRO 2008-07

 

*This document was produced as part of a 3-year agreement, launched in April 2008, bringing together the Mineral Development Promotion Corporation of the North Shore, the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et la Faune and 6 other partners.

Funding was provided through a specific agreement on the development of regional expertise in the acquisition of geochemical knowledge of the secondary mining environment as well as on the promotion and development of the mineral industry in Côte-Nord territory.

The 3 year agreement, launched in April 2008, brought together the Mineral Development Promotion Corporation of the North Shore, the Quebec Department of Natural Resources and Wildlife and 6 other partners: the Ministry of Employment and Social Solidarity, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Regions, the Regional Conference of Elected of the North Shore, Hydro-Québec and the regional Committee ACCORD.