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The main objective of this project is to improve geoscience knowledge to support informed decision making for resource exploration and development, and for land use management.

In 2012, till and stream sediment/water sampling was carried out in Nunavut, south of Wager Bay in the Tehery Cape Dobbs region as part of the Geo-mapping Frontiers project, initiated in the final phase the Geomapping for Energy and Minerals (GEM) program.

In 2015 and 2016, till and stream sediment/water sampling was completed south of Wager Bay in the Tehery-Wager area as part of the surficial component of the GEM-2 Tehery-Wager activity within the Rae project. (GEM-2).

 

Year of Collection	NTS	Sample Type	GSC Open File
2012 (GEM)	56A, B, G - Lorillard River	stream sediment and water	7428
	56A, B, C, F, G – Tehery-Cape Dobbs	till	7417
2015 (GEM 2)	56A – headwaters of Borden River	stream sediment and water	7966 (activity report) - till data to be released April 2019
	46D 56A,B, G, H Tehery-Wager	till
2016 (GEM 2)	56B, F, G – headwaters of Lorillard River	stream sediment and water	8134 (activity report) - till data to be released April 2019
	56B, C, F, G, H Tehery-Wager	till

 

 

The Geo-Mapping for Energy and Minerals Program was first launched by the Government of Canada in 2008 as a 5 year program administered by Natural Resources Canada to provide geoscience knowledge in order to identify the potential for energy and mineral resources in Canada's North.  The program was renewed in 2013, and Phase 2 of GEM (2013-2020) continues to advance geological knowledge in the North to support increased exploration of natural resources and to inform decisions on land use that balance conservation and responsible resource development.