#2018Xplor

$ SEG UQAC – Diversity of Gold Mineralization Styles in Precambrian Greenstone Belts: Implications for Exploration (workshop given in French)

The short course aims to provide guides to quickly identify genetic types and thus better guide exploration. Volcanogenic, orogenic and intrusion-related gold mineralization will be discussed to illustrate their characteristic and variability in styles and geometry. The course is based on almost 30 years of work on gold deposits, from personal studies and supervision of students at all cycles. Examples of gold deposits in the Abitibi belt (Archaean), Paleo-Proterozoic belts (Guinea, Burkina Faso, Niger and Gabon) and neoproterozoic belts (Sudan) will be used for the training purposes. Presented by Cartier Resources and Eldorado Gold Lamaque. Regular rate :  $325  Student rate: $100 -  Lunch included

1 Day (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

Sheraton Centre

Damien Gaboury

Damien Gaboury is a Professor at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) where he has taught Economic Geology since 2004. He has close to 30 years of experience, mostly related to the exploration and study of gold deposits. He is the author/co-author of more than 30 journal papers, 40 industrial reports and over 100 talks […]

$ SEG INRS Laval University – Techniques for 3D Analysis and Modeling Applied to Mineral Exploration and Targeting (workshop given in French)

3D geological models are widely used as an input in resource estimation projects at the deposit scale, but 3D exploration models developed for near-mine sites, brownfields and regional exploration are less common and often only used for expressing generic exploration concepts. This workshop will propose an approach to integrate multidisciplinary datasets (geology, geophysics and geochemistry) into a cross-validated 3D exploration model. The data will then serve as a base for analyzing key mineralization features and develop an exploration model of the deposit. Numerous case studies will show the value-added of testing exploration hypotheses, validating geological/structural domains, conducting detectability studies for geophysical surveys, developing accurate alteration models, populating models with exploration criteria and identifying robust targets through conventional and new methodologies. Presented by Cartier Resources and Eldorado Gold Lamaque. Regular rate :  $325 - Student rate: $100

1 Day (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

Sheraton Centre

Jean-Philippe Paiement

Jean-Philippe joined our team as a Senior Geologist. He brings 10 years of mineral exploration experience including expertise in geostatistics, structural, geological, and geochemical modelling and interpretation. He is skilled in the application of machine learning to overcome geological challenges and with new methods to reduce interpretational risks with geological data. He has a wide […]

Gervais Perron

Gervais’s extensive industry knowledge and over 20 years of experience are key to fostering and expanding relationships with existing clients, while seeking out potential partnerships, opportunities and new markets for our products and services. During his time with Mira Geoscience, he has held various positions ranging from Senior Consultant to Director of Software Development, thus […]

$ Junior Company Taxation (workshop given in French)

Participants will deepen their knowledge of the distinctive tax features of junior companies by learning about specific cases and doing practical exercises. The workshop will focus in particular on what the different requirements of the flow-through shares regime are and how to establish tax reserves at the end of the year. Presented by Cartier Resources and Eldorado Gold Lamaque. Regular rate :  $150  - Student rate: $50

Half a day (1 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

Sheraton Centre

Sylvain Richard

Mr. Richard has worked in Canadian taxation at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton since 2001. In his time there, he has developed expertise in preparing and revising provisions for taxes both for companies listed on the Canadian and US markets and for private companies. He also has expertise in the mining sector and tax compliance for […]

Stéphanie Roy

A Québec region native, Stéphanie Roy received her Chartered Professional Accountant designation in 2010. Her passion for taxation led her to complete CPA Canada’s In-Depth Tax Course program in 2013. She has almost 10 years of experience with Val-d’Or’s Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton. She is a Canadian Tax Manager and dedicates a great deal of […]

QMEA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGA)

45 min.

Room A - Red Cloud Klondike Strike Inc.

OPENING COCKTAIL – PUB EXPLO

Presented by :

From 17 h to 19 h

Pub Explo

TRADE SHOW

From 9 a.m to 4 p.m., visit the exhibitors and the different zones of the exhibition floor!

Business Café des Affaires et Zone Rendez-vous Sponsor by : OSISKO GOLD ROYALTIES

Pub Explo Sponsor by : FOND DE SOLIDARITÉ FTQ, HYDRO QUÉBEC,  RESSOURCES FALCO, RAYMOND CHABOT GRANT THORNTON, PROBE METAL INC

Pause-café mercredi et jeudi

Sponsor by :  MIDLAND EXPLORATION

Metal Earth Update

Metal Earth, a seven-year, $104M research project funded by the Canada First Research Excellence Fund and 22 academic, government and industry partners, is led by Laurentian University’s MERC. Metal Earth will determine controls on the differential base and precious metal endowment of Archean greenstone belts and provide industry and government with tools to aid discovery and assess resource potential. This is an update of Transect and Craton research activities. The former includes targeted mapping and geophysical (seismic, MT, gravity) research along 13 (140-40km) transects across endowed and less endowed greenstone belts and trans-crustal structures in northern Quebec and Ontario.

25 min.

Room B

Geoscience

Harold Gibson

Harold, a Professor of Volcanology and Ore Deposits at the Harquail School of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, is the founding Director of Metal Earth, a $104M research project whose goal is to determine controls on the differential base and precious metal endowment of greenstone belts. Harold’s research spans ancient and modern volcanic ore systems with […]

Investment Strategies

40 min.

Room A - Red Cloud Klondike Strike Inc.

Investment

The Art of a Deal

Cuts in grassroots exploration by gold producers have limited their ability to replace reserves at current gold price levels. Gold producers are seeking to do deals (joint ventures, earn-in, private placements) with explorers to fill their project pipelines. We take a look at the backdrop that created the current environment and what deals look like from the producer’s and explorer’s viewpoint.

25 min.

Room A - Red Cloud Klondike Strike Inc.

Investment

Joe Mazumdar

Joe Mazumdar has been Co-Editor and Analyst at Exploration Insights since December 2015. Previously, he spent six years as a Senior Mining Analyst at Haywood Securities and Canaccord Genuity in Vancouver, and prior to that another six years as Director of Strategic Planning, Corporate Development at Newmont Mining (Denver) and Senior Market Analyst/Commodity Trader at […]

Geology Update of the Upper Beaver Deposit

A discussion on Timiskaming-age, magmatic-hydrothermal gold-copper mineralization located within the Blake River Group, Northeastern Ontario.

25 min.

Room B

Geoscience

Ray Zalnieriunas

Private Equity for Exploration – Modifying the PE Model to Finance Junior Miners

Mining-focused private equity, which got its start in the late 1990s, may now be at a crossroads. With many funds concentrating in, or moving toward, the construction and operating phases of projects, only a select few are focused on the earliest stage of the mining development cycle—exploration. Private Equity for Exploration will provide a background to private equity in mining, delve into the dynamics of the current investment landscape and the benefits of considering private equity as a financing option, and conclude by outlining what attributes of a company or project might attract private equity investment.

25 min.

Room A - Red Cloud Klondike Strike Inc.

Investment

Russ Cranswick

Russ Cranswick, a Professional Geologist with over 30 years of mining industry experience, is a partner and Head of the Opportunities Fund at Resource Capital Funds, a group of mining-focused private equity funds. Prior to joining RCF in 2000 and relocating to Denver, Mr. Cranswick was based in Vancouver and spent four years as a […]

$ LUNCHEON WITH OUR HONORARY PRESIDENT MR. PIERRE LASSONDE (Conference given in French)

Gold or Copper: Which Has the Brightest Future? (conference given in French) Our entire civilization is built on copper–without electricity, we’d be back in the Middle Ages. Advances in solar energy and electric cars not only solidify copper’s position as a cornerstone of our civilization but point to an even greater consumption of the metal. However, the depletion of current reserves, coupled with a dearth of major new finds, foreshadows a period of high prices ahead. Gold is facing the same pressures: resources are being depleted, and new finds are rare. Meanwhile, there is a growing suspicion of paper currency, what with the rising debt levels of countries such as the USA, Japan and Italy. These debts are so astoundingly high they may never be repaid. The future looks bright for both these metals! Ticket cost :  $100

60 min.

Sheraton Centre, Salon ABC

Pierre Lassonde

AmAuCu – Lac Doré & Corner Bay Exploration and Resource Extension Success

With over 18,000 meters of drilling completed in 2017/2018, there were many high-grade intercepts that enabled us to add to the known historical resources at Cedar Bay and Corner Bay mines and identify several new zones of mineralization with economic potential at Corner Bay. This presentation will show those results and discuss the significance of the success and future opportunities they bring.

25 min.

Room B

Geoscience

Andrey Rinta

After graduating from Laurentian University with a B.Sc. in Geology (Honours), Andrey worked for Kinross Gold for a number of years in the Russian region (epithermal veins/porphyry systems in the Okhotsk-Chukotka volcanic belt) gaining experience in production and exploration geology before joining AmAuCu as Exploration Manager.

State of Mineral Finance 2018: Gaining Momentum (conference given in French)

The presentation will provide a detailed retrospective of financing dynamics for the mineral exploration and mining industry since 2011. Based on analysis of a broad set of financial metrics, the report outlines how available funding for and activity levels within the mineral industry have improved in recent years from low points in 2015. However, the apparent industry recovery has not been evenly distributed and both financing opportunities and activity levels remain well below the peaks seen in 2011.

25 min.

Room A - Red Cloud Klondike Strike Inc.

Geoscience

Glenn Mullan

Over a career spanning more than 40 years, Glenn has followed a traditional exploration and prospecting path. He started out with contract geophysical surveys, then prospecting and staking mining claims independently while completing his B.Sc. in Geology and Earth Sciences at Concordia University. Glenn has brokered numerous prospector/vendor transactions with arms-length public companies, and formed […]

Update of the Croinor Gold Deposit and Property

Progress of the exploration and definition diamond drill campaign of the Croinor Gold deposit and of the exploration of the 150-square-kilometre Croinor property. How the diamond drill campaign relates to Croinor Gold's 2018 pre-feasibility study.

25 min.

Room B

Geoscience

Ronald Leber

Mr. Leber graduated from McGill University with a B.Sc. in Geological Sciences. He has worked in Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan for 30 years in surface exploration and in the mining sector in production, development and underground exploration. Over his career, he has been involved in production and explored for gold and base metals. Mr. Leber […]

The Goldex Mining Complex: From Exploration to Mining of Multiple Contrasted Mineralized Ore Zones (conference given in French)

The Goldex mine is a low-grade stockwork deposit hosted in a dioritic intrusion. The geometry of the deposit changes significantly with depth. Drilling of high-grade vein-type mineralized zones is currently underway in the mafic volcanic rocks south of the diorite (South Zones). The nature of these mineralization zones is still uncertain. Exploration work is also underway east of Goldex in the area of the former Joubi mine, where the potential for Goldex-type and high-grade vein-type ore is under investigation.

25 min.

Room B

Geoscience

Richard Morel

Richard Morel is Assistant-Superintendent of the geology departement at Goldex Mine. He graduated from École Polytechnique de Montréal (UdM) in 2003 with a Bachelor of Engineering (Geology) degree. He has 15 years of experience in exploration, mining and mineral resource estimation in various Abitibi gold mines (Sigma, Doyon, Westwood, Goldex).

Geological Update, Regional Potential and New Prospecting Ideas for the Eau Claire Deposit Area (conference given in French)

The Eau Claire gold deposit contains M&I mineral resources of 4.3 Mt @ 6.18 g/t Au (853,000 oz.) and inferred mineral resources of 2.4 Mt @ 6.53 g/t Au (500,000 oz.). Eastmain has completed a positive Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Eau Claire deposit. With this study in hand, along with improved geological understanding of the deposit, the company is returning to aggressive prospecting and property scale exploration of numerous underexplored locations in addition to the pursuit of favorable regional scale mineral styles to identify additional mineral resources to extend the project’s initial life span as outlined in the PEA.

25 min.

Room B

Geoscience

Carl Corriveau

Carl Corriveau holds a bachelor’s degree in resource geology from UQAM and has worked in Canada and abroad for junior and major exploration companies. He became Exploration Manager at Eastmain Resources in August 2016. Previously, he worked for Canadian Malartic Corporation, Osisko Mining Corporation, Clifton Star Resources, Areva, Unigold Inc. Consulteck and Geonordic Technical Services. […]

Juniors: Management – How to Spot the High Achievers (conference given in French)

It is essential to assess staff quality in order to identify the high achievers— the people who are the most likely to make money for investors. The three main characteristics of high-performing staff are:

1. Entrepreneurial spirit
2. Expertise
3. Communication skills

25 min.

Room A - Red Cloud Klondike Strike Inc.

Investment

Jacques Bonneau

Jacques Bonneau has a Bachelor’s of Geological Engineering and a Master of Science from Université Laval. With more than 40 years of exploration and development experience in the mining sector, he has worked for Soquem, Falconbridge Copper and the Vior-Mazarin mining group. Over the years, he has been actively involved in the acquisition, discovery and […]

$ COCKTAIL AND AWARDS GALA

Presented by FASKEN - Ticket cost : $ 150  

Sheraton Centre, Salon ABC

$ BREAKFAST-CONFERENCE YOUNG MINING PROFESSIONALS (YMP)

Ticket cost:  $70 

1 1/2 h

Sheraton Centre, Salon ABC

TRADE SHOW

From 9 a.m to 4 p.m., visit the exhibitors and the different zones of the exhibition floor!

Business Café des Affaires et Zone Rendez-vous Sponsor by : OSISKO GOLD ROYALTIES

Pub Explo Sponsor by : FOND DE SOLIDARITÉ FTQ, HYDRO QUÉBEC,  RESSOURCES FALCO, RAYMOND CHABOT GRANT THORNTON, PROBE METAL INC

Pause-café mercredi et jeudi

Sponsor by :  MIDLAND EXPLORATION

What We Don’t Know About VMS Systems: Alteration and Composition Issues

Each of the five lithotectonic VMS environments has a unique set of components. We need better understandings of subvolcanic intrusions as possible metal sources, sub-seafloor vs. seafloor mound depositional settings, size and composition of key vectors in alteration systems, ore compositions, and the form and content of exhalite caps. Questions include: Why do advective vs. hydrothermal components in alteration systems vary in size: e.g., Na depletion from 2x footprint to 10s of km, what controls abundance/composition of carbonate alteration and on Ba and Tl partitioning into sericite vs. barite or low-T sulfides, and paleo- water depth control of Au content?

30 min.

Room B - Hecla Mining Company

Geoscience

James Franklin

James is a consulting geologist and former Chief Geologist at the GSC. Throughout his career, he has researched alteration fingerprinting methods for VMS deposits and vein-type gold deposits, developing new uses of lithogeochemical data to provide exploration vectors. He led the GSC’s Marine Minerals Program, discovering, mapping and drilling “black smokers” on oceanic spreading ridges. […]

What We Don’t Know About VMS Deposits: Metal Endowment Processes

VMS deposits are one of the best understood deposit types, an outcome of research on ancient and modern deposits. We have a good understanding of the processes responsible for sulfide deposition, zone refining and metal zonation, alteration, and their association with volcanic centres and synvolcanic structures. However, our understanding of the larger VMS ore systems is lacking. Notably, we cannot predict the VMS endowment or fertility of greenstone belts, nor can we predict metal tenor, especially gold content. We suspect a magmatic contribution is necessary for giant and/or Au-rich deposits, but arguments presented for ancient deposits are largely circumstantial.

30 min.

Room B - Hecla Mining Company

Geoscience

Harold Gibson

Harold, a Professor of Volcanology and Ore Deposits at the Harquail School of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, is the founding Director of Metal Earth, a $104M research project whose goal is to determine controls on the differential base and precious metal endowment of greenstone belts. Harold’s research spans ancient and modern volcanic ore systems with […]

The Influence of Giants on Knowledge: The LaRonde Deposit Case, From 2000 to Today (conference given in French)

The LaRonde mine has produced over five million ounces of gold, in addition to major amounts of silver, copper and zinc. The gold-rich volcanogenic massive sulfide lenses of the LaRonde-Bousquet 2 complex are among the richest and largest of the world, with a total tonnage of 88 Mt (13.6 MOZ Au; cumulative production, reserves and resources). The detailed study of the LaRonde deposit has contributed significantly to our understanding of such deposits and helped improve exploration models. Access to new areas of the deposit at depth (underground and drill core) makes it possible to further study this exceptional deposit and improve our technical and scientific knowledge.

25 min.

Room B - Hecla Mining Company

Geoscience

Patrick Mercier-Langevin

Patrick has been a senior Research Scientist as a metallogenist at the Geological Survey of Canada in Québec City since 2006. He is currently Science Leader of the Gold Project of the Targeted Geoscience Initiative 5. Patrick is also the Vice-President for Regional Affairs of the Society of Economic Geologists.

Airborne EM Geophysics Applied to VMS Exploration – Case Studies (conference given in French)

Airborne EM methods have played a key role in the exploration of VMS deposits thanks to their excellent electrical properties. Over the last decades, the continuous improvement of modern EM platforms operating either in time domain (VTEM) or with natural sources (ZTEM) has led to a significant increase in their detection power, making it possible to easily detect deep deposits, which went undetected in the past. In this presentation, we show some successful examples of VTEM and ZTEM survey results that have led to the discovery of VMS mineralization in various regions of the world.

25 min.

Room B - Hecla Mining Company

Geoscience

Nasreddine Bournas

Nasreddine Bournas is a Senior Geophysicist with Geotech Ltd. (Aurora) and has expertise in the interpretation and modelling of airborne geophysical data and their integration with geology. He has been involved in many interpretation projects focusing on the exploration of various types of mineral resources worldwide. He holds a Ph.D. in geophysics and has delivered […]

The Scott Deposit: Geological Settting and Implications for VMS Exploration in the Chibougamau Region (conference given in French)

The Scott polymetallic deposit includes several distinct lenses of massive and stringer sulfides distributed over a distance of two kilometres. The mineralized zones are mainly associated with felsic volcanics with a particular chemical signature. A positive Preliminary Economic Assessment was recently filed on the deposit. Exploration work led to confirmation of a large, vigorous hydrothermal system that suggests the possible presence of a deposit larger than the resources discovered to date. Stratigraphic and lithogeochemical knowledge, combined with a better understanding of regional structures, could lead to other VMS discoveries on the property and elsewhere in the Chibougamau region.

25 min.

Room B - Hecla Mining Company

Geoscience

Gérald Riverin

Gérald Riverin received a degree in geological engineering from Université du Québec à Chicoutimi in 1972, and a Ph.D. from Queen’s University in 1977. He has spent his entire career in industry and was involved in the developement of several properties, including Troilus, an open pit gold and copper mine north of Chibougamau. More recently, […]

Bathurst Mine Camps

25 min.

Room B - Hecla Mining Company

Geoscience

Stratiform Copper Mineralization in Metamorphosed Manganese Siliceous Dolomites of the Grenville Supergroup, Mitchi Project, Kintavar Exploration (conference given in French)

Kintavar Exploration explores Mesoproterozoic (~1.2 Ga) copper-bearing marble basins over more than 100 square kilometres north of Mont-Laurier in Upper Gatineau. These are siliceous dolomites metamorphosed to amphibolite facies as indicated by olivine and by diopside paragenesis. The stratiform copper levels show at least three phases of Grenvillian folding. Two copper facies are distinguished: a) very finely disseminated chalcocite in a serpentinized olivine marble and phlogopite and b) coarser composite chalcopyrite-bornite grains in diopside-phlogopite rocks ranging from marble to feldspar-diopside rocks. In the region, the end of the Rigolet orogeny, at 0.95 Ga, is accompanied by the Lesueur alkaline intrusion and sodic-calcic hydrothermal activities associated with extension faults. Chalcopyrite and bornite can be remobilized in post-orogenic scapolite to infill cavities.

25 min.

Room B - Hecla Mining Company

Geoscience

Alain Cayer

Mr. Cayer, geologist, began his career with SOQUEM in 1998, looking for rare earth and base metal deposits on the North Shore in Quebec. In 2002, he joined the Virginia Gold Mines team as a project geologist and discovered, in 2003, the Éléonore gold deposit in James Bay. In 2011, he joined GéoMégA Resources as […]

Comparing the Metamorphic Volcanogenic Sulfide Deposits of Grenville and Australia (conference given in French)

The heavily metamorphosed Proterozoic volcanic-sedimentary sequences of Grenville Province contain volcanogenic sulfide deposits. These deposits share many similarities with two of Australia’s biggest metamorphic deposits: Cannington, one of the largest silver mines on the planet, and Broken Hill, where BHP was founded. Cannington’s sulfide deposits are located in metamorphic amphibolite facies, while Broken Hill’s are found in granulite facies. The talk will focus in particular on the remobilization and concentration of gold and silver in these deposits.

25 min.

Room B - Hecla Mining Company

Geoscience

Michel Gauthier

Michel Gauthier was a Professor of Economic Geology in Université du Québec à Montréal’s Earth and Atmosphere Sciences department from 1981 to 2013.

Significance of Magnetite in VMS From the Matagami Mining Camp, Abitibi: Implications for Exploration (conference given in French)

Magnetite is a common accessory mineral in VMS deposits. However, in some archean deposits, magnetite can be a major component (50%) of the mineralogy, rendering some parts of the deposit sub-economic or barren. This is the case in the Matagami mining camp, in Abitibi, where all of the 20 exploited deposits have at least 10% magnetite (up to 30%). This study aims to better understand the petrogenesis of the massive magnetite zones. The methodological approach combines 3D modelling of the magnetite zones, detailed petrography and in situ major and trace elements chemistry of sulfides and oxides.

25 min.

Room B - Hecla Mining Company

Geoscience

Dominique Gena

Undergrad (2007) at Montpellier (France) Master (2009) and Ph.D. (2015) at UQAC Recipient of the Julian Boldy Award (2011). Since 2013: Researcher at CONSOREM (Mineral Exploration Research Consortium). Since February 2018: Research Associate at UQAC