Welcome to the Mineral Deposit Research Unit
The Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) is a collaborative venture between the mining industry and The University of British Columbia (UBC). The unit, which was established in 1989 with support and financial assistance from the mining industry and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), is an important part of the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences and an internationally recognized research group devoted to solving mineral exploration-related problems. (read more)
New Project Opportunities for 2012 and Beyond
MDRU is initiating several new collaborative research projects with industry for 2012 and beyond. We are looking for Expressions of Interest from potential industry partners to participate in industry consortiums to tackle topics of interest to savvy explorers. (read more - pdf)
Colombia Gold & Porphyry Project
Panoramic view of Cerro Vetas, Titiribí, middle Cauca belt
Colombia is one of Latin America's most important historic gold producers and in recent times has received a tremendous exploration upsurge due to improved in-country security and recognition of its untapped exploration potential. Primary exploration targets are gold rich porphyry and epithermal as well as orogenic gold deposits. The MDRU Colombia Gold and Porphyry Project concentrates on the metallogenetic framework as well as deposit and district scale characteristics of two major gold belts in Colombia. For more information, contact Thomas Bissig.
View of the Dawson Range from Prospector Mountain
The Yukon Gold Project will improve the regional geological and metallogenic knowledge base in the Yukon's Dawson Range and White Gold districts, where exciting recent discoveries have been made, including White Gold (Underworld/Kinross), Nucleus/Freegold (Northern Freegold), Coffee (Kaminak), and Sonora Gulch (Northern Tiger). We are pleased to have sponsorship thus far from Aldrin Resources, Barrick, Full Metal Minerals, Gold Fields, Kinross, Northern Freegold, Radius Gold, Silver Quest, Taku Gold, Teck, and Underworld. (read more)
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