Geoscience research centre at Laurentian University focused on Precambrian ore systems research, education, exploration methodology, and targeting.
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We are #recruiting a post-doctoral researcher & MSc student to lead projects w/ @newfoundgold! Details: merc.laurentian.ca/careers_p…
#geoscience #geology #oredeposits #goldmineralization #newfoundland #gander #mineralexploration #gold #NFG #goldproduction #Exploration #HiringNow x.com/MERC_Geoscience/status…
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The 17th annual Student Minerals Colloquium at #PDAC2026 is accepting registration and abstract submissions! #SMC2026
28 Oct 2025
Attn students w/ #research projects in mineral deposits or economic #geology: Register now to present at #PDAC2026 at the @the_PDAC - @SocietyEconGeol Student Minerals Colloquium in March! Only 100 posters will be accepted. Details: merc.laurentian.ca/seg-smc
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🗺️We're recruiting 3 MSc #Geology students! Advance your knowledge in #gold mineral exploration with a fully-funded project. Study in the historic Val d'Or camp w/ sponsoring companies @agnicoeagle, @Eldorado_Gold, @WesdomeGold & @ProbeGold. 🔗 merc.laurentian.ca/sites/def…
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Mineral Exploration Research Centre retweeted
19 Sep 2025
Get details & register for December's 10-day intensive graduate-level course in Exploration Geophysics! Find the schedule and registration info here: hes.laurentian.ca/modular-co…
#mineralexploration #geophysics #geoscience #graduatestudies @LaurentianU @MERC_Geoscience
ALT Dec 4-13 Exploration Geophysics Modular Course in-person or online promo slide
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🧭We are seeking applicants for a new fully-funded #MSC #Geology project w/ @ONgeology & @HarquailES! Starts: spring 2026 🗺️
Expect extensive bedrock geology mapping & analysis. Apply now (or share the post)!
merc.laurentian.ca/sites/def… #economicgeology @PDAC_Students
ALT Students make observations in a geology field course
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All are welcome on Wednesday - join us at the Willet Green Miller Centre for Evan Hall's MSc #Geology thesis defence at @LaurentianU! @LULGradEtudes @ResearchLUL @GSM_LU
13 Sep 2025
Venue change >> @LaurentianU Willet Green Miller Centre, Seminar Room. Join us on Wednesday for Evan Hall's thesis defence, in person, or via Zoom! Details are on our events calendar at: hes.laurentian.ca/
ALT Evan Hall MSc Geology Thesis Defence - Wed. Sept. 17, 2025.
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Harquail School welcomes new director for applied geology master’s course sudbury.com/police/harquail-… via @sudburydotcom
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Interested in #gold deposits? Apply now & get paid to earn your MSc Geology w/ Fortitude Gold Corp. ⛏️
Start or continue your career at Isabella Pearl, #Nevada! hes.laurentian.ca/sites/defa… #economicgeology @geoscience @LULGradEtudes @HarquailES @GSM_LU @ResearchLUL
ALT Locator image of Isabella Pearl Mine, Nevada, USA.
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Join us in welcoming Lisa Gibson to @HarquailES w / @LULGradEtudes @GSM_LU @LaurentianU. We are excited to see her grow the Applied Mineral Exploration #MSc program, a unique, course-based Master's program that attracts students from around the world. 🌎🌏🌍 #geology
8 Sep 2025
We are pleased to welcome Lisa Gibson, P.Geo., as Director of our MSc Geology - Applied Mineral Exploration program.
Lisa will coordinate the School’s efforts to build capacity and expand its MSc Geology program in Applied Mineral Exploration.
Read more on our website above.
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Save your seat Oct. 6 for our Short Course: New Insights into Crustal-Scale Influences on Gold and Base Metal Endowment in the Superior Craton and the Abitibi Greenstone Belt. Details: merc.laurentian.ca/news-stan…
ALT MERC & Metal Earth NEOMMS pre-symposium Short Course promo with Northern Prospectors Association (NPA) logo; MERC Short Course, 6 October 2025, Kirkland Lake, ON
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Mineral Exploration Research Centre retweeted
20 Aug 2025
Join Maggie Laverge for her MSc Geology defence in the Executive Learning Centre at @laurentianu at 1:30 PM (Eastern Time) on Thursday, Aug 21.
Zoom: laurentian.zoom.us/j/9850458…
Structural Evolution and Controls on Gold Mineralization at the Great Bear Deposit, Red Lake, ON
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Congrats to our own Dr. Eric Roots (et al) on this new #openaccess #research paper in @Nature Communications! Read "Channelized metasomatism in Archean cratonic roots as a mechanism of lithospheric refertilization" here:
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
Thx @TIPS_SPIIE for support.
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Looking to upgrade your #geology degree and work with a fantastic team while earning your #MSc? We are on the hunt for applicants to take on an exciting project w/ @agnicoeagle, at Canada's largest gold-producing mine! ⏰Apply by August 30. Details: merc.laurentian.ca/sites/def…
ALT MSc project at Detour site (promo image) with Agnico Eagle, Canada, and MERC logos
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Our Spring newsletter is out! Find our latest publications, updates, and links to useful products inside. If you aren't a subscriber, here's the link: mailchi.mp/laurentian/merc-s… #geology #research #geoscience #mineralexploration @LaurentianU @HarquailES
ALT Industry geologists and academic researchers take in a presentation from PhD student Lianna Vice, standing at a podium in a hotel ballroom.
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In sharing the latest @HarquailES newsletter, we congratulate student award winners, graduates, and researchers on their accomplishments! 🏆 Great updates!
6 May 2025
Our Spring 2025 newsletter is out! 🌿🌎
Find the latest news, publications, and updates from the Harquail School of Earth Sciences here: mailchi.mp/laurentian/hes-sp… #geology #earthscience #PDAC2025
ALT Faculty members, staff, and approximately 40 HES students attended PDAC in March 2025. Pictured (L-R) are Dr. Elizabeth Turner with students Rowan Perrott, Taylor Mugford, and Wieland Boehme at the Laurentian University booth.
ALT Owen Davis, Maggie Laverge, and Rowan Perrott at the HES Banquet in April. The trio earned awards at the PDAC-SEG Student Minerals Colloquium in Toronto, March 2025.
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Join Metal Earth researchers Carla Petahtegoose, Rasmus Haugaard, & @steve_piercey, w/ #Indigenous leaders, collaborators, & experts in partnerships & #geoscience approaches for an engaging panel session at GAC-MAC 2025! merc.laurentian.ca/news-stan…
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Have a look at our latest #openaccess Metal Earth paper: Deformation Controlled Fluid Mass‐Transfer Processes in Ancient Orogens - Hill - 2025 - Geophysical Research Letters - Wiley Online Library agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.… #geophysical #archean #geology
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Mineral Exploration Research Centre retweeted
27 Mar 2025
Monday: Join us for Robert K. Amissah's MSc #Geology thesis defence "Impact of metamorphism and deformation on pyrite and precious metals at the epithermal Haile deposit, South Carolina, USA"
1:30 p.m. ET; in-person (FA 386)
ALT Robert K. Amissah's MSc #Geology thesis defence "Impact of metamorphism and deformation on pyrite and precious metals at the epithermal Haile deposit, South Carolina, USA" 1:30 p.m. ET; in-person (FA 386)
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New #OpenAccess paper! "Trans-Crustal Geophysical Responses Beneath the Supergiant Timmins-Porcupine Orogenic Gold Camp, Canada" 🌎 3-D model reveals multiple conductivity anomalies to the south and north of the mining camp. ⚡️
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.…
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