Thu

28 Aug

MERC - Metal Earth Short Course at NEOMMS, Kirkland Lake

New Insights into Crustal-Scale Influences on Gold and Base Metal Endowment in the Superior Craton and the Abitibi Greenstone Belt

MERC Short Course, October 6, 2025 | Northern College campus, Kirkland Lake, Ontario

Northeastern Ontario Mines and Minerals Symposium (NEOMMS) - https://northernprospectors.ca/north-eastern-ontario-mines-minerals-symposium/

This one-day pre-symposium short course will highlight new results from Laurentian University’s Metal Earth program, where more than 1,000 km of reflection seismic, magnetotelluric, and gravity surveys have provided some of the highest-resolution imaging across transects with differing mineral endowments in granite-greenstone terranes across the Superior and Southern provinces. 

Presentations by researchers from Laurentian's Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC) and Metal Earth teams will detail the large-scale crustal architecture of endowed areas, as well as focused studies on deposits, along with structural and geochemical controls.

The contributions will emphasize the integration of field and laboratory geological, geochemical, and geophysical studies, providing new insights into the geological and metallogenic framework of endowed terranes, as well as the architecture of the structural conduits controlling the upward migration of melts and mineralizing hydrothermal fluids.  

Presentations 

9:00-9:45: John Ayer; Architecture and endowment of the Timmins & Larder Lake gold camps.

9:45-10:30: Jack Simmons; Archean metasedimentary belts and gold deposits of the Superior craton.

10:30-10:45: Break

10:45-11:30: Jonathan Sutton; Magmatic-hydrothermal gold in the Kirkland Lake camp: Insights from the Upper Beaver deposit.

11:30-12:15: Gyorgyi Tuba; Who let the gold out? A generalized model for hydrothermal Fluid Evolution and Gold mineralization in Orogenic Deposits.

12:15-1:00: Lunch

1:00-1:45: Taus R.C. Jørgensen; Assemblage and lithological compilations of the Abitibi Greenstone Belt and their use in assessing differential VMS endowment.

1:45-2:30: Keaton Strongman; The Architecture of an Archean Rift Network and Implications for Syn-Volcanic Metallogeny.

2:30-2:45: Break

2:45-3:30: Stefanie Brueckner; The Many Faces of VMS deposits: Exploration, Lithochemistry and Critical Metals.

3:30-4:15: Rasmus Haugaard; Deep drilling and geophysical evidence for a new large Ni-Cu-PGE ore deposit and impact structure in the northeastern part of the Sudbury basin

5:00: Reception at Sir Harry Oaks Chateau (museum) in Kirkland Lake

 

Short Course contact: John Ayer, jayer@laurentian.ca

ABOUT NEOMMS 2025 

NORTH EASTERN ONTARIO MINES & MINERALS SYMPOSIUM  

(NEOMMS) 

“Exploration and Mining is Shining – The Frontier Forum: Discovery of NEW Deposits for Mines of Tomorrow”

October 6-8, 2025; Northern College Campus, Kirkland Lake, ON

 

The Northern Prospector’s Association (NPA) is pleased to announce information on the Northeastern Ontario Mines and Minerals Symposium NEOMMS “Exploration and Mining is Shining – The Frontier Forum:

 Discovery of NEW Deposits for Mines of Tomorrow” on October 06th - 08th, 2025 at Northern College, Kirkland Lake, ON. 

 

This informative symposium will feature presentations by the Ontario Geological Survey, as well as mining industry presentations, poster displays, and Booths in a Trade Show format. Additionally, a pre-meeting course will be held, featuring presentations by the Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC), which will update current results from the Metal Earth Project. 

 

Preliminary Symposium Presentation Schedule

Monday, October 6, 2025: 

9:00 AM – 4:15 PM:  MERC Short Course

5:00 PM – Reception at Sir Harry Oakes Chateau (Museum)

 

Tuesday, October 7, 2025: 

9:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Poster Booth Displays, Industry presentations, OGS presentations

Evening: NEOMMS Banquet with Guest Speakers

 

Wednesday, October 8, 2025: 

 9:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Poster Booth Displays, Industry presentations, OGS presentations

 

Presentation schedules, online delegate registration, and poster booth registration: https://northernprospectors.ca/north-eastern-ontario-mines-minerals-symp...