Knowledge and Methods in Mineral Exploration in Quebec: New Research Results from CONSOREM

November 17 2025, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
(Offered only in French)

Regular rate: $250

Student rate: $50

Workshop Organizer: Benoit Lafrance et Angélique Longtin (CONSOREM-UQAC)

This workshop presents the results of research projects carried out in 2024-2025 by CONSOREM (Consortium de recherche en exploration minérale) researchers. CONSOREM is a pre-competitive applied research partnership dedicated to producing cutting-edge knowledge and methods for mineral exploration in Quebec, as well as training and knowledge transfer. The results of 8 projects will be presented, covering a broad spectrum of mineral exploration themes:

1. Lithium in Quebec: mineral potential and exploration tools – phase 2;
2. Identification of synvolcanic hydrothermal discharge faults and their fertility;
3. Fault association, orogenic sedimentary basin and intrusions for gold exploration in contexts other than southern Abitibi – phase 2;
4. Normative calculations from ICP-ES or ICP-MS multi-element analyses with 4-acid extraction;
5. Typology of Archean metasedimentary basins and impact on metallogenic potential, phase 1 : Northern Abitibi Volcanic Zone;
6. Potential of LIDAR for mineral exploration
7. Biogeochemistry and mineral exploration in a boreal context – phase 3;
8. Systematic geochemical classification of felsic to intermediate intrusions in the Eeyou Istchee James Bay territory.