Organized by the Geological Survey of Canada, Geoscience Australia, and the United States Geological Survey

Sponsored by the World Community of Geological Surveys and hosted by the American Geosciences Institute

New critical mineral deposits are required to secure the supply of natural resources that are used in today’s advanced technologies. The discovery and sustainable development of these new deposits represents a global chal­lenge. Governments and international geological survey organizations are responding by improved multinational cooperation, data sharing, and through investments in geoscientific research. This Critical Minerals Forum brings together representatives from multiple geological surveys organizations to provide an update on the latest geoscience results and to discuss future critical mineral research.

Presentations will focus on advanced mineral system models that are appli­cable to critical minerals and new methods for modelling mineral potential in buried, remote, and/or other challenging mineral exploration settings. Both of these research themes are included within the new Critical Mineral Mapping Initiative that is being conducted between the Geological Survey of Canada, Geoscience Australia, and the United States Geological Survey. Global efforts to expand this collaboration, including the development of an online geo­chemical portal for critical mineral deposits, will be discussed as part of this special session and is open to further contributions, research, and analysis.

Format

The Critical Minerals Forum will be hosted as a set of three regional sessions (Americas, Europe and Africa, and Asia and Oceania). Each regional forum will feature lectures from science policy experts and geoscientists during a live plenary and moderated discussion session with attendees. All pre-recorded science and policy presentations will be made available on­line the Monday prior to the corresponding live plenary and discussion sessions. The pre-recorded science and policy presentations will also be aired live prior to the corresponding plenary and discussion session.

All plenary and discussion sessions will be conducted in English with live captioning in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Modern Chinese, and Hindi.

Please contact Christopher Lawley at christopher.lawley@canada.ca with any questions about this webinar series.

Event Materials

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Sessions

Americas - 12 February 2021
The role of geological survey organizations to advance critical mineral research

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Moderator, Presenters and Panelists

• Geoff Plumlee (moderator), United States Geological Survey, USA
• Warren Day and Anne McCafferty (plenary speakers), United States Geological Survey, USA
• Geneviève Marquis, Geological Survey of Canada, Canada
• Jean-Yves Labbé, Québec Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources Naturelles, Canada
• Natalia Amezcua, Servicio Geológico Mexicano, Mexico
• Felipe Espinoza, Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería, Chile
• Felipe Mattos Tavares, Serviço Geológico do Brasil, Brazil

Europe and Africa - 19 February 2021
The past, present, and future directions of critical mineral research

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Moderator, Presenters and Panelists

• Geneviève Marquis (moderator), Geological Survey of Canada, Canada
• Daniel de Oliveira and Javier González Sanz (plenary speakers), Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia and Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Portugal and Spain
• Saku Vuori, Geologian Tutkimuskeskus, Finland
• Kathryn Goodenough, British Geological Survey, United Kingdom
• Blandine Gourcerol, Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, France
• Håvard Gautneb and Janja Knežević Solberg, Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse, Norway
• Lesego Peter and Puso Akanyang, Botswana Geoscience Institute, Botswana
• Taufeeq Dhansay, Council for Geoscience, South Africa

Asia and Oceania Session - 26 February 2021
Geoscience to support critical mineral discovery

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Moderator, Presenters and Panelists

• Andrew Heap (moderator), Geoscience Australia, Australia
• Karol Czarnota (plenary speaker), Geoscience Australia, Australia
• Young Joo Lee, Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia, Thailand
• Seong-Jun Cho, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, South Korea
• Regine Morgenstern and Rose Turnbull, GNS, New Zealand
• Helen Degeling, Geological Survey of Queensland, Australia
• Dattatreya Jeere, Sandip Roy, and Muduru Dora, Geological Survey of India, India