graduate student’s research good as gold: canadian & australian researchers follow up

(april 07, 2009 --thunder bay, on)
researchers in canada and australia have responded positively to graduate student carissa isaac's msc thesis entitled, stable isotope (n, o, h) geochemistry, petrology and compositions of biotite of the musselwhite mine, ontario: implications for mineralisation. not only will they be pursuing the project, which involves gold mineralisation at musselwhite mine located on the southern shore of lake opapimiskan, in northern ontario, but they will be doing so with $15,000 in funding provided by musselwhite.

"the project involves investigating how gold deposits such as in musselwhite form," says dr. pete hollings, associate professor of geology at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 . "the applications of this kind of research were immediately clear to me, as it also was to my australian colleague dr. john walshe." dr. walshe is a geochemist with csiro, and chief research scientist at the australian resources research centre (arrc) at kensington, perth, western australia (wa).

dr. hollings explains, "the planned research will build on the preliminary data set collected by carissa to see if her ideas and models can be extended throughout the deposit. the long-term objective is to determine the source for the gold, and identify fluid pathways. by identifying the pathways we hope that we can assist musselwhite in their exploration for more gold both within the mine and in adjacent areas."

isaacs says, "i am thrilled that my research is going to be followed up by dr. hollings and dr. walshe. obviously, this signifies that my research is on the right track." isaacs is currently preparing a paper for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, and applying to the phd program in geology at the university of western australia.

musselwhite mine is a fly-in fly-out, 4,000 tonne per day underground gold producer. beginning commercial production in 1997 with almost two million ounces in reserves and a nine-year mine life, musselwhite has since reached production milestones of a quarter of a million ounces of gold annually. with existing mineral reserves, musselwhite has an expected mine life through to 2013.



-30-

media: dr. pete hollings, and carissa isaacs are available for media interviews. for more information contact lisa pelot, communications officer, at 343-8177, or commun@lakeheadu.ca

about lakehead
lakehead is a comprehensive university with a reputation for innovative programs and cutting-edge research. with a main campus located in thunder bay, ontario and a campus in orillia, ontario, lakehead has over 7,900 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and 2,250 faculty and staff, and is home to the west campus of the northern ontario school of medicine. in 2006, research infosource inc. named 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 canada's research university of the year in the undergraduate category. for more information on 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 , visit www.hsbcwebinars.com