Some highlights from the CMIC Footprints Project at the Uranium site: In commemoration of Kurt Kyser

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1 cmic-footprints.ca Some highlights from the CMIC Footprints Project at the Uranium site: In commemoration of Kurt Kyser Kevin Ansdell, Kurt Kyser, Ken Wasyliuk, Gerard Zaluski, Dave Quirt, Tom Kotzer, numerous students, research associates (see abstract), and the Exploration Footprints Project team -Footprints Exploration Project Contribution # 170 SGS Open House Nov. 28,

2 Outline Kurt Kyser ( ) University of Saskatchewan Queen s University and Queen s Facility for Isotope Research August 29, 2017 Some highlights of the Footprint - geochemistry, alteration, surficial SGS Open House Nov. 28,

3 Kurt Kyser: U research SGS Open House Nov. 28, Celebration of opening of Geology Building Kurt and Mel Stauffer

4 Kurt Kyser: U research Mixing of two fluids basement, and basinal SGS Open House Nov. 28, Celebration of opening of Geology Building Kurt and Mel Stauffer

5 Kurt Kyser: U research 1989 Kurt s team Kurt, Tom Kotzer and others SGS Open House Nov. 28,

6 Kurt Kyser: U research Kotzer and Kyser (1995) Paragenesis of the basin Incorporation of mineral textures and chemistry, stable and radiogenic isotopes, fluid inclusions Chemistry and age of uraninite Paleomagnetism SGS Open House Nov. 28,

7 Kurt Kyser: U research Mineral chemistry, stable isotopes, Sr, U-Pb isotopes REE in uranium minerals Mostafa Fayek UofS Ph.D SGS Open House Nov. 28,

8 Kurt Kyser: U research Simple basement deposits Complex unconformitycontact deposits From Fayek and Kyser (1997) SGS Open House Nov. 28,

9 Kurt Kyser: U research SGS Open House Nov. 28,

10 Conference RFG 2018 Resources for Future Generations conference June 16-21, 2018, Vancouver rfg2018.org/ Abstract deadline January 15, 2018 EA39: In Memory of Kurt Kyser: Snapshots of Studies to Emphasize the Application of Isotope Geochemistry and Mineralogy to Earth Processes In commemoration of the breadth of research led by Kurt Kyser, which focused on the application of isotope geochemistry and mineralogy to Earth systems, we would like to invite colleagues, and particularly former students and post-doctoral fellows, to submit an abstract on any aspect of research that was ignited by work under Kurt's mentorship. SGS Open House Nov. 28,

11 Conference RFG 2018 Resources for Future Generations conference June 16-21, 2018, Vancouver rfg2018.org/ Abstract deadline January 15, 2018 EA39: In Memory of Kurt Kyser: Snapshots of Studies to Emphasize the Application of Isotope Geochemistry and Mineralogy to Earth Processes EN13: Global Uranium Deposits: From Exploration to Remediation EN14: Southwest Athabasca Basin, Canada: The Largest Undeveloped Uranium Deposits in the World See Mostafa Fayek or Kevin Ansdell SGS Open House Nov. 28,

12 Some highlights from the Footprints project If you are interested in any of the details shown on any slides, please contact Kevin Ansdell at At present, only the sponsor companies have access. They will be available once they have been published in journals, completed theses (when available to the public), etc, so that they can be properly referenced. SGS Open House Nov. 28,

13 CMIC-NSERC Footprints Project April April 2018 McArthur- Millennium $7.8M cash and in-kind funding from CMIC Sponsors $5.1M matching funding from NSERC Total = $12.9M Highland Valley from MDD Spec. Pub 5, 2007 Canadian Malartic SGS Open House Nov. 28, Lesher et al (2017)

14 CMIC Sponsors/Collaborators Collaborators: GSC TGI4 Program MERN Québec Saskatchewan Geol Survey BC Geological Survey Supporters: SGS Open House Nov. 28, Fullagar Geophysics UBC Geophysical Inversion Facility

15 The U Site Team Site Leaders - Kevin Ansdell and Kurt Kyser Ken Wasyliuk/Mohamed Gouiza Research Associates Richard Smith Martin Ross Julia King Reza Mir Dan Layton-Matthews Bernd Milkereit Matt Leybourne Pejman Shamsipour Najib El Goumi Steve Beyer Michel Chouteau Keiko Hattori Randy Enkin Benoit Rivard Steve Piercey Martina Bertelli plus Subject Matter Experts from sponsors SGS Open House Nov. 28, Marc Vallée Colin Farquharson Leo Feltrin John McGaughey William Morris Lesher et al (2017)

16 U site Graduate Students Nick Joyce MSc (Layton-Matthews) alteration mineralogy Shannon Guffey MSc (Piercey) lithogeochemistry Mary Devine MSc (Hattori) surficial geochemistry Shawn Scott MSc (Ross) surficial geology Marissa Valentino MSc (Kyser/Leybourne) fracture geochemistry Mehrdad Darijani PhD (Farquharson) overburden stripping Dong Shi PhD (Milkereit) seismic S-waves SGS Open House Nov. 28,

17 In Memory of Kurt Kyser Resources for Future Generations conference June 16-21, 2018, Vancouver rfg2018.org/ Abstract deadline January 15, 2018 EA39: In Memory of Kurt Kyser: Snapshots of Studies to Emphasize the Application of Isotope Geochemistry and Mineralogy to Earth Processes EN13: Global Uranium Deposits: From Exploration to Remediation EN14: Southwest Athabasca Basin, Canada: The Largest Undeveloped Uranium Deposits in the World See Mostafa Fayek or Kevin Ansdell SGS Open House Nov. 28,