Submitted by Dr. Stephen Piercey, University Research Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Memorial University, St. John’s Campus

Fieldwork in Baie Verte, 2023

Front from left are Natasha Miller, B.Sc.’20 (Maritime Resources Ltd.); Gabriel Ariza (PhD candidate, Memorial University); Sara Craig (M.Sc. candidate. Queen’s University). Back from left are Daniel Layton-Matthews (Professor, Queen’s University); and Steve Piercey (University Research Professor, Memorial University).

Research project title – Understanding the relationships between Silurian (~440-420 million-year-old) magmatism, volcanic activity and plate tectonic processes to the formation of gold-copper and nickel-copper mineralization in the Springdale and Baie Verte peninsulas.