SEGCF Award Recipients

SEGCF Grants

Name Amount University/Degree Thesis Topic
Lidbert Alarcon Laime CAD$5,480 Université Laval SWIR, mineralogy and geochemistry analysis on alteration minerals to vector orogenic gold fertile and volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits in the Val-d’Or.
Sheila Ballantyne CAD$6,850 University of Toronto Metal Remobilization of Metamorphosed and Deformed Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Deposits in the Snow Lake District, Manitoba, Canada.
Juan Bello Rodriguez CAD$5,617 University of Toronto Germanium endowment constraints in sediment-carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb mineral deposits.
Sarah Bowie CAD$959 University of Portsmouth Directly dating fault-controlled porphyry-epithermal-CRD mineralization in Northwestern British Columbia, Canada.
Rhian Dentelbeck CAD$4,795 University of Ottawa Lithogeochemical discrimination of source rocks of carbonaceous mudstones in volcanic assemblages of the Western Abitibi Greenstone Belt.
Jason Dyer CAD$2,740 Lakehead University Characterization of the alteration footprint of the McFinley gold deposit, Red Lake, Ontario.
Lütfi Ersay CAD$6,782 Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) and Laval University (ULaval) Influence of metamorphism and hydrothermal remobilization on the quality of graphite flakes in the Grenville Province.
Ian Goan CAD$1,850 The University of British Columbia Trace elements in magnetite from Alaskan-type intrusions in British Columbia as a tracer of Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization related to subduction zone magmatism.
Laurence Hamel CAD$3,220 University of Ottawa Refinement of the paragenetic model for Cenozoic orogenic gold deposits.
Margaret Laverge CAD$4,795 Laurentian University Structural controls on gold mineralization on the Great Bear Deposit, Red Lake, Ontario.
Kevin Mexia Duran CAD$3,288 Lakehead University Petrology and geochemistry of the Sunday Lake intrusion.
Mohammed Nayeem Mohammed Rifkhan CAD$5,617 Dalhousie University Occurrence and Recovery of Rare Earth Elements (REEs) from Kimberlite Tailings of Diamond Mines.
Philippe Mongeau CAD$6,850 University of Edinburgh Characterizing the source of fluids in variably Au-rich VMS occurrences of the Caledonian-Appalachian orogen using S isotopes: a mesothermal Au overprint?
Michael Nwakanma CAD$5,823 Lakehead University Characterization of Alteration and Mineralization of the Moss Lake Au deposit, Shebandowan greenstone belt, Northwest Ontario.
Dylan Spence CAD$6,576 The University of British Columbia Controls on Cr-Ni-Cu-PGE Mineralization in Subduction Zones: Magmatic Storage Conditions from Clinopyroxene and Hornblende in the Tulameen Intrusion, BC.
Nafiu Sulyman CAD$4,110 Lakehead University Pyrite chemistry as a mineralization vector in the Red Lake belt.
Chase Turner CAD$6,850 Lakehead University Vectoring through blind cover using mineral chemistry at the NorthWest Expo lithocap, Vancouver Island, Canada.
Jonathan Umbsaar CAD$6,850 University of Toronto Hydrothermal Fluid Evolution in Seafloor Massive Sulphide Systems: A Global Study of Critical Metal Abundances
Qiwei Zhang CAD$6,850 University of Alberta Indicator Minerals for Sublithospheric Diamond Deposits

SEGCF Fellowships

Name Amount University/Degree Thesis Topic
Nyah Bay CAD$6,000 University of Toronto Improve the predictive models for Canadian critical mineral exploration by employing supervised ML techniques with manually selected negative training labels.
Laurence Hamel CAD$5,000 University of Ottawa Geochronology, structural analysis and petrology to resolve the origin of a Cenozoic gold deposit in Greece.
Margaret Laverge CAD$7,000 Laurentian University Structural controls within multiple mineralized zones, relative chronology and absolute timing on gold mineralization on the Great Bear Deposit, Red Lake, ON.
Wil Munro CAD$6,000 University of Toronto Thermal Separation of Silicate-Fluorosilicate Melts: Trace Element Partitioning and Implications for Granite-Hosted REE Deposit
Miguel Angel Ortiz Chaparro CAD$5,000 Memorial University of Newfoundland Petrography and geochemistry of the Irra Monzonitic Stock, Western Colombia (XRF data analysis) Geochemical insights into the paleoenvironment of Au epithermal deposits, Newfoundland (SEM-ESD, ICP-MS, SIMS)
Greg Seitter CAD$5,000 Colorado School of Mines Low-sulfidation Ag-Au epithermal deposit in New Mexico.
Warren Wegener CAD$6,000 University of British Columbia The transition from skarn to porphyry-style alteration and mineralization at the historic Craigmont Cu-Fe skarn deposit using lithogeochemistry, petrography, and geochronology in order to develop porphyry exploration vectors for Nicola Mining Inc.’s New Craigmont property.

SEGCF Grants

Name Amount University/Degree Thesis Topic
Lindsey Abdale CAD$6,657 University of British Columbia Feldspar lead isotope data of alkaline rocks from Southeastern BC:
Saeid Baghban Asgharinezhad CAD$6,657 University of New Brunswick Rare earth element and yttrium (REY) mineralization in the Late Devonian evolved granite-related Mount Pleasant (Sn-Zn-In-Cu) (W-Mo-Bi) deposits, SW New Brunswick
Catriona Breasley CAD$5,325 University of British Columbia The geochemistry, petrology and mineralogy of the Prof pegmatite, Revelstoke, BC
Gil Pedro Cavalcanti de Albuquerque CAD$4,327 Université du Québec à Montréal Hydrothermalism and lithological and structural control on the formation of vein-hosted gold mineralization on the Ménarik property, Eeyou Ische James Bay
Ian Coxon CAD$4,526 Memorial University, Newfoundland A hematite-fraction specific trace-element investigation into oxidative weathering and iron mineralization in the 2.3 Ga Lorrain Formation, Huronian Supergroup
Christopher Emproto CAD$5,591 University of Michigan Origin of high-grade lithium mineralization in the Thacker Pass sediment-hosted lithium deposit
Allison Howes CAD$4,327 Queen's Exploring the heterogeneity of in-situ trace element geochemistry in VMS-associated banded iron formations: Reading between the bands
Alex Muller CAD$6,657 University of Alberta Geochronology, mineral chemistry, and geochemistry of kimberlites from Victoria Island, Nunavut, Canada
Kevin Man Hoi NG CAD$5,059 McGill University Genesis of bonanza grade epithermal gold-silver deposit in Brucejack, British Columbia, Canada
Nelson Román CAD$6,657 University of Toronto The trace element composition of gold alloy at the Klondike gold district, Yukon
Jinglin Xu CAD$4,327 University of British Columbia Defining the geometry of ore horizons at the XY Shale-Hosted Massive Sulfide (SHMS) Pb-Zn deposit using chemostratigraphy and the structural analysis of drill core
Qiwei Zhang CAD$5,591 University of Alberta Dating super-deep diamonds from the DO27 kimberlite, Slave Craton, Canada

SEGCF Fellowships

Name Amount University/Degree Thesis Topic
Ian Coxon CAD$10,000 Memorial University of Newfoundland Primary vs. later hydrothermal signatures in red beds will help develop analytical methods that I am eager to extrapolate to other redox-controlled or sediment-hosted systems (e.g., U, sediment-hosted Cu).
Lillian Glodowski CAD$7,500 University of Manitoba Characterizing mineralization styles in orogenic gold systems of Newfoundland
Danielle McGill CAD$8,000 University of Toronto Performing mineralogical and geochemical analyses on a V-rich metalliferous shale deposit located in the Northwest Territories.
Michael Powell CAD$8,500 Dalhousie University High field strength element behaviour in late stage felsic systems.
Samuel Edem Kodzo Tetteh CAD$6,000 University of Manitoba Machine learning tools to create mineral exploration mapa using geochemical data in the Kamiskotia area, a known VMS district in Ontario and close to the world-famous Kidd Creek deposit.

SEGCF Undergraduate Awards

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Caroline Barnes CAD$1,000 Queen's University Zinc mineralization hosted in Proterozoic Grenville marbles at the Salerno Lake Deposit: insights from sphalerite elemental and isotopic composition.
Maiya Callister CAD$1,000 The University of British Columbia Characterizing and Assessing the Porphyry Fertility of the Telegraph Creek Property Intrusive Suite.
Eve Carrothers CAD$1,000 University of Toronto The pyrite trace element chemistry of the Giant gold deposit, NWT.
Daniel Giannotti CAD$1,000 University of Toronto The depositional conditions of host rocks of the Prairie creek Zn, Ag, Pb, Ge deposit - implications for deposit formation and/or preservation.
Jack Halloran CAD$1,000 University of Ottawa High Sulphidation Cu-Au Overprint of the Porphyry Cu-Au deposit, Filo del Sol, Argentina.
Ingrid Helmke CAD$1,000 Dalhousie University Studying the age and growth history of the calcite amygdules in Devonian basalts from the McArras Brook Formation, Nova Scotia.
Sarah Mills CAD$1,000 Western University Characterizing mafic volcanic rocks and the nature and timing of associated hydrothermal alteration rocks on Parker Island, Wollaston Lake, Saskatchewan.
Hanna Titto CAD$1,000 Lakehead University Structural analysis of the Quetico and Wawa subprovince boundary in relation to shear zone hosted gold.

SEGCF Grants

Name Amount University/Degree Thesis Topic
Lindsey Abdale CAD$2,564 University of British Columbia On the feasibility of imaging carbonatite-hosted rare earth element deposits using remote sensing
Kiera Broda CAD$5,642 McGill University The application of Fe Isotopes to understanding assimilation/redox-driven fractionation and concurrent magmatic Ni-Co mineralization
Connor Caglioti CAD$5,129 Lakehead University Geochemistry and mineralization of the Mesoproterozoic Escape Intrusion
Ben Eaton CAD$6,411 University of British Columbia Deep Learning & Drift Prospecting: machine learning classification of Cu-porphyry indicator minerals by optical microscopy-µXRF-SEM in the Kemess District
Edgar Eck CAD$3,077 Colorado School of Mines Geochemical and Geological Study of the TV-Jeff VMS Deposit in British Columbia, Canada
Tyler Hnatiuk CAD$2,693 University of Manitoba Rare-earth potential associated with carbonatite magmatism in the Superior Boundary Zone, Manitoba
Allison Howes CAD$6,411 Queen's University Using non-conventional isotopes for constraining the genesis of banded iron formations from the Bathurst Mining Camp, New Brunswick
Derek Leung CAD$5,129 Laurentian University All that glitters is gold? The spectroscopy, trace-element chemistry, genesis, and exploration implications of green micas associated with gold deposits
Mary Macquistan CAD$4,231 University of British Columbia Mineralogical and geochemical characterization of the Gun occurrence, Yukon Territory, Canada
Rémi Naulot CAD$6,155 University of Quebec at Chicoutimi Vectorising towards VMS and epithermanal mineralisations using carbonite alteration using: case study of Selbaie area (Quebec, Canada)
Peteris Rozenbaks CAD$3,847 Dalhousie University Vanadium partitioning between apatite and biotite as a potential oxybarometer
Dylan Spence CAD$5,513 University of British Columbia Subduction Zone Magmatism and Cr-Ni-Cu-PGE Mineralization Potential: Insights from Olivine Chemistry in the Tulameen Intrusion, British Columbia
Allison Surrette CAD$3,206 Queen's University Analysis of long-term stability of filtered tailings from the Cantung Mine, Northwest Territories
Merve Uygur CAD$5,385 University of Toronto Geostastical Approaches for Mineral Resource Assessment of Seafloor Massive Sulfied Depostis

SEGCF Fellowships

Name Amount University/Degree Thesis Topic
Daryll Bien Concepcion CAD$5,000 University of Toronto Yukon hyper-enriched black shale (HEBS) study
Dallas Dixon CAD$5,000 University of Saskatchewan Orogenic gold deposits at the Seabee Gold Operation in northern Saskatchewan, Canada
Ben Eaton CAD$5,000 MDRU, University of British Columbia Drift prospecting & deep learning: Deep neural network classification of Cu-porphyry indicator minerals by data assimilation of SEM, µ-XRF, & optical microscope analysis
Remi Germain CAD$7,500 Colorado School of Mines Structural and tectonics project associated with the formation of the Appalachians in Nova Scotia
Tramaine James CAD$7,500 Laurentian University The Toroparu Au-Cu deposit, Guyana, South America; Paragenesis and structural controls on mineralization
Philippe Mongeau CAD$5,000 Université Laval, Québec The role of fluid-rock reactions on gold-endowment at the Meliadine gold district, Nunavut, Canada: a sulfur isotope study
Ryley Penner CAD$5,000 University of Ottawa Geodynamic controls on VMS deposit size and precious metal enrichments from geochemistry

SEGCF Undergraduate Awards

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Katherine Bormann CAD$1,000 University of Toronto Exploring the effect of REE cations on the properties of solar salt
Aidan Buyers CAD$1,000 Saint Mary's University Chemical Characterization of Melt Inclusions in Blake River Volcanics of the Swayze Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Ontario
Andrea Caratsch CAD$1,000 University of Toronto Hydrothermal alteration proximal to veins at the Lonestar deposit, Yukon Territory
Sara Craig CAD$1,000 Queen's University Mineralogical, Geochemical and Petrological Investigation of Conboy Lake Showings in the Archean Michipicoten Greenstone Belt, Wawa Subprovince, Canada: Implication for Base Metals and Gold Exploration
Arthur Hilliard CAD$1,000 Dalhousie Examining pyrite zonation and trace element indicators to identify auriferous fluid phases within the Lone Star Deposit, Yukon Territory, Canada
Kingslei Medina CAD$1,000 University of Saskatchewan Tracking Pyrite Textures and Composition Through the Evolution of the Golden Marmot Target, Brucejack Au-Ag Deposit, British Columbia, Canada
Chelsey Merrick CAD$1,000 University of Toronto The REDOX setting of the stratabound V mineralization at the Van property, Northwest Territories
Rachel Webb CAD$1,000 University of British Columbia Chromite Petrochemistry of the Polaris and Tulameen Alaskan-type Intrusions in the Cordillera of British Columbia: Implications for Convergent Margin Magmatism and Ni-Cr-Cu-PGE Mineralization

SEGCF Grants

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Reza Al Furqan CAD$6,384 Akita University Deciphering hydrothermal evolution of phyllic alterations in the Grasberg porphyry system, Papau, Indonesia
Brendan Bishop CAD$5,852 University of Regina Rare earth element potential of subsurface brines in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
Robert Collar CAD$5,985 McGill University Re-Os dating of sulfides at the Kinsevere deposit: timing of Cu-Co mineralization in the context of basin evolution in the Central African Copperbelt
Alexander Farrar CAD$3,990 University of Tasmania Crustal architecture and geodynamic controls on formation of giant porphyry copper deposits in the Central Andes
Amanda Galar CAD$6,650 Universidad Nacional de La Plata The siliceous geothermal systems of the Deseado Massif and their relationship with the origin of life
Amanda Galar CAD$6,650 Universidad Nacional de La Plata The siliceous geothermal systems of the Deseado Massif and their relationship with the origin of life
Rafael Gordilho Barbosa CAD$3,857 Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Eo-to-mesoarchean tectonic and metallogenetic settings from the northern São Francisco Craton, NE Brazil: geochronological and short-lived radionuclides perspectives
Dilem Herdem Yucel CAD$3,059 University of Toronto Trace element loss in pyrite at different pressures and temperatures
Jhoan Crhistian Humpiri Chávez CAD$5,719 National University of the Altiplan-Puno Mineralogical, lithological and geochemical determination and analysis of the structural behaviour of the mine at the Pomperia school in Puno-Peru
Klaus Kuster CAD$6,650 Laurentian University Petrogenesis and metallogenesis of polymetallic Cr-Ni-Cu-PGE systems in the Superior Province, Canada
Faqiao Li CAD$6,384 China University of Geosciences (Beijing) A new prospecting method for porphyry copper deposits: from the study of SHRIMP in-situ oxygen isotope of chlorite
J. Javier Rey-Samper CAD$6,384 Universidad Complutense de Madrid - UCM Mineralogy and geochemistry of sulfides precipitated by microbial metabolism
Chaneil Wallace CAD$6,650 Laurentian Mineralizing fluids of carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb deposits
Jarred Zimmerman CAD$6,650 University of Washington An extinct hydrothermal system in an active field, Yellowstone National Park

SEGCF Fellowships

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Joy Carter CAD$7,500 University of Toronto Unraveling the Geological History of the Fenelon gold Property and the Relative Timing of Gold Mineralization
Tianna Groeneveld CAD$5,000 Lakehead University Geoology and petrogenesis of Ni-Cu-PGE hosting intrusions within the Thunder Bay-Lake Nipigon region
Darius Kamal CAD$5,000 UBC The Effects of Cordilleran Deformation on the Howard's Pass XY Deposits, Yukon
Jessie Kehew CAD$5,000 University of Ottawa Analyzing sub-basins in the Lau Basin and investigating the potential for locating mineral deposits using acoustic data
Kevin Man Hoi Ng CAD$5,000 McGill University Porphyry-epithermal Au-Ag systems of Brucejack Au-Ag deposits in northern B.C., Canada
Ruth Orloci-Goodison CAD$7,500 Laurentian University Geometry, rheology, mineralogy, and chronology of variably mineralized breccia in the shallow portion of the Upper Beaver Deposit, Larder Lake, Ontario
Walyde Veronique CAD$5,000 UQAM Structural controls of veins and stratigraphy of the Rhyacian supracrustal rocks of the Maripa gold deposit area, French Guiana

SEGCF Undergraduate Awards

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Nina Buchanan CAD$1,000 Lakehead University The mineralogy and petrology of the Saturday Night intrusion, Northwestern Ontario
Tavis Enno CAD$1,000 University of Western Ontario A Mineralogical and Geochemical Investigation of Gold Mineralization in the SW Zone at the Troilus Gold-Copper deposit, Northwest Quebec
Nicole Freij CAD$1,000 University of Toronto Pyrite chemistry of the Drogo prospect Nunavut
Damian Friesen CAD$1,000 University of Saskatchewan "Mineralogical and geochemical analysis of Talston Domain gneisses, Davidson River Project, northwestern Saskatchewan: Protolith determination" - the aim of the thesis is to provide constraints on the basement rocks that host uranium mineralization in one of the most active exploration plays in the Athabasca Basin area
Graham Halcrow CAD$1,000 University of New Brunswick Granophile Mineralization of the Kedron Granite: Evaluation of Relations to Igneous Textures, Extremely Fractionated Granite Geochemistry, and Alteration
Caleb Isaac CAD$1,000 University of British Columbia Classification of the intrusive and alteration signatures of the Kwanika porphyry deposit
Fleurange Parent CAD$1,000 Laurentian University "An integrated mineralogical and textural study of felsic norite from the Sudbury Intrusive Complex: Investigation into the cause(s) of anomalous resistivity"
Catherine Suclan CAD$1,000 University of Ottawa Characterizing the parental magmas of volcanic rocks associated with the giant Hishikari gold deposit, Japan
Rosa Toutah CAD$1,000 Dalhousie University Systematic Classification of Diamond Dissolution Features from Class 1 and Class 3 Kimberlite Pipes
Jinglin Xu CAD$1,000 University of British Columbia A Textural and Chemical Study on Sphalerite from Howard's Pass Deposit, Yukon
Nahanni Young CAD$1,000 University of Regina Petrographic and Raman spectroscpopic study of graphite from the Gryphon uranium deposit, Athabasca Basin, northern Saskatchewan
Daixi Zhang CAD$1,000 University of Toronto The REDOX setting of the stratabound V and Ni Mo mineralization at the Rod property, Yukon Territory

SEGCF Grants

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Russell Ashton CAD$7,050 University of Western Ontario Mineralogical and Geochemical Study of the Ni-rich magmatic sulfides of the E&L Mineral Zones, Nickel Mountain Gabbro Complex, British Columbia
Stan Roozen CAD$7,050 McGill University Gold partitioning behavior between tourmaline and aqueous fluid
Dustin Shockley CAD$3,525 Colorado School of Mines The Proterozoic History of the Montezuma Shear Zone and Structural Controls on Mineralization of the Oligocene Montezuma Stock
Dustin Peters CAD$7,050 Laurentian University Genesis and Localization of Ni-Cu-PGE Mineralization in the North Range of the Sudbury Structure, Canada
Callum Walter CAD$4,512 Queen's University Augmenting Geological Field Mapping and Mineral Exploration ith Real-Time 3D Digital Outcrop Modeling
Sandra Baurier Aymat CAD$7,050 Laurentian University Genesis and Localization of Ni-Cu-PGE Mineralization in the South Range of the Sudbury Structure
Emma Scanlan CAD$4,230 Queen's University Sediment-hosted Pb-Zn mineralization in the Selwyn Basin Yukon and the relationship to alkaline magmatism
Henning Seibel CAD$7,050 Laurentian University Genesis and Localization of Ni-Cu-PGE Mineralization in Offset Dikes in the Sudbury Structure
David Benoit CAD$4,653 Université du Québec à Montréal Exploration for rare earth vein mineralization in the Central Geniss Belt of the Grenville Province, Maniwaki, Quebec
Ryley Collins CAD$5,358 University of Southern California Cooling and erosion history of a VMS-bearing ophiolite: A multi-chronometer approach to the Bay of Islands ophiolite complex, western Newfoundland
Brandon Chase CAD$3,525 University of Alberta Lithosphere Architecture of the Fort à la Corne Kimberlite Field from Magnetotelluric Data
Justin Jonsson CAD$4,230 Lakehead University Petrogenesis of mineralization horizons within the Offset Zone of the Lac des Iles mine, N. Ontario

SEGCF Fellowships

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Laurence Guyot-Messier CAD$5,000 Universite du Quebec a Montreal Structural and statigraphic architecture of a Grenvillian supracrustal sequence (marble and felsic metavolcanics) that host zinc deposits
Jason Hinde CAD$5,000 University of Alberta PGE and REE processes that lead to PGE/REE concentration
Taylor Ledoux CAD$5,000 University of British Columbia Using zircons from Arizona, British Columbia, and Chile to identify regions of high porphyry potential
Liam Maw CAD$5,000 University of British Columbia Stratiform base-metal deposits (VMS, SEDEX) and epithermal Au-Ag systems
Michael Rego CAD$5,000 University of Toronto Defining the extent and potential for mineralization at a skarn deposit in the Selwyn Basin, Yukon, Canada.
John Shmyr CAD$7,500 University of Saskatchewan Metamorphosed Brabant Mckenzie VMS Deposit in northern Saskatchewan.
Miguel St-Denis CAD$7,500 Universite du Quebec a Montreal Provenance of REE-Ti-Zr paleoplacers in Lower Paleozoic rocks of the Quebec Appalachians

SEGCF Undergraduate Awards

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Daryll Bien Concepcion CAD$1,000 University of Toronto A tale of two magnetites: A LA-ICPMS study of massive and blebby disseminated magnetite from the Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa
Olivia Dale CAD$1,000 University of Ottawa Fluid flow along fault zones: a geochronology and geochemistry investigation
Nicole Kerbs CAD$1,000 University of Regina Petrological and Geochemical study of the newly Discovered Carbonatites in the Patterson Lake Area, Northwestern Saskatchewan
Katherine Power CAD$1,000 University of Ottawa Tectonic Fabric Analysis of the North Fiji Basin: Regional Controls on Hydrothermal Fluid Flow
Luc Roy CAD$1,000 Laurentian University An analysis of the opaque mineralogy at the Courvan Au system, Val-d'Or, Québec: Evaluating the relationship between oxidation and development of Au mineralization.
Kallie Stone CAD$1,000 Memorial University of Newfoundland & Labrador Hydrothermal Fluxes at the Niua South Vent Field, Tofua-Kermadec Arc
Daniel Thomson CAD$1,000 University of Saskatchewan A Geological, Petrological and Geochemical Study of the Finlay-Mckinlay Outcrop, Southern Lynn Lake Greenstone Belt, Manitoba

SEGCF Grants

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Colin Aldis CAD$4,050 Queen's University Genesis of the Carbonate-Hosted Sulfide Zn-Pb Deposits in the Vazante Basin, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Implications for basin evolution and mineral exploration
Jessamin Belle Demegillo CAD$3,443 University of the Philippines Metallogenesis of the Bagacay volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, Samar, Philippines: Constraints from geochronology, mineral chemistry and fluid inclusion microthermometry
Nikola Denisova CAD$4,185 Memorial University Stratigraphy, hydrothermal and tectonomagmatic environment of the Kudz Ze Kayah volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposists, Yukon
Vanessa Elongo CAD$3,375 University of Alberta Characteristics and spatial distribution of geochemical anomalies around the CanTung mine, Northwest Territories, Canada
Marc Fassbender CAD$4,050 University of Ottawa Host rocks of Seafloor mineralizaiton in the active Lau Basin and ancient analogs
Alexander Geen CAD$4,050 University of Victoria Sulfide stability during metamorphism: Tracing the source for placer gold deposits on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Patrick Hamilton CAD$2,700 Lakehead University Mineral chemistry of advanced argillic alteration in the Pemberton Hills lithocap, Vancouver Island
Well-Shen Lee CAD$6,750 Laurentian University Geology, Genesis, and Fluid Evolution of the Klaza Epithermal Deposit and the Kelly-Cyprus Porphyry, Mount Nansen district, West-Central Yukon
Slawomir Mederski CAD$5,535 AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow Hydrothermal Pb-Zn-Sb-Ni mineralization in the Kizhnica area, central Kosovo: mineralogical and geochemical studies
Guilherme Primo CAD$4,388 University of Campinas Magmatic Fertility applied a mafic to intermediates rocks and their Metalogenetics implications in the East Region of the Alta Floresta Gold Province- MT
Stan Roozen CAD$5,670 McGill University Reconstructing major and trace elemental composition of orogenic gold fluids by using tourmaline mineral probe: a new methodology to study ore deposits.
Emma Scanlan CAD$3,105 Queen's University Sediment-hosted Pb-Zn sulphide deposits of the Selwyn Basin, Canada: Implications of spatially and temporally associated alkaline volcanism
Milen Stavrev CAD$5,400 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Geochemical zonality of the magmatic-hydrothermal system near Babyak, Western Rhodopes, Bulgaria
Sterling Vanderzee CAD$4,725 University of British Columbia Carbon Sequestration in Ultramafic Mine Waste: From Exploration to Tailings Stabilization
Andrew Wagner CAD$4,860 Saint Mary's University Characterization of apatite-hosted silicate melt inclusions in magmatic rocks associated with the Cantung (W-Cu) skarn deposit, Northwest Territories
Sandra Wind CAD$4,455 University of Ottawa Geodynamic Evolution of the Aegean Arc Rift and its Implication for Associated Precious and Base Metal Mineralization

SEGCF Fellowships

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Russell Ashton CAD$5,000 University of Western Ontario Mineralogical study of the Ni-cu-Co-Au-Ag-PGE sulfides in the Discovery Zone, Nickel Mountain, Northern BC
Crystal Brochard CAD$5,000 Universite du Quebec a Montreal The characterization of gold ore and its structural control in and around the Archean Douay intrusion, located in the vicinity of the Casa Berardi fault zone, southwest of Matagami
Andrew Jedemann CAD$10,000 Lakehead University The Geochemistry and Alteration of the Pemberton Hills Green Rock - characterizing a porphyry system
Carly Mueller CAD$10,000 Memorial University Origin and genesis of the Goldenville iron formations associated with base metals and orogenic Au, Baie Verte, Newfoundland
Rafael Ribeiro CAD$5,000 UNESP A detailed mapping on a structurally controled Au-Cu mineralization from Alta Floresta Gold Province (southermost portion of Amazon Craton, Brazil)
Eliott Theas CAD$5,000 Universite du Quebec a Montreal Geological and Structural study of porphyry #12, Odyssey project, Abitibi

SEGCF Undergraduate Awards

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Joy Carter CAD$1,000 University of Toronto Unraveling the Geological History of the Fenelon Gold Property and the Relative Timing of Gold Mineralization
Steven Dionne CAD$1,000 University of Ottawa Ammonium as a Vector for Epithermal Gold Deposits in Kyushu, Japan
Charlotte Erb CAD$1,000 University of Toronto The formation of mechanism of the large concretions found below high grade stratabound Ni, Mo and V mineralization in Canada and China
Lars Gibbard CAD$1,000 University of British Columbia Sphalerite Coloration and Chemistry in the Tom West sediment hosted massive sulfide deposit and its comparison to the deposits of the greater MacMillan Pass District
Ben Goldman CAD$1,000 Laurentian University Textural and Geochemical Analysis of Pyrite in Three Archean VMS systems in the Onaman Tashota Greenstone Belt, ON
Liam Maw CAD$1,000 University of Ottawa Using offshore geophysical data to help target mineral resources on land
William Midea CAD$1,000 University of Ottawa Characterization of magma responsible for the porphyry Cu-Au mineralization at the Dizon mine, Philippines
Kayla Soini CAD$1,000 Laurentian University A study of the occurrence, distribution and relationship to Au mineralization of telluride minerals at the Ashley mine, Bannockburn Twp, Timiskaming District, ON.
Dylan Spence CAD$1,000 University of British Columbia Olivine in the Polaris Alaskan-type Intrusion of North-central British Columbia: Implications for the Magmatic Evolution of Primitive Arc Magmas and for Convergent Margin Ni-Cu-PGE Ore-forming Systems
Adriana Taylor CAD$1,000 Queen's University Relationship between mafic magmatism and hypogene zinc mineralization, Vazante District, Brazil: mineralogical and geochemical evidence.
Eric Vandenburg CAD$1,000 University of British Columbia-Vancouver Constraints on the Petrogenesis of the E&L Magmatic Ni-Cu-(PGE) Deposit, Northwestern British Columbia, from LA-ICP-MS Lead Isotope Systematics of Sulfides
Jenna Whitney CAD$1,000 Laurentian University Scheelite as an indicator mineral: The Macallan Gold Project

SEGCF Grants

Drew Barkoff Amount University Thesis Topic
Drew Barkoff CAD$4,680 University of Nevada, Las Vegas Behavior of critical metals in a highly evolved rhyolite magmatic and hydrothermal system
Christopher Beckett-Brown CAD$5,460 Laurentian University Tourmaline crystal chemistry as an indicator of porphyry-related mineralization
Michelle Campbell CAD$5,980 Oregon State University Ar-Ar geochronology of tourmaline in porphyry copper deposits
Lucille Daver CAD$4,550 University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM) Mineralogical and noble gas isotopic analysis of fluid and solids inclusions in diamonds: study case of Renard mine diamonds, QC, Canada
Renelle Dubosq CAD$3,900 University of Ottawa Interrogating the atomic structure of microstructural base- and precious metal traps in pyrite: New approaches to 2D and 3D microstructural and geochemical imaging.
Dillon Johnstone CAD$5,850 University of Regina The lithological and structural evolution of the Patterson Lake corridor, SW Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada: Host to a world-class uranium or system
Bryan Maciag CAD$4,030 Dalhousie University Experimental Study of the Effect of Contamination on Sperrylite Solubility
Matthew Manor CAD$6,500 Memorial University of Newfoundland Petrology and Nd-Hf isotope geochemistry of VMS-related felsic rocks and crustal growth of the northern Canadian Cordillera, Yukon
Dylan McKevitt CAD$4,680 Laurentian University Geology and Geochemistry of Mafic-Ultramafic Sills in the Northern Permits, Raglan Ni-Cu-(PGE) District, Cape Smith Belt, Nunavik, Québec
Xuyang Meng CAD$5,850 Laurentian University Timing of the mineralization and overprinting of the metamorphosd Tongkuangyu copper deposit, North Zhongtiaoshan region, Trans-North China Block
Andrew Steiner CAD$5,850 University of British Columbia Mapping auriferous fluid pathways in the Nadaleen trend Carlin-type gold deposits, Yukon
Neal Sullivan CAD$2,600 University of Toronto The transport of PGE and Au in hydrothermal fluids: A new experimental approach designed in search for a unified PGE ore deposit model
Callum Walter CAD$5,720 Queen's University 3D UAV Magnetometry for Improved Target Characterization in Mineral Exploration
Sandra Wind CAD$4,550 University of Ottawa Geodynamic Evolution of the Aegean Arc Rift and its Implication for Associated Precious and Base Metal Mineralization

SEGCF Fellowships

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Robert King CAD$6,000 Memorial University of Newfoundland Potential for further MVT mineralization up ice from Pine Point using indicator minerals
Zhi Guo Dong CAD$5,000 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Metallogenic environment and target optimization of manganese ore belt from west Kunlun,China
Ryan Shaw CAD$10,000 University of British Columbia Mineralogical Reaction modelling of partial extractions in geochemical samples
Jonathan Marleau CAD$6,500 Universite du Quebec a Monreal Metallogeny, stratigrpahy and deformation of the South branch of the Eastmain Greenstone Belt, Quebec
Pearce Luck CAD$7,500 University of British Columbia Hydrocarbon geochemistry in non-petroleum based mineral exploration
Andrew Wickham CAD$5,000 University of British Columbia Surface till geochemistry and host lithogeochemistry of a concealed kimberlite

SEGCF Undergraduate Awards

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Mary Besaw CAD$1,000 St. Francis Xavier University Geochemical characterization of K-feldspar from rare-element enriched granitic pegmatites
Gerald Broughton CAD$1,000 Laurentian University Coarse Siliciclastic Rocks of the Panda Sub-Basin
Rebecca Canam CAD$1,000 University of British Columbia Petrologic and geochemical characterization of a carbonate-bearing, amphibole-phyric intrusion at Hjalmar Lake, South Rae Craton, Northwest Territories: implications for mineralization potential
Hilary Chang CAD$1,000 Memorial University of Newfoundland Locating Earthquakes Using Waveform Characteristics in Source Scanning Method
Joachim de Fourestier CAD$1,000 Carleton University Application of nano-scale ATLAS imaging to purported volcanic products of the El Laco volcano, Chile
Joëlle Dufour CAD$1,000 University of Ottawa Barite mineralization within the Cyclades, Greece
Taylor Ledoux CAD$1,000 University of British Columbia Deportment of thallium in the non-sulphide bearing Taron epithermal Cesium deposit: Implications for economics, mining, metallurgy and the environment
Derek Leung CAD$1,000 Laurentian University Taking rocks for granite: An integrated mineralogical, textural, and petrographic baseline of curling stones used in international-level competition
Kanwar Multani CAD$1,000 Dalhousie University Experimental study of reaction textures in volcaniclastic kimberlites
Adrian Oberland CAD$1,000 Laurentian University Volcanic Stratigraphy and Alteration of the Sunrise Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposit, Beaulieu River Volcanic Belt, Northwest Territories
Tabetha Sheppard CAD$1,000 University of Ottawa Ammonium Content and Minerals in Epithermal Silver Deposits
Marko Szmihelsky CAD$1,000 University of Alberta Paragenesis and fluid sources of the PIne Point Mississippi-Valley Type Pb-Zn District

SEGCF Grants

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Alice Alex CAD$4,422 University of Toronto The effect of redox conditions on the speciation of sulphur and the solubility of Au, Cu, and Ag in magmatic hydrothermal fluids
Nicolas Derome CAD$4,958 Lakehead University Red Lake deposit alteration geochemistry
Aliou Djiba CAD$3,350 University of Hamburg Porphyry Cu-Au and epithermal Au-Ag-Te systems at Lemnos island, Aegean Sea, Greece: mineralogy of hydrothermal alteration and related mineralization
Eric Garcelon CAD$2,948 University of New Brunswick Gold and silver in the massive sulfide ores of the northern Bathurst Mining Camp
Aaron Hantsche CAD$4,154 University of Geneva Distal skarns as an ore-forming environment
Garrett Hill CAD$4,288 Montana Tech Using fluid inclusions and C,O,H and Sr isotopes to understand the genesis of dolomite-hosted talc mineralization in Montana
Dylan Langille CAD$3,216 University of Western Ontario The mineralogical characterization of peralkaline granites hosting HREE-rich pegmatites, Lac Brisson, Quebec
Bryan Maciag CAD$1,876 Dalhousie University Speciation of arsenic and antimony in silicate melts with implications for magmatic processes
Alexandra Malygina CAD$4,154 Murmansk University - Apatity Branch The petrogenesis and economic potential of reef-style PGE-V mineralisation in the Paleoproterozoic Gabbro-10 intrusion of the Monchegorsk Complex, NW Russia
John Meyer CAD$4,154 Colorado School of Mines Robotic underground mapping and surveying: System development, deployment, and data integration
Ana Paula Orellano Ricchetti CAD$1,608 Universidad de Buenos Aires Metallogeny of the Paramillos de Uspallata Pb-Zn-Ag vein deposit, Mendoza, Argentina
Jamie Price CAD$3,752 Cardiff University Gold mineralisation and tectonomagmatic evolution of Yalgoo-Singleton Greenstone belt, Western Australia
María Roman Alday CAD$1,876 University of Geneva Hydrothermal alteration in the Elastite porphyry Cu-Au-PGE deposit, Bulgaria: a quantitative mineralogy and mineral geochemistry study
Eliza Smith CAD$4,958 University of Western Australia The role of granitoid magmatism and associated magmatic-hydrothermal fluids in mineralisation processes in the Carajás Mineral Province, Brazil
Christos Stergiou CAD$5,628 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Critical and rare metals in Tertiary magmatic-hydothermal deposits at Serbo-Macedonian Metallogenic Province in Greece (Vathi, Gerakario, Pontokerasia, Laodikino)
Miguel Tavares Nassif CAD$5,226 Colorado School of Mines Interplay between gold mineralizing event(s) and structural evolution in the Archean southern Abitibi greenstone belt, Ontario, Canada
Mert Ugurhan CAD$5,092 The University of Texas at Austin Timing, Mineralization and Molybdenum Isotope Characterization of Cave Peak Porphyry Molybdenum Deposit, Culberson County, Texas
Zhuosen Yao CAD$3,886 Institute of Geology and Geophysics - Chinese Academy of Sciences Toward a preliminary demonstration for dynamic processes of sulfide droplet in magma conduit: evidence from ore texture in the Kalatongke deposit, NW China

SEGCF Fellowships

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Lindsay Debono CAD$5,000 Western University Characterization of the Onaping Intrusion at the Sudbury impact structure, Ontario, Canada
Vittoria Smith CAD$5,000 Lakehead University Isotopic systematics of the Ghost Lake Batholith, Ontario, Canada
Brodie Stroh CAD$10,000 University of British Columbia Timing and mechanisms of orogenic gold mineralization in western Yukon, Canada
Craig Green CAD$5,000 University of Victoria Ore deposit study on REE-fluorite mineralization in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
Chris Jenkins CAD$5,000 University of Toronto Re-examining the cyclic unit model in the Peridotite zone, Stillwater Complex, MT, USA: Implications for cumulate layer formation in ultramafic rocks

SEGCF Undergraduate Awards

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Matthew Brown CAD$1,000 Laurentian University Origin and mode of emplacement of 'metabreccia' and 'footwall breccia' in the Whistle Offset, Sudbury Ontario
Patrick DesRosiers CAD$1,000 Queen's University Characterization of uranium and gold bearing phases of the Kitumba deposit
Chad Dundas Smith CAD$1,000 Queen's University Mineralogical, petrographic and lithogeochemical characterization of chromite rich units in the northern Lac Des Iles Complex near Thunder Bay, Ontario
Kate Gonzalez Woods CAD$1,000 Dalhousie University An experimental study of the effect of water on chromite saturation in komatiite
Andrew Jedemann CAD$1,000 Lakehead University The geochemistry and petrology of the Boyer showing within the Coldwell Alkaline Complex
Spencer Killins CAD$1,000 Lakehead University The Lac de Gras field DO-18 pipe classification, indicator mineral & diamond quality analysis
Robin Mann CAD$1,000 Saint Mary's University Mineralization occurences and relationships between the northern Freegold properties, Irene and Goldy
Chantal Norris-Julseth CAD$1,000 Brandon University Characterization of gold mineralization, Eden deformation zone, Manitoba
Charlotte Stone CAD$1,000 Laurentian University Trace element distribution and mobility in diagenetic pyrite
Jacob VanderWal CAD$1,000 Dalhousie University A new multi-proxy approach to characterizing calcite fracture-filling processes, and the implications for geothermal energy systems
Elliot Wehrle CAD$1,000 Laurentian University Mineral chemistry of gahnite from Snow Lake, Manitoba: Implications of major and trace element variations in the context of a metamorphosed VMS system
Mariah Williams CAD$1,000 Saint Mary's University A geological classification of diatreme-associated W-Mo occurrence, Revenue, Dawson Range, Yukon

SEGCF Grants

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Charles Beard CAD$4,180 McGill University Fingerprints of rare metal enrichment in alkaline igneous systems
Yujian Wang CAD$6,350 Laurentian University Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization in Sudbury Igneous Complex, Canada
Shane Higbee CAD$1,400 Acadia University Partial digestion reagents and soil mineral matrices in exploration geochemistry
Matthew Bodnar CAD$5,080 University of British Columbia Modeling surface geochemical responses above a VMS deposit
Brian McNulty CAD$6,350 University of Tasmania H-W and L-M-P ore horizons of the Myra Falls VHMS district, BC, Canada
Ronald Massawe CAD$3,560 University of New Brunswick Cu-Ag porphyry and skarn mineralization, McKenzie Gulch area, northern New Brunswick, Canada
Justin Drummond CAD$1,020 Queen's University Geochemistry and diagenesis of groundwater calcrete, Western Australia
Carter Grondahl CAD$6,350 University of Toronto Evolution of ore-forming magmas associated with magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposits
Nikolett Kovacs CAD$3,430 University of British Columbia Carmacks Copper Cu-Au-Ag oxide deposit, west-central Yukon
Mandy Krebs CAD$4,060 University of Alberta Impurities, defects and isotope compositions of smooth-surfaced diamond
Yiguan Lu CAD$5,080 Laurentian University Jinbaoshan Pt-Pd-(Cu)-(Ni) and Baimazhai Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposits, Yunnan province, SW China
Shane Rich CAD$5,080 University of British Columbia Deerhorn Cu-Au porphyry deposit and associated alteration through transported overburden
Halley Keevil CAD$2,920 Colorado School of Mines The White Mountain Gold Deposit, Jilin Province, Northeastern China
Laurence Pryer CAD$4,830 University of Alberta Cretaceous delamination driven regional exhumation, Selwyn basin, Central Yukon
Rebecca Paisley CAD$3,300 McGill University A geochemical approach to constraining magmatic degassing in rhyolitic systems
Fabien Rabayrol CAD$1,590 University of British Columbia Tectono-magmatic evolution of the Anatolian-Tauride metallogenic belt, Turkey
Alonso Encina CAD$3,810 Universidad de Chile Development of new technology for exploration of precious metals deposits

SEGCF Fellowships

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Roy Greig CAD$5,000 University of Arizona High level characteristics of Laramide-age porphyry Cu systems in SW US
Barry Penner CAD$10,000 University of British Columbia Structural evolution of the Howard's Pass Pb-Zn district and the Cantung W mine region
Daniel Meagher CAD$5,000 Saint Mary's University Trace element chemistry and emplacement characteristics of intrusive rocks, Abitibi greenstone belt
Cole McGill CAD$5,000 Queen's University Style, source and paragenesis of mineralization in a copper prospect within the Macquarie Arc, Australia
Christopher Kelly CAD$5,000 Laurentian University Alteration and geochemistry associated with 3 gold deposits in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt

SEGCF Undergraduate Awards

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Chanelle Boucher CAD$1,000 Lakehead University Alteration and geochemistry of sedimentary units within the Coldwell Complex
Matthew DeGasperis CAD$1,000 Western University Gold mineralization of the Central Dome stock in Red Lake, Ontario
Rachel Gavin CAD$1,000 University of British Columbia Geologic controls on argentiferous veins, Cariboo Gold district, east-central British Columbia
Michele Hakimian CAD$1,000 University of Ottawa Volcanostratigraphy of the Neoarchean Fort Hope greenstone belt, Superior Province
Corin Jorgenson CAD$1,000 Dalhousie University Solubility of sulfur in carbonatites
Brent Kazamel CAD$1,000 Queen's University Buried uranium mineralization, Athabasca Basin and lithium mineralization, northern Ontario
Well-Shen Lee CAD$1,000 University of British Columbia Study of gold-bearing veins surrounding the 5 Moz Coffee gold deposit, Dawson Range, Yukon
Ming Liu CAD$1,000 Queen's University Thallium isotope fractionation in the Howard's Pass district SEDEX Deposit
Joshua-Kha Nguyen CAD$1,000 University of Toronto Archean Au-quartz vein/disseminated mineralization, Rice Lake Greenstone Belt, S.E Manitoba
Neera Sundaralingam CAD$1,000 University of Western Ontario Gold content in pyrite-hosted veins, Malartic, Quebec
Jonathan Sutton CAD$1,000 Laurentian University Evolution and variations of Cr-bearing spinels within contrasting kimberlite facies
Lucas Wolfe CAD$1,000 University of Ottawa Mineral chemistry in glacial sediments near Gibraltar, British Columbia

SEGCF Grants

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Halley Keevil CAD$3,240 Colorado School of Mines The White Mountain Gold Deposit, Jilin Province, China: Defining Ore Controls in an Enigmatic Breccia-Hosted Gold Deposit
Sandra Rosset CAD$1,800 University of British Columbia- MDRU Hydrothermal Alteration at the Kerr Deposit, KSM Project, NWBC
Gustavo Oliveira CAD$4,800 Queen's University Geochemistry and paragenesis of the Vazante Group Carbonatic Units, Brazil: Applications to fluid-rock interacation and zinc mineralization during basin evolution
Neil Fernandes CAD$4,560 Queen's University Geochemical and mineralogical evolution of metal- and organic-rich horizons in Proterozoic,siliciclastic rocks of the Vazante mining district, Brazil: Constraints on metal sources for sediment-hosted Zn-Pb deposits
Laurence Pryer CAD$5,400 University of Alberta Using thermochronology to track the Cretaceous post orogenic unroofing of the Anvil Batholith, Central Yukon and the effect of regional exhumation on mineralization
Giuseppe Arfe CAD$4,800 Universita degli Studi di Napoli Frederico II Supergene Zn(Pb) nonsulfide deposits in the Bongarà district, northern Perù
Stefanos Zaimis CAD$4,200 TU Bergakademie of Freiberg The distribution of critical metals at the Lavrion (Attica, Greece) intrusion-related polymetallic ore system
Joanna Kolodziejczyk CAD$4,320 AGH University of Science and Technology Bismuth mineralization in the Stan Terg Pb-Zn-Ag deposit, Kosovo
Kathryn Grodzicki CAD$4,560 MDRU, University of British Columbia Geology, alteration, and mineralization of the Coffee gold deposit, west Yukon, Canada
Fabien Rabayrol CAD$5,400 University of British Columbia Tectono-Magmatic Evolution of the Anatolian-Tauride metallogenic belt, Turkey
Erik Haroldson CAD$3,600 University of Wisconsin-Madison Fluid Inclusion study of the Reef Au-Cu Occurrence, Marathon County, Wisconsin
Simone Runyon CAD$4,200 University of Arizona Variation in Porphyry Copper Deposits Across Arizona: Depth of Emplacement, Pluton Composition, and Na-Ca (-K) Alteration
Kiyavash Parvar CAD$3,600 Queen's University Development of Autonomous UAV systems for magnetic field surveys
Tyler Hill CAD$3,600 University of Nevada-Reno Time Space Relationships between Sediment-hosted Gold Mineralization and Intrusion-Related Polymetallic Mineralization at Kinsley Mountain, NV
Christopher Herron CAD$5,040 University of British Columbia Defining the carbonate alteration footprint of the Cortez Hills Carlin-type gold deposit, central Nevada, USA using stable isotopes 18O and 13C as an exploration tool
Khalhela Zoeller CAD$5,040 University of Ottawa Source of base and precious metals in oceanic crustal rocks: Implications for metal fluxes to high-temperature seafloor hydrothermal fluids on the mid-ocean ridges
Merli Oliveras Segui CAD$3,120 University of Geneva Ore-forming fluids in the Lepanto epithermal high-sulfidation deposit, Philippines: Composition, origin and time evolution
Yannick Bussweiler CAD$4,200 University of Alberta Olivine as a Petrogenetic and Exploration Indicator in Lac de Gras Kimberlites
Ben Frieman CAD$4,200 Colorado School of Mines Structural evolution and geodynamic setting of the southern Abitibi subprovince in Ontario and Quebec, Canada

SEGCF Grants

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Melissa Anderson CAD$5,000 University of Ottawa New Hebrides arc, Solomon Islands
Anezka Borcinova Radkova CAD$3,000 Queen's University Antimony and arsenic mobility in tailings
Michael Buschette CAD$3,000 Memorial University Boundary Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide
Heather Carson CAD$5,000 Laurentian University The Black Thor Intrusive Complex
David Diekrup CAD$5,000 University of Ottawa Banded iron formations, Abitibi Ontario
Ben Frieman CAD$3,000 Colorado School of Mines The Boston Creek domain, southern Abitibi Subprovince
Emilie Gagnon CAD$2,000 University of Ottawa The Archean North Caribou greenstone belt
Enkhgerel Gerelchuluun CAD$5,500 University of British Columbia Poison Mountain porphyry Cu-Au-Mo deposit
Ryan Kressall CAD$2,500 Dalhousie University Kimberlite magmas
Jonathan Lavoie CAD$2,500 University of Geneva The polymetallic Beqtakari deposit, Lesser Caucasus of Georgia
Kaveh Mehrmanesh CAD$3,500 Laurentian University The Black Label chromitite horizon, Black Thor Intrusive Complex
Jessica Pickett CAD$3,500 Queen's University PGE classification and recovery from glacial till dispersion trains
Fabien Rabayrol CAD$5,000 University of British Columbia Anatolian epithermal and porphyry-style deposits, Turkey
Kate Rubingh CAD$4,000 Laurentian University The New Britannia Mine
Jessica Stromberg CAD$3,000 University of Western Ontario Dome Mine
Helen Thomas CAD$3,000 Colorado School of Mines Metamorphosed ore deposits
Scott Tokaryk CAD$5,000 Laurentian University The Archean Vickers gabbroic complex
Longbo Yang CAD$4,500 McGill University Fluorite-REE deposits in the Gallinas Mountains, US

SEGCF Fellowships

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Aaron Bustard CAD$7,500 University of Waterloo Unconformity-type U deposits, Thelon Basin
Evan Slater CAD$7,500 Laurentian University Silver-zinc-tin deposit, Argentina
Nicholas Joyce CAD$5,000 Queen's University Unconformity-related uranium deposit in the Athabasca Basin
Stephen Ginley CAD$5,000 University of Ottawa Temagami banded iron formation
Neal Sullivan CAD$5,000 University of Toronto Unresolved problems in ore deposit geology

SEGCF Undergraduate Awards

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Renelle Dubosq CAD$1,000 University of Ottawa Dating Pb-Ag-Zn MVT mineralization, Serifos, Greece
Emily Griffiths CAD$1,000 McGill University San Andreas seismicity and ore forming processes
Thomas Bagley CAD$1,000 Acadia University Determining the heterogeneity of certified reference materials
Jennifer Spalding CAD$1,000 University of Ottawa (U-Th)/He dating of calcite, Serfios, Greece
Kate Carroll CAD$1,000 University of British Columbia A testing protocol to assess CO2 sequestration potential in mine waste
Sean Hillacre CAD$1,000 University of Saskatchewan Structural analysis and paragenesis of the Arrow U discovery, Athabasca Basin
Daniel Meagher CAD$1,000 Saint Mary's University Hydrocarbon-rich fluid inclusions in the Lupin BIF-Au deposit, Nunavut
Paul Wawrzonkowski CAD$1,000 Laurentian University Massive sulfide mineralization within footwall deposit in Morrison Mine and polymorphism of millerite within Sudbury Basin
Kimberly Martin CAD$1,000 University of Ottawa Petrology and mineralogy of quartz‐diorite hosted polymetallic veins, Iskut River Area
Trevor Weiss CAD$1,000 University of Western Ontario Characterising the Lamprophyre Dykes to the Ag-Au-Telluride Mineralization of the Midas Gold Prospect
Robin Super CAD$1,000 Lakehead University Comparing bio-oxidation versus conventional roasting of magmatic nickel ore from the Samapleu Deposit, Cote D'Ivoire
Cole McGill CAD$1,000 Queen's University Indium-bearing hydrothermal minerals in the hypogene Vazante zinc-silicate deposit, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sarah CoDyre CAD$1,000 University of Western Ontario Investigation of the gold, electrum, and gold-silver-telluride mineralization of the Midas property
Nikolett Kovacs CAD$1,000 Memorial University Carlin-style gold mineralization in the Yukon Territory; Venus Zone, Einarson property
Noah Nahachewsky CAD$1,000 University of Alberta Paragenesis and geochemistry of a new prospect in the Red Dog Zn-Pb-Ag±Ba District
Robin Wolf CAD$1,000 University of Toronto Determining the solvation capacity of molten carbonate for the platinum group elements, gold and rhenium
Darren Leduchowski CAD$1,000 University of Western Ontario The evaluation of tourmaline as an indicator mineral for gold deposits
Daniel Francis CAD$1,000 University of Alberta Paragenesis and mineralization of Ag-Zn-Pb veins in the Owl Southwest showing, Yukon
Mélanie Bouchard CAD$1,000 Laurentian University Relative timing of metamorphism and shear fabric development in the gold-hosting lower Detour deformation zone
Sam Attersley CAD$1,000 Memorial University Geochemical variations of magnetite from the El Laco Volcanic Complex, Chile
Jake Dove CAD$1,000 Lakehead University Structural controls of gold mineralization on Neepawa Island, Sioux Lookout greenstone belt
Eric Grandillo CAD$1,000 McGill University Petrogenesis of Fe skarns associated with alkaline igneous systems in rift environments
Matt Bunce CAD$1,000 University of Ottawa Sulfur isotopes and trace element analysis in the Far Southeast copper-gold porphyry deposit, Philippines
Rabeea Fatima CAD$1,000 Queen's University Using dendrochemistry to explore for uranium deposits at depth
Kaj Vaughan Sullivan CAD$1,000 Queen's University Using isotopes on fracture surfaces, MacArthur River and Cigar Lake uranium deposits

SEGCF Grants

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Naghmeh Farhangi CAD$5,000 Laurentian University Ni-Cu-PGE in the Black Label Intrusion
Alexander Timofeev CAD$2,800 McGill University The Nechacho REE deposit
Nicolas Gaillard CAD$2,500 McGill University The Canadian Malartic deposit
Rui Wang CAD$2,500 University of Alberta Porphyry Cu deposits in Tibet
Alexandra McGladrey CAD$2,500 Queen's University Large silicate zinc deposits
Ben Frieman CAD$2,500 Colorado School of Mines The southern Abitibi greenstone belt
Matthew Manor CAD$2,500 University of British Columbia The Giant Mascot deposit
Sarah Jackson-Brown CAD$2,500 University of British Columbia The Turnagain Cu-PGE-rich mineralization
Diane Chung CAD$3,000 University of Hong Kong Labrador Trough iron deposits
Dennis Sanchez Mora CAD$2,500 University of New Brunswick Low sulphidation epithermal deposits in New Brunswick
Michael Gadd CAD$4,000 Queen's University Howards Pass
Drew Stavinga CAD$3,000 Queen's University The Prairie Creek deposit
Krisztina Pandur CAD$3,000 University of Saskatchewan REE mineralization in Saskatchewan
Jane Block CAD$2,000 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee The Rice Bay Dome
Emilie Gagnon CAD$2,500 University of Ottawa Archean North Caribou Belt lode gold deposits
Alexey Li CAD$3,000 Queen's University Uranium in peralkaline intrusions
Anezka Borcinova Radkova CAD$3,000 Queen's University Sb, As and Cu mobility in mine drainage
Justin Palmer CAD$2,500 Colorado School of Mines Mineralization in the Rackla Gold Belt
Erik Haroldson CAD$2,000 University of Wisconsin-Madison Fluid inclusions in the Mgino gold deposit
Valeria Li CAD$2,500 Queen's University Uranium deposits of the Macusani District in Peru
Kate Rubingh CAD$2,500 Laurentian University The New Britannia Mine
Shaunaugh Whelan CAD$1,500 University of Alberta U-Pb dating at the Sprogge deposit
Irene del Real CAD$3,000 University of British Columbia The Woodjam property
Sergio Gamonal CAD$2,000 University of British Columbia La Coipa
Nico Kastek CAD$2,000 Memorial University The Cape Smith Belt
Michael Burns CAD$2,500 Laurentian University The Little Nahanni Pegmatite Group

SEGCF Fellowships

Name Amount University
Erin Adlakha CAD$5,000 University of Ottawa
William Bradford CAD$5,000 Memorial University
Michael Buschette CAD$5,000 UBC/NMIT/MUN/CSM applied
Shannon Gill CAD$5,000 Memorial University
Colter Kelly CAD$5,000 University of Ottawa
Erin Lawlis CAD$5,000 CODES, Australia

SEGCF Undergraduate Awards

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Ian Borg CAD$1,000 Dalhousie University Involvement of the petroleum system in the genesis of orogenic gold deposits in Nova Scotia
Justin Emberly CAD$1,000 University of Ottawa Occurrence of sulphide minerals along the P2 structure of the Athabasca Basin
Mark Garagan CAD$1,000 St. Mary's University Infrared microscopy of PGE bearing hematite at the Afton porphyry system
Marie-Eve Lajoie CAD$1,000 University of Ottawa Geological mapping in the Archean Horseshoe Greenstone Belt
Joseph Walker CAD$1,000 Laurentian University The Black Norite orthopyroxene-(sulfide)-rich layer, South Range Norite
Leah Clapp CAD$1,000 Lakehead University Microstructural analysis, Kirkland Lake
Édouard Côté-Lavoie CAD$1,000 Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi Cu-Au mineralization in syenite, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Jared Liimu CAD$1,000 Lakehead University Hemlo Gold Mine
Rachel Milligan CAD$1,000 Dalhousie University Fe-Ti Oxides in kimberlite
Sean O'Brien CAD$1,000 Memorial University Phytoremediation - Consolidated Rambler Mine
Emma Percy CAD$1,000 Queen's University Isotopic signature of ore fluids, Minas Gerais
Jordan Quinn CAD$1,000 Lakehead University Stratigraphy of the Musselwhite Mine
Neal Sullivan CAD$1,000 Laurentian University Paragenesis and partitioning of siderophile elements, Noril'sk
Eli Wiens CAD$1,000 University of Saskatchewan Graphite in pelitic gneisses, Read Lake, Athabasca Basin
Josh Wisen CAD$1,000 St. Mary's University REE minerals in the West Moose River Pluton

SEGCF Grants

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Esther Bordet CAD$4,700 Unversity of British Columbia The role of regional tectonics in the evolution of the Eocene volcanic and structural framework of Central British Columbia.
Sebastian Fuchs CAD$4,600 McGill University Active metal transport in organic matter and its role in the ore-formation process of gold deposits.
Michael Gadd CAD$6,500 Queen's University Hydrothermal event recognition and sedex deposit vectoring method development using microanalytical geochemical techniques at Howard's Pass, Yukon.
Therese Garcia CAD$1,150 University of Toronto Differences and similarities between Algoma-type and Superior-type Iron Formations.
Ana Maria Guerra CAD$4,500 Unversity of British Columbia Tectonic evolution, magmatism and porphyry style mineralization in the Middle Cauca belt, Colombia.
Tea Laurila CAD$3,100 University of Ottawa Geochemical insights into metal precipitation in the Atlantis II Deep — The Red Sea.
Yanan Liu CAD$3,300 University of Toronto The roles of semi metals in the crystallization of magmatic sulfides.
Robert Lodge CAD$4,800 Laurentian University Comparison of the volcanological and geochemical characteristics of the Shebandowan Greenstone Belt to the VMS-endowed and VMS-deprived greenstone belts in the Wawa terrane, Superior Craton.
Krisztina Pandur CAD$5,000 University of Saskatchewan Character and evolution of fluids that form high- and low-temperature REE mineralization: Constraints from the Hoidas Lake and Douglas River deposits, northern Saskatchewan.
Andrew Ritts CAD$3,200 Colorado School of Mines Pyrite as a vector to ore in shale-hosted deposits: Compositional variations in pyrite from the unusual Eskay Creek sulfide and sulfosalt deposit, British Columbia.
Alfonso Rodriguez-Madrid CAD$4,800 Unversity of British Columbia Geology and hydrothermal evolution of the La Bodega and La Mascota Prospects, California District, Santander Colombia.
Evan Smith CAD$2,500 Unversity of British Columbia The composition and significance of fluid inclusions in gem-quality diamonds.
Michael Tucker CAD$6,100 Unversity of British Columbia Carlin-Type gold mineralization of the Conrad Zone, Yukon Territory, Canada.
Rui Wang CAD$4,700 University of Alberta Uplift and magmatic controls on the differential distribution of atypical collision-related porphyry Cu-Mo deposits in the Gangdese belt, South Tibet (China).
Avee Ya'acoby CAD$5,000 Unversity of British Columbia Petrogenesis and geotectonic evolution of carbonatite associations in the north-central Frenchman Cap Dome, southeastern British Columbia.
Zhihai Zhang CAD$4,000 Dalhousie University Diamond preservation in the mantle.

SEGCF Fellowships

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Britt Bluemel CAD$5,000 Unversity of British Columbia To develop and validate new geochemical exploration methods.
Eric Buitenhuis CAD$5,000 University of Western Ontario Investigation of the Latte gold prospect located at the Coffee Gold Project, Yukon, Canada.
Kristy Long CAD$5,000 University of Maryland The distribution and behavior of gold in the continental crust during progressive metamorphism to granulite facies in association with crustal anatexis.
Alexandra McGladrey CAD$7,500 Queen's University, A 40Ar/39Ar study of the timing of deposition and metamorphism of rocks in Namibia.
Alexander Timofeev CAD$7,500 McGill University The study of the distribution of gallium at the Thor Lake REE deposit, NWT, Canada.

SEGCF Undergraduate Awards

Name Amount University Thesis Topic
Alexandre Boulerice CAD$1,000 University of Ottawa Trace Elements Athabasca U Deposit, SK.
Aaron Bustard CAD$1,000 University of New Brunswick Scheelite vs. wolframite at Sissons Brook, NB.
Michael D'Angelo CAD$1,000 Lakehead University Igneous textures & mineralogy, Steepledge Intrusive Complex, ON.
Oliver Friesen CAD$1,000 University of British Columbia Fe-Mg-Mn in calcite, Carlin-type alteration, NV.
Ian Herbranson CAD$1,000 University of British Columbia Stratigraphy of Mary's River iron formation, Baffin Island.
Yakun Liu CAD$1,000 University of Toronto Ar-Ar dating & cooling History, Bushveld Complex, SA.
Mervin McDonald CAD$1,000 Memorial University Mineralogy, textures & S isotopes, Ice Deposit, Yukon.
Thomas Raskevicius CAD$1,000 Laurentian University Footwall Cu-PGE-rich veins, Sudbury, ON.
Evan Slater CAD$1,000 Dalhousie University Unbiased study of Busang mineralization.
Emily Smyk CAD1,000 Lakehead University Gecochemistry, petrography and structure, Musselwhite Mine, ON.

SEGCF Grants

Name Amount Details
Farhang Aliyari CAD$3,500 University of New Brunswick, PhD: Ore controls, age, genesis and type of gold mineralization at the Zartorosht deposit, southwest of Jiroft, southern Sanandaj-Sirjan metamorphic belt.
Melissa Anderson CAD$2,500 University of New Brunswick, MSc: A SIMS study of lithium isotopes in the Moose II Lithium-Tantalum Pegmatite, NWT.
Natalie Aubet CAD$2,500 University of Alberta, PhD: Petrography and geochemistry of banded iron formations from the Rio de la Plata Craton (Valentien Formation, Uruguay).
Esther Bordet CAD$4,000 University of British Columbia, PhD: Characterization, structural framework and metallogeny of Eocene volcanic sequences of the Nechako region, central British Columbia.
Stefanie Brueckner CAD$2,000 Memorial University of Newfoundland, PhD: Setting, mineralogy, and genesis of Au-Ag-rich volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits in the Newfoundland Appalachians.
Francois Goulet CAD$2,500 Universite du Quebec a Montreal, MSc: Structural controls on epithermal gold deposits along the Hispaniola central Cordillera thrust belt.
Meghan Hewton CAD$2,000 Simon Fraser University, MSc: Geology, geochemistry and geochronology of the Mountain River beryl (variety emerald) showing Mackenzie Mtns, NWT, Canada.
Russel Hiebert CAD$2,000 University of Manitoba, PhD: Multiple S isotopic study of komatiite-hosted Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization of the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Ontario, Canada to identify the sulfur source and vector towards mineralized zones.
Nicole Hurtig CAD$4,500 McGill University PhD: Metal transport in high temperature low density fluid and vapor-liquid partitioning during decom resion and cooling.
Jordan Laarman CAD$2,500 University of Western Ontario, PhD: A Detailed Metallogenic Study of the McFauld's Lake Chromite Deposits, Northern Ontario.
Tea Laurila CAD$2,000 University of Ottawa, PhD: Geochemical Insights into Metal precipitation in the Atlantis II Deep—The Red Sea.
Yanan Liu CAD$1,500 University of Toronto, PhD: Semi metal partitioning during the crystallization of magmatic sulfides.
Tom Meuzelaar CAD$2,000 Colorado School of Mines, PhD: Effects of CO2 and H2S in vent fluid on alteration and mineralization at the Eskay Creek VMS deposit, British Columbia.
Abdul Razique CAD$3,000 University of British Columbia, PhD: Magmatic Evolution and Genesis of the Giant Reko Diq Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit, District Chagai, Balochistan-Pakistan.
Jim Renaud CAD$2,000 University of Western Ontario, PhD: Mineralogical zoning of the U308 Corp, Basement-Hosted Aricheng Uranium Deposit, Roraima Basin, British Guyana, South America.
Evan Smith CAD$3,500 University of British Columbia, PhD: Contrast in fluid inclusion composition between gem-quality diamonds and industrial-grade diamonds.
Eric Thiessen CAD$2,000 University of Alberta, MSc: Origin and Characterization of the Tiger Zone, Rau Property Central Yukon: A Carbonate Replacement Gold Deposit.
Rui Wang CAD$1,500 University of Alberta, PhD: Magmatic and Structural Controls on the Development of Post-collisional Porphyry Copper Deposits in the Gangdese Belt, Tibet.
Osbaldo Zamora Vega CAD$2,000 University of Alberta, PhD: Timing of the mineralization pulses in the Zacatecas district and its link with the volcanic-tectonic evolution of the Mesa Central.
Wei Zhang CAD$2,000 University of New Brunswick, PhD: Cathodoluminescence, trace elements and oxygen isotope of quartz in the granites of the Sisson Brook W-Mo-Cu deposit, west-central New Brunswick.

SEGCF Fellowships

Name Amount Details
Evan Gladney $4,000 Saint Francis Xavier University
Daniel Gregory $4,000 University of Tasmania (CODES)
Mitchell Kerr $4,000 Saint Mary's University
Hannah Mills $4,000 University of Alberta
Abe Torchinsky $4,000 Stanford University