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Northwest Territories Petroleum Geoscience Day

March 5, 2010 - The Gwich’in Tribal Council and Northwest Territories Geoscience Office (NTGO) invite you to attend and learn about current petroleum geoscience projects in the NWT, featuring new research and exciting opportunities in the Gwich’in Settlement Area.


Announcing NTGO RSS Feeds

December 4, 2009 - The Northwest Territories Geoscience Office (NTGO) is now offering a new feature at our website: RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Feeds. To subscribe to our feeds, click on the RSS links at the bottom of our home page at www.nwtgeoscience.ca and follow the subscribe prompts. You'll notice that we now also display a window on our home page which shows the six most recent news items at NTGO.


Geoscience Forum Geoscience Forum 2009 was a great success! The next Forum will be held November 16-18, 2010.

For more information please visit our Forum page.


Northwest Territories Geoscience Office Discovers Promising New Mineral Prospect In The Mackenzie Mountains

November 16, 2009 - The Northwest Territories Geoscience Office (NTGO) announced today the discovery of a significant new zinc-lead-copper prospect in the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories.


Announcing the NWT Diamond Database

November 13, 2009 - The Northwest Territories Geoscience Office (NTGO) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the NWT Diamond Database within NT GoMap, NTGO's web-based Geographic Information System (GIS) application for viewing, querying, and downloading our vast database of geoscience data for the NWT.


Central Mackenzie Valley Airborne Gravity Survey, Northwest Territories

August 4, 2009 - The Northwest Territories Geoscience Office (NTGO), in conjunction with the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), is pleased to announce the upcoming release of NWT Open File 2009-01. Download the open file here.


In Memoriam - Stephen Goff

August 3, 2009 - It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Stephen Goff, District Geologist with the Northwest Territories Geoscience Office in Yellowknife. Steve died unexpectedly but peacefully at home on Saturday August 1, 2009.


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Final deliverables of the Peel Petroleum Project are now available for download

May 13, 2009 - Northwest Territories Geoscience Office (NTGO) Petroleum Group exhibited at the 2009 Inuvik Petroleum Show June 17-18, 2009. We also participated in the Frontiers + Innovation 2009 CSPG CSEG CWLS Joint Convention in Calgary May 4-8, 2009. NTGO and Yukon Geological Survey (YGS) displayed their Regional Geoscience Studies and Petroleum Potential, Peel Plateau and Plain booth during the Exhibition May 4-5. The final deliverables (10-chapter project volume and accompanying digital atlas) of the Peel Petroleum Project were available at this booth, along with a display of research posters and a demonstration of the digital atlas. In addition, several members of the research team were on hand to discuss their contributions to the project and to answer your questions. The team also presented a number of talks and posters during the convention.

Talks Given

Posters Presented


Mapping will begin this summer on the Mackenzie-Selwyn Project

May 1, 2009 - The objective of the Mackenzie-Selwyn Project is to provide a better understanding of the geology of the Misty Creek Embayment and the Selwyn Basin, and to assess the mineral potential of those areas. The project will span five years, beginning with the 2009 field season.


Mapping will continue in the southern Wopmay Orogen as Phase II of the South Wopmay Bedrock Mapping Project

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May 1, 2009 - This summer is a ramp up season during which reconnaissance field investigations were undertaken to focus mapping and integrated studies in critical areas in the upcoming years.  Methods of ground-truthing the recently flown regional airborne geophysical survey were also explored.  Jackson and one student assistant were in the field for part of July with colleagues from NTGO and GSC.


Regional Stream Sediment and Water Geochemical Data, Backbone Ranges area, west-central Northwest Territories (parts of NTS 106B and C)

November 14, 2008 - The Northwest Territories Geoscience Office (NTGO), in conjunction with the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), is pleased to announce the upcoming release of NWT Open Report 2008-013.


Results for the Airborne Magnetic and Gamma-ray Spectrometric Survey of the Southwestern Wopmay Orogen, Northwest Territories, parts of 86 C, 86 E and 86 F

June 11, 2008 - The Northwest Territories Geoscience Office (NTGO), in conjunction with the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), is pleased to announce the upcoming release of NWT Open File 2008-02.


Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) Working Group Website launched

May 5, 2008 - NTGO now hosts www.wcsbgroup.org on behalf of the WCSB Working Group, a collaborative partnership of agencies with geoscience related research priorities in this prolific basin.


The Prime Minister Visits NTGO

August 9, 2007 - On August 9, 2007, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Environment Minister John Baird were given a tour of the NWT Geoscience Office. They were treated to a display of interesting rock samples from the NWT (including the oldest known rock in the world, Acasta Gneiss), a demonstration of some geological mapping techniques such as 3D visualization of air photographs and satellite images, as well as the use of computers in field mapping and generating interactive geological maps.

Prime Minister Harper
(CP/Fred Chartrand)

Prime Minister Harper and Caroline Relf
(CP/Fred Chartrand)

(CP/Fred Chartrand)


GAC-MAC Yellowknife 2007

May 25, 2007 - The Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada (GAC-MAC) Annual Meeting was held in Yellowknife on May 23-25, 2007. Congratulations to the Local Organizing Committee and thanks to all the attendees for making the first GAC-MAC annual meeting held North of 60° a great success!