2015 Yellowknife Geoscience Forum Abstract and Summary AbstractVolume and Summary Volume Updated Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Cover photograph Low water levels in NWT; Val Jackson, recently retired from the Northwest Territories Geological Survey The picture was taken near the Hornaday River and shows ripples in silt to mudstones of the upper Nelson Head Formation of the Neoproterozoic Shaler Supergroup, Brock Inlier Compiled by D. Irwin, P.X. Normandeau and S.D. Gervais, Recommended Citation: Irwin, D., Normandeau, P.X. and Gervais, S.D. (compilers), 2015. 43rd Annual Yellowknife Geoscience Forum Abstracts; Northwest Territories Geological Survey, Yellowknife, NT. YKGSF Abstracts Volume 2015 - TECHNICAL PROGRAM - 2015 YELLOWKNIFE GEOSCIENCE FORUM ABSTRACTS 2 Updated Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Contents ordered by first author (presenting author in bold) Abstracts - Oral Presentations A 2015 Geophysical Update for Kennady North Project, NT. Belcourt, G. ......................................................................................................................................... 16 Nunavut 2015: Exploration Overview. Bigio, A. ............................................................................................................................................... 16 Regulating Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation North of 60. Birchall, C., and Donihee, J. ................................................................................................................ 17 Community-Based Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program in the Marian Watershed (Tłı̨ chǫ Government). Birlea, M. ............................................................................................................................................. 18 Ekati Diamond Mine UAV's. Blacklock, S. ........................................................................................................................................ 18 Northwest Territories Geological Survey – Minerals and Bedrock Mapping – 2015 Activities. Cairns, S. ............................................................................................................................................. 19 Into the Unknown: Surficial Geological Investigations in the South Rae, Northwest Territories. Campbell, J.E., Lauzon, G., and Dyke, A.S. ....................................................................................... 20 Coppermine River Basin Hydrological Modelling in Support of Jay Project Environmental Assessment. Casson, D., Bourke, R., Vanwerkhoven, C., Schmidt, N., and Lee, C. ............................................... 21 Development of Geochemical Exploration Technologies for the Discovery of Concealed Kimberlites Under Glacial Overburden, NWT. Cayer, E.M., Winterburn, P.A., and Elliott, B. .................................................................................... 22 Towards Sustainable Mining. Chalmers, B. ........................................................................................................................................ 23 Opportunities and Obstacles: Keys to Energy Production in Northern Canada. Chatenay, A. ........................................................................................................................................ 24 - TECHNICAL PROGRAM - 2015 YELLOWKNIFE GEOSCIENCE FORUM ABSTRACTS 3 Updated Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Caribou Relevant Environmental Changes Around the Ekati Diamond Mine Measured in 2015. Chen, W., Leblanc, S. G., White, H. P., Milakovic, B., O'keefe, H, Croft, B., Gunn, A., and Boulanger, J. ......................................................................................................................................... 24 Tracking the Environmental Fate of Legacy Mining Pollution in Yellowknife Bay, Great Slave Lake. Chételat, J., Black, J. , Cott, P., Cousens, B, Amyot, M., Muir, D., and Evans, M. ............................ 25 An Overview of the Regulatory Framework in the Mackenzie Valley, NWT. Chouinard, R., and Mullaney, T. ........................................................................................................ 26 Cool Tools: Innovative Environmental Monitoring Techniques. Christensen, J. ..................................................................................................................................... 27 The Build in Canada Innovation Program, and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. Chuka, D., and Mikawoz, I. ................................................................................................................ 27 The Coppermine Project – A New Look at an Old District – 2015 Exploration Update. Clay, S., Flood, Z., and Broughton, D. ................................................................................................ 28 The Development of Remote Sensing Tools for Mapping Linear Disturbances in the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories. Cole, S.C., Mcdermid, G.M., Cranston, J.C., Hall-Beyer, M.H.B., Palmer, M.J., and Tigner, J.T. ........................................................................................................................................... 29 Liabilities and Financial Assurances - Year in Review and Future Preview. Conkin, C., and Steele, J. ..................................................................................................................... 30 Constructive Insights Into Navigating the Regulatory Process and Earning Social Licence. Connelly, D.M. .................................................................................................................................... 31 Increasing Communities' Understanding of Prospecting: 2015 Introduction to Prospecting Courses. Connelly, D.M., and Powell, L. ........................................................................................................... 31 Effects of Fire and Development on Bathurst Caribou Winter Range Habitat Selection. Coulton, D., Dawe, K. , Virgl, J., and Karras, A. ................................................................................ 32 Proxima Diamonds Corp.: Exploring for Diamonds in the Fertile Slave Craton. Counts, B., and Power, M.. .................................................................................................................. 33 Water and Hydraulic Fracturing: Where Knowledge can Best Support Decisions in Canada. Courtenay, S. ....................................................................................................................................... 33 Prairie Creek Mine, NWT: Update. Cupit, K. Taylor, A, and Kuipers, J. .................................................................................................... 34 Developments in the Law Related to Land and Water Regulation in the Mackenzie Valley, NWT. Donihee, J.. .......................................................................................................................................... 35 - TECHNICAL PROGRAM - 2015 YELLOWKNIFE GEOSCIENCE FORUM ABSTRACTS 4 Updated Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Planning for Resource Regions in Northern Canada. Drylie, M. ............................................................................................................................................. 35 Slave Province Surficial Materials and Permafrost Study Overview - Revitalizing Multi-Commodity Mineral Exploration and Facilitating Sustainable Development in a Key Economic Region. Elliott, B. .............................................................................................................................................. 35 Slave Province Surficial Materials and Permafrost Study Concluding Presentation. Elliott, B. .............................................................................................................................................. 36 2015 Exploration Overview. Falck, H., and Gochnauer, K. .............................................................................................................. 37 GSC Bedrock Mapping and Stratigraphic Studies of the Colville Hills, Northwest Territories. Fallas, K.M. Macnaughton, R.B., and Maclean, B.C.. ........................................................................ 38 Acquiring Crustal Dilution Data and Kimberlite Compositional Information From Drill Core Using SWIR Hyperspectral Imagery From the Tango Extension Kimberlite. Feng, J., Tappert, M.C., Rivard, B.A., Fulop, A., Rogge, D., and Tappert, R. ................................... 39 Northwest Territories Geological Survey (NTGS) Petroleum Group Summary of Activities: December 2014 to November 2015. Fiess, K.M. ........................................................................................................................................... 40 Bluefish and Canol Shale Mapping Project – Mackenzie Plain, Northwest Territories. Fiess, K.M. ........................................................................................................................................... 40 Office of the Regulator of Oil and Gas Operations (OROGO) - Update. James, F ............................................................................................................................................... 41 NWT Mining Industry Value Chain. Gauthier, F., and Pelletier, P. .............................................................................................................. 41 Measuring the Efficiency of Grease Recovery at Differing Feed Rates and Scrape Intervals. Grant, A. .............................................................................................................................................