The B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources (MEMPR) has been involved in reconnaissance-scale stream sediment and water surveys since 1976.  This joint federal-provincial initiative was originally referred to as the Uranium Reconnaissance Program (URP).  In 1978 the provincial program was renamed the Regional Geochemical Survey (RGS) and in 1987 the Province began to independently administer surveys conducted in British Columbia.  As part of Canada's National Geochemical Reconnaissance (NGR) program, the RGS program continues to maintain sample collection, preparation and analytical standards established by the Geological Survey of Canada. To date, over 55,000 stream sediment and water samples have been collected from 60 - 1:250,000 NTS map sheets covering approximately 75 percent of the province. The resulting field and multi-element analytical data are compiled into B.C.’s largest and most comprehensive stream sediment and water geochemical database.

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For more information contact: Ray Lett, Geochemist

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