I'm David Thomas. I'm with Cameco Corporation director of Geoscience within the exploration department.
I worked at the survey as the permanent employee for 15 years,
but I was a summer student for four years prior to that. Two of those years as a summer student survey actually
supported or sponsored my MSC.
So that was a benefit of working with the survey as a student. A really important part of that time in the survey was
particularly as a young geologist was the mentorship I received from
several really talented and highly skilled geologists.
The most important product that the Saskatchewan Geological Survey has put out and continues to put out is
new high-quality
geological maps about particularly in northern Saskatchewan and the Precambrian Shield as well as the subsurface in southern Saskatchewan.
To me the essence of geology is
exhibited or shown in the quality of the maps that are generated.
There are other things the survey does that
industry uses, we use at chemical that would include the mining and petroleum geo Atlas.
Another really important product and it was even started when I was in the survey is mineral deposit index database,
and that's one that's used by all exploration cover.
I'd be amiss not to mention the geological subsurface lab in Regina. That is a really first-class
building they have in Regina.
It's a very valuable asset to have all that coarse stored there and rock samples from the
mapping that goes on in northern Saskatchewan. I've had the opportunity to use
visit and use
many surveys across Canada as well as around the world. I have used surveys in
Australia across Africa, Scandinavia,
Finland, Sweden, even Russia and I would say the Saskatchewan
Geological Survey is equal to that of the best I've seen elsewhere in the world. My name is George Reed
I'm the senior vice president of exploration and development for Shergold Inc.
We're very pleased with the services offered by
Saskatchewan, our geologist or certainly of the opinion that the
information available on the website as offered by the Saskatchewan Geological Survey is more accessible.
My relationship with the Saskatchewan Geological Survey is the
Openness and accessibility of the chief geologist certainly if there's a problem. I know that
Gary Delaney will phone me or
vice versa
and we will talk to each other and we could very quickly solve the problem and I've really appreciated
that. We're very pleased with what
Saskatchewan has to offer
on its website that benefits our
interpretation of the geology and the publication of maps and
profiles.
