Government of Saskatchewan ministries, Crown corporations and organizations are implementing contingency plans to minimize the impacts of postal service disruption.
Les ministères, sociétés d’État et organismes du gouvernement de la Saskatchewan mettent en œuvre des plans d’urgence visant à réduire les répercussions de l’interruption du service des postes.
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The Saskatchewan Geological Survey (SGS) has been collecting, archiving and distributing high-quality public geoscience information since 1949. This information is foundational for non-renewable resource exploration and is extremely valuable in helping explorers reduce investment risk. In recent times, however, ever-larger and more-complex digital datasets have proven difficult for geological surveys to efficiently store and disseminate. To address this, in 2023 the Government of Saskatchewan made the Growth Plan commitment to establish a comprehensive and integrated geoscience data repository to improve service to Saskatchewan explorers and enhance the investment attractiveness of Saskatchewan’s non-renewable resources, including critical minerals. Announced in March 2023 as a component of Securing the Future: Saskatchewan’s Critical Mineral Strategy, the two-year, multimillion-dollar project will host decades of precompetitive geoscience and off-confidential mineral assessment information, will accommodate secure submission of mineral assessment information and will support existing applications such as the Saskatchewan Mining and Petroleum GeoAtlas.
Please return to this page for updates on Saskatchewan’s new geoscience data repository as project development continues.
The Saskatchewan Geoscience Data Management Project’s Proof of Concept (POC) phase has been successfully completed and the Implementation phase of the project has commenced. During POC, the vendor developing the new system and subject matter experts from SGS developed a preliminary database schema and tested the functionality of the future data system.
The Implementation phase of the project will include building the final database, loading data, soliciting feedback from stakeholders, and undertaking internal and external database testing and training. If you are interested in participating in the testing or training part of the Implementation phase of this project please contact the ER Service Desk (contact information at the bottom of this page).
A significant part of the project pertains to modernization of Saskatchewan’s mineral assessment submission and review process to better serve the mineral exploration industry. This will include changing to a secure, online submission interface. SGS also anticipates standardizing information submitted for assessment credit, in a manner similar to that outlined by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Exploration Assessment Digital Data Formats proposal. The Saskatchewan Geoscience Data Management Project (GDMP) will include development of a new submission method for mineral assessment work reports regulated under The Crown Minerals Act.
Stay tuned to this page or watch for e-mail updates about the assessment submission process, stakeholder information and training sessions.
Mineral assessment work information will be submitted using an automated approach. This will help to streamline the review process. Starting in the first half of 2025:
The impact this change may have on regulations falling under The Crown Minerals Act is currently under review.
SGS conducted a stakeholder engagement survey in spring 2022 and asked respondents to provide feedback about assessment file submission and access options for publicly available geoscience. The survey was distributed to 330 potential users and garnered 137 responses; 89.5% of respondents were active in mineral exploration, 5.3% in the oil and gas industry, and the remaining balance identified as ‘other.’ The respondents were dominantly from junior exploration companies (68.4%); mid-tier and major companies provided 17.9% and 16.7% of the responses, respectively. Most respondents (83.2%) either worked for a company that holds or personally holds dispositions in Saskatchewan. Below are some of the responses that we heard:
If you have questions about the project, please contact the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources Service Desk at 855-219-9373 or er.servicedesk@gov.sk.ca.
Read the questions and answers related to the Saskatchewan Geoscience Data Management project. This document may be updated periodically.
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