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Bruno Lafrance is a Professor at Laurentian University's Harquail School of Earth Sciences, Department of Geology. His work focuses on structural geology and tectonic processes controlling ore deposit formation and deformation. He actively supervises six Ph.D. students, four M.Sc. students, and one Applied M.Sc. student, collaborating with senior researchers like Dr. Harold Gibson, Dr. Dan Kontak, and Dr. Doug Tinkham. He teaches courses including GEOL 3006 (Field Geology II) and GEOL 5307 (Structure, Tectonics & Mineral Exploration).
Dr. Lafrance holds a B.Sc. from Université de Montréal (Montréal, QC) and a PhD from the University of New Brunswick (Fredericton, NB). His research integrates field studies, microstructural analysis, and geophysical modeling to unravel deformation histories and ore genesis in regions like Sudbury, Snow Lake, and the Abitibi Subprovince. Key areas include structural controls on gold and PGE mineralization, VMS deposit evolution, and metamorphic processes affecting mineral exploration.
His research interests span structural geology in tectonically active environments, microtextural analysis of deformed rocks, and 3D modeling of ore systems. Current projects explore gold enrichment mechanisms in Archean greenstone belts and unconformity-related uranium mineralization in Nunavut. He is co-organizing upcoming field courses in 2025 focusing on Precambrian geology and mineral exploration techniques.
Lafrance has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals such as Economic Geology and Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, with recent work emphasizing Paleoproterozoic VMS deposits and Sudbury Basin structural evolution. His non-refereed reports contribute to regional fieldwork summaries. No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided texts.
