That's a great question, Mr. Tan.
I think this ties back to the earlier question about the business or industry clusters that we've formed here in Canada. Vancouver in B.C. is a good example of that on the academic side, especially with universities and schools, whether we're talking about BCIT, the University of British Columbia, or SFU, and so forth.
If I can raise one example, at UBC, there is a body called the MDRU, or mineral deposit research unit. This unit was created decades ago by Dr. Peter Bradshaw, who was just inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame. The MDRU works with industry and government in the field to troubleshoot and perfect technologies that will give us an edge here in Canada and be applied elsewhere as well.
There are a number of interesting studies. I'll mention one quickly. I am a bit of a science nerd, so forgive me. Muons, which are charged particles hitting the Earth regularly, penetrate everything on a regular basis. There's a mine on Vancouver Island where they're studying the penetrations of muons through the rock in order to correlate that signature with a typical drill, and the assay results that would correspond with copper, zinc, and so forth. If you can do it with charged particles in a muon, it sounds very sci-fi, but it's real and it's happening. The Government of Canada is supporting that research between MDRU and the mining companies.
There are lots of examples like that. That's just one of many that we don't really hear about, that we're not showcasing, and we're not promoting. It's very good work. Our scientists and our industry are working together on a regular basis to improve things.