Kerri Shaw, M.Sc., P.Geo.
Last updated on April 3, 2025Mineral Inventory Geoscientist
Kerri is responsible for the management and administration of the provincial mineral inventory database, MINFILE, and related systems and applications.
Education
University of Victoria (B.Sc., 2002)
University of Victoria (M.Sc., 2007)
Expertise
Kerri joined the BCGS in 2022, initially focusing on critical minerals research before transitioning into her current role as a Mineral Inventory Geoscientist. She leads the operation and administration of the MINFILE database and provides mineral resource advisory services to support mineral exploration, mining, and land use planning.
Kerri’s career spans diverse sectors, beginning in the oilfields before moving into marine geology research, and then mineral exploration. For her M.Sc., Kerri investigated hydrothermal systems along the margins of the Easter Microplate, studying their patterns, processes, and geochemical exchanges.
Publications
2023
Hickin, A.S., Orovan, E.A., Brzozowski, M.J., McLaren, K., Shaw, K.L., and Van der Vlugt, J., 2023. Critical minerals in British Columbia: An atlas of occurrences and producing mines, 2023. British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, British Columbia Geological Survey Open File 2023-02 102p.
2008
Heft, K. L., Gillis, K. M., Pollock, M. A., Karson, J. A., Klein, E. M., 2008. Role of upwelling hydrothermal fluids in the development of alteration patterns at fast spreading ridges: Evidence from the sheeted dike complex at Pito Deep. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 9.
2002
Orcutt, J.A., Schultz, A., Davies, T. A., Artita, K., Bonadiman, C., Buysch, A., Carlson, R. L., Carlut, J., Heft, K. L., Ishii, T., Moberly, R., Revillon, S., Zhao, X., 2002. Leg 203 Preliminary Report, Dynamics of Earth and Ocean Systems. College Station TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 1-40 p.