The PACIFIC project has achieved most of the project’s objectives:
• Background information was compiled and analysed for use in imaging and data processing during the project.
• New tools related to the extraction of body waves in ambient seismic noise were developed.
• A survey at the Marathon test site in Canada was conducted: sensors were successfully deployed, data were extracted and processed.
• A test of the multiarray method was performed in Kallak, Sweden, in August 2021.
• An Environmental, Health, Safety and Risk Management Committee Charter was established and an Environmental and Safety Risk Database set up.
• A preliminary study on ways of communicating mining activities was undertaken. A computerised experiment for the survey on public perception of mineral exploration activities was developed and tested.
• Passive seismic surveys were conducted at the Las Cruces mine jointly with the INFACT project, and at the Kaiserstuhl site jointly with the HiTech AlkCarb project. Another passive seismic survey was conducted with INFACT at the Silver City site in Germany to explore the possibility of using noise from drilling as a seismic noise source.
• A preliminary business plan of the PACIFIC techniques was prepared.
From project start, PACIFIC has been very active both in communicating to target audiences, disseminating preliminary results and clustering/planning joint events with other projects, including: development of a detailed plan for dissemination and communication; creation of several communication channels and tools (website, flyer, roll-up banner, posters, social media accounts); presentation of PACIFIC activities at international meetings and trade shows.
At a townhall meeting during the workshop in the Marathon area in 12-14 June 2019, representatives of first-nation communities were shown the latest results of the passive seismic survey, as part of dissemination activities. The local TV media and two radio stations covered the workshop. A public lecture was held in November 2021 at UGA in Grenoble, France, in the framework of the end-of-project symposium. The workshop related to the Kallak experiment was held next to this event as well as a conference on challenges of resources in the energy transition targeted to the local community. PACIFIC also organised a Winter School on Sustainable Mineral Exploration together with the H2020 project INFACT in March 2020 in Spain.
To ensure the project success, a project management structure was set up and maintained, including collaborative tools, processes for management and quality assurance, and the establishment of decision-making bodies. Regular meetings were held and members of the Scientific Advisory Board were regularly consulted for advice.
