The Mineral Exploration Research Institute (MERI) of Montreal has formally been recognized by the provincial government of Quebec as a university entity eligible to participate in the provinces 2-year-old tax deduction program.
The recognition means that mining companies anywhere in Canada are eligible for a 40% reimbursable tax credit for expenses relating to contractual research through the institute.
“The research tax credit should provide a major impetus for applied mining and exploration research,” MERI director Joseph Fox says. “When combined with other government programs, such as the National Research Council’s IRAP fund in aid of industry-government- university collaborative R&D and a similar program at the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, industry should be able to use the tax credit to solve complex exploration problems at a fraction of the real cost.”
MERI is an applied research consortium composed of McGill University, Ecole Polytechnique and the University of Montreal. With an annual budget of $2 million, it is dedicated to the development of new exploration concepts and technologies.
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