What the –ic? An Introduction to Alteration
Understanding alteration is essential to understanding where the next big discovery will be found. The term “alteration” appears in almost […]
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Why is Ontario’s Ring of Fire on the Back Burner?
Overview The ‘Ring of Fire’ is a collection of rich greenstone-hosted chromite (Iron-Chromium Oxide) and nickel-copper-platinum group metal (PGM) deposits around
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Hunting for Giants: An Introduction to ZTEM Surveys in Mineral Exploration
Overview It may just look like an enormous, flying spider web towed behind a helicopter, but the ZTEM airborne geophysical
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Downhole Geophysics in Mineral Exploration
Overview During early exploration, particularly in ‘greenfield’ areas away from mines or known mineralisation, very little information is known about
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The World-Class Abitibi Greenstone Belt of Canada
Overview Several of the world’s largest gold and base metal deposits are found in eastern Canada’s Abitibi greenstone belt (AGB).
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Old Gold: An Introduction to Archean Greenstone Belts
Overview Two of the world’s most important gold districts are found in Archean greenstone belts: the Yilgarn Craton in Western
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Skarn Deposits – Our Largest Source of Tungsten
Skarn vs. skarn deposit Skarn is a relatively simple rock type formed when a magma body intrudes into carbonate sedimentary rocks
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How Important is a Social License to Operate?
Community engagement is no longer optional for junior explorers. Earning your social license to operate is as important as any
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Layered Mafic Intrusions: Our Largest Source of Platinum & Palladium
Overview Most of the world’s economic deposits of platinum group elements (PGE) including platinum, palladium, rhodium and other rare metals come from
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Exploration in the Tintina Gold Belt of Alaska & Yukon
Overview Stretching in an arc almost 2000 km long across Alaska and the Yukon is the rich Tintina Gold Province
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