Drilling
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Mining Hostile Environments
How Low Can you go? The Challenges of Deep Mining
Resource depletion is one of the largest challenges facing the mining industry. The issues of declining grades and frequency of…
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Ore Deposits and Mines
Balmoral Resources – Martinière Project
Introduction There is something visceral about seeing a shoot of pure gold in drill core. It speaks to a deep…
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Prospects and Projects
GoldQuest Mining Corporation – Romero Project
Exploration for mineral deposits is hard. Promising geochemistry can lead nowhere, geophysical anomalies can remain anomalous, alteration zones can get…
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Exploration Geophysics
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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Mine Planning and Management
Starting A Mine: Pre-Feasibility and Feasibility Studies
While the basic concept of mining may be familiar to most people, the total process from exploration target to profitable…
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Drilling
Reverse Circulation (RC) Drilling
Reverse circulation or RC drilling is a fast and inexpensive method of drilling, particularly compared to diamond drilling. A hundred…
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Drilling
Drilling Methods Used in Coal Mines
For coal deposits, like most other minerals, drilling is a key to identifying in detail the grade and size of…
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Mine Planning and Management
Mining Hazards – Often Mundane, Often Preventable
A vast array of hazards exists in the world of mining. Heavy equipment, long working hours and difficult working conditions,…
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Drilling
Diamond Drill-Hole Drilling
The diamond drill-core drilling is used to obtain oriented and intact rock from hundreds of metres below the ground’s surface.…
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Drilling
Drill-Hole Planning
A successful soil sampling programme will result in a map of geochemical anomalies. The next step in exploration is for…
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