Over the past decade, there have been increased activities around mineral exploration and production. International Organizing Committee for the World […]
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Overview During early exploration, particularly in ‘greenfield’ areas away from mines or known mineralisation, very little information is known about
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Geophysical methods are particularly useful in diamond exploration. They tend to work well because kimberlite pipes, the diamond hosting rock,
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There are a number of airborne geophysical methods used within the minerals exploration industry. Some of the most commonly used ones
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Resistivity Method – The Basics Without going into the physics of Ohm’s law, if you run a current through different
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Magnetotellurics (MT) It sounds a like something from science fiction but magnetotellurics (MT) is just a fancy name for an
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Gravity Surveys – The Basics Gravity surveys measure minute variations in gravity. Gravity at every point on the surface of
A sizeable amount of time and money go into a property from the exploration process to the ideal outcome of
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Oil and Gas Exploration Commonly, seismic surveys are used in oil and gas exploration to identify structures and rock layers
Although ground magnetic surveys measure rock magnetism, they can help find minerals that aren’t magnetic, including gold. In fact, the
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