Mineral exploration: the ultimate overview
Submitted by paulb on Wed, 04/30/2014 - 09:07
Although the traditional prospector and drilling activities are the first images that may first come to mind when the subject of mineral exploration comes up, the greatest growth in recent years has been in non-contact (or at least non-drilling) geophysical techniques. Some of these may be possible from airborne and seaborne carriers, and even from space, offering several important advantages over more traditional methods.
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Video 1: Video of the Beep Mat miniaturised electromagnetic survey instrument to detect conductive and magnetics materials under up to three metres of overburden, by GDD Instrumentation of Canada
Video 2: Animation of gravity surveying, by Australia’s Queensland Resources Council