“Gravity and Magnetic Exploration Principles, Practices, and Applications”

June 13, 2013 Posted by AP

the new book • End-of-chapter exercises, as well as overview and key concepts sections, help to engage students, encapsulate important concepts and consolidate the focus of study • Online exercises utilising industry-standard software enable readers to develop practical experience • Ancillary online case studies describe examples of gravity and magnetic methods in diverse successful applications, [...]

“Near-Surface Applied Geophysics”

June 13, 2013 Posted by AP

the new book • Presents emergent techniques and the newest developments in more traditional techniques, providing a fully up-to-date picture of the field • Illustrated with insightful case studies selected from the current scientific literature, providing a powerful perspective on each technique’s capabilities • Provides information on data analysis and inverse theory, essential to giving [...]

The technology for fracture estimation

June 5, 2013 Posted by AP

MicroSeismic, Inc. (MicroSeismic) has announced that is has introduced the Productive-SRV™ (Productive-Stimulated Reservoir Volume). The multiple patents pending technology introduces a novel method to estimate how much of the stimulated fracture remains open through proppant placement. Productive-SRV incorporates three microseismically derived calculations to estimate target zone productivity; a magnitude calibrated Discrete Fracture Network (DFN), the [...]

Airborne EM for VMS on ARMSTRONG BROOK PROJECT, NEW BRUNSWICK

May 31, 2013 Posted by AP
Airborne EM for VMS on ARMSTRONG BROOK PROJECT, NEW BRUNSWICK

Wolfden Resources Corporation The 2013 exploration program on the Armstrong Brook project commenced in early May. Highlights include the discovery of additional clusters of high-grade massive sulphide boulders in multiple locations (namely VMS Valley 4 & 5) and the completion of an airborne geophysical survey (VTEM) that identified intriguing anomalies in the vicinity of the [...]

Airborne Magnetic and Electro Magnetic Survey at Patterson Lake for uranium

May 29, 2013 Posted by AP

Aldrin Resource Corp. announces the immediate commencement of a high-resolution airborne magnetic and electromagnetic geophysical survey covering the Triple M Property (“Property”). The survey is being flown by Aeroquest Airborne, a division of Geotech, using their advanced helicopter-borne, time domain electromagnetic VTEM plus system and magnetic gradiometer. The survey will cover all of the Triple [...]

The results of the EM/Magnetic airborne survey over the Borden Lake Extension

May 29, 2013 Posted by AP

Nikos Explorations Ltd. announces the results of the high-resolution VTEM (Versatile Time-Domain Electromagnetic System) and magnetic airborne survey recently completed over the Borden Lake Extension by Geotech Ltd. A total of 391 line kilometers were flown to cover the Property. The VTEM and magnetic surveys were completed in order to identify electromagnetic and magnetic anomalies [...]

PLANS FOR NI-CU-PGE PROJECT IN SOUTHWEST GREENLAND

May 28, 2013 Posted by AP

North American Nickel Inc. announces that it has finalized the 2013 exploration plan for its 100% owned Maniitsoq project. The program, which is scheduled to commence in mid-June, will consist of a minimum of 3,000 meters of diamond drilling to follow-up on 2012 discoveries and test new geological, geophysical and geochemical targets identified from a [...]

Airborne Geophysical Survey Along Trend Of The Alpha/Fission Patterson Lake Discovery

May 28, 2013 Posted by AP

Forum Uranium Corp. announces the commencement of an electromagnetic and magnetic survey of its 100% owned Clearwater Project. Forum’s claims, staked immediately adjacent to the southwest of the Alpha Minerals/Fission Uranium claim boundary is interpreted to be on strike with the fertile conductive trend that hosts the high-grade uranium discovery on the Patterson Lake South [...]

Airborne EM and down-hole gravity for gold intersection in NW Ontario

May 16, 2013 Posted by AP

Northern Shield Resources Inc. announces the intersection of significant visible gold during the first phase of a 3,000 metre drilling program being carried out this spring at the Wabassi VMS (volcanogenic massive sulphide) project located in northwestern Ontario. The Wabassi project is being explored under a 49/51 JV with Discovery Harbor Resource Corp. In the [...]

Graphite discoveries in Northeastern Ontario

May 16, 2013 Posted by AP
Graphite discoveries in Northeastern Ontario

Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. announced a drilling update on the 100% owned Albany (Hydrothermal) Graphite Deposit, located in northeastern Ontario, Canada. The first drill hole (Z13-4F10) intersected 363 metres (‘m’) of graphite mineralization from 47.0 m to 410.0 m.  This represents the widest zone of graphite material intersected to date on the Albany deposit.  The hole, [...]

“New depths of insight from the 3D earth imagery delivered by 3D DC data acquisition systems”

May 13, 2013 Posted by AP

Mr. Greg A. Shore, (P.Geo., Premier Geophysics Inc., Aurora, Ontario) is going to make a presentation: “New depths of insight from the 3D earth imagery delivered by 3D DC data acquisition systems:  field case examples from Nevada, New Zealand and British Columbia” Date: Tuesday 14 May, 2013 @ 4:00PM Venue: ESC 2093, Department of Earth [...]

Drilling in the Snow Lake greenstone belt

May 2, 2013 Posted by AP

MS Ventures Inc. updates shareholders on the progress of its winter drill programs. The Company has completed drill testing its 100%-owned base metal massive sulphide-type targets in the Snow Lake greenstone belt of Manitoba and several targets in the North Range of the Sudbury Basin, Ontario. All targets in Manitoba have been selected for drill [...]

Advances in Airborne and Ground Geophysical Methods for Uranium Exploration

April 30, 2013 Posted by AP

IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) has published a book “Advances in Airborne and Ground Geophysical Methods for Uranium Exploration”. “Due to growing global energy demand, many countries have seen a rise in uranium exploration activities in the past few years, and newly designed geophysical instruments and their application in uranium exploration are contributing to an [...]

Airborne Gravity and Magnetic Data Acquisition in Kenya

April 26, 2013 Posted by AP

CAMAC Energy Inc.  has announced that Sander Geophysics Limited (“SGL”) has completed shooting  airborne gravity and magnetic geophysical surveys on the Company’s Kenya onshore Lamu Basin Blocks L1B and L16 (“Blocks”). The data acquisition covers essentially the entire 12,129 square kilometers in Block L1B and the entire 3,613 square kilometers in Block L16 and satisfies [...]

Ni-Cu sulphide exploration target in a recent airborne EM in Australia

April 11, 2013 Posted by AP
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Cassini Resources (ASX: CZI) has defined a large scale high priority nickel-copper sulphide exploration target in a recent versatile time domain electromagnetic (VTEM) geophysical survey over its West Musgrave Project in Western Australia. Source.. The company believes the West Musgrave Project has the potential to host another large nickel-copper sulphide deposit such as BHP Billiton’s nearby [...]

Practical Inversion for Geoscientists

April 10, 2013 Posted by AP
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A short course on the why, how, and what of geophysical inversion Presented by the B.C. Geophysical Society This is a 2-day workshop consisting of 1 day of lectures (April 24th) followed by a 1 day hands-on workshop (either April 25th or 26th). Delegates can register for just the lectures or both the lectures and [...]

The new discovery on Sugar Zone Property (Ontario)

April 1, 2013 Posted by AP
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HARTE GOLD CORP. provides an update of current operations at the Sugar Zone Property. VTEM Target Drilling Harte Gold has completed a four hole diamond drill program on the Ni-Cu VTEM anomaly located at the north end of the Dayhossarah lake on Harte Gold’s Sugar Zone Property. The drilling discovered a broad zone of semi [...]