Grass Roots Exploration

 

• High quality base map

• Locate historical workings or old roads for easier access

• Lineament Analysis

• Determine ice flow direction

• Map resistant (or recessive) lithologies, faults or veins

• Locate or follow veins/faults/contacts/dykes even under heavy forest canopy

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Advanced Exploration

 

• Locate potential drill sites

• Plan drill access routes

• Plot accurate drill sections (more likely to get correct interpretation)

• Archaeology / Environmental studies

• Locate illegal miners

• Better topography for geophysics (especially Gravity)

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Resource Evaluation

 

• Accurate and detailed topo leads to more accurate resource model

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Engineering Construction Phase

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• Slope maps / Topo maps / Wet vs Dry soil maps

• Roads / power line routes

• Plan Tailings Storage Facilities

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Resource Extraction

 

• Accurately measure volume of rock removed from pit

• Measure remaining capacity of tailings storage

• Measure volume of ore / waste piles