Mineral Exploration

Our experience in the exploration for economically extractable resources includes but is not limited to the following applications: resistivity and electromagnetics for detecting geothermal sources; induced polarization, magnetics, and gravity for identification of base and precious metals; and seismic refraction and reflection for locating ground water resources.

Example – Case Study

A base (copper) and precious (gold) metal geophysical exploration project was conducted in the Atacama desert of northern Chile.  The exploration made use of electrical resistivity, induced polarization (IP), and to a minor extent, magnetometry.  The induced polarization targeted large pockets of disseminated sulfides usually associated with gold and copper deposits.  The project lasted approximately 10 months over which approximately 100km of dipole-dipole data were acquired.  Induced polarization results are displayed below.

IP Results for a base (copper) and precious (gold) metal geophysical exploration project conducted in the Atacama desert of northern Chile.