A valuable and largely under-used resource in mineral exploration with geophysics is the assessment files maintained by the Department of Natural Resources
KEYWORDS: Mineral deposits; ore; mining; geophysical techniques; Exploration 1 INTRODUCTION Geophysical exploration belongs to the branch of geophysics that
The gold mines of the Republic of South Africa produce 73 per cent of the free world's gold This is in contrast to most methods of mining geophysics
Environmental geophysics, like exploration geophysics, requires complimentary geophysical surveys integrated with geochemical and geologic insight This
10 2 Potentially harmful substances related to mineral concentrations and mining 14 Page 4 Geophysics in Mineral-Environmental Applications 4 1 Executive
Small-scale mining usually operates under high geological uncertainty conditions This turns mine planning into a complex and sometimes inaccurate task,
Geophysical methods can be applied over many stages of the mine lifecycle; Historically, the primary role of geophysics in the mining industry was in
Table 1: Geophysical properties useful for surveys, roughly in order of increasing survey cost Property Typical rocks/minerals Geophysical Methods Notes