Mar 12, 2015
A friend of the university of Arizona, in the second edition of the Nine rules for exploration success from the world 's best mime finder "pass me the original, the ecstatic, very precious.Although some micro letter public platform has released the translated version of this article, but I think may also exist some deviations in understanding, therefore, I think it is necessary to translate my draft also released, hope to discuss.David Lowell nine exploration law looks very simple, a lot of people's first feeling is not very accurate, even some would say "not right", this is David Lowell according to their own decades mineral exploration practices and mining industry countless success and failure cases condenses, each article is so precise and insurmountable, prospectors must be rotten in mind and strictly follow.I can think of, as a rule, whether in the nine and can be referred to as the law, also among the nine have unexpected which can't be called law.I believe, in the nine, who also couldn't find a more precise exploration law.The first is the definition of ore.Who knows, can make money stone is mine.But every geologists and mining investors really really understand?In fact, there are many of the so-called experts finished his life, also did not understand what is mine, from think to find a lot of mine, actually still is no stones.Such as vanadium titanium magnetite in panzhihua in sichuan province, that is, baby.But in one place, vanadium titanium magnetite in Africa, southeast Asia also has a lot of, some domestic geologists or exploration, however, there were almost happy going crazy, so he fooled a lot of investors to invest, and spent a lot of money, as a result, or the stone!Article 2 the term "is very interesting, David Lowell tells us that is in the office can't find mine.This one should be without people don't understand, is all mine, no one is found on the geological map in the office.But on the contrary, China's exploration geologists have is fundamental to disdain to the field, is keen on riding in the office and talk about.Ore-prospecting achievements award in China tends to have nothing to do with field prospectors, directly awarded to those in the office of chief opine on the map, the captain and the experts.Article 3 should be no one would object, deep underground mine drilling method is to find the most convenient.However, you have to be surprised is, in some of the domestic exploration area, the investors in the formulation of exploration budgets, very generous various exploration measures on the ground, very easy to maintain local relations, as long as it comes to drilling becomes very stingy.Drilling into sometimes far less maintenance relationship.Article 4 said to the low cost drilling cycle, this is we often mention sampling drill, also called rock powder (or cuttings), drilling speed, low cost.Abroad, there have been many famous deposit is found in this low cost drilling method and control.But in China, this kind of drilling and its result is lousy, can't be used to prepare the technical report.Exploration specifications required core drilling, drilling must be high cost, and the core diameter and take rate etc have very detailed provisions.Worse, is national geological team, perhaps because of the national, as long as have the opportunity to enter a so-called mining area, can use all kinds of exploration means, beat there thousands of sores, even found some mines, has also bean curd into the meat price.Article 5 mean high-tech equipment and geophysical method is of little value for mines found almost, this is many explorers are hard to accept.Especially in foreign countries, satellite remote sensing, aerial remote sensing and geophysical measurement is almost all the necessary weapon exploration company, high-tech and geophysical exploration status more and more tall.But we consider that you are in what circumstances use these hi-tech means?No matter how high tech, these means can't tell us whether there is not mine.It can reflect the characteristics of some special geophysical exploration area, but not directly determine where there is mine.Therefore, high-tech equipment and geophysical prospecting are only supplementary means.Article 6 is too important, many investors due to a lack of overall understanding of the exploration targets, and the results were shanghaied into the ditch.Enter an exploration target zone, whether found or found no deposit, you first need to consider, is that if there is, then can open?In the exploration of the whole process, you need to be constantly have to consider and evaluate the target value, more important is to have economic value, and how to realize the value.Article 7 expressed two meanings, one is to transform a exploration targets for mines, the probability of success is really too low, is about 1/300 ~ 1/500.Please note that this probability is built with rather than your hand never mining not so-called ore-prospecting achievements!The second is to transform the exploration targets for mining experts is really rare, only about 1/30 of the exploration geologists can become the lucky few.If the exploration investment of mine development in the future, and also don't know their experts do not belong to the lucky ones, you almost doomed to failure.
