24 August 2026
Designing a Survey That Can Actually Find Something
The survey that was designed to fail
Picture a narrow gold vein, five meters wide, sitting under a...
23 August 2026
Which Horizon? Getting Sample Depth Right in the Field
The question that gets asked too late
Ask most field crews why they’re sampling the B horizon...
22 August 2026
The Hidden Chemistry: Weathering, Mobility & Pathfinder Elements
The deposit that hides its own commodity
Here’s a scenario that surprises people outside exploration...
21 August 2026
Anomaly or Deposit? The Question Every Soil Sample Answers
Cold open: 300 ppm Cu. Now what?
A soil sample comes back from the lab at 300 ppm copper. Background...
20 August 2026
From Numbers to Drill Targets: QA/QC and Reading Real Anomalies
The dataset that was perfect and still wrong
It’s possible to run a geochemical survey with flawless...
