G.P. Thomas

Gary graduated from the University of Manchester with a first-class honours degree in Geochemistry and a Masters in Earth Sciences. After working in the Australian mining industry, Gary decided to hang up his geology boots and turn his hand to writing.

When he isn't developing topical and informative content, Gary can usually be found playing his beloved guitar, or watching Aston Villa FC snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

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Articles from G.P.

Lupaka Gold Schedules Drill Program at Crucero Gold Project

Lupaka Gold has reported that it is continuing its 8,000 m drill campaign at the company’s Crucero gold project located in South Peru.

21 Jul 2012

Diamond Core Drilling: Theory, Mechanisms and Applications

Diamond drilling has revolutionised the mining industry and directly resulted in the discovery of many minable orebodies that would otherwise have gone untapped.

20 Jul 2012

International Enexco Releases Further Drilling Results from Contact Copper Project

International Enexco has reported further drilling results from the 2011-2012 program performed at the Contact Copper project situated in Nevada. The company completed 42,418 ft of drilling at the project and encountered 0.21% copper over 200 ft in hole EN-169 and 0.33% copper over 105 ft in hole EN-164.

20 Jul 2012

Canamex Resources Encounters Significant Gold Intercepts at Bruner Gold Project

Canamex Resources reported that it has encountered significant intercepts at the Bruner Gold project located in Nevada. This intercept is believed to be the best among all intercepts ever drilled at the project.

20 Jul 2012

International Northair Mines Completes Initial Core Drilling at Sierra Rosario Project

International Northair Mines (Northair), a mineral exploration company, has reported that a preliminary core drilling campaign has been completed at the company’s Sierra Rosario silver gold project, which is situated in Mexico.

20 Jul 2012

Brixton Metals Completes 2012 Phase I Drill Program at Thorn Project

Brixton Metals, an exploration company, has completed the 2012 phase I drilling campaign at the polymetallic Thorn project, containing copper, gold, lead, silver and zinc. This project is situated in Northwest British Columbia.

20 Jul 2012

Northern Tiger Resources Drills at 3Ace Project in Yukon

Northern Tiger Resources, a resource exploration firm based in Canada, has reported that it has started a diamond drill program at the company’s 3Ace project, located in the Southeast Yukon. The company has completed the initial two holes at the Main zone, wherein the 2011 program yielded up to 106.2 g/t gold over 1.0 m and 4.6 g/t gold over 35.0 m.

19 Jul 2012

Black Iron Announces Additional DE Drilling Results from Shymanivske Iron Ore Project

Black Iron, an iron ore exploration and development firm, has announced that it has received further assay results from the definition and exploration (DE) diamond drilling campaign carried out at the Shymanivske iron ore project located in Ukraine.

19 Jul 2012

Source Exploration Announces Work Program at Las Minas Property

Source Exploration has reported that it will commence this year’s work program at the Las Minas copper-gold-silver project situated in Mexico. The work program will comprise 2,000 m of diamond drilling in order to extend and infill the high-grade host skarn intrusion portion discovered during phase II drill program.

19 Jul 2012

Waseco Resources Conducts Initial Diamond Drilling at Battle Mountain Ridge Gold Project

Waseco Resources has declared that a preliminary diamond drilling campaign will be conducted at the Battle Mountain Ridge gold project, located in Nevada. This project is now under option from Sparton Resources.

18 Jul 2012