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.

Reliance Resources Announces Gold Assay Results from Tanoyan Project

Reliance Resources has reported results of two holes drilled into the Sondana Vein system, located at the Tanoyan Gold project in Indonesia. The company has recently begun drilling of the proposed 10,000 Phase II campaign.

18 May 2012

An Introduction To Surface Mining

Surface mining is predominantly used in obtaining sand, gravel, crushed stone, phosphates, coal, copper, iron, and aluminum.

18 May 2012

What Is Coal?

Coal has been a major source of energy in the world since its discovery in the early 18th century.

18 May 2012

Oxford Catalysts to Discuss About Distributed GTL Solution at 12th World XTL Summit

At the 12th World XTL Summit to be held in London, Oxford Catalysts Group’s Commercial Director, Jeff McDaniel will deliver a presentation titled ‘The Distributed GTL Solution,’ in which he will describe the benefits of modular gas-to-liquids (GTL) plants.

18 May 2012

El Tigre Silver Announces Initial Assays from Gold Hill

El Tigre Silver has announced a progress report together with the initial assay results obtained from the current drill program carried out at Gold Hill, located on the El Tigre silver project in Mexico.

18 May 2012

Gas-to-Liquids Demonstration Facility in Russia Uses Oxford Catalysts' Microchannel FT Reactor Technology

A Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) demonstration facility in Russia, which will be designed and built by Rosneft, will use the Microchannel Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology from the Oxford Catalysts Group.

17 May 2012

Texas Wyoming Drilling Inks Contract to Lease Claims on Quartz Mountain Project

Texas Wyoming Drilling (TWDL) has declared that the company has signed a contract to lease 13 claims out of 27, which are located on the Quartz Mountain project. This project is situated in Malheur County of Oregon.

16 May 2012

Researchers Develop New Method to Measure Bubble Size Distribution in Pipelines

The University of Southampton has carried out a new research and developed a new process to precisely measure gas bubbles present in pipelines.

16 May 2012

Uranium Energy Buys Rights to Explore Channen Exploration Project for Uranium

Uranium Energy (UEC), a US-based exploration and development company that is operating in North America’s new uranium mine, has declared the purchase of the rights for exploring the Channen project for uranium.

16 May 2012

TurkPower Purchases Zavyalov Open Pit Coal Mine

TurkPower has reported that Sibcoal Mining, TurkPower’s wholly owned subsidiary, has purchased 100% of a 49-year lease in order to expand, mine and operate the Zavyalov Square Part 1 (Zavyalov) located in the Toguchina Coal Field.

16 May 2012