Here's a great course if you want to learn how to prospect properly.
Mine 1005 - Prospecting and Exploration Field School, Oliver, BC
Designed for prospectors, explorationists, students, field assistants, contractors and hobbyists as an introduction to field techniques used in prospecting and exploring for mineral deposits (at a field school near Oliver in south-central BC). We focus on field-related skills such as identification of rocks and minerals, basic orienteering, claim staking, grid establishment, sampling techniques (rock, soil, silt), geochemistry and geophysics. Students complete daily field exercises, interpret the results of exploration data, and prepare an industry standard exploration property report on the work completed. Basic course in prospecting, geology or exploration or previous field experience is preferred.
Dates and Location: Saturday, May 13 through May 21 in Oliver.
Cost: $810
Registration: Online at www.bcit.ca/study/courses/mine1005 after February 20, 2006.
Mine 1005 - Prospecting and Exploration Field School, Oliver, BC
Designed for prospectors, explorationists, students, field assistants, contractors and hobbyists as an introduction to field techniques used in prospecting and exploring for mineral deposits (at a field school near Oliver in south-central BC). We focus on field-related skills such as identification of rocks and minerals, basic orienteering, claim staking, grid establishment, sampling techniques (rock, soil, silt), geochemistry and geophysics. Students complete daily field exercises, interpret the results of exploration data, and prepare an industry standard exploration property report on the work completed. Basic course in prospecting, geology or exploration or previous field experience is preferred.
Dates and Location: Saturday, May 13 through May 21 in Oliver.
Cost: $810
Registration: Online at www.bcit.ca/study/courses/mine1005 after February 20, 2006.
