by dcameron | Aug 15, 2025 | All, Bulk Density, Exploration, Geo Logic, Measurement Systems, Mine Geology, Mineral Resources, QA/QC, Resource Classification, Sampling, Significant Figures
This is going to be a really boring read for any but the most habitual miners in the miniscule audience. Even if most of us economic geologist types will agree that rock bulk density is a neglected subject in all facets of exploration, mineral resource estimation and...
by dcameron | Mar 12, 2025 | Bulk Density, Climate Change, Critical Minerals, Drill Hole Spacing, Geo Logic, Geostatistics, Grade Control, Mine Geology, Mineral Resources, QA/QC, Resource Classification, Significant Figures
Like it or not, we got a taste of the power wielded by overuse of the word “science” in this decade. Heretofore, some of us innocently thought that science was an abstraction, but we subsequently found out that it can be used as a club. While we can...
by dcameron | Sep 6, 2020 | Geo Logic, Geostatistics, Measurement Systems
I read an op-ed piece piece today by Malcolm Kendrick (RT News), a UK physician, who recounted an incredible metric-imperial conversion bust. In 1998, NASA’s Mars Climate Orbiter burned up in the Mars atmosphere because of a failure to convert thruster pounds of...
by dcameron | Oct 15, 2018 | Drill Hole Spacing, Geo Logic, Mineral Resources, Resource Classification
For those vein miners who might read this, let’s discuss a bit about drilling angles. If any of us are asked if we want to drill across structure or down structure, most of us will always choose the former. For those who wouldn’t, please take this...
