After a successful new method of geothermal exploration found two new geothermal systems in Nevada, the Department of Energy has awarded a major new grant to the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology to ...

Where to drill? This is the basic question in the exploration of underground energy resources, such as geothermal energy. Water in rocks flows along permeable pathways, which are the main target for ...

The search by geophysicists and geologists for underground petroleum deposits is the first step in bringing refined products to consumers. Exploration methods have become highly sophisticated since ...

Radiation techniques are increasingly applied and continuously evolving for exploration and efficient tapping of natural resources, by the mining, metallurgy and mineral processing industries. Such ...

Over billions of years, extraordinary amounts of gold and other metals were deposited and spread throughout the Earth’s crust. Humans have been searching for these rich deposits for centuries, and ...

Most upstream petroleum contracts provide for host countries to hold back-in rights to acquire an equity participation in resulting commercial discoveries at no exploration risk. Most upstream ...

The 2020 programs covered extensive portions of the Paubäcken, Storjuktan and Blåbärliden project areas, all located on the Gold Line Mineral Belt in north central Sweden (the "Projects"; see Image 1) ...