Mines are Found in the Office and Discovered in the Field: Boots on the Ground versus Desktop Geos
Every once in a while a post comes across my LinkedIn feed that claims that there is only one way to find a mineral deposit: boots on the...
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Diana M. Benz, Ph.D.
- Mar 24
- 9 min
Mixed Media Messages: The Ultimate Guide to 'Soil' Sampling for Mineral Exploration
Soil sampling in British Columbia doesn't have to be complex if these 5 tips are followed.
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Diana M. Benz, Ph.D.
- Oct 27, 2020
- 5 min
How to Secure Investors and Update New Workers with One Document
In the pursuit to finish an exploration season, sometimes the future value of our work tends to be overlooked.
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Diana M. Benz, Ph.D.
- Sep 23, 2020
- 4 min
The Trials and Tribulations of "Soil" Sampling in Glaciated Terrain
The parent material of today's soils is predominately glacial in origin adding to the complexity in the interpretation of soil geochemistry.
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Diana M. Benz, Ph.D.
- Aug 17, 2020
- 4 min
Post-Burn Mineral Exploration
Have you adapted your mineral exploration activities to a post-burn landscape?
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Diana M. Benz, Ph.D.
- Dec 21, 2019
- 3 min
Why did you drill there?
You've put your work in, but how do you know you have picked the right drill spots?
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Diana M. Benz, Ph.D.
- Oct 21, 2019
- 4 min
Looming Deadline? Don't Forget to Give Credit
Less than ideal writing styles are infiltrating BC and YT assessment reports: plagarism, excessive quoting and ghostwriting.
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Diana M. Benz, Ph.D.
- Aug 29, 2019
- 4 min
Discovery Under Cover
The term "blind mineralization" often leads to the common misconception that undiscovered mineral deposits are encapsulated and nonreactive.
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Diana M. Benz, Ph.D.
- Mar 10, 2019
- 4 min
Data Storage in the Digital Age
Data management is one of the most important skills to learn in mineral exploration. Not only does the data you collect today lead to the...
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Diana M. Benz, Ph.D.
- Feb 10, 2019
- 3 min
Compiling Geological Data
In mineral exploration, there are increasingly fewer places in Canada that have not had a boot set on the ground to collect samples...
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Diana M. Benz, Ph.D.
- Jan 10, 2019
- 3 min
How to Build a Map
One of my first jobs in mineral exploration was building maps. I worked with a cartographer to build maps for geologists and became an...
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Diana M. Benz, Ph.D.
- Sep 10, 2018
- 3 min
There's gold in them thar ... trees!?: Understanding Biogeochemical Data in Mineral Exploration
Thanks to Mark Twain's iconic character Mulberry Sellers, from the 1893 novel "The American Claimant", we get the iconic phrase, based on...
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Diana M. Benz, Ph.D.
- Aug 10, 2018
- 4 min
Understanding Geochemical Data in Mineral Exploration
When discovering a mineral resource, geochemistry is the foremost science used in determining the location and abundance of a potential...
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Diana M. Benz, Ph.D.
- May 10, 2018
- 3 min
Ways to improve geochemical sample documentation
The old adage of garbage in, garbage out has never been more relevant than when dealing with geochemical samples. To capture the most out...
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