Odds ‘n’ Sods: The isolation of field work can be lonely — and sobering

Every geologist has experienced extreme isolation at some point. That crystalline moment when they realized that if anything happened to them right then and there, they may as well be on Mars.

Ralph Rushton | October 9, 2023 | 11:14 am

Odds ‘n’ Sods: How not to drill a project, Part 2 

We'd learned some tough lessons in Phase 1, and this time around we were going to be smarter.

Ralph Rushton | May 5, 2023 | 1:03 pm

Odds ‘n’ Sods: How not to drill a project, Part 1 

In 1996 the author was sent to Iran to supervise a drill program at a gold project called Zarshuran. It didn't go well.

Ralph Rushton | April 21, 2023 | 12:05 pm

Odds ‘n’ Sods: Lies, damn lies, and visual estimates 

Like it or not, our industry often bets the house on one person's interpretation of what may (or may not) lie beneath our feet.

Ralph Rushton | June 3, 2022 | 6:00 am

Odds ‘n’ Sods: Local justice in Bulgaria 

A small team heads to the southwest to explore for sediment-hosted gold close to the borders with Greece and Macedonia.

Ralph Rushton | April 5, 2022 | 2:32 pm