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Drilling is one of the most important, and can be the most expensive, of all mineral exploration procedures. In almost all cases, it is drilling that locates and defines economic mineralization, and drilling provides the ultimate test for all the ideas, theories and predictions that are generated in the preceding prospect generation and target generation phases of the exploration process.
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Marjoribanks, R.W. (1997). Mineral Exploration Drilling. In: Geological Methods in Mineral Exploration and Mining. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5822-0_4
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