Professional techniques

Articles EN

In this section, we will provide an overview of the mining exploration methods and techniques that can be used by amateur mineral prospectors.

A summary of the article will be available soon…

Cédrick Gineste

Cédrick Gineste has 35 years of experience in field mineralogy. An exploration geologist since 1997, his field missions have taken him to more than twenty countries across five continents. He has a naturalistic approach to mineralogy and collects deposits and their parageneses rather than minerals.

The full article is available
in the print journal Mineralogique.

Journal

The Mérétrice mine, New-Caledonia

The former lead-zinc-silver mine at Mérétrice was a small operation that was active intermittently between 1884 and 1930 in the far north of New Caledonia.