Field notes from underground
Making mining fun, relatable, and easy to understand. Honest stories about the minerals critical to your world.
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Delve into how geologists explore for minerals and the techniques they use to identify deposits beneath the Earth's surface, responsibly and sustainably.
Ever wondered how prospectors know where to dig for valuable minerals? We unearth the key geological clues and clever techniques they use to find them.
Field log
Rossland's world-class ski and bike trails sit on a gold rush boomtown. The story of the Le Roi mine, and how mining built a BC resort town.
The average smartphone relies on roughly 42 different minerals. It's one of the densest mineral cocktails humans have ever built.
You're zero-emission on the trail, but your bike is a geology museum on wheels. Around 15 to 20 minerals go into the average frame.
If mining is the surgery, geophysics is the MRI. How magnetics, gravity, VLF, and EM let us see underground before we ever dig.
A New Year's "weigh-in": the strontium, barium, copper, and gunpowder minerals behind the world's biggest fireworks shows.
Core sample
Dig Into It is a mining education project that shows how minerals and responsible mining shape everyday life. From the phone in your pocket to the bike on the trail, we translate mineral exploration, geology, and resource development into plain language anyone can follow.
By connecting raw resources to daily life, we help the public understand why mining matters and give the industry a clear, jargon-free way to share its story. Join us as we explore the world beneath the surface.
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