chip sampling

[′chip ‚sam·pliŋ]

(mining engineering)

Taking small pieces of ore or coal from the width of an ore face exposure; may be done at random or along a line.

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The Phase 1 exploration program comprises; geological mapping, hand auger soil sampling, manportable percussion drill soil sampling, rock chip sampling, portable XRF analysis, and laboratory analysis for gold over the OPQ gold target.

New Age Exploration Ltd. - Gold Exploration to Commence at OPQ Project NZ

Planned work includes re-establishing the access road, locating the prospects and rock chip sampling. Drilling of selected sites is an option for later in the season if field results are positive.

InvestmentPitch Media Video Discusses New Destiny Mining's Mobilization for Drilling its Treasure Mountain Silver Property 30 km East/Northeast of Hope, BC - Video Available on Investmentpitch.com

(Alliance News) - Bezant Resources PLC on Thursday said assay results from rock chip sampling at its Buffalo project in Zambia found high grade values of copper.

Bezant Resources Buffalo Sampling Finds High Grade Copper Values

These soil results follow up earlier rock chip sampling results from April 2019 which revealed grades of up to 29 g/t gold.

Predictive Discovery soil survey finds gold anomaly at Nonta

High-grade rock chip sampling results of up to 46.4g/t gold; hard-rock artisanal workings defined over 1.2km strike length within the newly acquired license, occurring within a broader 12km strike target corridor of anomalous gold rock chips and artisanal workings

IronRidge Resources Forms JV for Ivory Coast Gold Project

Savannah noted that rock chip sampling results from the Gaddamah prospect have shown grades of up to 5.7 per cent copper and 3.7 grammes of gold per tonne.

Savannah Resources strikes gold, copper in Oman

Perth, Australia, July 26, 2013 - (ABN Newswire) - The Board of Western Mining Network Ltd (ASX:WMN) is pleased to announce that assay results have now been received from the second phase of exploration for the semi detailed geological mapping, float rock chips samples, outcrops via rock chip sampling and trenching within the Persada Tenement.

Western Mining Limited (ASX:WMN) Second Exploration Phase Completed on Persada Tenement

The first phase exploration field programme covers trenching, rock chip sampling, mapping and clay alteration studies within the known mineralised trend, in addition to systematic soil sampling to define extensions to the trend to the east, south and north.

-Focus Ventures Ltd. to conduct fieldwork at Santa Cruz Project

In the late 1970s, chip sampling on the property yielded up to 0.10 pounds per ton uranium over widths up to 15 metres.

Hinterland Metals doubles the size of the Hearne uranium property near Churchill, Manitoba

They include: emergency repairs, owner occupied co-ops and condos, areas where lead based paint was removed and certified lead free by a licensed inspector and areas certified lead free via XRF analysis or paint chip sampling by a certified lead testing firm.

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Reconnaissance chip sampling at "La Patriota" returned a best result of 81.4 g/t Au and 86 g/t Ag over a 1m chip sample, with 7 of the first 18 samples collected on the prospect returning greater than 20 g/t Au.