The Yarmouth Gold project is covered by a fixed wing aeromagnetic gradiometer/VLF-EM survey flown 1989/90. This survey was flown at 300 meter line spacing with a nominal terrain clearance of 150 meters.
The airborne data is useful as a regional representation of the underlying geology. However, its large line spacing and terrain clearance does not provide the level of detail required for ground follow-up. There is very little basement rock exposure, which increases the importance of acquiring high resolution ground magnetic data. As such, Nova Exploration carried out walking mag surveys at 50m line spacing, which greatly enhanced the company’s geological understanding and targeting ability.
Nova Exploration received grants from the Mineral Resources Development Fund of Nova Scotia, which were used to collect 119 soil sample, 419 tree bark samples and 890 km of walking mag data.
YARMOUTH GOLD PROJECT CLAIM BLOCKS REGIONAL AEROMAGNETIC IMAGE AND GROUND MAGNETICS IMAGE
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