Background Information

We have a range of simple single page documents available (small size PDF format) on the approach Glass Earth takes to gold exploration.

A small brochure published by NZ Petroleum and Minerals (formerly Crown Minerals )is also available. Explore NZ Gold

Land Access
Access agreements: What is required and what rights and obligations are confered.

Permits
The regulatory environment in New Zealand.

Magnetics
Magnetism: where it comes from, how Glass Earth's airborne surveys were conducted and what the results mean.

Gravity
Gravity: where it comes from, how Glass Earth's airborne survey was conducted and what the results mean.

Ground Resistivity
Ground electrical resistance: how Glass Earth's on-ground CSAMT and 3D E-Scan surveys are conducted and what the results mean.

Airborne Electro-Magnetics
Electro-Magnetics / resistivity: where it comes from, how Glass Earth's Otago airborne survey was conducted and what the results mean.

Drilling
The purpose of drilling in gold exploration and a brief overview of two types of drilling rig.