Landscape near Gaby Sur porphyry Cu deposit with Pular and Socompa volcanoes in the background (both >6000 m)
Cu prospective Cordillera Domeyko, Northern Chile

Widespread gravel strata in northern Chile and southern Peru cover copper mineralization. These "Atacama gravels" have a diverse stratigraphy and composition reflecting their protracted deposition under different geological conditions. This project will outline an exploration methodology which integrates the evolution of the landscape as well as mapping of gravels and soils with innovative geochemical techniques to detect buried copper mineralization.

The project is led by MDRU but is carried out under COPEDIM,an international collaboration between researchers at Chilean and French universities with UBC (http://www2.obs-mip.fr/lmicopedim).

People

Thomas Bissig	Principal Investigator	MDRU / UBC
Peter Winterburn	Principal Investigator - Geochemistry	MDRU / UBC
Rodrigo Riquelme	Researcher	Universidad Catolica del Norte, Antofagasta
Eduardo Campos	Researcher	Universidad Catolica del Norte, Antofagasta
Alexandra Brown	MSc Candidate	MDRU / UBC

Sponsorship to the project includes Anglo American Exploration Ltd., First Quantum Minerals Ltd., Quantum Pacific Exploration (QPX). For more information, contact Thomas Bissig.

Eduardo Campos at Carla Sur prospect

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