Mineweb.com - Actlabs SGH geochem defines gold and silver drill targets for Aura Silver

Mineweb.com - Actlabs SGH geochem defines gold and silver drill targets for Aura Silver

After finding anomalous high grade gold and silver surface samples, Aura Silver turned to Actlabs' SGH geochemistry analysis to define possible drill targets.

SGH (Spatiotemporal Geochemical Hydrocarbons) is an organic geochemistry used to delineate buried inorganic mineral deposits and organic petroleum plays. SGH detects 162 specific non-gaseous hydrocarbon compounds that have been synthesized by bacterial feeding on the target. In the death phase of these microbes, cell membranes break down and release these hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbons are diffused through the overburden to the surface.

SGH is a deep penetrating geochemisty able to detect shallow targets as well as mineral deposits in excess of 500 metres or petroleum plays in excess of 1,000 metres in depth.