11/07/2018 - 09:04

Artemis gets surprise from super deep Pilbara drilling

11/07/2018 - 09:04

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Artemis Resources has penetrated 300m of a felsic intrusive rock during a deep drilling program, 65km south of Karratha in the Pilbara. Such intrusions “invade” the in-situ rock sequences in a hot fluid state and cause significant cracking due to the high temperatures involved and the extreme pressures. The intrusions can be the source of economic ore deposits, if they originally contained dissolved metals.

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