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Copper Extraction Experiment

This experiment, designed to illustrate the simplicity of copper extraction from sedimentary-hosted mineralization, was recorded at Aurania’s Ecuadorean field office during a visit from Ecuador’s Vice-Minister of Mines, Fernando L. Benalcazar. Aurania’s President Dr. Richard Spencer shows how to go from field rocks to pure copper in a matter of minutes. Ingredients: crushed, copper-bearing sedimentary rock, a bit of sulphuric acid, a couple of nails attached to a flashlight battery with electrical wire and voila, copper extraction pure and simple.
Vice Minister and Gregor Borg

The Opportunity – A Copper Expert’s Opinion

The following was recorded at Aurania’s Ecuadorean field office during a concurrent visit from Ecuador’s Vice-Minister of Mines, Fernando L. Benalcazar and Prof. Gregor Borg, one of the top sedimentary copper experts in the world. The discussion centres on the Vice-Minister’s interest in Aurania’s recent copper discovery from a governmental perspective, and Prof. Borg’s professional, independent opinion on the significance of the company’s copper findings.
Tsenken N2 target

Aurania Reports on the Copper Potential of Geophysical Targets

Metron Probability Update Part VI: Visualizing a Gold Mine in the 1500’s

Dr. Keith Barron explains what a gold mine of The Lost Cities could look like in the 1500's.

Metron Probability Update Part V: The 1574 Map

Dr. Keith Barron discusses how a map from 1574 helped shape the search for The Lost Cities.

Metron Probability Update Part IV: Homing in on The Lost Cities

Dr. Keith Barron discusses historical evidence pointing the way to The Lost Cities.

Metron Probability Update Part III: Making Sense of our Magnetic Data

Here we look at the magnetic data collected from Aurania's Cutucu project area and not only how it guides geological exploration, but its significance in relation to other notable deposits.

Metron Probability Update Part II: Metron’s First Pass

In this instalment, Dr. Lawrence Stone, Metron's Chief Scientist discusses how the "Bayesian inference" approach is able to help see patterns in data and highlight primary focus targets for our teams to investigate, along with preliminary findings and discussion on accuracy refinement.

Metron Probability Update Part I: The Bayesian Inference Approach

In this first instalment, Dr. Lawrence Stone, Metron's Chief Scientist discusses how the "Bayesian inference" approach is able to help see patterns in data and highlight primary focus targets for our teams to investigate, along with preliminary findings and discussion on accuracy refinement.