You have been appointed project geologist for Geoscience Innovations Ghana Limited to head the exploration campaign for base metals in the Buem of Ghana. The campaign will start from stream sediment survey through wide-spaced soil sampling to close-spaced soil sampling, pitting and trenching and finally, drilling to define the deposit. Provide a write up to the management on the relevance of Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) protocols as part of the important components of your exploration design, planning and management.

You have been appointed project geologist for Geoscience Innovations Ghana Limited to head the exploration campaign for base metals in the Buem of Ghana. The campaign will start from stream sediment survey through wide-spaced soil sampling to close-spaced soil sampling, pitting and trenching and finally, drilling to define the deposit. Provide a write up to the management on the relevance of Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) protocols as part of the important components of your exploration design, planning and management.

Principles of Geotechnical Engineering (MindTap Course List)

9th Edition

ISBN:9781305970939

Author:Braja M. Das, Khaled Sobhan

Publisher:Braja M. Das, Khaled Sobhan

Chapter17: Subsoil Exploration

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 17.2P

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