TOUCHSTONES-GOLD® Collaborative Design

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="04dd4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Archean Systems</div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>TOUCHSTONES-GOLD® Collaborative Design</B></div> <div> Welcome to the TOUCHSTONES-GOLD* design web site.</div> <div> <B>Collaborative Research, Development,  Design and Discovery for :</B></div> <div>   </div> <div> Large-scale, Archean (and younger) silicate systems, regional to zone-scale gold distributions</div> <bR> <div> <B>Related issues of interest:</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">predictive methods for mineral exploration</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">controlled, quantitative estimation of mineralization efficiency;</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">silicate component distributions- dispersion, central tendencies, modalities (natural, taxonomic, mineral, lithological)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">physico-chemical geology; thermodynamics of large- scale silicate systems (equilibrium, nonequilibrium; reversible, irreversible; linear, nonlinear; classical / CIT, extended /EIT; continuum) </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">identification, measurement and control of technical risks and biases in mineral exploration;</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">quality control, "data verification" protocol and procedures</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">certified reference material ("standard"), blank and quality control samples; integration of assay, whole rock analysis, petrographic and petrofabric (matrix, structural) controls</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">integration and analysis of exploration and drilling data; template, keyword and graphic symbol library development; visual and statistical treatments</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">geophysical, remote sensing; other geochemical, geological, thermobarometric data integration and correlation;</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">visual analysis methods, interactive and dynamic data and statistics integration</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">technical risk, resource modeling in feasibility studies; </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">mineral exploration productivity, optimization</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">analyses of mineral property and resource portfolio structure;</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">mineral project operations, strategy; sectoral policy analyses and alignment </div> <bR> <div> Please click the links to the <B>Research Mission</B> and other pages for more information:</div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scientific Issues"><U><B>Scientific Issues</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Research Mission"><U><B>Research Mission</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact "><U><B>Contact </B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Your Participation"><U><B>Your Participation</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="World R D "><U><B>World R & D </B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="World Strategy"><U><B>World Strategy</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gold Sector Economics"><U><B>Gold Sector Economics</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> *TOUCHSTONES-GOLD is a registered trademark (1995) of Julius Hava.  </div> <div> Professional geoscience services are provided exclusively by Julius Hava P.Geo. 2004 (Ontario S.O. 2000, c 13)</div> <bR> <div> Last revised: May 11,  2009</div> <bR> <div>    </div> </td> </tr></table></body>