Exploration Services
The Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) is responsible for national geological mapping and
research and historically GTK has also been involved in mineral exploration in Finland. These
projects have ranged from regional- to prospect-scale and have led to the discovery of a number of
significant deposits. Today GTK's role is to acquire data from new areas and prospects to encourage
further evaluation by the private sector. All discoveries and prospects are tendered globally to
the private sector through the Ministry of Trade and Industry; the government has no role in the
mining business.
GTK's role is also to provide confidential and customized expert services to exploration and
mining companies in the Fennoscandian Shield and worldwide. These include all aspects and scales of
mineral exploration and prospect evaluation, from planning and implementing regional exploration
programs, to detailed mineralogical studies and deposit modeling.
Specialized Expertise in Economic Geology
- Lode gold exploration
- Diamond exploration
- Komatiite-hosted nickel exploration
- Layered mafic intrusion-hosted PGE exploration
- Pigment mineral exploration
Confidential and Customized Exploration Services
- Airborne geophysics
- Dual detector magnetics
- 2-frequency EM and radiometrics
- Ground geophysics
- Geochemical surveys
- Geological and technical field work
- Diamond indicator mineral sampling, processing and analyzing
- Prospect evaluation and modelling
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Modern chemical and mineralogical
laboratories
- Facilities with large capacities and short turnaround times
- Extensive experience with exploration company samples
- Complete range of elemental analyses of ore and bedrock samples
- Fully equipped electron microprobe, SEM and XRD facilities
- Environmental baseline studies, impact assessment and monitoring
- GIS (ArcInfo and MapInfo)
- 3D modeling and resource evaluation (Gemcom and Surpac)
- Excellent
digital
databases covering entire Finland