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From 3 halos to 6 industrial anomalies: the El Cóndor 3D model

How remote imaging plus NMR turned a lightly explored gold block into a prioritized drilling plan — with nineteen mineralized bodies reconstructed in volumetric 3D.

Case study · 6 min read

The starting point: three anomaly halos

The block sat in a lightly explored metallogenic belt. Early surface work had outlined three broad anomaly halos — enough to be of interest, not enough to justify drilling with confidence. The question was how to move from surface hints to defined, drillable targets without a long, invasive campaign.

Two phases, four months

Phase I and II mapping refined those three halos into six georeferenced industrial anomalies. NMR characterization then resolved the geometry at depth, reconstructing nineteen mineralized bodies across nine depth sections — from 45 meters down to just over 5,000 meters.

3 → 6
Halos refined into industrial anomalies
19
Mineralized bodies in 3D
30
Prioritized drilling points

Why volumetric 3D matters

A flat anomaly map indicates where to look; a 3D model indicates how to drill. The bodies viewed in volume — their depth, extent and relationship to one another — turn scattered targets into a single, coherent geological picture and a prioritized drilling plan.

Informed drilling, not blind drilling.

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