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A sustainable approach to mineral exploration
Knowing what you can do, when, where and how is crucial to a project’s success and public acceptance. In Finland, we play by the rules, and the Mining Act is one of many laws that must be followed when conducting an exploration. GeoPool considers practicality and feasibility in addition to legal and ethical guidelines for … Read more
New service : Petrographical and mineralogical studies
Petrographical examination of ore mineralogy, textures, and mineral associations, in conjunction with rock protolith and alteration determination, can significantly improve the understanding of the paragenesis of mineralisation. Identifying rock-forming and ore minerals, their textures, and their relative abundances aids in interpreting geochemical data and allows distinguishing geological processes and appropriate petrogenetic models to support exploration … Read more
Meet our newest member of the team!
Exploration activities are increasing now with the upcoming field season starting. This is encouraging! Exploration is not only about collecting data but also about analyzing and reviewing the results, trends, anomalies, correlations, and hits. Therefore, we are very encouraged to welcome Kirsi Luolavirta to our team! Kirsi likes to profile herself as a magma petrologist, … Read more
Introducing Anna Shcherbakov
We are happy to announce another new addition to our team! Anna joined the Geopool team on 16th of May, and she will be responsible for Terhi Virta’s tasks while she is on maternity leave. Anna graduated from Laurea University of Applied Sciences in 2011 with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. After that she … Read more
The GeoPool Exploration Hub
Embedded within the lush forests of pine and spruce, alongside the Kitinen River, lies Sodankylä, a municipality based in Northern Lapland with lots of exploration focus going on. We found Sodankylä to be the perfect place for our very own Exploration Hub! We’ve established our Hub, including diamond drill core processing facilities in the center … Read more
Welcome to the team Yordanos and Viktor!
We are adding two more geologists to the GeoPool exploration team! For us, this is extra exciting. You see, in addition to getting two new colleagues, Yordanos Chane and Viktor Grundström Mattsson are also our first full-time employed exploration geologists in Sweden. Well, if you exclude our CEO, Mathias, of course. So, this is an … Read more
Joona Clergeaud joins the tenement management team of GeoPool
From the beginning of April 2021, Joona Clergeaud has joined the tenement management team of GeoPool. Before GeoPool Joona has been working with environmental geology and hydrogeology. The daily work has included geographical information system programs, regular field sampling, and statistical analyses. Joona graduated from the University of Helsinki with the M. Sc thesis “Impacts … Read more