Bushveld Drilling: now at 948 m depth

At the BVDP drill site the team has reached a drill depth of 948.5 m and is currently undertaking the second geophysical logging camplaign followed by a packer test.

With on the order of 1 million km³ of igneous rocks, the Bushveld Complex constitutes a Large Igneous Province. How can such a vast volume be generated from the mantle? Unlike most Large Igneous Provinces, the Bushveld Complex is largely plutonic and represents the roots of such systems, it is bimodal in composition, with subequal proportions of mafic and felsic igneous rocks and contains a fabulous mineral wealth, with resources of strategic and high-tech metals.

Find more info on the project here. See the Daily News here.