GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING FOR NICKEL
SULPHIDE An Orientation Survey
RUDY C. OBIAL
MARCELINO APELO
GABRIEL SANTOS
lNTRODUCTlON
The increasing demand for nickel
requires the need for exploration
methods to outline areas of potential
nickel concentrations. In the past
decade, nickel from lateritic deposits
had been the object of many exploration
ventures in the Philippines. Little
attention was given to nickel sulphide
deposits probably because of the
relative ease in prospecting for
nickeliferous laterites. It is likewise
probable that very little is known about
nickel sulphide occurrences in our type
of geological environment. Except in
Acoje Mines no other nickel sulphide
deposit is being mined in the country.
However, several occurrences are now
known and their exploration are in
progress.
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