| Georgia Marble Company |
Marble ExplorationWhitestone, Georgia |
$100,000 |
Drilling exploratory holes to 800 feet both on surface and underground for future marble mine development. |
| Hazen Research |
High Grade Quartz StudyBall Ground, Georgia |
$15,000 |
Drilling inclined core borings to 150 feet to intercept quartz beds in schist. |
| RMC Holdings, Davidson Properties, Vulcan Materials Company, Georgia Marble Company, Florida Rock Industries, Martin Marietta Aggregates, Southern Aggregates, Imerys, OMYA |
Quarry Reserve StudiesSoutheastern United States |
>$2,000,000 |
Exploratory core drilling vertically and inclined to 800 feet to evaluate new quarry sites and define reserves at existing quarries. Includes exploration in crystalline, carbonate (karst) and semi-consolidated coastal carbonate rocks. |
| Ace Sand Company |
Sand and Gold ExplorationDuluth, Georgia |
$10,000 |
Auger drilling to define sand deposits and evaluate presence of gold. |
| DuPont Mineral
Associated Minerals USA |
Heavy Minerals ExplorationSoutheastern United States |
$500,000 |
Continuous sampling of unconsolidated coastal plain sediments to evaluate mineral potential. |
| Callahan Mining Company |
Metals ExplorationSoutheastern United States |
$20,000 |
Continuous coring of saprolite pegmatites to evaluate mineral potential. |
| Waverly Minerals Products |
Kaolin ExplorationMiggs, Georgia |
$25,000 |
Continuous coring of unconsolidated sediments to evaluate kaoline deposit. |
| Florida Tile
Richard Fountain & Associates |
Floyd County, Georgia |
$500,000 |
Auger drilling to evaluate ceramic clay deposits. |
| UNIMIN |
Sand ExplorationNorth Carolina |
$100,000 |
Exploration drilling to evaluate sand deposits |