A Stack of rocks awaiting geochemical analysis
Connecting data to rock - “making the rock speak”
We don’t just plot anomalies, we integrate lithology, alteration & geological context to develop robust 3D understanding of your mineral system.
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Realising exploration upside

Ensuring your targets are higher potential, lower risk and drill-ready. From applying a Mineral System approach to targeting, to designing sampling campaigns and lab auditing, we help ensure exploration data integrity.

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Champion the next generation of explorers

Transferring 45 years of combined global experience to your teams. We train your geologists to think like geochemists.

Geochemical Consultants

At Third Planet Exploration Services we believe in supporting global mineral exploration through improving mineral system and ore-body knowledge, application of the most up-to-date project evaluation techniques and tools and mentoring new explorers.

Ore-body Knowledge

Transform geochemical data into predictive geological models to increase discovery efficiency, optimize your geomet strategy. Our approach is based on knowledge-driven interpretations through human subject matter expert data analysis.

Research & Development

Collaborative and individual research furthers our understanding of mineral systems, generating innovative tools to evaluate and develop our resources.

Future Generations

Creating linkages between industry and universities enhances young geoscientists’ ability to apply their new skills to real-world exploration.

Best Practices

Exploration project pipeline management – design and implementation of disciplined, Mineral Systems based area selection criteria. Maximising effectiveness of sampling campaigns – sampling strategy, analytical methods and lab auditing.

Our Experience

Since mid-2019 Third Planet Exploration Services has delivered powerful geochemical data analyses to 40+ companies with 60 projects in over 21 countries across the planet:

  • Gold, silver, copper, lithium, cobalt, lead-zinc, nickel and uranium.
  • Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Oceania.

If you would like to know more about these discoveries don’t hesitate to get in touch

Testimonial

What they say
  • The technical expertise and industry best practices Simon brings is helping us extract more value from our exploration data and design better field programs that together have improved our exploration workflow, and ultimately, support making better decisions within the context of his global experience.

    James Buskard
    President, Nevada Exploration Inc
  • Simon is not only a top class geochemist and mineral explorer but he is also a first rate collaborator that brings the best of traditional science foundations along with new ideas and technology.

    Dr Steve Hill
    Chief Scientist, Geoscience Australia
  • Progradex Ltd has worked closely with Simon recently on a difficult exploration project at high altitude in Chile. Simon’s contribution to the success of that project is very real. His pragmatic approach to problem solving, of which there were many examples, is a credit to him and benefitted all of the individuals and companies involved. We had a short deadline to meet due to the small weather-window available in Andes Chile. The deadline was met, the sampling results were excellent and the future of an advanced exploration project was secured. I would have no hesitation in recommending Simon going forward.

    Toby Day
    Managing Director, Progradex Ltd

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