Two crew and a dog walking toward a hanging glacier on an MMI soil sampling program near Atlin, BC

Mineral exploration fieldwork.

Soil sampling, ground mag, VLF-EM and prospecting across BC.

About Petram.

The crew behind Petram has worked out of almost every small town in BC since 2004, running field programs for exploration companies, junior miners and mineral tenure holders. We’ve taken more than 20,000 soil samples and run 500 line-km of ground geophysics. We process geophysics in camp each night, so you have the maps while we’re still on site and can extend the grid if an anomaly runs off it.

Soil sampling with a Dutch auger on steep terrain

What we do.

Kneeling at a soil pit taking an MMI sample at the Casper prospect, shovel standing in the ground beside it

Geochemical surveys

MMI, SGH, B- and Ah-horizon soils, stream sediments and biogeochemistry.

Field crew operating a ground magnetometer during a winter magnetic survey at the Topley project

Ground magnetic surveys

Total field, with TMI and derivative maps.

Snowshoes, a pack and VLF-EM equipment laid out on the snow

VLF-EM surveys

Up to three transmitters.

Soil sampling and prospecting on gossanous Hematite Ridge

Prospecting and rock sampling

Following up on soil and geophysical anomalies, pXRF on request.

Looking out past old timbers from a historic adit on Nickel Mountain to the valley below

Desktop work

Assessment reports, permitting, historical compilations, GIS, maps and presentations.

Where we’ve worked.

Satellite map of British Columbia Surprise Lake, Julia / Feather Creek, Otter Creek, Titan, Lincoln Creek, Surprise Lake Pluton, Sunrise (Atlin), Engineer Gold Mine, Wann River, Crine10Tatsamenie Gold, Grizzly, Star, Hat4Hot BathPalm Springs and E&LSparta, Red Lion2Chaco BearAnyoxSidina, Sunrise2Reiseter, El Toro, Copper Crown, Topley4GSLT, Cabin Lake2Diadem, Krona, Chu Molybdenum3Lac la HacheYellowhead East, Yellowhead West, Raft3Big Creek, Rodeo2Reliance, Bralorne North, Bralorne South, Brett, Bralorne East, Bralorne West, Goldbelt7Beaton, Treadwell, Corona3Ashton CopperSummers Fault, Princeton Copper, Princeton East, Tora Tora, Granite Creek, Brenda West, Brenda North7Texada Island Surprise Lake, Julia / Feather Creek, Otter Creek, Crine, Titan, Lincoln Creek, Surprise Lake Pluton, Sunrise (Atlin), Engineer Gold Mine, Wann River10Tatsamenie Gold, Grizzly, Star, Hat, Hot Bath5Palm Springs and E&LSparta, Red Lion2AnyoxReiseter, El Toro, Sidina, Chaco Bear, Sunrise, Topley, Copper Crown7GSLT, Diadem, Cabin Lake, Krona, Chu Molybdenum5Yellowhead East, Yellowhead West, Raft3Beaton, Treadwell, Corona, Ashton Copper, Brett, Reliance, Bralorne North, Lac la Hache, Bralorne South, Bralorne East, Big Creek, Rodeo, Bralorne West, Goldbelt14Summers Fault, Princeton Copper, Princeton East, Tora Tora, Granite Creek, Brenda West, Brenda North7Texada Island

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Where we’ve worked
A pack and a rock hammer on a summit above a lake south of Atlin