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Level 3, 80 Ardmore St

Wanaka, Central Otago

New Zealand

Phone: (64) (21) 02773211

email: anthony at aps.co.nz

contact: Anthony

Applied Petrological Services (APS) works to support the explorationist in his or her own field-based petrological work. APS achieves this through the provision of a range of laboratory based analytical methods, central to which are petrography and mineragraphy.

The application of petrology to mineral exploration beyond a standard empirical approach is key to modern integrated methods in mineral exploration and discovery of today. In support of and in conjunction with its basic analytical services, APS identifies appropriate petrological applications and provides interpretations of petrological data. APS's interpretations of petrological data are done in conjunction with independently derived geochemical, geophysical and structural data. In some circumstances APS analytical work may be combined with site visits that may include detailed geological mapping or core logging.

APS has experience in a range of geological terranes and mineral settings. These include epithermal gold and porphyry copper-gold mineralisation of Tertiary Island arc settings of the Southwest Pacific and Southeast Asia region; and epithermal to mesothermal gold in Proterozoic rocks of Northern Territory and Western Australia.

Sample preparation at competitive rates is offered as part of APS's work. For information relating to current rates for sample preparation and professional services, and advice on sample submission procedure, contact: anthony at aps.co.nz.

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