“For example, they could have provided essential elements or molecules that were missing in the near-surface environment, and may have been important for early life.”

Source: https://www.thewestonforum.com/huge-rocks-from-space-boiled-the-ocean-but-they-also-helped-give-rise-to-early-life/

In addition, 5,000 m of surface drilling is planned to test near-surface targets across the 5,900 hectare Young-Davidson property.

Source: https://www.northernnews.ca/news/alamos-reports-record-fourth-quarter-production

"Our location on the doorstep of the Juby deposit presents an exceptional opportunity to drill near-surface, gold-bearing rocks in the Abitibi Greenstone Gold Belt, adjacent to a multi-million-ounce gold deposit."

Source: https://investingnews.com/imetal-resources-discovers-new-gold-trend-as-part-of-multiple-gold-zones-intersected-at-gowganda-west-during-fall-2022-drill-program/

"Significant near-surface copper grades were defined in the limited historical exploration at the Shillington Copper Property.

Source: https://investingnews.com/canada-silver-cobalt-reassessing-its-shillington-copper-property-with-historical-drill-core-copper-grades-up-to-18-28-cu-over-0-30m-and-as-wide-as-0-50-cu-over-12-50m/

SWIM’s scientists hope the project will serve as a foundation for a proposed mission – an orbiter that would be equipped with a powerful radar custom-designed to search for near-surface ice beyond where HiRISE has confirmed its presence.

Source: https://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2023/11/05/new-mars-ice-map-aids-nasas-red-planet-landing-strategy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-mars-ice-map-aids-nasas-red-planet-landing-strategy

The assay results from drill hole SR23-01 have been received and confirm the intersection of thick intervals of near-surface copper sulphides (Figure 1).

Source: https://investingnews.com.au/assays-confirm-thick-intervals-of-copper-sulphide-as-100-hit-rate-continues-at-the-storm-copper-project-canada

The Butiá Gold Deposit hosts an NI 43-101 compliant near-surface gold resource of about 500,000 ounces, as detailed in the NI 43-101 Technical Report Mineral Resource for Butiá Gold Prospect dated and effective January 25, 2022.

Source: https://www.cbj.ca/lavras-gold-zeca-souza-expansion-drilling-hits-visible-gold-of-43-6-g-t-gold-over-4-metres-starting-near-surface/

The East Zone conductor is the largest and highest amplitude in the entire survey, with near-surface conductors consistently correlated with intense copper sulfide mineralization at surface.

Source: https://theclarion.ca/media-release/vr-receives-noi-drill-permit-for-new-boston-and-prioritizes-drill-targets-for-the-copper-moly-silver-porphyry-system-in-western-nevada/

The Green Springs project produced high-grade oxide gold from two open pits in the 1980’s, and is host to multiple, near-surface Carlin Type gold zones and exploration targets.

Source: https://thegrizzlygazette.com/media-release/contact-gold-provides-2023-outlook-for-the-green-springs-and-pony-creek-projects/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=contact-gold-provides-2023-outlook-for-the-green-springs-and-pony-creek-projects

The university’s work consisted of two pits drilled by hand auger in the lake bottom collected in 20 cm intervals and has indicated the presence of high-grade near-surface lithium brines.

Source: https://investingnews.com/ion-energy-to-present-at-future-minerals-forum-in-saudi-arabia/