Mining engineering students competed in the University of Arizona Department of Mining and Geological Engineering’s annual rock-drilling competition on Friday, near Old Main on the UA campus. In the ...

A beam of electromagnetic energy traveling at the speed of light strikes a thick slab of basalt, one of the hardest rocks on ...

3,662 m in 15 drill holes were drilled at the Lynx Gold Zone ("LGZ"). Visible gold ("VG") was observed in 6 separate drill holes. All but one hole intercepted the favourable rhyolite/sediment contact.

Quaise is taking its technology from the lab to field trials for the first time this year. A beam of energy hit the slab of rock, which quickly began to glow. Pieces cracked off, sparks ricocheted, ...

That’s one small hole for a probe, but one giant leap for NASA. This past weekend, the space agency jerry-rigged Curiosity’s malfunctioning drill, allowing the rover to bore into Martian rock for the ...

When defending champion Skip Leedy finished his first-place hole in the 29th annual Nevada Day Single-Jack Rock Drilling competition a fan wanted to shake his hand. "I want to feel the grip of a world ...

Sea urchins can scrape their way through solid rock to make themselves homes. This ability has long been suspected but never demonstrated, until now. Michael Russell at Villanova University in ...