26.08.2008 - Drilling into 3.5 Billion Year Old Rocks Completed!
A dedicated team from Drillers in Training cc. enabled us to collect some of the earliest and best preserved rocks in Africa. The drill cores hold clues to the nature of microbial life and environments on the ancient earth.
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On site the core was carefully labeled and packed like a giant jigsaw puzzle to be transported back to the lab. The nearly continuous recovery of rock during the drilling process and its pristine un-weathered condition will allow us to reconstruct a detailed history of the evolution of life and environments on the earliest earth.
Watch our website for more updates on the drilling results and scientific findings from our international team.
Harald Furnes studying drill core.
Photo:
Nicola McLoughlin
Drilling in progress: foreground rock core being packed into boxes, background drill rig in action.
Photo:
Nicola McLoughlin
16.12.2009