ENVIRONMENT

Pilbara space odyssey

A 3.5 billion year old ultramafic dunite magnesium-rich rock from Marble Bar in Western Australia could hold the secrets of an ancient geological environment that was common to both Earth and Mars and confirm if there was life on the Red Planet.

 NASA's Perseverance rover

NASA's Perseverance rover

The Marble Bar rock was sent into space on NASA's Perseverance rover as part of its Mission to Mars 2020 project, where it will be used to calibrate instruments to take samples of intact rock cores from...

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A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Monthly Intelligence team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Monthly Intelligence team.

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