Lanzhou University Applies Muon Imaging Technology to Mineral Exploration

Professor Liu Zhiyi's team from the Ministry of Education's Frontier Science Center for Rare Isotopes at Lanzhou University and the Gansu Nuclear Industry Research Institute successfully conducted Asia's first natural muon geophysical prospecting experiment at the Zaozigou Gold Mine in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The experiment enabled relatively accurate detection and internal structural imaging of the mine's veins, worked-out areas, and geological structures. The related research findings were recently published in the International Journal of Geophysics.