勘查地球化学是现代一体化矿产勘查活动的核心部分。工业界主要是在遭受强烈化学风化、具有厚覆盖层并完成了基本地球化学工作的世界热带地区进行金矿勘探。由于黄金和贱金属价格大幅度下降,投资者的信心受到损害,结果使得勘探资金总的商业使用效果也差。尽管形势不十分有利,但很多开发者依然在1997年的报 Exploration geochemistry is a core part of modern integrated mineral exploration activities. The industry is primarily engaged in gold exploration in tropical regions of the world that have been subjected to intense chemical weathering, thick overburden and basic geochemical chemistry. As the price of gold and base metals dropped sharply, investor confidence was compromised, resulting in poor overall commercial use of exploration funds. Although the situation is not very favorable, but many developers still reported in 1997