A nose for new mineral deposits: the ore-sniffing dogs transforming mine location

Dogs and their handlers are trained to locate copper and nickel ore deposits for mining companies at a camp in Sweden. Image courtesy of OreDog.
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Founder and CEO of ore-locating service OreDog, Peter Bergman is a geologist... -
Dogs and their handlers are trained to locate copper and nickel ore deposits... -
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