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Gold/Mining/Energy : SOUTHERNERA (t.SUF) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter Bourgeois who wrote (2037)	9/24/1998 2:59:00 PM
From: VAUGHN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7235

Hello Peter and Valuepro Sorry fellas, just in lurking mode lately. Nothing much to add to the conversation. I came across a very interesting article on a news wire at noon today. When I scanned the companies web site I thought their technology might be of assistance to SUF so I e-mailed Kim and Howard the info for what it is worth. Also passed along some websites on ground penetrating radar, which I still feel strongly, could be a significant help up here and elsewhere. Check out the web site and see what you think? Article is duplicated below. Regards ********** Attention Kim Freeman and Howard Bird The following story was culled off the Internet this morning. The company has already made a strategic alliance with Noranda and flown properties in Mexico and elsewhere. Apparently this new technology can distinguish between various rock chemical signatures. Just a guess but perhaps very helpful as kimberlite chemistry is significantly different from dolomite and granites. May be of help in your three major camps including locating old river channels in Angola. Check out their website. It has a number of articles, images and endorsments: www.earthsearch.com Regards ********************** Yellowstone, One of World's Most Interesting Environments, is the Next Target for Earth Search's Probe-1 Sensing Capability Business Wire - September 22, 1998 16:18 Jump to first matched term McCALL, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 1998--Earth Search Sciences Inc., (OTC BB:EDIS) today announced that it has won a contract funded by NASA that will train the company's breakthrough hyperspectral remote sensing instrument, Probe-1, on one of the world's most interesting environments -- Yellowstone National Park. Earth Search Sciences is a major subcontractor in an approximately $600,000 environmental information-gathering program to be undertaken by Yellowstone Ecosystem Studies. ESSI will, for the first time, deliver hyperspectral images that scientists believe will yield much more in-depth qualitative information than any previous environmental assessment of Yellowstone. Hyperspectral images establish an organic "signature" for plants, animals and the earth itself -- information precise enough to make decision-making possible about the health of the environment and creating other important advantages. NASA's contract award followed a highly competitive process. NASA-MSU TechLink director of environmental and agricultural technology programs Dr. Will Swearingen said, "In an environment of intense competition among Fortune 500 companies, top research laboratories and institutions, NASA chose to partner Yellowstone Ecosystem Studies with Earth Search because NASA recognized that the company's Probe-1 instrument is probably the leading hyperspectral imaging sensor out there." ESSI's hyperspectral imaging project will center on two important watersheds in Yellowstone National Park's Upper Lamar Valley -- Soda Butte Creek and Cache Creek. ESSI's Probe-1 technology will help Yellowstone Ecosystem Studies scientists answer questions such as the long-term impacts of the 1988 Yellowstone fires on stream health and wildlife habitat. "Through the NASA award, we will gain access to a very powerful tool that will not only save us hundreds of hours of fieldwork, but also help us see things that we couldn't see otherwise," said Dr. Bob Crabtree, YES founder and science director. Crabtree said the project will provide a valuable complement to the organization's new "Wild Waters of Yellowstone" research initiative. "I'm excited about this pioneering Montana-led project," said Sen. Conrad Burns of Montana, a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, which oversees NASA. "It involves a strong partnership of private and public organizations using space-age technology to better understand our common Yellowstone natural heritage and keep the Yellowstone ecosystem healthy. Research results should give us techniques to better manage streams in Montana and elsewhere." "We think Probe-1 is an important differentiator in our team of partners being awarded this work," said Larry Vance, chairman and founder of Earth Search Sciences. "We are energized to help influence the quality of environmental and scientific decisions for the next era of Yellowstone National Park's management." Remote sensing, or "hyperspectral" imaging creates ultra high resolution images of the earth's surface. Analysis of these images can determine the presence of target minerals in geologic formations or evidence of minerals from vegetal "signatures." McCall, Idaho-based Earth Search Sciences in 1997 launched its Probe-1 instrument into commercial service. Probe-1 is the product of 10 years of research and development devoted to delivering customers cost-effective solutions in acquiring qualitative images from the earth's surface that can drive informed decision-making. Earth Search Sciences' officials believe Probe-1 capabilities can deliver authoritative information to clients across the mineral, environmental, defense, agriculture and many other industries. The cost of data from Probe-1 and its fixed-wing platform, is far below that of existing satellite technology, creating a competitive advantage for ESSI's customers in the race to learn the earth's secrets. CONTACTS: Earth Search Sciences Media: Scott Peyron, 208/388-3800 Investors: Ken Danchuk, 250/765-6064 info@peyron.com earthsearch@aol.com www.earthsearch.com