著者

正路 徹也

出版者

資源地質学会

雑誌

資源地質 (ISSN:09182454)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.61, no.3, pp.217-248, 2011-12-08

参考文献数

11

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The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku and the following tsunami caused loss of a large number of lives, destruction of not only many private houses but also infrastructures, and the Fukushima I nuclear accidents, although disasters for the mineral and exploration world in Japan were not so serious. It is other sensational topics that gold prices have increased rapidly, and are higher than 1800 US$/oz in August, 2011, and that copper prices recorded the highest of 8966 $/t (LME) on November 11, 2010. Japanese mining, petroleum and trading companies and JOGMEC (Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation) continue their activities steadily, and get many fruitful results in exploration and development of mineral and energy resources, which have been carried out in these several years and decades. For example, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd and Sumitomo Corporation have confirmed the presence of a gold, silver, and antimony mineralization zone in the Stone Boy project, Araska. Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd and JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corp. have been awarded independently and jointly many new exploration licences located in British and Norwegian North Sea, and conduct the exploration programs in some blocks as the operatores.