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    Oct 02, 2020 2 minutes
    COMPILED BY MARTINETTE LOUW

    Going to Ground – A geologist’s adventures in Africa and South America

     by Nick Norman, The Franschhoek Press

    R320 in bookstores

    Born and raised in KZN, Nick Norman’s successful career as an exploration geologist has taken him to remote corners of the world to collect samples and identify areas that might be rich in minerals.

    He’s 75 now, and in this memoir he looks back

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