![UWindsor professor Iain Samson examines core from the Baerzhe deposit in Inner Mongolia on July 2, 2017. UWindsor professor Iain Samson examines core from the Baerzhe deposit in Inner Mongolia on July 2, 2017.](http://www.uwindsor.ca/dailynews/business/sites/uwindsor.ca.dailynews/files/styles/full/public/samson1.jpg?itok=OGOT8o0L)
A University of Windsor professor travelled across the globe this summer to dig into the origins of rare metals in the Earth’s crust.
Iain Samson, a professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, ventured to China for three weeks to teach and conduct fieldwork.
Dr. Samson began the trip by teaching a short course to researchers and graduate students on metals and fluids in hydrothermal systems at the China University of Geosciences Beijing (CUGB) on June 23.