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A Profitable Approach—Financing Mineral Exploration With Oil & Gas Projects
January 2006 by Leonard Melman
Not too many years ago, junior mining companies most frequently limited their activities to exploring and pre-developing their mining properties.
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Ask the Experts: Set up a small portable operation or send the ore to a custom mill?
March 2012
Q: Set up a small portable operation or send the ore to a custom mill?
Q: Set up a small portable operation or send the ore to a custom mill?
Reserves and Resources Explained
February 2014
Reservers and resources are very important to prospectors and miners, but they may be vague terms to some.
Reservers and resources are very important to prospectors and miners, but they may be vague terms to some.
MMAC & PLP Update -- Rand Mining District Gets Organized
August 2015
The process of updating the Rand Mining District is underway and you’ll see a Public Notice in this issue requesting interested parties to submit an application to serve on the board.
The process of updating the Rand Mining District is underway and you’ll see a Public Notice in this issue requesting interested parties to submit an application to serve on the board.
The Perfect Summer
February 2014
Within the first 3 hours he and I had found pocket after pocket of gold and couldn't wait to tell Levi of our treasure.
Within the first 3 hours he and I had found pocket after pocket of gold and couldn't wait to tell Levi of our treasure.
Prospecting for Diamonds: Is It a Diamond or Crystal Quartz?
July 2001
Prospectors typically stumble upon diamonds while searching for other minerals.
Prospectors typically stumble upon diamonds while searching for other minerals.
Utah's Crescent Creek Placers
November 2009
The Crescent Creek placers are considered to be one of Utah's few commercial grade placers, but they are marginal and difficult to work at a profit.
The Crescent Creek placers are considered to be one of Utah's few commercial grade placers, but they are marginal and difficult to work at a profit.
Prospecting With a Detector: Lessons Learned
November 2012
That is the course and intention for this article—to wander through some of the lessons I have learned in my thirty-two years of metal detecting and prospecting.
That is the course and intention for this article—to wander through some of the lessons I have learned in my thirty-two years of metal detecting and prospecting.
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