Ask The Experts
Ask the Experts
November 2013 by Chris Ralph
Treating ore with a plasma torch or shock waves?Ask the Experts
• What's worth picking out of the pan besides gold?
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Q: Conflicting advice on motorized small-scale mining equipment
Ask The Experts: How many claims can I file in Arizona?
Q: I plan to be filing as the sole owner of the claim. How many claims can I file for and what would be the size of claim(s)?
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Q: How do metal detectors work around precious metal ore bodies?
Ask The Experts—Extraction of micro gold from black sands
I know big mining companies use cyanide and other leach systems to recover gold from ore. Is this the only economically feasible way to recover the values?
Ask the Experts: 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?
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• Are these gold amounts large enough to interest a mining company?
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