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October 2014 by Chris Ralph

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?

The Portable XRF Gun

November 2012
While there is no metal detector that will see only gold, there is a device that can reliably distinguish gold from lead, copper, iron or other metals. It is an X-Ray fluorescence tester, sometimes called an XRF gun.

Ask the Experts: Ionizing mercury

May 2012
Q: What exactly does "ionizing" mercury mean?

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February 2013
Q: What should be considered in a Joint Venture on a gold claim?

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April 2016
• Should I focus efforts on this particular rock type?

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January 2013
How do sluicing and drywashing compare in effciency?

Ask The Experts: What to do with scheelite

June 2017

Q: What can be done with scheelite? Why does the ICMJ never list tungsten in the metals prices?

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