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Ask The Experts—Columbium/Niobium
September 2008 by Staff
A: Niobium is a rare and strategically important metallic element used in a number of specialized high tech applications. The pure metal is a shiny grey color, but it takes on a bluish tinge...Bedrock
I am going to break bedrock down a bit and explain my view of the varying scenarios I come across in the field.
Adding Shine to Your Portfolio
As inflation fears grow, some advisers are steering their clients into precious or industrial metals as a way to add luster to portfolios.
Wyoming Governor Pushes for Uranium Study Release
With energy companies clamoring to produce more uranium, Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal is urging federal regulators not to delay release of an environmental study on in-situ mining.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• IBLA rules against miner for "late" filing
• Wyoming appeals roadless decision
• Mercury reduction program slated for California
• Oregon wilderness
• Oregon miner prevails in lawsuit against Forest Service and District Ranger
• Canada pulls out of Kyoto Climate Treaty
Gold Circle (Midas) Gold District
Many prospectors thought that Nevada was all prospected out following all the rich discoveries of the 1860s and 1870s, and what was there to be found had already been found.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Endangered Species Act update
• California Fish & Game tries yet another route to stop gold dredgers
Mining for Gold and Sapphires in Montana
Fascinated by the sapphires—and the gold that occured with them—he was soon buying parcels of property and setting up his own commercial-scale gravel processing plants.
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The Bawl Mill
• Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Ask The Experts—How do I work this large quartz vein?
• Cashing In Your Gold: Working With A Refiner
• Our Readers Say
• Major Miners Go on Buying Spree
• The Big Gold Strike
• Gold Deposits Of South Carolina
• Investing In Junior Mining Stocks
• Bella's Birthday Nugget
• Hidden Treasure Mine—Foresthill Divide, California
• Jerritt Canyon Mine Lays Off 400
• Teenager Finds Large Nugget
• Winnemucca Rising While Other Towns Falter
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes
• Utah Mining History Being Erased
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