Ask The Experts: Is this BLM demand legitimate?

November 2016 by Chris Ralph

Q: The Arizona BLM state office has started sending out registered letters to association placer claim holders...

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Ask the Experts—How do you determine how far a piece of gold has traveled in a stream?

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April 2016
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Ask The Experts—Separating platinum from sands using bubbles

October 2011
I am trying to find any information about using bubbles to separate platinum from sands and small particles. I think it has to have a surfactant in the process. Do you know of this bubble tech?

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February 2016
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Ask The Experts—Iridium

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