Ask The Experts - Prospecting Around Graeagle

April 2018 by Chris Ralph

Ask The Experts

March 2015
Q: Does gold get stuck in the crucible?

Ask The Experts

May 2015
What type of sluice box for my trommel?

Ask The Experts—Jet nozzle or suction nozzle? Which is best for my highbanker?

February 2011
I have a highbanker, and I am considering adding a suction piece to make it a combo.

Ask The Experts—Extraction of micro gold from black sands

October 2011
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?

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

June 2014
• How many parts per million make a project viable?

Ask The Experts - Were there insufficient values to continue mining at this site?

December 2017

Were there insufficient values to continue mining at this site?

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