Small Mining Operations
Critical Minerals Update
March 2022 by Chris Ralph
The critical metals are essential to the modern lives we lead. The prices of critical metals are moving up even faster than government published rates of inflation, with little sign of slowing down.
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It was time to prime the pump and start the engine! Dan’s priming method is to use a small, submersible, 12-volt pump. My priming method is to use a hand-operated diaphragm pump.
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…for a few hours, we fervently dug for gold. After we did a cleanup, I couldn’t believe the amount we got.
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