Fortunately, there are products on the market that can address these problems and make a small-scale mining operation feasible.

All these decisions and more depend on the richness of a claim—something that is determined by sampling. But sampling isn’t cheap, and even collecting the samples can be more difficult than it appears on the surface.

…as an academic argument, when mated to the appropriate engine, is the pump really moving water at the rate of 400 GPM?

I’ve been following the precious metals for decades, and I haven’t seen a move this powerful in many years.

The evaluation must also consider the gold fineness or purity. The purity of the Sugardaddy nuggets is estimated at 850 fineness, meaning 85% is gold (Au), 12% is silver (Ag) with 3% being other gangue alloyed metal.