Large Scale Mining
Hecla Fights Bad Actor Label in Montana
May 2018 by Matthew Brown
Environmental groups last year urged Montana regulators to impose the bad actor designation, and now are seeking to intervene in the case.
Silver Boom Prompts Idaho Mine Expansion
The Lucky Friday is already one of North America’s deepest hard-rock mines. Now, the 62-year-old mine is about to get much deeper.
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Critical Minerals Update
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.
Using Structural Clues to Locate Buried Placer Channels

SilverCrest Mines Inc.
During the past decade, silver has been in a pronounced bull market, which many analysts attribute to its unique attractions as both a monetary and industrial metal. One Canadian junior miner, SilverCrest Mines Inc., is working actively to take advantage of silver’s favorable performance by steadily expanding production at its flagship Santa Elena Mine...
New Technology for Extracting Lithium To Be Tested in Nevada
Production of the Lithium will be completed in a 48-hour process with much less waste and a substantial increase of recovery rates from around 40% with conventional evaporation to near 90%.
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