Mining Stock Quotes & Mineral and Metal Prices

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Lamproites and Diamonds

November 2002
Most prospectors are aware that diamonds are sometimes found in kimberlite, but few are aware that diamonds are also found in another rock type known as lamproite. Lamproite is a very rare volcanic rock that often...

Why Did This Silver Mine Close?

October 2014

Bad management, cave-ins, the lack of adequate capitalization, bad winters—the list of possible scenarios that might have closed a mine is a long one.

Permit Appears Likely for Rock Creek Mine

October 2001
The final environmental review for a proposed mine beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness appears, after 14 years, to favor allowing the hotly disputed mine to proceed.

Dry Placers in the Kamma Mountains, Nevada

April 1999
There are dry placer gold deposits in every county in Nevada, some of which are yet to be discovered.

The Bawl Mill

February 2016
• "Fast and Furious" investigation slowly moving forward
• EPA needs to be held accountable

Treasure Hunters Challenge FBI Over Dig for Civil War Gold

November 2018

The father-son duo spent years combing this bit of Pennsylvania wilderness with high-end metal detectors, drills and other tools to prospect for a fabled cache of Civil War gold.

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January 2001
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