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North Korea Seeks Outside Help to Modernize Mining
March 2002 by Associated Press
Eager to earn hard currency, isolated North Korea is trying to modernize its decrepit mining industry with foreign help.Bum Luck
Every prospector has streaks of bum luck—times when you can’t seem to find much, if anything. This is less true for folks who dry wash or dredge, but electronic prospecting and detecting is especially prone to dry streaks. It’s just the nature of the beast.
North Korea Seeks Outside Help to Modernize Mining
Eager to earn hard currency, isolated North Korea is trying to modernize its decrepit mining industry with foreign help.
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