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Tasers and Mining Don't Mix

March 2015
First, the US Forest Service does not have any authority to enforce or administer any “claim jumping” laws, period.

The Bingham Canyon Copper Mine

October 2010
While the current mine plans forecast an end of mining in about 2019, Bingham Canyons’ future remains bright. Company officials are looking at an expansion that, if approved, will extend the mine life until about 2036.

MMAC Update

May 2017

... officials with BLM have been impressed by MMAC’s professional approach and consistency.

Melman on Gold & Silver

January 2014
I must admit to taking some degree of pleasure in anticipating the excuse-making which will probably come out of the "Global Warming" camp to explain away a truly startling announcement.

The Basics of Small-Scale Heap Leaching with Cyanide

August 2007
In last month’s article I talked a bit about opportunities for heap leaching small hardrock deposits. This month I’m going to talk about the basics of putting together a heap leach project, including building the pad and leaching the ore.

Introduction to Meteorites

February 2015

The distribution of meteorites across the planet was, at one time, thought to be random and unpredictable.

For a Few Specks of Gold

June 2006
The gold at the Ruby Hill Mine is microscopic, specks of specks that amount to a few ounces in every 100 tons of rock. It is embedded hundreds of feet beneath the rocky floor of the high desert, tawny and stubbled with sagebrush, toothy ridges dusted with snow.

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