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PDAC 2009 Convention Highlights
April 2009 by Leonard Melman
...it was impossible not to notice the absence of many junior mining companies that were present last year. Due to the dual circumstances of the world’s credit problems along with the steep declines in base metals prices, many of them, unfortunately, have simply gone broke and closed their doors. Others are so strapped for cash...Legislative and Regulatory Update
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• Court tells Forest Service many access fees are illegal
• Kensington update
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• All bark but no bite
• Company looks to restart mining in Wisconsin
Basic Geology for the Independent Miner—Part I Recognizing and Understanding Minerals
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Environmentalists Back FS on Mining Withdrawl
Representatives of every major environmental group in northern Arizona and nearly every American Indian tribe in the region lined up at a public hearing recently to praise officials from the Coconino National Forest.
Keep Watch for The Unexpected
As I have always done, I stashed those heavy black rocks in my pack and put them in the garden at home. They never were given a second thought until a half decade later…
The Pothole Patch
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The Bawl Mill
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• Detecting Invisible Gold
• Finding Diamond Deposits With Your PC—Part I
• Has Senator Harry Reid Worn Out His Welcome?
• The Most Obvious Place
• The Gold of Yuba County
• Stimulus Package Provides Potential Tax Savings For Miners
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes, Mineral & Metal Prices
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• Steven's Trail and the North Fork of the American