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Success With A Detector
May 2008 by Jonathan Porter
I’m often asked, "What is the single most important skill to be successful at metal detecting?"
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Making it even semi-permanent allows any business that spends heavily on equipment, machinery and other business property to reap large, up-front tax breaks.
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Company Notes
January 2004
• Newmont Mining Corp.
• Manhattan Minerals Corp.
• Phelps Dodge Corp.
• Gammon Lake Resources Inc.
• Glamis Gold Ltd.
• Quadra Mining Ltd.
• Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Ltd.
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• Manhattan Minerals Corp.
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Legislative and Regulatory Update
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• Roadless Rule
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• Roadless Rule
• Eastern Oregon miners forced out of water
• Colorado city pushes for more regulations
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Q: How much gold do I have per ton and how can I improve my assay method?
Q: How much gold do I have per ton and how can I improve my assay method?
A Modern Gold Rush In Sudan
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Mining Tax Increase Suggested
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Earlier this year when gold topped $1,000 an ounce, Gibbons, a former mining geologist and lawyer, vowed to veto any bill that called for increasing mining taxes in 2009.
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