The Basics of Exploration Leases and Contracts—Part II

March 2019 by Chris Ralph

This is the point where you might ask, “What do these types of contracts typically look like and how are they negotiated?” Well, that is the topic of this month’s article.

Wyoming's Billion Dollar Nugget—The Trilogy Ends

July 2011
With eight loads processed, a pumpkin-size rock fell into the hopper, stopping the whole operation until I could lift it out.

Tips for Cleaning Gold Nuggets

June 2019

I pulled out the nuggets I had worked on previously and looked at the size of the wire basket that the items to be cleaned are placed into. It looks much like a miniature french fry deep fryer.

How to Field Evaluate A Placer Property

January 2015
If there is misleading wording anywhere, it will be in the sample data and in reserve/resource estimates.

Exploring Placers with Auger Drills

June 2014
Augers can be used effectively for placer exploration with certain limitations.

Moving The Big Rocks

October 2016
The anticipation of finding out if the system of snatch blocks, shackles, chokers, anchor points, and the strap binding the massive slab of rock in the bottom of the river would even budge an inch was weighing on me. 

Dredging The Outside Bend

July 2011
This stringer was where it was not supposed to be, and it contained nuggets that were not supposed to be there.

Hard Rock University: Expensive Hobby or Real Business?

July 2015
Improper sampling techniques lead to more avoidable heartache than almost anything else in micro mining.

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