The Wild Rush to Find More Cobalt—Part I

February 2018 by Chris Ralph

While some future cobalt will come from recycling lithium batteries and other products, the coming huge need for cobalt is virtually a perfect storm of heavy demand and insufficient supply.

"Gold Rush: Alaska" in the Porcupine Mining District

June 2011
Honestly, I don’t believe it is likely there would be a glory hole where they described one at the bottom of the waterfall because plunging water with enough energy to scour out a large hole in bedrock would have the scouring ability to grind up and...

$50 Million in Gold From 1857 Shipwreck Approved for Sale

March 2018

The gold is all for sale. Just one tiny coin alone could go for $1 million because of its combination of rarity and the history behind it...

The Golden Streams of Butte County, California

May 2011
Even though these were some of the earliest placer deposits to be worked, there is still plenty of gold left today—it just takes more work to recover. Knowing about the old locations where gold has been found is the first step to success.

Prospecting With The Help of Fluvial Geomorphology

March 2011
Quiz yourself about the stream in figure 5. Based on your previous knowledge of where gold is found in a stream and in this article, where do you think you will find the most gold?

Prospecting for Copper Ores—Part II

July 2012
Copper is a critically important metal that we need to run our modern electronic society, and the long term outlook for this metal is for a steady increase in price.

Why Haven't They Mined This Claim?

May 2011
Improvements in mining equipment and techniques, along with a higher gold price, make many mining properties profitable today that may not have been in the past.

Gold Deposits of the Ivory Coast

April 2014
Ivory Coast has considerable gold reserves, and this nation has the largest area of greenstone belts prospective for gold in the continent.

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