USFS OKs Exploratory Drilling in Eastern Idaho

December 2021 by Associated Press

The new plan approved by the FS says water for drilling at Dog Bone Ridge will now come from Beaver Creek rather than Coral Creek. The agency also said Excellon has added several monitoring sites associated with Dog Bone Ridge.

Drilling Down - Looking With Drill Bit Eyes

October 2023

Xmet Aims for One Million Ounces

March 2012
The beautiful province of Quebec, known in French as “La Belle Province,” is not only famous for its scenic attractions and world-renowned cities such as Montreal and Quebec City, but also as being one of the most attractive places for mining...

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.

Cue Resources Seeks Uranium in Paraguay

March 2011
Cue’s recent development of the Yuty Project has coincided with growing strength in the general uranium market. The price for fuel-grade uranium has risen to above $70 per pound for the first time in several years...

Polymetallic Skarn Deposits

July 2020

Polymetallic skarn deposits are an interesting class of deposits that can contain a number of different types of metals.

Prospecting for Silver Deposits

August 2015
In some ways, silver is the forgotten precious metal because it straddles both the world of precious metals and jewelry, while having many important  industrial applications like a base metal. The price of silver reflects both the precious metal investment demand as well as the industrial demand.

Gold and Rare Earth Elements in New Mexico

August 2015
We import nearly all of our REEs from China, so it’s critical that we find and continue to develop domestic resources of these elements.

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