Small Mining Operations
What To Look For—And Look Out For—In A Placer Mineral Report
May 2015 by Jim Halloran
Buying a placer claim or investing in a placer mining property comes with plenty of financial risks. You need as much information as possible about the mineral deposit in order to minimize those risks.
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Gold in Guyana—Part II: Process Optimization at Sacre Coeur Minerals' Lower Puruni Alluvial Mining Project
August 2012
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