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.

Time to Come Home

December 2018

The need to bring mining back to North America is more urgent than ever.

Silver Boom Prompts Idaho Mine Expansion

January 2011
The Lucky Friday is already one of North America’s deepest hard-rock mines. Now, the 62-year-old mine is about to get much deeper.

Michigan House Votes to Give Mining Operations More Flexibility

June 2018

Casperson said he is not worried about businesses subverting the language in the bill because the DEQ would still have the authority to halt the new construction if it is deemed environmentally unsound.

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.

Great Atlantic Resources

August 2012
It was your correspondent’s privilege to accompany Great Atlantic’s management and geologic team on a journalist and analyst tour of their various New Brunswick projects during late June, 2012.

The ABCs of XRF

May 2021

Fast forward to present day and the XRF has come of age. Pull the trigger on the hand-held device and you get a nearly instant assay of the surface of a rock.

Round Mountain, Nevada

May 2014
There are a number of veins in the disseminated mineralization, but the principle ones on Round Mountain are known as the Los Gazabo and the Keane.

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