Metal Mining in Peru – The Emergence of a Global Giant?
In recent times, Peru has emerged as one of the key producers of metal ores in the global mining space. […]
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Important Mining Districts
Important and emerging mining districts that host multiple projects or deposits within a geologically similar setting.
Great Deposits: The Atolia District Tungsten Mines, California
The Atolia (or Atolia-Rand) tungsten area, also known as Atolia mining district, is located in the Mojave Desert in western
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Largest Gold Deposits in the World – Witwatersrand Gold Fields
Introduction The gold fields of the Witwatersrand Basin in South Africa are, by a landslide, the largest single gold producing
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The Central African Copper Belt
Sediment-hosted copper deposits are the second most important source of copper next to porphyry copper deposits and account for about
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The Great Porphyry Copper Deposits of Arizona
“From Morenci, Arizona where the copper mines glow I could see Clifton in the canyon below” – Open Pit Mine, George
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The Emerging Guerrero Gold Belt of Mexico
Overview The 80km-long Guerrero Gold Belt (GGB) lies within Guerrero, a southern state of Mexico. Gold was discovered in the
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The World-Class Abitibi Greenstone Belt of Canada
Overview Several of the world’s largest gold and base metal deposits are found in eastern Canada’s Abitibi greenstone belt (AGB).
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Old Gold: An Introduction to Archean Greenstone Belts
Overview Two of the world’s most important gold districts are found in Archean greenstone belts: the Yilgarn Craton in Western
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John Reed’s Doorstop: America’s First Gold Rush Was Not in California
Most people have heard of the 49ers and the California Gold Rush. Few are aware that there was an American
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Exploration in the Tintina Gold Belt of Alaska & Yukon
Overview Stretching in an arc almost 2000 km long across Alaska and the Yukon is the rich Tintina Gold Province
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