Tanzanite: A Rare Blue Beauty
Tanzanite is one of the most desirable gemstones today. Even though tanzanite is a newly-discovered mineral, it rivals the big four […]
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Ore Deposits and Mines
Review and overviews of ore deposits that are actively being mined or have been mined in the past.
Investing in Lithium: Overview of the World’s Largest ‘Hard Rock’ Lithium Asset, the Greenbushes, Western Australia
Overview The Greenbushes lithium deposit is located in the southwest of Western Australia, approximately 250 km south of Perth, and
Emerald Heart of Africa: The Kagem Mine, Kafubu Mining Area, Zambia
The Kafubu Mining Area is one of the largest suppliers of gem-quality emeralds in the world, second to Colombia. Located
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Geology of the World-Class Antamina Copper-Zinc Skarn Deposit, Peru
Antamina is located in the north-central part of Peru, in the Andes Mountains, at an elevation of 4,300 m. It
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Mining in Greenland: Hudson Resources Anorthosite Project
Introduction EDITORS NOTE: Following our recent article on anorthosites, a reader asked us about an industrial minerals project in Greenland
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Ivanhoe Mines Kamoa-Kakula Project
When we write about great deposits they are most often well known mines with long established pedigrees and histories of daring
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Balmoral Resources – Martinière Project
Introduction There is something visceral about seeing a shoot of pure gold in drill core. It speaks to a deep
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Update: Brucejack Gold Project, BC, Canada
Overview The Brucejack Project is a gold-silver deposit in northern British Columbia, Canada. The Brucejack project is 100% owned by
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Great Deposits – Alaska’s Pebble Copper-Gold Deposit
There are big deposits and then there are supermassive deposits. A big deposit will have a good 20-40 year resource life at with
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Rockwell Diamond Inc – Saxendrift Diamond Mine
For untold millennia the Orange River of South Africa has slowly flowed to the sea, untroubled by glaciers or volcanoes,
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