Deposits and Projects
Review and overviews of mining properties, projects and districts from emerging regions to mature mining areas.
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Mining in Greenland: Hudson Resources Anorthosite Project
Introduction While traditional mining projects usually involve exploration for in-demand commodities, we occasionally run across projects that work backwards: They…
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Mining and Mineral Potential of Jamaica
Jamaica was known as the world’s top producer of bauxite producers globally, with a capacity of up to 5 million…
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Cerro Rico Part 2: Geology
“I am the rich Potosi, the treasure of the world, the king of mountains, and the envy of kings” Charles V…
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Cerro Rico: The Greatest of the Great. Part 1
In this column on great deposits, I have discussed those that were rich, big, changed destinies, broke governments and accumulated…
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Great Deposits – The Comstock Lode
Introduction Flying over Nevada on a clear day is one of the great joys of being an economic geologist. The…
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Klondike Silver – The Silvery Slocan May Rise Again
Introduction There is a thing about old mining camps. A certain resonance in the atmosphere. It comes from the hundreds…
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Vatic Ventures – Potash in Thailand
Introduction If you hang around the junior mining space long enough, you get to recognize a certain rhythm in how…
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Breaker Resources – Lake Roe Project
Introduction Breaker Resources (ASX: BRB) is a company exploring the eastern goldfields superterrane of Western Australia, and they have recently…
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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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Great Deposits of the World – Mount Isa Zn-Pb-Ag; Cu Deposits
Located in the Mount Isa inlier of Queensland, Australia, the Mt Isa deposits represent the largest accumulations of lead, zinc…
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