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Deposit Types
Carbonatite Rare Earth Elements Deposits
Introduction Carbonatites are a special group of carbonate-rich igneous rocks and the world’s primary source of rare earth elements (REE),…
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Mining Methods
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Africa
Artisanal mining is a popular term used to describe to informal mining activities carried out with little or no mining…
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Deposit Types
World Phosphate Deposits
Introduction Phosphate Rock (PR) has long been an important agriculture-based commodity. Most soils are phosphate deficient, and with the majority…
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Ore Deposits and Mines
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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Important Mining Districts
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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Mining Company News Reviews
True Gold Continues to Expand the Karma Gold Project
Announced in May 2014, the company has officially begun construction of the Karma Gold Mine. Rather than focus all of their efforts on building…
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Mining Company News Reviews
True Gold Adds Resources to Karma Deposit
North Kao is deeply weathered which is good since we’re really only interested in the oxide and transition ounces at…
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Mining Company News Reviews
Savary Advancing its Burkina Faso Gold Project
The grades don’t look particularly good until you consider that Endeavour has published a positive feasibility study on the Hounde…
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Mining Company News Reviews
True Gold Gets Good Karma from Feasibility Study
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – Dec. 17, 2013) – True Gold Mining Inc. (TSX VENTURE:TGM) (“True Gold” or the “Company“) is…
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Mining Company News Reviews
True Gold Extends West African Gold Deposit by 2 km
True Gold is predicting start-up costs of $125 million, cash costs of ~$525 per oz and mine production beginning in late 2015.…
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