Magmatic Nickel Deposits: The Needle in the Haystack
About 30% of the world’s nickel (Ni) comes from magmatic deposits. Despite accounting for a minority of Ni production, magmatic …
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Sudbury: Ancient Apocalypse to Modern Resource
Even among world-class deposits and districts, the Sudbury Basin stands out. Its’ uniqueness may be a good thing, because this …
The Seven Rarest Metals
In terms of abundance in the Earth’s crust, the rarest metals are: gold, platinum, osmium, iridium, palladium, ruthenium, rhodium, tellurium …
Geology of the PGE Deposits in the Bushveld Complex, South Africa
Overview The Bushveld Complex (BC), located in northern South Africa, is a Paleoproterozoic Large Igneous Province ~2 Ga in age. …
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Project Review: PolyMet’s NorthMet Copper-Nickel-PGM Deposit in Minnesota, USA
The NorthMet deposit is located in northeastern Minnesota,USA and was discovered in 1969 by US Steel. The property was acquired by Fleck resources …
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Layered Mafic Intrusions: Our Largest Source of Platinum & Palladium
Overview Most of the world’s economic deposits of platinum group elements (PGE) including platinum, palladium, rhodium and other rare metals come from …
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Sama Pushes Deeper in Search of Higher Grades at Samapleu
While no one would call these grades high, they appears to be an improvement over their current resource grade of 0.24%. They are …
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Transition Metals Going Deep for Sunday Lake Platinum
A geophysical “fingerprint” like this may help geologists identify other similar intrusions of the same age and (and possibly the …
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New Ideas Paying Off for Platinum Group Elements at Waterberg
New discoveries based on new approaches and ideas are the holy grail for geologists, but they can often be a …
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Sama Gets a Little Re-branding with it’s Ivory Coast Project
Palladium is pretty hot right now which is no doubt how the Sampleu Nickel-Copper deposits suddenly became Nickel-Copper-Palladium deposits. [box …
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