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Geology
Metamorphism of Ore Deposits: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
We usually think of rocks as being unchanging, but sooner or later the heat and pressure of tectonic forces, volcanic…
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Deposits and Projects
Australia: The Next Frontier in Rare Earths
By now, you’ve probably heard of China’s dominance in the production of strategically important rare earth elements (REEs). Recently Australia…
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Deposit Types
MIAC: the next big thing in Mineral Deposits?
Deposit models are the cornerstone of economic geology. They help us classify, understand, and find mineral deposits. Some deposits, however,…
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Knowledge Base
The Dixie Project: A New Gold Camp on the Horizon?
It’s rare enough to discover a completely new deposit, never mind a new gold (Au) camp in a tier-one jurisdiction.…
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Deposit Types
Five-Element Veins: A Little-Understood Silver & Cobalt Source
Five-element (silver (Ag) – cobalt (Co) – nickel (Ni) – bismuth (Bi) – arsenic (As)) vein deposits have been mined…
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Prospects and Projects
Lithium Americas: Critical Time, Critical Element
Most junior miners focus their efforts on advancing a single project, but after acquiring Millennial Lithium, Lithium Americas is poised…
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Deposit Types
Epithermal Gold Deposits
Epithermal gold deposits are among the richest gold deposits in the world, with some bonanza-grade ore shoots containing more than…
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Important Mining Districts
Gold Deposits of New Zealand
Gold was one of New Zealand’s first industries. What is less known, and somewhat at odds with the country’s “clean…
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Ore Deposits and Mines
OceanaGold’s Project Martha
Introduction The Coromandel area in New Zealand’s central north peninsula has a rich history of 200 years of gold prospecting…
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Ore Deposits and Mines
Tellurium recovery from copper smelting at Rio Tinto’s Bingham Canyon (Kennecott) Mine
Tellurium, an essential component in photovoltaic solar cells, is about to be extracted as a byproduct of copper smelting at…
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