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Northwest survey results unveiled. (Mining News).


Results from a lake sediment survey completed in the Lac des Iles-Black Sturgeon River Sturgeon River may refer to: In the United States:
  • Sturgeon River (Michigan), four rivers in Michigan
  • Sturgeon River (Minnesota), two rivers in Minnesota
  • Sturgeon River, Minnesota, an unorganized territory
In Canada:
 area about 100 kilometres north of Thunder Bay have identified 46 areas with significantly higher than normal concentrations of a number of precious metals Precious Metals

Valuable metals such as gold, iridium, palladium, platinum, and silver.

Notes:
Investing in precious metals can be done either by purchasing the physical asset, or by purchasing futures contracts for the particular metal.
, including platinum, palladium and gold, as well as base metals such as copper, nickel and zinc. Many of these geochemical anomalies occur in areas that are open for staking.

The Ontario Geological Survey (OGS OGS Office of General Services (New York State)
OGS Office of Graduate Studies
OGS Ontario Genealogical Society
OGS Ontario Graduate Scholarship
OGS Ohio Genealogical Society
) announced the survey results on Sept. 3.

"The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines has been analyzing lake sediments for platinum group elements (PGEs) with great success," said OGS geoscientist Richard Dyer. "The Lac des Iles geological structure hosts Canada's only primary PGE PGE Pacific Gas and Electric Company
PGE Portland General Electric
PGE Prostaglandin E
PGE Platinum Group Elements
PGE Pacific Great Eastern (Railroad)
PGE Phenyl Glycidyl Ether
PGE Perfect Girl Evolution
 mine. The strong presence of these mineral indicators in the region suggests excellent potential for similar mineralization Mineralization
The process by which the body uses minerals to build bone structure.

Mentioned in: Rickets

mineralization,
n the bioprecipitation of an inorganic substance.
."

This lake-sediment geochemical survey is one of more than two dozen ongoing field projects investigating Ontario's geology and mineral potential.
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Title Annotation:Lac des Iles-Black Sturgeon River sediment survey results
Publication:Northern Ontario Business
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1CANA
Date:Sep 1, 2002
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