Mick Shamazian has shown he is one of the top professionals in the field of discovering new mines

Whether he is working in Asia, Africa, Canada, or Australia, Mick Shamazian has shown he is one of the top professionals in the field of discovering new mines. He has twenty years of experience in this field, which no doubt distinguishes him from his peers. He understands that finding and developing mines has, as of late, become a much more difficult task. However, many believe that modern technology can make the process easier. This is certainly a mantra that Shamazian follows—he personally developed a database, world-wide in score, for mineral deposits. Just his work in Australia, reviewing and researching mineral deposits, lasted over twenty years. Much of the initial work was performed in North Western Australia, in the Pilbara region.

Placer Mining

Placer mining is a type of surface mining that mines alluvial deposits in order to find and extract minerals. It is most commonly used in the mining of precious metals such as gold and is used by river beds and lakes in order to find the minerals that settle on the river bed. The minerals that are found in such locations are usually transported naturally by river from larger deposits which means that while the concentration and quantity may be low in these mines, they can indicate larger deposits further upstream.

While placer mining has been used for centuries in the extraction of minerals, it found particular favor in the Californian gold rush of 1949. It remains in use throughout the world especially in the collection of diamonds, gold, and other precious metals including platinum.

Panning is the simplest form of mining and the oldest form of placer mining. Ore is placed in a pan along with water, and the pan is shaken. Gold has a higher density than other materials and so it settles at the bottom of the pan. Lighter density materials are washed over the side of the pan leaving the gold in the pan.

A trammel is essentially an automated, mechanic version of panning. A large metal cylinder is inclined slightly and ore is passed into the top of the tube. Water is applied and the mechanical action separates the gold from the sand and gravel. The gold deposit is usually then concentrated even further using sluices and jigs to get the best results from this technique.

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