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Record 01 Jan 2020 History

What does it mean to be a Free Miner?

In British Columbia it is necessary to hold a Free Miner’s Certificate (or FMC for short) to buy and sell mining claims. Most miners,…

Record 02 Apr 2017 Science

There’s something about gold. It possesses us, sometimes entire nations to accumulate more and more of it. Humans have had a strong affinity for…

Record 03 Jun 2016 Trip Reports

In the spring 2016 I was hired to help on a large scale placer exploration program in the Yukon. The property is located in a…

Record 04 Mar 2016 Services

Hey guys, I am pleased to announce that West Coast Placer is starting a mining club. There have been a number of inquiries from…

Record 05 Mar 2016 Drones

Mining under Earth’s oceans is just starting to happen. We have gotten pretty good at mining deposits that are accessible by land but 71% of…

Record 06 Jan 2016 Science

Is the world running out of gold? That seems to be a common theme in investment circles in recent years. This eye catching article on…

Record 07 Dec 2015 Trip Reports

In the summer of 2010 I was hired to work with a team to find hard rock gold in the Klondike. We explored a group…

Record 08 Nov 2015 History

In part one of the top ten gold rushes of BC we covered the early gold rushes primarily in the Southern regions. As time…