Types of Placer Wash Plants
There are many different types of washplants on the market today. The one thing that they all have in common is that everyone says…
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Drone Mapping of a Coal Mine
West Coast Placer was contracted to conduct high resolution aerial drone mapping of a coal mine in Alberta, Canada. We were hired by the…
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Harrison Lake Adit Exploration
Last week my neighbour phoned me and asked if I wanted to go on a road trip to check out an adit by Harrison…
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How To Program Your Radio for BC’s Backroads
In the last couple years the BC government has changed the radio frequencies used on all the forest service roads (FSRs). They used to…
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Introducing WCP Placer Mining Club
Hey guys, I am pleased to announce that West Coast Placer is starting a mining club. There have been a number of inquiries from…
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Mining the Ocean Floor with Robots
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…
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Top 10 Drone News Stories in 2015
1. Hobby drones fly onto regulators’ radar In 2015 the number of drone related incidents sky rocketed. Most of the big news stories of this…
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Top Ten Gold Rushes of BC – Part 2
In part one of the top ten gold rushes of BC we covered the early gold rushes primarily in the Southern regions. As time…
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