Sentences with phrase «biron alluvial»

Shares in Perth - based junior Lucapa Diamond Company have surged on news it has signed a 35 - year licence to mine alluvial diamonds at the Lulo diamond concession in Angola.

A CEO's epiphany: In 1979, de Soto started a company to exploit alluvial gold deposits in Peru.

In the early years, prospectors sought alluvial gold, which was found in or around streams and for which the requisite capital equipment was a pan and a shovel.

Dear Partners, Alluvial Fund, LP was up modestly in the first quarter, returning 2.7 %.

I am pleased to say that even during the worst of the correction, Alluvial Fund's holdings held up very well.

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Vancouver based, Odin Mining has the Cangrejos gold project in El Oro province, southern Ecuador, 30 km southeast of the port city of Machala which Odin Mining identified as the source of the Biron alluvial gold deposit which yielded 69,000 ounces.

The Project, located in Guyana, South America, is unique in that it has three known gold bearing areas, specifically the alluvial areas, the saprorlite overburden, and the underlying hard - rock.

Marudi is unique in that it has three known gold bearing areas, specifically the alluvial areas, the saporlite overburden and the lower hard - rock.

The Project, located in Guyana, South America, is unique in that it has three known gold bearing areas, specifically the alluvial areas

These sites enjoy ideal eastern exposures, well - drained alluvial soils and mild summer afternoons, resulting in uniform fruit ripening and cabernets that are both opulent and elegant

The soil structure falls into three main categories: rather naked and rough mountaintops; slopes that have been smoothed and covered with deposits of limestone, sandstone, or marly clay, and small alluvial plains.

The alluvial plains are suitable for more crops and garden vegetables, especially when properly irrigated.140

Babylonia was rich in its alluvial soil, the age - long deposit of the Euphrates and the Tigris, those two great rivers that year after year unceasingly carried their load of silt to a resting - place, first in the Persian Gulf, then in the swamps that were slowly forming, and at length in the plain which gradually emerged from the waters, though at inundation each year it once again was claimed by the floods that had made it.

Soil and conditions are typical of AVAs with alluvial ancient riverbed cobbled clay.

In 1967, the rocky alluvial fan was acquired by the Uptons, who planted it the following year.

The appellation encompasses more than 6,500 acres of prime vineyards, planted on the elevated terraces and alluvial fans of the Santa Lucia mountain range.

The property has since become legend for its singular terroir, characterized by alluvial soils that proved almost unmistakable in any wine produced from its grapes.

Dr Bawumia know very well that part of the reasons why the Zimbabwean people are languishing in poverty with low infrastructure development in many parts of its rural zones is this wholesale handing out of the country's mineral resources over the last three decades costing the country millions of jobs.Is Dr Bawumia aware that Zimbabwe has runout of alluvial diamonds at a time when the country has been allowed to sell its gems on the global market.

On the environment, an Akufo - Addo government, he said, would implement a policy that will lead to the effective management of forest reserves, the recovery of millions of acres of land devastated by open - cast and alluvial mining, and the protection of water bodies, stressing that «protecting our environment is a necessity, not an option».

Evolution of alluvial mudrock forced by early land plants.

Alluvial islands stretch out in the direction of the current, preceded and extended by sandbanks; they are partially covered by mangrove trees, seen in red in this image.

Here we see a vast alluvial cone between the Altun and Kunlun mountains on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert.

This dovetails with orbital images hinting that the rover landed in an alluvial fan, a feature that is formed on Earth by water flows.

On Earth, the most reliable way to measure the ages of alluvial fans is by radiocarbon dating — but that requires organic carbon, which we haven't yet found on Mars.

Virtually all the action during previous decades had focused on southern Iraq, in the low - lying alluvial plain that merges with the Persian Gulf.

Situated along the proposed southern dispersal route, the Al Sibetah alluvial fan sequence provides a unique and sensitive record of landscape change in southeast Arabia.

Parton and colleagues present a unique alluvial fan aggradation record from southeast Arabia spanning the past approx. 160,000 years.

The few such expanses are the cocoa and earthnut zones of West Africa, the White Highlands and the Kikuyu Reserve in Kenya, the coffee areas of Kenya and Tanganyika, the maize lands in parts of the Rhodesias, the alluvial sugar - cane soils of Mozambique and the cotton soils of the Sudan.

The site was on a river called the Çarsamba; around it lay marsh, fertile alluvial plain, and woods and steppe that were probably teeming with big game.

The Madre de Dios region has a long history of small - scale alluvial gold - mining, but the rise in international gold prices in the past decade has brought a boom in the activity.

When comparing the distribution of red and yellow - tagged buildings to the underlying sedimentary basin, to the pre-1950 development of Napa and to the recent alluvial geology of Napa Valley, the most severe damage correlates to the age of the buildings — pre-1950 construction — and their location within the basin.

With 3 million hectares of good alluvial land, half of which can be irrigated easily, Mali could become a breadbasket.

The park is characterized by gum oak and cypress trees in alluvial soils built up frequent flooding.

Easily available alluvial sand and gravel reserves may be running out, but the situation can be easily managed.

Findings from extensive alluvial fan deposits indicate that drainage system activation occurred during Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 6 (ca. 160 — 150 ka), MIS 5 (ca. 130 — 75 ka), and during early MIS 3 (ca. 55 ka).

Ash Parton, Andrew R. Farrant, Melanie J. Leng, Matt W. Telfer, Huw S. Groucutt, Michael D. Petraglia, Adrian G. Parker; Alluvial fan records from southeast Arabia reveal multiple windows for human dispersal.

But the new study shows a strong correlation between elevated arsenic concentrations and high soil pH. Infiltration of irrigation water through alkaline topsoil and young alluvial sediments may thus contribute to arsenic enrichment in groundwater.

The collection wells and trenches are designed to remove contaminated ground water by drainage or active pumping and the injection wells are designed to flush the alluvial aquifer with clean water from deeper wells.

This project will address these threats by adopting a holistic approach to the protection of marine life, seabirds and alluvial forest habitats.

«Uranium in framboidal pyrite from a naturally bioreduced alluvial sediment.»

«The results were really exciting,» said Qafoku, «because this was the first time that uranium was found to be associated with naturally occurring framboidal pyrites in alluvial sediments.»

Spectral analysis identified the presence of a 22.9 - year cycle in piezometric levels of the alluvial aquifer of the Huasco River.

According to research, the boy died beside a shallow river delta, where he was covered by alluvial sediments.

An alluvial fan is a triangle - shaped deposit of gravel, sand, and smaller materials called alluvium.

During the 1990s, and into this decade, rebel armies in parts of Africa exploited alluvial diamond fields to finance wars against legitimate governments.

Unlike diamonds deep in the earth, alluvial diamonds are found only a few inches or feet from the surface over wide ranging territory and are mined with ease.

In fact, it is alluvial silt that washed down from the surrounding mountains and deposited on the shores.

«We landed in the best possible place within the landing ellipse — the bottom of an alluvial fan.»

An alluvial fan is a pattern of sedimentary rocks, dirt, and sand deposited by flowing water â $ «in this case, perhaps an ancient Martian river.