Thank you, thank you - Great article! Very enlightening. Sure makes it sound like time tested technology. Back when I poo-pood ground freezing I was thinking of the entire deposit. This article provides a number of examples where it has been used for exactly what Nordmin recommends: shaft sinking. I notice that many of the shafts discussed are similar in diameter to Elk Creek and some are similar depth. Sure looks like Scott, Nordmin, and the team are NOT proposing anything new or experimental but rather best available technology. That's why I like these guys. They KNOW this stuff.
Good article chico... I don't think many on this board are aware that Thyseenkrupp Mining are experts in the field of "ground-freezing". I have said multiple times over the past 4 years - that Thyseenkrupp has every license to be a powerful potential partner or JV candidate with NioCorp, as any of the other 'blue chip' Major Miners, that you can think of!...the difference being Thyseenkrupp has a strong contractual vested interest in NioCorp's Elk Creek Project coming to fruition and getting funded! NioCorp is already approved in principle for the 'German UFK loan Gauantee Program', with special help from TK. The synergy seems undeniable;
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