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Slatco,

Very true! We can plan for all of the predictable events in remote prospecting. There are too many possibilities of unexpected things that may fall upon us. "Expect the unexpected" is the old saying!

- Geowizard

Another update:

Climbing up to a peak of $4056. and dropping back slightly. I'm digging the gold out of my fingernails and panning it!

- Geowizard

Closer inspection; Closer inspection showed the high grade anomaly was outside of the BLM conveyance to the community. I flew in by helicopter in 2021, staked claims and returned to Fairbanks to get tools and camp equipment to build a remote prospecting camp. Fast forward to this season. After a sho...

The big nugget; Alaska produced one big nugget, the Alaska Centennial Nugget that weighed in at a hefty 294.1 troy ounces. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyy2gW3vGZo Way back in 2012, a lone prospector having learned of the Big Nugget and learning about the mining district in which it was discovere...

$3890.50 on October 2, 2025;

October skies and all-time highs: gold's latest record amid economic uncertainty

https://www.kitco.com/opinion/2025-10-0 ... ncertainty

A good read.

- Geowizard

The NSF Link;

Gold miners are innovators. It's how we get better at what we do. Sponsors are out there looking for ideas!

https://www.nwicorps.org/

Gold deposits are often rich in accessory minerals. Many accessory minerals are critical minerals.

- Geowizard

Ice:

The battle gets easier with ICE.

https://www.uaf.edu/centerice/

- Geowizard

I just turned 75 a few days ago. I'm missing my right leg from an above the knee amputation. It isn't slowing me down! I'm working on funding from BHP (https://www.bhp.com/xplor), I am working on funding for critical minerals research at the BN Project with NSF and NASA funding from UAF. Life goes o...

Now, a month later...

GOLD is at $3690.

- Geowizard

For the record;

GOLD was at $2000 ish when we started this thread way back in '23...

September 5, 2025 around high noon, GOLD was at $3598. I call it $3600.

Geowizard