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Viking unearths high-grade tungsten in old US waste dumps

· By Doug Bright
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In what is shaping up to be a classic case of one man’s trash being another man’s treasure, Viking Mines has unearthed high-grade tungsten from historical waste dumps at its Linka project in Nevada, USA. The original Linka mine produced tungsten, specifically as the mineral scheelite, or calcium tungstate, which was…

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