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title: 'Why do innovators keep talking about small scale mining?'
url: 'https://www.inspire-resources.ca/blog/why-do-innovators-keep-talking-about-small-scale-mining'
markdown: 'https://www.inspire-resources.ca/blog/why-do-innovators-keep-talking-about-small-scale-mining.md'
date: '2024-09-08'
description: 'If you are an expert in mining or mineral process engineering, you may be tired of neophytes and academics arguing that there is value to be created in small-scale mining. You have a lifetime of spreadsheets telling you that economy of scale is always the right answer; that optimization is a well-e…'
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  archives_month:
    - sep_2024
  archives_year:
    - '2024'
---

# Why do innovators keep talking about small scale mining?

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