Small scale gold mining, -the future? “Now we’re kicking off!” was the single phrase in an email sent to marketing@grindex.com, which caught our attention. Scrolling down we found the sender to be Swedish mining personality Bengt Ljung (resumé in fact box). Attached to the single-phrase email were a nice picture (shown) of a Grindex Minex pump and an Atlas Copco compressor in a typical small scale mining start up in the north of Swedish Lapland, a site called ‘Fäbodtjärn’ . Since both Grindex and Mr. Ljung’s Botnia Exploration are members of the “Swedish Mining and Tunnelling Group” we had no problem approaching Mr. Ljung to find a time in his busy agenda to explain a bit more about the background to the picture. “Can you tell us some more about the picture you sent us?” The picture was t

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