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road metal

crushed rock, broken stone, etc., used to construct a road
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Two of the five diamond core drill holes at Road Metal produced samples with significantly high levels of gold and silver.
But Road Metal is years away from becoming a mine, Bundtzen said, should the mineralized area contain enough gold, silver and other metals to be considered an economic producer.
Drilling crews completed about 7,000 feet of diamond-core drilling-eight holes-in the Road Metal property by the end of May.
Northway Exploration Project Shows Promise: Rock containing gold and silver deposits has been visible from the Alaska-Canada Highway for decades. (Mining Special Section)

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