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Barrick mines space knowledge

Barrick’s Innovation Team recently welcomed Chris Lewicki, CEO of Seattle-based Planetary Resources, and his team to one of its Canadian mines for a knowledge-exchange session

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Artist concept of the Psyche spacecraft, which will conduct a direct exploration of the 16 Psyche asteroid. Image: NASA

Artist concept of the Psyche spacecraft, which will conduct a direct exploration of the 16 Psyche asteroid. Image: NASA

"They learned about our underground mining practices, and we learned about their interstellar mining goals," the company said in a recent blog post. Planetary Resources is an asteroid mining company...

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