Hydromet Fall Short Course Series

Mining Microbiome, Extraction, Copper, Gold,

Date posted: September 8, 2020

Thursday, September 17th, 2020 at 12:00 AM to Thursday, October 29th, 2020 at 12:00 AM

The Hydromet group has a full line up of short courses coming up this fall. Check out the descriptions below and sign up here: http://hydromet.group/short-courses/

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