front 1 Prospecting | back 1 - identifies and measures the presence |
front 2 Anomaly | back 2 a geologic feature or structure that is markedly |
front 3 Prospecting Direct Methods | back 3 normally limited to surface |
front 4 exposure | back 4 outcrop |
front 5 loose fragments | back 5 float |
front 6 Prospecting Indirect Methods | back 6 includes geophysics geochemistry and geobotany |
front 7 geophysics | back 7 science of detecting anomalies |
front 8 geochemistry | back 8 quantitative analysis of soil, |
front 9 geobotany | back 9 analysis of plant |
front 10 Quickest Stage of Mining | back 10 Prospecting |
front 11 Cheapest Stage of Mining | back 11 Prospecting |
front 12 Most Expensive Stage of Mining | back 12 Exploitation |
front 13 Longest Stage of Mining | back 13 Exploitation |
front 14 Development | back 14 where the necessary equipment and facilities are acquired and constructed to prepare themine site for the extraction process |
front 15 Exploitation | back 15 (a.k.a. Production/Operation) |
front 16 Rehabilitation | back 16 returning the land to pre-mining conditionsnand hosting a self-sustaining ecosystem for both flora and fauna |
front 17 Rehabilitation begins | back 17 Even before the first excavations are initiated. |
front 18 Sustainability | back 18 meeting of economic, social, |