The Mineral Potential Project currently being undertaken in British Columbia requires estimation d unknown mineral resources. The method of resource assessment known as the BC Mineral Resource Assessment Process [19931. is described by Kilby (1995, this volume) and in Grunsky et al. (1.994). The method is based on the three-part ssessment methodology developed by the United States Geologica...

For many people the term sustainable mining is an oxymoron. After all, mining entails the exploitation of non-renewable resources. Eventually these resources will be gone and mining will have to cease. As a result, many concerned individuals urge society to conserve non-renewable resources and where possible to use renewable resources instead. Drawing on what we have learned from the debate ove...

ABSTRCT: The importance of innovative talents cultivation for mineral processing engineering is discussed. From the new training program of mineral processing specialty formulating and implementing, the thought of innovation talents cultivation for mineral processing engineering was discussed. It is suggested to construct the research subject curriculum system, play the role of teaching masters...

Prospecting for in situ mineral resources is essential for establishing settlements on the Moon and Mars. To reduce human effort and risk, it is desirable to build robotic systems to perform this prospecting. An important issue in designing such systems is the sampling strategy: how do the robots choose where to prospect next? This paper argues that a strategy called Adaptive Cluster Sampling (...

The future exploration of Mars is likely to utilize resources that can be extracted in situ. An overview of the geology of Mars has been presented and several mechanisms that could result in the formation of ore deposits have been identified. These include deposits caused by hydrothermal fluids resulting from volcanic activity, large igneous province formation and impact craters. Surface enrich...

The long-term availability of mineral resources is crucial in underpinning human society, technology, and economic activity, and in managing anthropogenic environmental impacts. This is increasingly true for metals that do not generally form the primary product of mines (“host” metals), such as copper or iron, but are recovered as by-products (or sometimes co-products during the processing of p...

This review has as its underlying premise the need to become proficient in delivering a suite of element or metal products from polymetallic ores to avoid the predicted exhaustion of key metals in demand in technological societies. Many technologies, proven or still to be developed, will assist in meeting the demands of the next generation for trace and rare metals, potentially including the br...