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Introduction to Mineral Exploration

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Since the first edition was published much has changed in the mineral exploration business. It has
been through one of the sharpest downturns since the 1930s and the industry has become truly global,
with many mergers and acquisitions of mining and exploration companies. Indeed, conditions
at the time at the time of writing appear to have moved back to boom driven by increasing demand.

We have tried to maintain a balance between principles and case histories, based on our experience
of teaching at senior undergraduate and postgraduate levels. We have attempted to reflect the
changing mineral exploration scene by rewriting the sections on mineral economics (Chapter 1)
and the increased emphasis on public accountability of mineral exploration companies (Chapters
10 and 11), as well as updating the other chapters. One of the major areas of advance has been
the widespread use of information technology in mineral exploration. We have added a chapter
(Chapter 9) dealing with the handling of mineral exploration data. Although we do not advocate
geologists letting their hammers get rusty, the correct compilation of data can help expedite
fieldwork and improve understanding of deposits for feasibility studies.

The case histories are largely the same as the first edition although we have replaced a study
on tin exploration with one on diamond exploration. This details one of the major exploration
successes of the 1990s near Lac de Gras in arctic Canada (Chapter 17).

Another of the trends of the last few years has been the decline in the teaching of mining-related
subjects at universities, particularly in Europe and North America. We hope that the contents of
this book will help to educate the geologists needed to discover the mineral deposits required for
future economic growth, whether or not they are studying at a university.

The two of us have taken over editorship from Tony Evans who has completely retired. We are
both based in western Europe, although we manage to visit other continents when possible, and
one of us was commuting to southern Africa when this edition was completed. Inevitably the
examples we mention are those with which we are familiar and many readers’ favorite areas will be
missing. We trust, however, that the examples are representative.

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Penerbit

Oxford : Blackwell Publishing., 2006

Deskripsi Fisik

TN270.I66; 622′.1—dc22

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-1-4051-1317-5

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Tipe Media

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Edisi

2nd. Ed.

Subjek

MINERALOGI
EKSPLORASI

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