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Mining geology is an applied science which combines the principles ofeconomic geology andmining engineering to the development of a defined mineral resource. Mining geologists and engineers work to develop an identifiedore deposit to economically extract theore.

• Ore genesis
• Prospecting
• Mineral exploration
  • Exploration geophysics
  • Geochemistry
  • Remote sensing
• Mining
• Industrial mineral

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