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OPL | Oil Prospecting Licence | |
HPP | High Probability Prospecting | |
CCOP | Committee for Coordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas | |
KOP | Keep On Prospecting | |
WEGM | WeekEnd Gold Miners Prospecting Club | |
CPR | Commission Prospecting and Rejection | |
BGP | Bureau of Geophysical Prospecting | |
IPAS | internet Prospecting Acceleration System | |
PFJ | Prospecting For Junk | |
BHPL | Broken Hill Prospecting Limited | |
GPWA | Gold Prospecting West Australia | |
HPPL | Hancock Prospecting Proprietary Ltd | |
HPPL | Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd | |
SPDP | Shell Prospecting and Development Peru | |
BPL | Broken Hill Prospecting Limited | |
BPLOA | Broken Hill Prospecting Limited |
What does prospecting mean?
- Prospecting
- Prospecting is the first stage of the geological analysis (followed by exploration) of a territory. It is the search for minerals, fossils, precious metals, or mineral specimens. It is also known as fossicking. Traditionally prospecting relied on direct observation of mineralization in rock outcrops or in sediments. Modern prospecting also includes the use of geologic, geophysical, and geochemical tools to search for anomalies which can narrow the search area. Once an anomaly has been identified and interpreted to be a potential prospect direct observation can then be focused on this area.In some areas a prospector must also make claims, meaning they must erect posts with the appropriate placards on all four corners of a desired land they wish to prospect and register this claim before they may take samples. In other areas publicly held lands are open to prospecting without staking a mining claim.
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