mec mining 101

MINING 101


Mining 101
Part One


Have you used any of these
lately?


School Bus?


Cereal?


Bicycle or Skateboard?


Car?


Alarm Clock?


Pencil or Computer?


Stove, Microwave, Cupboards,
Countertops?

Coins?


Video Games?


Musical Instruments?


Toothbrush and Toothpaste?


Cellphone


Flatware or Television?


Do the items in the
photographs have anything in
common?


If you guessed “rocks and
minerals,” you are right!
Thousands of things you use
every day are made from rocks
and minerals.

That’s a lot of rocks and
How dominerals!
you think we get all
those rocks and
minerals?


MINING 101
Part 2


If you said “Mining,” you
are right!


A mine is a place
where rocks and
minerals of value are
extracted.


Government Permits are needed
before and during all mining processes


The first phase of
mining is called

EXPLORATION.