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Extraction of Rocks and Minerals from the Earth v Minerals provide us with a wide range of materials that we use in everyday life. v Coal and oil provide energy and many chemicals used in industry. v Metallic ores provide us with the metals and alloys needed to make products such as computers, mobile phones, cars, wires, and nails. v The demand for minerals continues to increase, both from developed and developing countries. v   People have searched for minerals for thousands of years. The simplest way to find mineral deposits is to look carefully at the surface of rocks. This process of prospecting has found nearly all the surface deposits of minerals worldwide . Exploring for Minerals: ·         Prospecting: a process of searching for minerals by examining the surface of the rocks.   Remote sensing : a process in which information is gathered about the Earth’s surface from above.     Photogr...