What is mining/mineral resource development?
Mining or mineral resource development as it is sometimes called is the profitable extraction of mineral resources from the earth or oceans. People have been mining and using mineral resources since before the beginning of recorded history. People who lived during the Old Stone Age dug flints out of chalk formations for making weapons and tools. Native gold and copper probably were used as early as 8,000 B.C., and bronze was being made by 4000 B.C.
