The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries physical examination
A stage in the 5-E model where students develop understanding about a concept by engaging in concrete experiences with materials
The process of locating and proving that a mineral occurrence is an orebody and that it is large enough, and contains enough mineral, to be mined profitably
The search for mineral deposits and the work done to prove or establish the extent of a mineral deposit Alt: Prospecting and subsequent evaluation
Prospecting, sampling, mapping, diamond drilling and other work involved in searching for ore
In the broad sense, the whole range of mining activity from searching for and developing mineral deposits to developing the mine In the strict sense, the search for mineral deposits up to discovery and includes the delineation of the deposit by means of drilling and sampling
A step in the collective creation process during which various methods of translating ideas into dramatic form are investigated
the search, using varied techniques, with the objective to discover and evaluate natural resource deposits of economic value