Glossary

Assay: the testing of a metal or ore to determine its ingredients and quality.

Fluorescence: the visible or invisible radiation emitted by certain substances as a result of incident radiation of a shorter wavelength such as X-rays or ultraviolet light.  

Open-pit: denoting a method of mining in which coal or ore is extracted at or from a level near the earth's surface, rather than from underground workings.  

Peg: a short cylindrical piece of wood, metal, or plastic, typically tapered at one end, that is used for holding things together, hanging things on, or marking a position.  

Rock face: a bare vertical surface of natural rock.

Section: any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up.

Stope: (in mining) excavate a series of steps or layers in (the ground or rock).  

Survey: Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them. A land surveying professional is called a land surveyor. These points are usually on the surface of the Earth, and they are often used to establish land maps and boundaries for ownership, locations like building corners or the surface location of subsurface features, or other purposes required by government or civil law, such as property sales

Terrestrial: of, on, or relating to the earth.

X-ray: an electromagnetic wave of high energy and very short wavelength, which is able to pass through many materials opaque to light.