• Describes how mineable and economic metal concentrations form and are preserved in the Earth's upper crust • Explores how they are discovered by systematic mineral exploration at a variety of scales • Discusses how to educate the public on the scarcity of natural metal resources and the issues concerning the nexus between the energy transition and potential exhaustion of critical metals
1. Chapter One : Introduction - p. Page xiv 2. Chapter Two : Heterogeneous distribution of metal resources - p. Page 3 3. Chapter Three : Industrial use of metals - p. Page 18 4. Chapter Four : Abundant metal systems - p. Page 49 5. Chapter Five : Scarce critical metal systems - p. Page 103 6. Chapter Six : Rare critical metal systems - p. Page 191 7. Chapter Seven : Trace critical metal systems - p. Page 263 8. Chapter Eight : Precious metal systems - p. Page 297 9. Chapter Nine : Temporal distribution of metallic mineral resources - p. Page 354 10. Chapter Ten : The future of metallic mineral resources and their exploration - p. Page 397 11. Index - p. Page 430
• Describes how mineable and economic metal concentrations form and are preserved in the Earth's upper crust • Explores how they are discovered by systematic mineral exploration at a variety of scales • Discusses how to educate the public on the scarcity of natural metal resources and the issues concerning the nexus between the energy transition and potential exhaustion of critical metals
1. Chapter One : Introduction - p. Page xiv 2. Chapter Two : Heterogeneous distribution of metal resources - p. Page 3 3. Chapter Three : Industrial use of metals - p. Page 18 4. Chapter Four : Abundant metal systems - p. Page 49 5. Chapter Five : Scarce critical metal systems - p. Page 103 6. Chapter Six : Rare critical metal systems - p. Page 191 7. Chapter Seven : Trace critical metal systems - p. Page 263 8. Chapter Eight : Precious metal systems - p. Page 297 9. Chapter Nine : Temporal distribution of metallic mineral resources - p. Page 354 10. Chapter Ten : The future of metallic mineral resources and their exploration - p. Page 397 11. Index - p. Page 430