future mineral exploitation

• future mineral supplies are more difficult to exploit, developing technology may help increase ease of exploitation
• improved remote sensing image resolution is prominent on newer satellites, this generates more pixels
• multispectral sensors on remote sensing technology detect greater range of wavelengths of visible and infrrared light
• portable field equipment allows mineral supplies to be exploited: laboratory equipment has decreased in size and portable electronic components have become lighter and more energy efficient
• portable field equipment allows instant results this gives way to exploitation of future mineral supplies
• mechanisation in deep mining can help exploit future mineral stores by the development of machines, they allow mining where conditions are unsuitable for humans e.g. high temperature or dangerous
• mechanisation in open cast mining: machinery allows overburden and minerals to be extracted increasingly quickly, it also makes the process more cost effective