general exploration definition

general exploration means exploration at national or regional level, not including targeted exploration;
general exploration means the process of initial delineation of an identified deposit in an area using surface mapping, wide spaced sampling, trenching and drilling for preliminary evaluation of mineral quantity and quality, including mineralogical tests on laboratory scale, and any indirect method of mineral investigation, in order to conduct a pre-feasibility study and further detailed exploration;
general exploration means the process of initial delineation of a mineral deposit in an area of promising enhanced mineral potential*.

More Definitions of general exploration

general exploration means exploration at national or regional level, not
general exploration means the process of initial delineation of an identified deposit in an area using surface mapping, wide spaced sampling, trenching and drilling for preliminary evaluation of mineral quantity and quality, including mineralogical tests on laboratory scale, and any indirect method of mineral