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(i) Name three methods of mining.
(ii) State five factors that influence the exploration of minerals.
(iii)State three ways in which mining derelicts can be reclaimed

Answer Text:
i) - Open cast mining.
- Underground mining.
- Alluvial mining.
ii) - The value of minerals.
- The quality of the mineral deposit.
- Methods of mining.
- size of deposit
- Capital.
- Market.
- Transport cost.
- Labour.
iii) - By filling the pits or the holes using the heaps of soils.
- Through planting trees and keeping a wide range of animals thus creating a tourist centre.
- By changing the pits or holes into a man made lake which
could serve as inland fisheries or a sporting centre