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Minerals | Editor’s Choice Articles in 2021 in the Section “Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications”

Minerals | Editor’s Choice Articles in 2021 in the Section “Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications”

8 November 2022


Minerals (ISSN: 2075-163X) has launched the “Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications” Section. The Section aims at publishing high-quality original research papers and critical reviews featuring the fundamental aspects and industrial applications in the field of mineral resources, including geological, geophysical, and geochemical methods, as well as satellite imagery. We invite contributions on historical, technical, and practical aspects of the exploration for mineral deposits. The papers should either focus on a novel methodology of mineral exploration or present case studies where established or innovative techniques were successfully used. In addition, we welcome contributions providing new insights into the foundations of geological, geophysical, and geochemical methods. The publications can be dedicated to field procedures and analytical techniques of geochemical exploration methods. Novel methods of gravity, magnetic, electromagnetic, radiometric, and seismic prospecting, in addition to their integration, including mathematical aspects of data processing and interpretation, as well as studies on remote sensing and geographic information systems in mineral exploration, are welcome. Airborne, ground, and borehole methods could be presented. We also encourage the submission of papers that report rock sample studies required for mineral exploration and propose new physical, chemical, and mineralogical techniques for identifying mineral targets.

We are pleased to present the 2021 Editor’s Choice Articles, a carefully curated list of high-quality articles from “Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications” listed below:

  • “Evolution of Pyrite Compositions at the Sizhuang Gold Deposit, Jiaodong Peninsula, Eastern China: Implications for the Genesis of Jiaodong-Type Orogenic Gold Mineralization”
    by Zhankun Liu, Xiancheng Mao, Andrew Jedemann, Richard C. Bayless, Hao Deng, Jin Chen and Keyan Xiao
    Minerals 2021, 11(4), 344; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11040344
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/4/344
  • “Lithium Potential Mapping Using Artificial Neural Networks: A Case Study from Central Portugal”
    by Martin Köhler, Delira Hanelli, Stefan Schaefer, Andreas Barth, Andreas Knobloch, Peggy Hielscher, Joana Cardoso-Fernandes, Alexandre Lima and Ana C. Teodoro
    Minerals 2021, 11(10), 1046; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11101046
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/10/1046
  • “X-ray Fluorescence and Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Analysis of Li-Rich Minerals in Veins from Argemela Tin Mine, Central Portugal”
    by Ricardo Ribeiro, Diana Capela, Miguel Ferreira, Rui Martins, Pedro Jorge, Diana Guimarães and Alexandre Lima
    Minerals 2021, 11(11), 1169; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111169
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/11/1169

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the research groups that submitted to Minerals (ISSN: 2075-163X). We would appreciate it if you would circulate this document among your colleagues and network. Furthermore, the following opportunities for collaboration may be of interest:

Submitting a manuscript:
This Section is currently open for submissions. Papers may be submitted via the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=minerals.

Launching a Special Issue:
You have the opportunity to propose hot topics and edit a Special Issue together with experts in the field: https://www.mdpi.com/journalproposal/sendproposalspecialissue/minerals.

Joining the Editorial Board:
If you are an active researcher in the field of mineral processing and extractive metallurgy and are interested in joining the Editorial Board, please do not hesitate to get in touch (minerals@mdpi.com).

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