Near the river there are many forest and mineral exploitations.
The UK, for its part, proposed the conclusion of an agreement regulating any mineral exploitation as might eventually occur.
Such a move would withdraw the land from mineral exploitation and prevent other companies from exploring there in the future.
Sierra Leone's economic development has always been hampered by an overdependence on mineral exploitation.
Since then, however, opposition to mineral exploitation has increased.
In 2003, the value of mineral exploitation reached Quebec 3.7 billion Canadian dollars.
Its economic activity is based upon agriculture and livestock and increasing mineral exploitation.
Many of these planets deserve a second look, either for mineral exploitation or possible colonization.
Not that Balcombe, for all its beauty, is a stranger to mineral exploitation.
The area has a very low potential for natural resource and mineral exploitation.