Prospectors are people who search for valuable mineral deposits.

Exploration is one of the riskiest sectors within the minerals industry.

Ore is extracted from the ground using one of two basic forms of mining - open cut (or open-pit) and underground mining.

Extraction processes vary according to the type of mineral being processed.

Reflect on how communities and the minerals industry interact.

One of the most important parts of mining today is keeping everyone safe.

Barrick and the Australian Prospectors and Miners Hall of Fame announced today they have joined forces in a partnership valued at $200,000 to further expand the existing education program in the Goldfields area.

Find out who was inducteed into the Australian Prospectors and Miners Hall of Fame in 2007.

Created to educate and inspire, the Mining Hall of Fame is in a unique position to change perceptions about the resources industry and encourage student participation in earth science studies.

Find the answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mining in India from the Ministry of Mines.

The Australia Day 'Kalgoorlie Dawn' Service will be held at the Mining Hall of Fame on January 23, 2006. All are welcome to attend the event which will be broadcast live nationally on Channel 7's Sunrise program and later as part of the National Australia Day presentation from Canberra.

St Barbaras Festival was celebrated in a myriad of events for the Goldfields community and visitors during the first week in December.

At the recent AGM for the Australian Prospectors and Miners Hall of Fame the Rio Tinto Education Officer provided a summary of activities for 2004. Read the Education Report for 2004.

Flowers and bees are everywhere this Spring at the Mining Hall of Fame, particularly in the Placer Dome Eremophila Garden.

National Earth Science Week is being celebrated in Kalgoorlie Boulder this week. An interactive display focussing on Earth Science related careers has been placed in the William Grundt Library to raise awareness of the variety of careers available in this area.

A very successful Earth Science Career display was put together by the Mining Hall of Fame and the Geological Survey of WA as part of the Careers Expo for the Kalgoorlie Boulder Science Awareness Festival.

The Mining Hall of Fame has joined with the (WA) Department of Industry and Resources to provide a booth at the Careers Expo for secondary school students held on 16th & 17th September as part of the Kalgoorlie Science Festival. The Science Festival is a pilot event organised by the Kids Science State program, a joint initiative of Scitech and the Rio Tinto WA Future Fund.

Australia's famous Mining Hall of Fame has a new look website - and much, much more to offer visitors.

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