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Flux

A substance used to refine metals from ore though the binding of it’s the waste particles

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Fluorescence

The emission of energy in the form of visible light, produced by a substance exposed to external radiation such as x-rays and ultraviolet light

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Flume

A man made channel or stream used to divert and transport water from its source, to its destination by gravity to aid in a commercial or industrial process

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Flow-through shares

Shares in a company that allow tax incentives and/or credits to be passed along to shareholders

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Flowsheet

A diagram depicting all required processes of development of a mineral body, in sequence beginning with raw ore and ending in the refined mineral

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Flotation

A chemical process used to separate minerals by causing them to dissolve and rise to the surface of a solution. Cyanide is an agent used in the flotation of gold

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Flocculate

To compound or aggregate smaller particles into larger ones