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Relief

Another term for the shape of the earth surface at a specific point

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Regolith

The layer of rocks, gravel, sand, soil and other matter between surface and bedrock

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Refractory ore

Ore whose minerals resist separation by initial chemical processes and require further chemical decomposition

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Recovery

The percentage of valuable minerals successfully recovered in ore

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Reclamation

The closing and rehabilitation of a mine back to its original or natural state

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Rhodium

A heavy, dense, rare element of the platinum group. Symbol, Rh

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Rare earth elements

Rare mineral and metallic elements such as niobium, yttrium, Lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, thulium, ytterbium, neodymium, dysprosium, gadolinium, promethium, scandium and lutetium