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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

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Fossick

A prospecting terms used to describe the evaluation of previous activity through the dumps and tailings of a mineral deposits past operators

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Float

Rocks and minerals loosened and transported from their origin through natural forces

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Formation drilling

Holes drilled in a sequence which allow the geological characteristics, constituents and patterns of the underlying rock to be determined