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Proposed Review of the Mineral Resources of the British Empire1

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IN general terms the mineral production and I metallurgical activities of the British Empire are already known; but no one has measured a base-line with sufficient precision for projecting with confidence the probable effects of further prospecting and future exploitation, coincident with the growth of metallurgical science, not only on the Empire as a whole, but also on each independent unit of Imperial territory.

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HOLLAND, T. Proposed Review of the Mineral Resources of the British Empire1. Nature 119, 640–642 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119640a0

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