Nanotesla -


  • Nanotesla - The international unit for measuring magnetic flux density.
  • Native metal - A metal occurring in nature in pure form, uncombined with other elements,
  • Net profit interest - A portion of the profit remaining after all charges, including taxes and bookkeeping charges, such as depreciation, have been deducted.
    • Nanotesla - The international unit for measuring magnetic flux density.
    • Native metal - A metal occurring in nature in pure form, uncombined with other elements,
    • Net profit interest - A portion of the profit remaining after all charges, including taxes and bookkeeping charges, such as depreciation, have been deducted.
    • Net smelter return - A share of the net revenues generated from the sale of metal produced by a mine.
    • Net worth - The difference between total assets and total liabilities.
    • Norite - A coarse-grained igneous rock that is host to copper/nickel deposits in the Sudbury area of Ontario,
    • Nugget - A small mass of precious metal, found free in nature.
    • Odd lot - A block of shares that is less than a board lot.
    • Open order - An order to buy or sell stock, which is good until canceled by the client.
    • Open pit - A mine that is entirely on surface. Also referred to as open-cut or open-cast mine.
    • Option - An agreement to purchase a property reached between the property vendor and some other party who wishes to explore the property further.
    • Option (on stock) - The right to buy or sell a share at a set price, regardless of market value.
    • Ore - A mixture of ore minerals and gangue from which at least one of the metals can be extracted at a profit.
    • Ore pass - Vertical or inclined passage for the downward transfer of ore connecting a level with the hoisting shaft or a lower level.
    • Orebody - A natural concentration of valuable material that can be extracted and sold at a profit.
    • Ore Reserves - The calculated tonnage and grade of mineralization which can be extracted profitably; classified as possible, probable and proven according to the level of confidence that can be placed in
    • Oreshoot - The portion, or length, of a vein or other structure that carries sufficient valuable minerals to be extracted profitably.
    • Organic maturation - The process of turning peat into coal.
    • Orogeny - A period of mountain-building characterized by the folding of a portion of the earths crust.
    • Outcrop - An exposure of rock or mineral deposit that can be seen on surface, that is, not covered by soil or water.
    • Overturned - Where the oldest sedimentary rock beds are lying on top of a younger beds.
    • Oxidation - A chemical reaction caused by exposure to oxygen that results in a change in the chemical composition of a mineral.