2. Types of Resources  Renewable  Non-renewable  Make a list of five non-renewable resources with the people at your table. Then make a list of five renewable resources.  Discuss

3. How: Rare & Precious Minerals  Usually concentrated near igneous rock – a place where molten rock has filled cracks in the earth’s crust.  Water and minerals are compressed between layers of igneous rock, the minerals change into precious-more- dense metals.  Sometimes mix with water molecules.

4. Types of Mining  Hard rock mining involves digging in igneous and metamorphic rock Usually to get iron, gold, silver etc.  Soft rock mining involves digging in sedimentary rock Usually to get soft materials like coal, oil and potash

5. Ekati Diamond Mine  Ekati Diamond mine is located in an igneous and metamorphic zone. What kind of mining is done here?

6. How: Oil and Natural Gas  Over millions of years, tiny animals called plankton died and were caught between layers of soil.  Contain lots of CO2 and over time, bacteria and heat (100C) broke down the plankton into kerogen and eventually oil.

7. Oil  Useful oil resources are found when fossil fuels accumulate within porous rock.  The lower layers of rock usually have high concentrations of salt, which block the seepage of oil deeper.

8. Watch the VID  Mining Coltan in the DRC Mining Coltan in the DRC Who profits from Coltan mining? ○ Corporations and the military How young are some workers? What do they get paid? ○ 13, $2-3 What are some of the dangers for the miners? ○ Bad air, collapse, death, murder