Division 2 Geological background of deposit to be exploited

Identification of the waste units to be exposed by extraction and processing by providing relevant information on:

• nature of surrounding rocks, their chemistry and mineralogy, including hydrothermal alteration of mineralised rocks and barren rocks,

• nature of deposit, including mineralised rocks or rock-bearing mineralisation,

• mineralisation typology, their chemistry and mineralogy, including physical properties such as density, porosity, particle size distribution, water content, covering worked minerals, gangue minerals, hydrothermal newly-formed minerals,

• size and geometry of deposit,

• weathering and supergene alteration from the chemical and mineralogical point of view.