This work proposes a new approach to metal production in subsoil, suggesting resource conservation may restore natural ecosystems.
The fundamental place in the development of civilization is occupied by the production of goods from minerals in the bowels of the Earth, and it is growing faster than the number of people. These two factors, despite the lack of alternatives in their essence, create problems due to the negative impact on natural systems that must be eliminated. Firstly, the resources in the continental crust can be exhausted within 50-200 years. Secondly, natural ecosystems are degrading and are irreversibly destroyed. The good intentions of society are fulfilled by destroying the natural balance and worsening the comfortable conditions of equilibrium created by nature both in the used subsoil massif itself and in the surrounding near-ore space and on the surface. The goal of eliminating such an unacceptable paradox is achieved by implementing the proposed paradigm of scientific solutions that change the essence of the applied geotechnologies for subsoil development. The work performed simultaneously allowed to determine the full range of sources in metal production in addition to the traditional deposits considered so far. Thus, the principle of the scientific concept of "creative development of the subsoil" was created, operating in the format of “resource reproduction, resource conservation and preservation of a high-quality natural environment”
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