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__________ is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth.

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Mining

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Smelting

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Quarrying

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Excavating

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The correct option is A Mining
Mining is extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually from an orebody, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposits.

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