Once a mineral resource becomes economically viable to mine, it remains that way until the majority of the deposit has been extracted.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


False

Fluctuations in the market value of a particular mineral, due to supply and demand changes for example, can make a marginally economic deposit suddenly profitable to mine. Likewise, once-profitable mining operations may be forced to shut down rather abruptly.

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