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  • any UKMF copyright figures, sketches, illustrations1, diagrams and photographs appearing on this website; and / or
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The UK Minerals Forum encourages the use of its materials in promoting study of issues related to mineral development. The copyright of all materials derived from the UK Minerals Forum’s work is vested in the UKMF.

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No part of any UK Minerals Forum content may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, for commercial purposes, without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. Permission to reproduce such material can be granted by the UKMF secretariat ([email protected]) via specific copyright arrangements relating to individual permissions and / or copyright licences.

Important point to note:

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