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revelação de recursos geológicos

English translation: discovery/finding of geological resources

07:54 Mar 25, 2015
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mining & Minerals / Gems
Portuguese term or phrase: revelação de recursos geológicos
I need help with the equivalent term for revelação. Mining does not cut it because the term is also applied to the extraction of spring and mineral water.
Metatrad
United Kingdom
English translation:discovery/finding of geological resources
Explanation:
Would either of these terms fit in the broader context?
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Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 17:46
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4discovery/finding of geological resources
Martin Riordan
3'mining and exploitation of geological resources'
Richard Purdom
3prospecting/exploration of geological resources
rir


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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
discovery/finding of geological resources


Explanation:
Would either of these terms fit in the broader context?

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 17:46
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
1 min
  -> Obrigado, Teresa!
agree  Claudio Mazotti
1 hr
  -> Obrigado, Claudio.
agree  rir
2 hrs
  -> Obrigado, rir.
agree  Paulinho Fonseca: 'finding of geological resources'.
7 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Paulinho.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
'mining and exploitation of geological resources'


Explanation:
I think this would cover spring water too, which isn't actually mined.

Richard Purdom
Portugal
Local time: 21:46
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
prospecting/exploration of geological resources


Explanation:
this could be one more option

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_exploration

prospecting is the search and discovery
exploration is also finding/discovery

for aproveitamento you can use development and/or utilization

rir
United States
Local time: 16:46
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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