In many countries mining is one of the significant contributors as it helps build and grow the economy, Australia is known to be one of the world’s largest mineral exporting countries, and this can only occur with proper attention to exploration to the found minerals. Mineral exploration and development are huge investments and therefore come with a fair amount of risks.
Companies create a report beforehand to determine an example of what moves need to be carried out to receive a revenue that will be sufficient enough to receive a profit after attending to all the expenses. A strategy that many companies stick to is investing in other projects as well, to ensure some sort of income. 
By investing in other projects, according to their income, they can look into mining projects in which they can expect low costs and a reasonable profit. According to how attractive the project is, the more likely the company will invest on it. In order to identify whether or not it is a good investment, there are a few factors that need to be considered.
These factors include environmental, social and political factors, economic factors and geological factors. Environmental, social and political factors, basically refer to the policies that the government and local communities expect the company to abide by, it can lead to risks such as the outcome not agreeing with the policies and the outcome differing from the public attitudes and policies and overall expectations at the time of the initial investment.
Economic factors question if mineral resources can be extracted at a profit, it focuses on whether or not the investment will be beneficial as intended at the period of time when the initial investment took place. Geological factors ask question such as where the mineral resources exist and the quality and quantity of it. Just like the above two factors, it questions whether the mineralization resources will be the same as when the initial investment takes place.
To gain more knowledge on how to get into the mining industry, a good example to consider is one of the well known private companies in Australia called Hancock Prospecting group, which is currently run by Lan Hancock’s daughter Gina Rinehart, she is known to be one of the richest women in Australia and contribute to growth and development on many other important topics she believes in.
Australian sports and agriculture are few of the topics she has invested on, for more information on her many achievements you can visit her website and look into Gina Rhinehart photos.
It will give you a little insight on the incredible developments she’s made and find yourself inspiration to succeed in the mining industry in the best possible way.