There is an element of wasteage to most mining methods mate.
From the lost coal in board and pillar, the wedged ore in block caving and the deposits edge in vertical crater retreat.
There is always some that is lost, you' need to be damn good to get 85% of it to the refinement stage.
elm v stb, page-16
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