71.  All claimants but Brunei have troops based on some of the islands which are believed to sit on top of vast mineral resources.

72.  All oil firms belonging to the geology and mineral resources ministry will be transferred to the new petroleum company, he said.

73.  But Ramathlodi believes that it has great potential for tourism and the development of its mineral resources.

74.  CNOOC last year appealed for increased foreign investment in the sector to prevent vast mineral resources from going untapped.

75.  China has the third largest mineral resources in the world, but accounts for only eight percent of global output.

76.  Eight years ago, the two countries signed a pact on developing space programs for satellites used to gather information on agriculture, geology and mineral resources.

77.  The Spratlys are a chain of islands in the South China Sea, believed to sit on large mineral resources.

78.  The vast, impoverished central African nation has been battered by civil war and conflict over its considerable mineral resources for years.

79.  The services of Executive Outcomes and firms like it are solicited by states and foreign companies investing to exploit third world mineral resources.

80.  They added that it was also necessary now for experts from geology and mineral resources departments to participate in urban planning.