At the Octyabrsky Mine, Talnakh, Russia - Top left  Taking notes underground,   Top right:  Bill Williams and Peter Pelly studying and discussing the cupriferous breccia ore,   Foreground:  Victor Popov (centre) translates to Dean Rossell of Kennecott (left) what Michail Golendukhin, Chief Geologist of the Octyabrsky Mine (right) has just explained on the mine's high grade stockpile.
Photographs by Mike Porter