The basic issues of education for the mineral industry which emerge from experience and from a study of relevant literature are presented with the object of promoting._x000D_
discussion. The subject is considered primarily from the university point of view and relates more to the disciplines of mining and mineral processing than to geology or perhaps metall- urgy, but the conclusions have wider implic- ations. Continuing education, being the subject of a separate paper, is only briefly discussed._x000D_
The important and particularly relevant training and industry role of the technician engineer and technician are not considered.