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FOCUS// The HZDR Research Magazine WWW.Hzdr.DE 18 19 MEASURING FLIGHT: This helicopter is capable of detecting raw materials that are hidden up to 500 meters below the surface. Photo: Detlev Müller // The search for mineral resources in the Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge) of Saxony, Germany, is being conducted both by helicopter and on the ground. The first flight took place in October. The goal: to test low-impact sensing methods. _Text . Anja Weigl Ore Mountains A pithead building, a glory hole, the Brotherhood of Miners – one notices that mining was carried on here in Geyer at one time. And the era of mining may not be past yet – at least mineral exploration is being carried on once again in the vicinity of Geyer. A subsidiary of Deutsche Rohstoff AG drilled for tin south of the town and estimated the deposit to contain 44,000 tons of tin accompanied by significant amounts of indium and zinc. The Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF), part of HZDR, is interested in the resource potential of an area west of Geyer – from a scientific point of