Front Matter -- Characteristics of Atypical Mineral Deposit Styles. Origin and Exploration of the Kola PGE-bearing Province / Felix P Mitrofanov, Tamara B Bayanova, John N Ludden, Alexey U Korchagin, Victor V Chashchin, Lyudmila I Nerovich, Pavel A Serov, Alexander F Mitrofanov, Dmitry V Zhirov -- Geochemical, Microtextural, and Mineralogical Studies of the Samba Deposit in the Zambian Copperbelt Basement / S Master, N M Ndhlovu -- The Geology of the Mufulira Deposit / Philippe Muchez, Maarten Minnen, Stijn Dewaele, Niels Hulsbosch -- Nb-Ta-Sn-W Distribution in Granite-related Ore Systems / Niels Hulsbosch -- The Southern Breccia Metasomatic Uranium System of the Great Bear Magmatic Zone, Canada / EG Potter, J-F Montreuil, L Corriveau, WJ Davis -- New Methods for Mineral Exploration. Cathodoluminescence Applied to Ore Geology and Exploration / Jean-Marc Baele, Sophie Decrée, Brian Rusk -- Transition Metal Isotopes Applied to Exploration Geochemistry / Ryan Mathur, Da Wang -- Exploring for Carbonate-Hosted Ore Deposits Using Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes / Shaun L L Barker, Gregory M Dipple -- The Importance of Large Scale Geophysical Investigations for Mineral Exploration / Susan J Webb, Stephanie E Scheiber-Enslin, Janine Cole -- A Summary of Some Recent Developments in Potential Field Data Processing in South Africa with Mining and Exploration Applications / G R J Cooper -- 3D Reflection Seismic Imaging for Gold and Platinum Exploration, Mine Development, and Safety / M S Manzi, E J Hunt, R J Durrheim.