Giovanni Ribisi plays the corporate manager of the Pandora mining project with Stephen Lang as the paramilitary commander of the human forces and Native American Indian actor Wes Studi is the Na'vi chief.

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"These sands are mineralized, " says Andrew Denton, general manager of mining at RBM.

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Walter Herrera, quality control and risk manager for the Chilean mining company GeoTech, has said his company was bringing a specialized device typically used for boring water holes to the mine.

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Walter Herrera, quality control and risk manager for the Chilean mining company GeoTech, has said his company was bringing a specialized device -- a Scram T-130 drill typically used for boring water holes -- to the San Jose mine.

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