Mining missions

Mining missions are missions which require you to mine special mission ores and then return these ores to your agent. Most of these have far superior

Mission Ores

Mission ore	Regular ore equivelant	Found in level
Bandine	Veldspar	1, 2
Green Aristite	Gneisis	4
Oeryl	Dark ochre	4
Polygypsum	Arkonor	4
Geodite	Crokite	4

There are also 2 diferent types of ice (crystaline Icicle, Azure Ice) and 2 different types of gas (gamboge cytoserocin, chartreuse cytoserocin).

Combat

Most mining missions only have weak spawns usually 1-4 frigates in lvl 4s, though there is the posibility of faction spawn (it may be related to what area you are in).

There are 2 exceptions to this where you will encounter multiple cruiser and frigate spawns that will build up over time if you do not keep killing them off. The first is a gas harvesting mission (like drones to a hive) but gas harvesting can be done in any ship with turrets so it's not much of a problem. The second is a ice harvesting mission (Ice Installation) which may prove a problem as you will have to do it in a mining barge.