Radio frequency identification readers (RFID readers); radio frequency identification tags (RFID tags); apparatus for receiving, recording, transmission and reproduction of data and information; computer programs for scientific data analysis; data processing apparatus and equipment; data recording and storage apparatus; electronic tags and security tags; electronic tags for inventory tracking and control purposes; electronic identification systems, in particular RFID systems; information storage devices; programs for data-processing; readers (data processing equipment); scanners (data processing equipment); tags carrying magnetically, optically, or electronically recorded or encoded information; tag and label readers; tag and label programming devices; tag and label interrogators; transceivers for RFID tags and labels; antennae for RFID tags and labels; including all of the foregoing relating to mineral sampling data collection systems for use in the mining industry