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the answer ores that's what i got and it was correct. hope this helped 
  • Minerals containing a useful substance are referred to as ores.
  • Ores are basically minerals with elements that are economically important to us and thus, the ores are mined to extract the useful substances.
  • More commonly the important elements extracted from these ores are the metals such as copper, iron, lead, zinc, and nickel.
  • The metals can either be present in the ores as oxides, silicates, sulphides or in their native state.