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The Freedom Mining and Manufacturing Cooperative was created to encourage new players to engage in Industrial Careers, particularly mining and manufacturing. Our focus is the support of one another in skilling up in the areas of mining and manufacturing while engaging in cooperative ventures. We do not support individual or cooperative PvP actions, but do support individual or cooperative PvE actions. Our goal is to build individual wealth while supporting the cooperative as a nexus of assistance and support.

Perhaps the easiest and lowest risk way to make an honest wage in EVE, mining is simply extracting and selling ore or refined minerals. To be a miner, you only need some basic ship piloting skills, mining skills, refining skills, a suitable ship, and some mining lasers. Travel to one of the many asteroid belts in a system, point your lasers at a 'roid, gather ore, bring it to a station, refine it, sell it - then repeat.

The upside to mining is that it produces a fairly predictable income stream, with little (but not zero) risk, especially in high security (0.5 and above) space. The main disadvantage is that mining is highly repetitive and boring, as asteroids generally do not fight back! You also have to be on guard for can flippers and gankers - players who prey on miners, especially those who have gone "AFK" (away from keyboard) and aren't paying close attention.

The career path for a mining specialist is long - highly advanced miners using Tech 2 exhumers can easily generate 10 million or more in ISK with an hour of effort (depending on market prices and what is being mined). Well organized mining teams, with Orca support and skilled mining foremen, can produce even higher returns.

A general guide to mining can be found on the UNIWiki: http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Mining

If you are interested in becoming a miner, check out the Amarr Mining Campus, a group of mining enthusiasts in EVE University. This group conducts regular mining fleet operations: http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/AMC