how to actually mine

Okay, you have your mining lasers and refinery and cargo space and you've found a nice ring to mine. Now you are wondering , 'alright, how do i get the ore?'

These are the basic steps to mining, follow these and you will be collecting and refining ore in no time.

Step 1: Deploy hardpoints and your cargo scoop
Step 2: Switch to mining lasers (if you haven't already)
Step 3: Fly to the nearest rock until you mining lasers are in range
Step 4: Fire your mining lasers at the rock, it will break off chunks
Step 5: Target the chunk. It will tell you what it is comprised of
Step 6: Chase after the chunk and capture it using your cargo scoop
Rinse and repeat.

There is a slightly easier way to do this but I will go over it in the advanced section.

Important!

When you target a chunk, it will say that it is comprised of __% one ore and __% another ore. When you collect a chunk, the ore it is made up of will be seperated into the refinery bins.

The percentage the chunk showed is how much it will fill a bin. So if you collect a chunck that is made of 13% Gallite and 2% Silver, it will fill a refinery bin 13% with gallite, and another bin 2% with silver.

Once the bin reaches 100% of an ore, it will then be refined into 1 unit (ton) of that ore, and it will place it in your cargo inventory. This will empty that bin, freeing it to be used by more ore.