yes
. . . to exploit mineral resources such as oil .
East Asia is rich in mineral resources. Some of these are: petroleum and natural gas, coal, bauxite, aluminum, copper and lead.
quartz as in sand.
Gold
The largest mineral resource in Asia is coal. Mercury, zinc, mica, and graphite are other mineral resources that can be found in Asia.
A billitonite is a variety of tektite - a mineral from Southeast Asia.
same question suckerz
Asia is the first largest continent in the world.
Asia
Asia asia
Europeans discovered that Southeast Asia was rich in mineral and agricultural resources (apex)
pyrite is my favorite mineral but you can naturally find it normally in Africa or Asia