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are prospecting

  • present progressive
    of prospect.
    prospect
    noun
    Usually prospects

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The men are prospecting for new sources of lithium, a raw material now found primarily in China and Chile that could become as important to the auto industry as oil is now.

From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2017

Just 18% of financial advisers say they are prospecting in this demographic.

From Time ● Aug. 12, 2014

Lower Columbia mainstem - Anglers are prospecting for spring Chinook with limited success.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2013

Canadian, American and other Western mining companies are prospecting for gold and other minerals.

From Time Magazine Archive

Straight Harry is with Ben Gulston and Sam Hicks, and they are prospecting somewhere west of the Colorado.

From In the Heart of the Rockies by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty