Question

what is the difference between actual resources and potential resources

Answer 1

Actual Resources : Those resources whose location and quantity we know.
Potential Resources : We have insufficient knowledge about these.
Actual Resources :  We have the technology to exploit these resources.
Potential Resources: We do not have the technology to exploit these resources.

Answer 2

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potential resources

• these are being used in future
• these entire quantity may not be known
• example:-uranium, found in ladakh

Actual resources

• these are being used in present
• these entire quantity are known
• example :- coal despoits,Ruhr ; region of Germany