prospector

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pro·spec·tor /prəˈspektə $ ˈprɑːspektər/ noun [countable]  LOOK FORsomeone who looks for gold, minerals, oil etc 勘探者，探矿者

Examples from the Corpus

prospector• The first courtesy of a prospector is to have the land-owner's permission to be there.• Both scientific and commercial biodiversity prospectors should pay fees, as mineral prospectors do.• Apples were in great demand from the gold prospectors in the Western States.• The mines were owned, Eler said, by private prospectors, some of who had been searching fruitlessly for fifty years.• The hardy pioneers were prospectors, crossing the rugged Continental Divide in their search for gold.

pro·spec·tor nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus minerals, etc oil who looks for gold, someone

prospector
pro‧spec‧tor /prəˈspektə $ ˈprɑːspektər/ noun [countable]
someone who looks for gold, minerals, oil etc

pro·spect·orBrE /prəˈspektə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈprɑːspektər/ 🔊 nouna person who searches an area for gold, minerals, oil, etc. 勘探者；探矿者