I would like to see Mining badges for Lanthanic, Pyronic and Apicene ores sense they are rare type ores also

There's a badge for denic, and no.

+1 to Lanth, Apicene, and Pyronic badges, or AT LEAST Pyronic, because Pyronic is actually the most rare ore in the VOverse, not Heliocene.

Pyronic? I thought it was Pentric that was rare. I ain't no miner though. I do have thousands of cu of pyronic stashed away, but I never mined any of it. :)

+1

Heck, badges are all we miners live for. I would go one step further: for every level of any rare ore badge, give a +10% chance to draw that ore from a roid that has it. A +40% chance for a "Master" badge won't break any game balance, would give a reason to chase the badge, and represent the experience a miner has in "following the vein" of the desired ore.

Pentric is the real reason Serco want to invade Itani space. Denic too, but that is just because it is hard to get a decent margarita in GR...

-1 to badges modifying probabilities. I'd rather see mining turned into something skill based rather than just "click and wait". Not necessarily twitch-skill mind you (like the ideas about a moving sweet spot that gives you additional efficiency if you keep the beam on it). It could be more of a logic puzzle or something.

a small bonus would be nice - 1% per level?

+1 to new badges. I think it's ridiculous that only three rare ores have awards. Why not give badges for all the rare ores? Xith, Lanth, Pyronic, and Apicene badges at levels I-IV like Denic, Pentric, and Heliocene would be a great goal to work for.

I know the devs want to keep the game more about skill than about gear or status, so I have my doubts they'd ever give automatic extraction bonuses to miners with higher badge levels, but in the spirit of self-interest I'll give it a +1, lol (I also suspect player-unique extraction bonuses would create a lot of problems in a group-mining scenario.)

(I also suspect player-unique extraction bonuses would create a lot of problems in a group-mining scenario.)

There are already specialized mining beams that give bonuses for extracting specific types of ore, so the mechanics to deal with that already exist.