Mining noob question

I have been messing around with the beta for several hours and I can't seem to figure out how to properly mine.  I have built starbases with mining rigs, but I can't seem to make them mine the local resource.  Another race will come near me, and build a starbase and claim the mine.  I have the interstellar mining tech.  What am I missing?

 

Thank you for any help

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Reply #1 Top

mining is for resources like durantium, antimatter, etc 
for mining you use mining ring and its various upgrades. 

not to be confused with relics which usually have a name like economic relic or culture relic.
for relics you use xeno archology lab or whatever its called and its various upgrades.

 

right now there seems to be a bug that minor's can hijack your resources as in they place a starbase there and just take it over that seems to be what your describing
as far as i know this is not supposed to happed and i assume they will fix it shortly 

 

Reply #2 Top

I completely misread what I was looking at.  I thought it said mining when it said military.  When I got a mining rig in place I was good to go.  Thank you for your response.