Sounds like you have the right set up now and a lot of good advise.  Once you figure it out, you will find you have more ore then time to get it all. 
Using the missions to find Ore is a good method as previously stated, but be careful, with all the new players doing this trick, those areas get depleted quickly. (do lvl 2 missions at the outposts to overcome this issue).
Moving away from a termial is another good trick, but then you have to tranport all you new materials back to the terminal (this is the best method if you plan to drop a can and power mine lots of ore, then come back with your sequers)
Look on the less populated Islands is another way to go.  Try one of the new Alpha islands.  Less competetion for the good fields, but be careful with reward comes risk; new alpha islands have harder NPCs and more roaming groups (do not AFK mine)

Good luck and good mining; its the miners that keep the PvP pilots in ships (who then come and kill us while we mine..hmm)

This is an awsome Wiki, but maybe you would get more support from the rest of the population if you moved this from being a FOOM owned wiki to a true open wiki (plus it would help to get the word out there on PO).

there is a link on the MMORP Wiki that goes to a dead site, so its not helping to get the word out to other potential players

Shouldn't you rehost this wiki on wikipedia or wikia

either way, cookies for what you have done so far