The phrase "are preparing to exploit" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing plans or intentions to take advantage of a situation, resource, or opportunity.
Example: "The company is aware of the emerging market trends and are preparing to exploit them for greater profit."
Alternatives: "are getting ready to utilize" or "are set to take advantage of".
Specialist British film companies are preparing to exploit the hype created by Avatar, James Cameron's epic 3D science-fiction blockbuster.
Several countries, along with corporations like ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell, are preparing to exploit the region's enormous oil and natural gas reserves.
For the third time, Republicans are trying to make the law perhaps the biggest issue of the elections, and are preparing to exploit every problem that arises.
[The Press Enterprise] Shipping, natural gas and oil companies are preparing to exploit business opportunities arising from the melting of the Arctic ice pack, which has opened new sea lanes.
A loophole in American tax law that allows insurance companies to stop paying income taxes simply by opening a small office in Bermuda is causing deep concern on Capitol Hill amid signs that a number of companies are preparing to exploit it.
We can therefore legitimately argue that the existing legal framework, and political decisions create or maintain poverty, pushing people into the hands of those who are prepared to exploit them.
But having spoken to Goodall, I realise it is more appropriate to render Ham differently, not as subject and hero but as object and victim, his life and afterlife a reminder of the ways in which humans are prepared to exploit those around us in pursuit of our own ambitions.
However departments should ensure wherever possible that students experience a pre-determined core knowledge and are exposed to a variety of teaching methods, and that teaching radiologists are prepared to exploit the relative merits of each of these.
As far as the media are concerned, nowadays newspapers rely on a limited number of syndicated sources as bureaus are closed down without compensatory hiring of reporters who are prepared to exploit the great array of electronic sources theoretically available to them.
Chevron, meanwhile, is preparing to exploit reserves deep in the Gulf of Mexico, where it has extensive infrastructure for conventional drilling.
With the help of foreign companies, the Kurdish regional government has been preparing to exploit the huge oil reserves that are believed to exist there.
