Online course: Mine Ventilation 1 - Introduction

By EduMine, January 30th, 2009 at 12:38 pm - PERMALINK

This course is the first in a comprehensive series of five mine ventilation courses by Dr. Rick Brake, written for practicing professionals.
Mine Ventilation 1 - Introduction provides the background and introduces the fundamentals of mine ventilation, to set the stage for the remaining courses in the series. It also provides a comprehensive reference source. [...]

Online Course: Mine Project Economics

By EduMine, January 26th, 2009 at 2:33 pm - PERMALINK

Dr. W. Scott Dunbar’s Mine Project Economics course is now live!
This comprehensive course is an excellent resource for managers and professionals on revenue, cost, cash flow, discount rates, methods of financing, metal prices, metal contracts, uncertainty, modeling and real options in a mine project context. Dr. Dunbar’s thorough exploration of everything from discount rates to [...]

Short Course: Bring Your Own Geostatistics

By EduMine, January 19th, 2009 at 8:57 am - PERMALINK

This hands-on computer-based course presented by Dr. Isobel Clark allows the participant to analyse his/her own data using the Geostokos software under supervision. Recent courses have attracted participants with applications varying from sea-bird protection zones, river pollution, pests in orange groves to more traditional applications such as groundwater hydrology and geological resource estimation. For more [...]

Short Course: Dr. Scott Dunbar’s Mining 101 in Yellowknife

By EduMine, January 9th, 2009 at 10:37 am - PERMALINK

Dr. Scott Dunbar’s successful introductory mining course, Mining 101, will be held in Yellowknife, NWT, for the convenience of EduMine’s northern Canadian clients. Set for the 22nd of January, this very popular one-day session fills up quickly, so register soon to avoid disappointment. For more information, see the course description.

Short Course: Valuation of Mineral Projects

By EduMine, January 9th, 2009 at 9:29 am - PERMALINK

Following the success of Dennis Buchanan’s autumn session of Valuation of Mineral Projects, he will be presenting a winter session of the same course on January 21, 2009. The aim of the course is to develop strategic approaches for evaluating projects at the prefeasibility stage. Delegates will be provided with the training needed to establish an [...]

Short Course: Interpreting the Financial Statements of a Mining Company

By EduMine, January 9th, 2009 at 9:25 am - PERMALINK

Kicking off the 2009 EduMine program on the 19th of January, this two-day course by Alain Duncan will enable participants to develop an awareness of the relevant financial information that can be gleaned from the audited financial statements of a mining corporation. The qualitative, as well as the quantitative, issues behind accounting will be covered, [...]