Short Course: Mineral Reserves Estimation

Immediately following his Quality Control of Assays course, Alastair Sinclair will be presenting Mineral Reserves Estimation, October 28-29. This course is an excellent complement to Quality Control of Assays, rounding out an excellent week of professional development.

This short course will consider the detailed methodology of various resource/reserve estimation methods that are in common use in the Mining Industry. Emphasis will be on general procedures, inherent assumptions, and advantages and limitations of each of the principal methods. Methods to be discussed include: polygonal estimation, nearest neighbour estimation triangular estimation, contour estimation, method of sections (plans) estimation, inverse distance estimation and ordinary kriging estimation. All of these estimation methods have significant practical limitations for appropriate use.

For more information, see the course description.