This week’s 30 Seconds of Reconciliation Info comes from Ian Glacken – Director of Geology. How important is it to get the stockpiles right? Depending upon the scale of production from your operation, poor stockpile tracking can kill any chance…
These 30+ Seconds of Reconciliation Info are from Ian Glacken our Director of Geology.
What are the F-Factors?
The F-Factors, or F-Series metrics, are the closest thing we have to a ‘standard’ for reconciliation. They were first proposed and described by Harry Parker in 2006 and have been adopted to various degrees and in various ways by most of the major minerals companies. The three key things to reconcile are the short-term (grade control) tonnage and grade figures, the longer-term (resource or reserve) tonnage, grade and metal, and the ‘product’, i.e. the tonnage, grade and metal from the plant (plus the residue or tails)...
This week’s 30 Seconds of Reconciliation Info is from Ian Glacken our Director of Geology. Underground face or channel samples – a boon or a chore for reconciliation? Collected and used correctly, channel samples (a groove cut into the development…
Ian Glacken our Director of Geology has compiled a reference document of some useful Reconciliation Tips and Tricks.
If you would like to discuss Reconciliation or the possibility of a Reconciliation Audit followed by a Reconciliation Workshop - please contact Ian:
Tel: +61 (0)8 9215 0000 Email: iglacken@snowdenoptiro.com
If you would like to attend our public Reconciliation course - Reconciliation: getting it right the first time - please visit the Training page of our Optiro website www.optiro.com
Ian Glacken our Director of Geology and Paul Blackney our Principal Consultant have put together some useful Tips and Tricks to help you with Sampling, QAQC, Resource Estimation and Reconciliation. Tips and Tricks for Sampling theory and practice Should you…
Ian Glacken, our Geology Director, has put together some 30 Second blast Tips and Intel about sampling theory and practice. Here they are! Should you use Aircore samples in your resource estimate? If carried out to high standards, Aircore samples can…
Stockpile volumes: Remember that if you have a large stockpile, and particularly one which has a second layer on it, that you will need to increase the loose rock bulk density as compression will have occurred from trucks driving up…
Ian Glacken (Director of Geology) and Paul Blackney (Principal Consultant) have put together 10 x 30 second blasts of Resource Estimation and Evaluation information for you. Information that you really don't want to live without!
To help you get the most out of your QAQC data, here are some useful 30 Second blasts of information from Paul Blackney and Ian Glacken. Always use a ‘multiplot’ to review Standards assay results: Employing a ‘multiplot’ to depict assays…
Here are 5 minutes of resource estimation and evaluation information from Ian Glacken and Paul Blackney… in 30 Second bites! What to do if you have conditional bias: Get more and closer-spaced data, estimate into larger volumes (this generally works…
