Field & Mine Technicians Essentials: from exploration to ore control – Perth, Australia & Online

This 1-day Field and Mine Technicians Essentials course provides field and mine technicians with a comprehensive understanding of:

• The entire mine value chain from exploration to production.
• Key components of mine development.
• The critical role of precision in drilling, sampling, Quality Control, and Quality Assurance.
• Evaluation of resource definition and grade control sampling methods.
• Techniques for sample splitting.
• Practical insights into addressing sampling errors.

Course overview:

1. Discovery:

• Identifying anomalies: Geochemical, geophysical, geological.
• Testing anomalies: Various drilling and sampling techniques.
• Resource definition: Estimation of volume and grade from data.
• Reserves definition: Optimization and cost considerations.
• Production methods: Open pit and underground mining terminologies.

2. Sampling:

• Exploration sampling: Rock chip, channels, RAB, LAG.
• Resource definition sampling: RC and DDH drilling.
• Grade control sampling: Open pit and underground methods.
• Process control sampling: Brief overview.
• Quality control (QC) samples.

3. Minimizing Sampling Errors:

• Understanding correct and incorrect sampling.
• Subsampling methods.
• Techniques for core cutting and splitting.
• Sampling blasthole cones.
• Handling pulp and reject samples.

4. QAQC (Quality Assurance/Quality Control):

• Importance of QAQC.
• Correct procedures for implementation.

5. Ore Control:

• Open pit strategies: Spotting, floor levels.
• Underground ore-tracking methods.

Duration (in days)

1

Price in AU Dollars

In-house /Online or Onsite training is a cost-effective way of getting your whole team trained. 

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