Resource Estimation & Evaluation – coal specific – Jakarta, Indonesia

Resource Estimation – a practical step-by-step guide from data to resource – coal specific

This 5-day course gives you a clear understanding of the resource estimation process from interpretation through to classification.
Each attendee will receive a FREE temporary Supervisor software licence.

Key topics covered in this course include:

• How to create a robust resource estimate with industry-standard software and techniques
• How to explore your data and combine geology and geostatistics to build more robust estimates
• How to understand and follow reporting codes and practical guidelines for resource classification

The course covers the entire resource estimation process including:

• Introduction – flow of tasks, key concepts
• Data quality – QAQC, sampling, database
• Domaining and data preparation – the how and why of boundaries, coding and compositing
• Statistics – exploring and describing good and bad data sets, declustering and topcutting
• Variography – understanding grade continuity, modelling variograms, moving from the variogram to the estimate
• Estimation – understanding kriging, exploring MIK, inverse distance and 2D estimation.
• Estimation of wash data – understanding and modelling the beneficiation process
• Model validation – tools and techniques
• Post-processing – understanding change of support and recoverable resources
• Classification and reporting – understanding the Codes and types of reports
• An introduction to Conditional Simulation for risk and uncertainty

Course outcomes – you will:

• Understand what affects a good and a bad estimate
• Appreciate the paramount value of data and how to ensure its highest quality
• Understand and apply the principles of sampling and QAQC for quality assurance
• Know how to turn a first-class geological model into correct zones for estimation
• Learn how to validate zones and their boundaries against the data and geology
• Understand the critical role of geological and grade continuity
• Cover the key geostatistical methods of grade estimation and compare these with other approaches
• Know what to do when you don’t have enough data
• Understand the many ways to validate your work and which are the best
• Appreciate the key criteria for resource classification.

This course has been designed for geologists and mining engineers involved with or about to become involved with resource estimation.

The course assumes a basic knowledge of geology, sampling, QAQC and statistical concepts but does not assume any geostatistical knowledge.

Duration (in days)

5

Price in US Dollars. Special introductory offer of only US$4,000 per person

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

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