Applied Mineral Inventory Estimation

Applied Mineral Inventory Estimation presents a comprehensive applied approach to the estimation of mineral resources/reserves with particular emphasis on the geological basis of such estimations, the need for and maintenance of a high quality assay data base, the practical use of comprehensive exploratory data evaluation, and the importance of a comprehensive geostatistical approach to the estimation methodology. Practical problems and real data are used throughout as illustrations. Each chapter ends with a summary of practical concerns, a number of exercises and a short list of references for supplementary study. This textbook is suitable for any university or mining school that offers senior undergraduate and graduate student courses on mineral resource/reserve estimation.

Alistair J. Sinclair is an Emeritus Professor of Geological Engineering and former Head of the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences at The University of British Columbia. Garston H. Blackwell is an Associate Professor and former Associate Head of the Department of Mining Engineering at Queen's University, Canada, and former Chief Mine Engineer at the Brenda Mine (Noranda Group) near Peachland, B.C. Canada.