Mineral Resource Geology and Modelling

Mineral resources: fundamental need for resources for society, growing demand for resources for the energy transition, maximal use of resources/resource efficiency, global supply and demand and sustainability and circularity of supply.

What: Ore deposit styles

Reference will be made to the following specific commodities:

• Copper, Iron

• Energy transition: Overview on required commodities, specifically Platinum group elements, Critical Raw Materials (Rare Earth Elements, Cobalt, Lithium).

How: Exploration and discovery methods

Where: the mining value chain:

• Exploration,

• Resource Definition/modelling,

• Mining,

• Mineral processing,

• Final product,

• Circularity and recycling.

Why: Importance of Resource Modelling and Estimation in the Value Chain of Mining,

• The use of computer-aided tools for resource modelling

• Explorative Data Analysis,

• Model Assumptions of Stationarity and Ergodicity,

• Variography and Variogram Modelling of mineral resources,

• Geostatistical Methods for Spatial Estimation including Simple Kriging and Ordinary Kriging for application of mineral resource modelling.

Grade Tonnage Curves, with reference to real practical examples,

Introduction to CRIRSCO-based International Reporting standards (example JORC Code).