Resource/reserve estimation and inventory: Can reporting definitions substitute for standards?

Exploration and Mining Geology

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 15-24

  Vallée, Marcel ^a  

^a Geoconseil Marcel Vallee Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; MINERAL RESOURCE; ORE GRADE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033550344     PISSN: 09641823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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