Sampling - A critical component to gold mining project evaluation

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 89-96

  Dominy, S C ^a,b  

^a Brooklands Business Park   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINING; ORES;

CASE STUDIES; CRITICAL COMPONENTS; GOLD MININGS; MINING PROJECTS; OPTIMISATION; ORE TYPES; PROJECT DECISIONS; PROJECT RISKS; PROJECT UNCERTAINTIES; SAMPLE COLLECTIONS; SAMPLING ERRORS; SAMPLING PROTOCOLS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 58049143343     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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