Bulk sampling of complex gold deposits - material characterisation and program design and management

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 41-57

  Dominy, S C ^a,b   Platten, I M ^a   Xie, Y ^c  

^a Brooklands Business Park   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIAMOND DRILLING; DIAMONDS; GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; LITHOLOGY; METALLURGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORES; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

BULK SAMPLES; BULK SAMPLINGS; CHARACTERISATION; FIRE ASSAYS; GEOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGES; METALLURGICAL PROPERTIES; METALLURGICAL TESTING; MINERALISATION; PLANNING STAGES; PROGRAM DESIGNS; SAMPLE PROCESSING; SAMPLING PROTOCOLS; STRUCTURAL CONTROLS; VARIABLE GEOMETRIES;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

EID: 58049144549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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