Incorporating grade uncertainty in the decision to expand the main pit at the Navachab gold mine, Namibia, through the use of stochastic simulation

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 207-216

  Kent, M ^a   Peattie, R ^b   Chamberlain, V ^b  

^a AngloGold Ashanti Limited Australia   (Australia)

^b AngloGold Ashanti Limited   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GOLD; GOLD MINES; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINES; MINING; OPEN PIT MINING; ORE DEPOSITS; PLANNING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; ULTRASONICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHANGE OF SUPPORTS; CONDITIONAL SIMULATIONS; ECONOMIC PARAMETERS; GC MODELS; GEOLOGICAL MODELS; INFILL DRILLINGS; MINE DESIGNS; MINERALISATION; NAMIBIA; OPEN PITS; OPTIMISATION; ORE BODIES; RISK MEASURES; SIMULATION MODELS; SPATIAL VARIABILITIES; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 58049168741     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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