Design of grade control sampling programs for underground gold mines

8th International Mining Geology Conference 2011, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 271-284

  Dominy, S C ^a,b,c   Minnitt, R C A ^d  

^a Snowden Mining Industry Consultants Pty Limited   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL PROGRAM; CONTROL STRATEGIES; GOLD PARTICLES; HIGH QUALITY; MINERALISATION; MINING METHODS; OPTIMISATIONS; ORE MINERALOGY; PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE / QUALITY CONTROLS; SAMPLE COLLECTION; SAMPLING METHOD; SAMPLING PROTOCOL;

GEOLOGY; GOLD; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MINING; ORE DEPOSITS; PILES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84866660564     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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