| GEOE 412 Exploration and Mining Geology | ||||||
| Schedule | ||||||
| Week | Date | Objectives | ||||
| 1 | 16.02.06 | 1. | Introduction | |||
| 1.1 | Historical Perspective | |||||
| The Patriarch of Mining Geology | ||||||
| The Age of Industralisation | ||||||
| Professional Identity | ||||||
| 1.2 | Scope of Mining Geology | |||||
| Scope and definition | ||||||
| Scope of Work | ||||||
| 2 | 23.02.06 | 2 | Mineral Economics and Mineral Exploration | |||
| Mineral Economics | ||||||
| Important Factors in the Economic Recovery of Minerals | ||||||
| Factors Governing the Choice of Exploration Areas | ||||||
| Rationale of Mineral Exploration | ||||||
| Reserves and Resources | ||||||
| 3 | 02.03.06 | 3 | Realizing an Exploration Program | |||
| 3.1 | Planning an Exploration Program | |||||
| Planning and Key Factors | ||||||
| 3.2 | Set up an Exploration Organisation | |||||
| 3.3 | Evolution of an Exploration Program | |||||
| 3.4 | Economics of an Exploration Program | |||||
| Budget | ||||||
| Probability of Success | ||||||
| Cost of Exploration | ||||||
| 3.5 | Geological models | |||||
| 3.6 | Gathering and presenting Geological Data | |||||
| Background geological Information | ||||||
| Mineral Deposits occurrence Information | ||||||
| Evaluating Data and Information | ||||||
| 4 | 09.03.06 | 3.7 | Evaluation Techniques and Economics | |||
| Stages of Evaluation | ||||||
| Recommended Procedures | ||||||
| Sampling | ||||||
| Pitting and Trenching | ||||||
| Drilling | ||||||
| Ore Reserve Estimation | ||||||
| Geotechnical Data | ||||||
| 3.8 | Feasibility Studies | |||||
| Value of Mineralisation | ||||||
| Valuation of Mineralisation | ||||||
| Mineral Project Valuation and Selection Criteria | ||||||
| Risk | ||||||
| Inflation | ||||||
| Mineral Project Finance | ||||||
| 5 | 16.03.06 | 4 | Exploration Techniques | |||
| 4.1 | Remote Sensing and Photogeology | |||||
| Remote Sensing Techniques | ||||||
| Satellite born Images | ||||||
| Photogeology | ||||||
| 4.2 | Mapping Surface Geology | |||||
| Objectives of Mapping | ||||||
| Scales of Exploration Maps | ||||||
| Base Maps | ||||||
| Methods of Mapping | ||||||
| 4.3 | Exploration Drilling | |||||
| Purposes | ||||||