Estimation of the Recoverable Resources

  • Marat Abzalov
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Abstract

Estimation of the recoverable resources are made using non-linear geostatistical methods allowing to model the grade-tonnage relations corresponding to the mining selectivity, in other words, to a certain volume (support).

The methods have practical importance for the mine geologists, who commonly involved in estimating recoverable resources and converting them to ore reserves, therefore the change-of-support techniques are explained in sufficient details for their practical application by the geologists. A special attention is made to the novel technique, known as Localised Uniform Conditioning (LUC), allowing estimating grade into small blocks.

Keywords

Volume-variance Change of support Uniform conditioning LUC  
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Marat Abzalov
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.MASSA geoservicesMount ClaremontAustralia
  2. 2.Centre for Exploration Targeting (CET)University of Western AustraliaCrawleyAustralia

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