GEOMETALLURGY: INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATIONS TO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION

This two-day course will give participants an introduction to, and an overview of, the field of geometallurgy. Topics to be covered include: introduction to geometallurgy and its applications; the link between geology and metallurgy; the role of mineralogy and geochemistry in geometallurgy; the importance of geological information in geometallurgical analysis; sampling requirements and considerations; linking mineralogical, textural and metallurgical parameters; applications of quantitative mineralogy to geometallurgical investigations; the role of the block model geostatistics and data handling; geometallurgical modeling, mill design and planning and production forecasting; mine planning, cash flowand NPV optimization; and the applications of the geometallurgy approach to other fields.