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A professional development program for mining industry professionals

Mineral Resource Estimation and Applied Geostatistics

(India/Asia Version)

DATES: May /June 2022


Tentative schedule: 

Total 5 sessions 

Each session meets daily virtually for 3 hours with a 15 minutes break 


Online (Live) on CISCO WebEx platform

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Target Participants:

Geologists, mining engineers, project managers, and other professionals in the mining industry with some experience in the mining industry are willing to learn more about mineral resource estimation, applied geostatistics, resource classification, and reporting.

Program Details

The participants of this part of the program are expected to gain knowledge and some experience on several critical aspects of resource estimation which may be useful for improving the reliability of resource/reserve estimation at the workplace. 


This program covers the resource estimation process in detail with computer-assisted examples.


Each session will end with a Q&A session.

 

ACCREDITATION: 

Accredited by the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) for Professional development hours (PDH) and Continuing Education Units (CEU)

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

Day 1: Fundamental concepts

  • Geological controls and styles of mineralization
  • Project development and studies in mining project development  
  • Quiz - 1

Day 2: Exploratory data analyses (EDA)

  • Data types and data quality
  • Introduction to Exploratory Data Analyses (EDA) 
  • Statistical analysis of drill-hole data
  • Introduction to Geostatistics and variogram analyses
  • Quiz  - 2

Day 3: Introduction to geostatistics

  • Variogram Analysis
  • Omnidirectional variogram
  • Interpolation and grade estimation
  • Introduction to Kriging
  • Quiz - 3

Day 4: Geostatistical Grade estimation and

  • Kriging: Technique and parameters
  • Grade estimation using Kriging: Discussion  and homework
  • Density data analyses and model

Day 5: Resource Classification and Reporting

  • Resource Classification fundamentals
  • Role of a CP / QP
  • Final question and answer session

Certificates of completion and Professional Development Hours (PDH) will be electronically awarded to the participants.

Please contact Dr. Abani Samal (arsamal@geoglobal.co) for any further clarification.

Faculty Profile

Dr. Abani R. Samal (Lead Faculty)

 Dr. Abani Samal (Lead Faculty): Dr Abani R Samal holds M. Tech degree from IIT(ISM), Dhanbad, MS and DIC from Imperial College, London and PhD from SIU-C, USA. He joined mining industry in January 1996 as a geologist in a surface and underground chromite mining operation in the eastern India. He has nearly 22 years of experience in the mining industry. Dr Samal is an expert in mineral deposit studies and evaluation. 

He is well recognized as an economic geologist, a geostatistician and a leader in the mining industry. Currently he is the owner and Principal of GeoGlobal, LLC in USA. Prior to this role, he worked as a Principal with RioTinto at their Salt Lake City regional headquarters. He also was the lead resource geologist and geostatistician at the Pincock, Allen and Holt (now RPM Global). Dr Samal has experience in gold-silver, copper, lead-zinc, iron ore, diamond and rare-earth element deposits. 

He is a Registered Membership of SME and a Certified Professional Geologist (CPG) with AIPG. He also maintains as a  fellow of GSI (India), a Fellow of SEG, life member of member of IAMG and a member of GSA. Dr Samal is practices as a qualified person (QP) globally. He is an honorary representative of the CRIRSCO in India. 

FEES and Payment Details

Participants from India/ ASIA: INR 22,000 (Including VAT)

Payment details coming

Group Discounts

Every group of five attendees from the same company/organization can add an additional 4 attendees with a 50% discount.


For groups of 10 or more participants from the same company and further clarifications, please drop an email to arsamal@geoglobal.co 

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GeoGlobal,LLC is a registered business in the state of Utah, USA. Utah State Registration: 9421850-0160  

CAGE Code: 80HS6 * DUNS: 091506283 

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