Live on WebEx virtual meeting platform
DATES: September 8th to 12th, 2025. (Monday to Friday )
Time of live sessions:
- 9 am to 12:00 noon (MST, GMT-7)
- 5:00 PM to 8 pm, (West Africa Time, WAT / Central European Time, CET)
Homework will be given on the first four days
Outline
Day 1: Fundamental concepts
- Introduction
- 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
Dr. Abani R Samal holds an M. Tech degree from IIT(ISM), Dhanbad, MS and DIC from Imperial College, London, and Ph.D. from SIU-C, USA. He joined the mining industry in January 1996 as a geologist in a surface and underground chromite mining operation in eastern India. He has nearly 25 years of industry 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 the USA. Prior to this role, he worked as a Principal with Rio Tinto at their Salt Lake City, Utah (USA) regional headquarters. He was also the lead resource geologist and geostatistician at 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 and Fellow of the Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) and a Certified Professional Geologist (CPG) with the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG). He also maintains as a fellow of the Geological Society of India, a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists, life member of member of IAMG, a member of GSA and SAIMM.
He served as an honorary representative of the CRIRSCO in India from 2015 to 2019.
Dr Samal practices as a qualified person (QP) globally.
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