DUBAI MONTH – September 2016
A series of Professional Development courses for Mine Geologists, Mining Engineers
and Mining Managers plus courses for others interested in understanding mining
and the role it plays, held in the city of Dubai from 5th September to 1st October 2016
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES COVER:
 Successful Sampling and QAQC of Assay Data
 Grade Control and Mine Reconciliation
 An introduction to Geostatistics
 Practical Variography
 Resource Estimation
 Advanced Resource Estimation
 Reporting Resources and Reserves
 Open Pit Mine Planning
 Managing Mine Contracts
ADDITIONAL COURSES COVER:
 Technical Report Writing
 Geology for Non-Geologists
 Mining for Non-Miners
 Mining for Executives and Managers
 Mining Finance for Non-Financial Professionals
 Minerals Property and Projects Valuation
 Understanding Public Reports & Mine Project Valuation Techniques
DUBAI SEPTEMBER MONTH OF TRAINING – COURSE SCHEDULE
WEEK 1
WEEK 2
WEEK 2
WEEK 3
WEEK 3
WEEK 4
SESSION A1
5-6 Sep
SESSION B
12-13 Sep
SESSION G1
12-13 Sep
SESSION C1
19-23 Sep
SESSION D1
19-20 Sep
SESSION F1
26-30 Sep
Successful Sampling
Introduction to
Geostatistics
Open Pit Mine Planning
Resource Estimation
Geology for NonGeologists
Advanced Resource
Estimation
QAQC of Assay data
Practical Variography
Mining for Non-Miners
SESSION A2
7-9 Sept
SESSION G1
14-15 Sep
Mine to Mill Grade
Control
Managing Mine
Contracts
SESSION C2
24 Sep
SESSION D2
21 Sep
SESSION F2
1 Oct
Reporting Reserves & Mining Finance for Non- Reporting Reserves &
Resources
Financial Professionals
Resources
Mine Reconciliation
Book before August 19 and receive accommodation and
breakfast from the night before the course starts (e.g. 6
nights accommodation for a 5-day course, 5 nights for 4-day
course, etc.) and dinner in the evening of course completion
SESSION D2
22 Sep
Mining for Executives
and Managers
SESSION E
23-24 Sep
These courses provide Delegates with a combination of theory
combined with practical exercises, allowing delegates to understand
the concepts and apply them to real world scenarios. Delegates keep
the practical exercise information and results upon course completion
Valuation of Minerals
Property and Projects
Understanding Public
Reports & Mine Project
Valuation Techniques
DUBAI SEPTEMBER MONTH OF TRAINING – COURSE CONTENT
Successful Sampling
• Precision, accuracy & bias
• Sampling Errors
• Sample collection
• Sub-sampling & splitting
• Theory of sampling
QAQC of Assay data
• QAQC concepts
• Statistics for QAQC evaluation
• Duplicates, Standards and Blanks
• Other areas of QAQC
• Setting up a QAQC system
• The assay laboratory
Mine to Mill Grade Control
• Why grade control?
• Definitions
• The grade control process
• Grade control sampling
• Assaying
• Bulk density
• Mapping and logging
• Survey control
• Database management
• Ore / waste definition
• Costs and cut-off grades
• Selectivity
• Grade control modelling
• Dig plan creation
• Mark outs
• Handover
• Information storage
• Ore control
• Blast movement
• Procedural issues
• Ore boundary control
• Stockpile management
Mine Reconciliation
• Introduction
• Definition of reconciliation
• Mapping material movements
• Data collection and causes of poor
reconciliation
• Data analysis
• Reconciliation comparisons
• Responding to variation
• Best practice reconciliation systems
• Technology in dedicated reconciliation
systems
• Introduction to Geostatistics
• Informing data
• Data analysis
• Resource estimation
Introduction to Geostatistics
• Data Analysis
• Geological Interpretation
• Statistical Analysis
• Spatial Analysis
• Resource Estimation
Practical Variography
• An overview of Variogram analysis
• Calculation of variograms
• Modelling variograms
• Interpreting variograms
• Uses of variograms
Open Pit Mine Planning
• Fundamentals
• The Planning Process
• Block Models
• Cut-Off Grades
• Equipment Selection
• Road Design
• Waste Dump Design
• Value Models
• Pit Optimisation
• NPV
• Scheduling
• Milawa Scheduling
• Cut-Off Grade Optimisation
• Complex Optimisation
• Scenario Analysis
Managing Mine Contracts
• When to consider Contract Mining
• Alignment of Contractor and Client goals
• Alternative Contract styles
• Tendering
• Dealing with Variations
• Termination
• General Contract Law Fundamentals
• Contract Risk and Contract process
• Components of Tenders and Contracts
• Day-to-day management
• Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
• Activity
Resource Estimation
• Introduction
• Documentation
• Database integrity
• Data quality
• Geological interpretation
• Coding & compositing data
• Statistical analysis & estimation domaining
• Top cutting strategies
• Spatial analysis (variography)
• Resource estimation concepts
• Building the block model
• Search neighbourhood parameters
• Estimation
• Optimising parameters
• Density modelling
• Validation
• Classification & reporting
• Report writing
• Sign off
• External auditing
• An introduction to conditional simulation
• Documentation
• Data validation check list
Reporting Resources & Reserves
• Why have a Code?
• Interpreting & Application
• Responsibilities & Authority of the Competent Person
• The legal requirements for public reporting
• Put the code into practice & produce reports
• Review & assess public reports for compliance
• Practical tools & techniques for resource classification
These courses provide Delegates with a combination of theory together with practical exercises,
allowing delegates to understand the concepts and apply them to real world scenarios. Practical
exercise information and results are the Delegates property at course completion
DUBAI SEPTEMBER MONTH OF TRAINING – COURSE CONTENT
Reporting Resources & Reserves
• Why have a Code?
• Interpreting & Application
• Responsibilities & Authority of the Competent
Person
• The legal requirements for public reporting
• Put the code into practice & produce reports
• Review & assess public reports for compliance
• Practical tools & techniques for resource
classification
Geology for Non-Geologists
• Earth, mostly harmless
• Major rock types
• Structure of the Earth
• Plate tectonics
• Geological time scale
• Formation of mineral deposits
• Commodity cycles
• Exploration stages
• Geologists and geological data
• Drillhole sampling & Geological logging
• Data quality
• Geological modelling and resource estimation
Mining for Non-Miners
• Elements of Mining
• Stages in the life of a Mine
• Factors in Mining Method Selection
• Mining Terminology
• Blasting Terminology
• Surface Mining
• Underground Mining
• Mine Planning and Sustainability
Mining Finance for Non-Financial Professionals
• Basic accounting concepts and principles
• Time Value of Money
• The Mining Context
• Project Stages
• Project Valuation and Financial Modelling
• Project Funding
Valuation of Mineral Property and Projects
• Value and Valuation Concepts
• International Codes
• Fair Market Value
• Best Practice and Correct Application of
Valuation Methods
• Valuation Approaches and Methods
Mining for Executives and Managers
• What is it you mine?
• The business of Estimation
• Mining needs Investment
• The Mining Development Stages
• The Mine Value Chain
• Tenure
• Geology and Exploration
• Resource Estimation
• Feasibility Studies
• Equipment and Optimisation
• The Plant
• Open Pit Mining
• Underground Mining
• Contracting your Mining
• Reporting Codes
• Valuation
• Risk
Understanding Public Reports & Mine Project
Valuation Techniques
• Why are there Listing Rules for Mining
Companies?
• Reporting Codes
• Reporting
• Valuation
• Cash Flow Techniques
Advanced Resource Estimation
• Basic statistical analysis
• Multivariate statistical analysis
• Declustering
• Variograms
• Support in mining
• Dispersion variance and correction factors
• Grade estimation
• Ordinary kriging
• Statistical analysis
• Variography
• Ordinary kriging estimation
• Model validation
• Simple kriging/Co-kriging
• Statistical analysis
• Variography
• Co-kriging estimation
• Model validation
• Multiple indicator kriging
• Statistical analysis
• Selecting indicator thresholds
• Data transformation
• Indicator variography
• Indicator estimation
• Modelling the lower & upper tail
• Post processing
• Model validation
• Change of support
• Conditional simulation
• MAF
• Using conditional simulations
• Grade simulation
• Geological or rock property simulation
These courses provide Delegates with a combination of theory together with practical exercises,
allowing delegates to understand the concepts and apply them to real world scenarios. Practical
exercise information and results are the Delegates property at course completion
DUBAI SEPTEMBER MONTH OF TRAINING – DELEGATE REGISTRATION FORM
Name:
Position:
Company:
Postal Address:
Date:
E-mail:
Authorising Name:
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CONTRACT
• Full payment is due and payable on registration.
• Delegate registration fees for Australian based companies are subject to the Goods and Services Tax (GST). Fees shown are exclusive of GST.
• All bookings received and paid in full at least two weeks before any two or more day course commences, will receive accommodation for the duration of the course (including the preceding night), full breakfast, and dinner at the
end of the course.
• Full refunds/credits for any amounts paid will be given for cancellation requests received in writing, and addressed to the Training Manager, by the close of business two weeks before the start of the course. Notwithstanding the
delegate’s actual training session attendance, no cancellation is accepted for existing/new registration, and/or no refunds/credits are given after this date.
• Registration for Sessions received after Friday, 26 August 2016, will not be processed unless accompanied by full payment. Registrations will only be processed once the funds clear in our account.
• Substitution requests are allowed and must be received in writing by the Training Manager by the close of business two weeks before the course commences. Substitution requests received after this date will not be processed.
• Payments will only be considered received by DEKA Dynamics once the funds are cleared AND clearly identified in our account. It is the delegate’s responsibility to ensure that payment information is communicated promptly to
DEKA Dynamics for payments to be allocated accordingly. Proofs of transfer, remittance advices, or copies of cheques will only be accepted/processed once the funds are
received/cleared in our account. Delegates are responsible for any bank fees and/or any foreign currency translation fees associated with their payments, and DEKA Dynamics reserves the right to recover these charges where
appropriate.
• Note that the currency is US Dollar (USD). AUD rates are available on request.
• DEKA Dynamics accepts no liability to any person for any loss, injury or damage howsoever and whether directly from any action or cause whatsoever undertaken, organised or sponsored by DEKA Dynamics .
• The course may be cancelled if the minimum number of delegates is not achieved. Delegates will be informed one week prior to course start date and fees will be refunded.
• Please note that companies/individuals with unpaid registration will be refused admittance to the training sessions.
Select course/s from the list below
SESSION A1
5-6 Sep
USD $2,500
SESSION G2
14-15 Sep
USD $2,500
SESSION D1
19-20 Sep
USD $2,500
SESSION D1, D2 & D3
19-21 Sep
USD $4,520
SESSION A2
7-9 Sep
USD $3,570
SESSION G1 & G2
12-15 Sep
USD $4,520
SESSION D2
21 Sep
USD $1,250
SESSION E
23-24 Sep
USD $2,500
SESSION A1 & A2
5-9 Sep
USD $5,300
SESSION C1
19-23 Sep
USD $5,300
SESSION D1 & D2
19-21 Sep
USD $3,570
SESSION F1
26-30 Sep
USD $5,300
SESSION B
12-13 Sep
USD $2,500
SESSION C1 & C2
19-24 Sep
USD $6,360
SESSION D3
22 Sep
USD $1,250
SESSION F1 & F2
1 Oct
USD $6,360
SESSION G1
12-13 Sep
USD $2,500