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‘About Precious Metals’ is a brand new website aimed at educating people who may be new to the precious metals investment industry.  We are asking for assistance from key people within the industry who may like to share their expertise in order to further promote themselves and the industry to would-be investors and newcomers.
 

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SUBJECTS  ('About the Mining Process')

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Elements & Symbols

  • Periodic Table


     

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Basic Geology

  • Earths History
     

  • Mineralization and Formation
     

  • Igneous Rocks
     

  • Metamorphic Rocks
     

  • Sedimentary Rocks
     

  • Rock Formation & Structures
     

  • Overburden

 

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Mineral Deposits

  • Ore Deposits
     

  • Ore Formation
     

  • Primary Deposits
      - Diamond Pipes

      - Epithermal Deposits

      - Lode Deposits

      - Magmatic Deposits

      - Porphyry Deposits

      - Veins, Sills and Lodes

  • Weathering & Erosion of Primary Deposits
     

  • Secondary Deposits
      - Laterite Deposits
      - Placer Deposits

      - Stratabound Massie Sulphides

      - Carbonate-hosted Deposits

      - Intrusive Rocks and Mineral Deposits

      - Replacement Deposits

      - Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold Deposits

 

 

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Introduction to Mining

  • Defining a Mining Company

  • Land Holding Position / Grass Roots Company

  • Exploration Company

  • Junior (Small) Mining Company

  • Mid-tier Mining Company

  • Large Mining Company

  • Diversified Multi-National Corporation
     

  • Basic Mining Process
      - Open Cast/Pit 
      - Underground
     

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 Mine Management and Workers

  • Board of Directors
     

  • Management
     

  • Finance Officer/Accountant
     

  • Treasurer
     

  • Exploration Team
      - Prospectors
      - Geologists

      - Geophysicists

      - Geochemists
     

  • Mine Engineers
       - Mechanical Engineers

       - Electrical Engineers

       - Structural Engineers
     

  •  Health & Safety Officer
     

  • Mine Rescue Team
     

  • Mine Workers
      - Machine Operators
     

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 Exploration (Commercial Prospecting)

  • The Role of the Exploration Company
     

  • Gridding, Geological Mapping and Sampling
     

  • Geochemical Methods
     

  • Magnetic Methods
     

  • Resistivity
     

  • Induced Polarization
     

  • Spontaneous Polarization
     

  • Telluric Current Method
     

  • Gravity Method
     

  • Seismic Method
     

  • Radiometric Method

 

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Drill Methods & Bulk Sampling

  • Bulk Sampling
     

  • Diamond Drilling
     

  • Wire Drilling
     

  • Reverse Circulation Drilling
     

  • Other Drilling Methods
     

  • Assaying
       - Fire Assaying
       - Wet Assaying
       - Instrumental Assaying/Analysis
     

  • Understanding Drill Results
      - Identifying Rock Grade/Type
      - Calculation of Mineralization
     

  • Understanding Reserves & Resources
      - Mineral/Ore Reserves

      - Mineral/Ore Resources

      - Measured Resources

      - Inferred Resources

      - Indicated Resources

      - Exploration Results
     

  • - Independent Analysis
       - NI 43-101 Compliance (Canada)

       - NI 44-101 Compliance (Canada)

       - Australian Equivalent

  

 

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Mine Feasibility and Finance

  • Feasibility
      - Calculating Risk
      - Feasibility Study
     

  • Estimated Start-up Cost
      - Cost of Mine Infrastructure

      - Cost of Logistical Location

      - Cost of Processing Ore

      - Employing Workers

      - Daily Running Costs
     

  • Estimated Profit
      - Mine Production

      - Lifecycle of Mine

      - Bankable Feasibility Study

      - Stock Market Listing

     

  • Raising Capital
      - Borrowing Money
      - IPO's (Initial Public Offering)
      - Issuing Shares
     

  • Shares
      - How are New Shares Issued?

      - Advantages/Disadvantages of New Share Issues

      - Other Methods
     

  • Bank Loans
     

  • Hedging
       - Why Hedge?

       - Advantages in Hedging

       - Disadvantages of Hedging

       - Hedging Problems Today
     

  • Financial Statements
      - What are Financial Statements?

      - How to Understand Financial Statements

      - Examples for:-

            - Exploration Company

            - Junior Mining Company

            - Mid-tier Mining Company

            - Large Mining Company
     

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Mining Methods

  • The Mining Process
     

  • Open Pit/Cast 
     

  • Underground Mining
      -     The Mining Cycle

      - Loading and Blasting

      - Mucking

      - Backfilling

      - Ore Haulage

      - Skipping Ore to Surface

      - Stoping Methods

      - Cut-and-Fill Stoping

      - Blasthole Stoping

      - Vertical Crater Retreat

      - Room-and-Pillar

      - Shrinkage Stoping

      - Sublevel Caving

      - Stope and Mine Control

      - Mine Services
     

  • Further Exploration and Development
     

  • New Mining Techniques
      - Robotic Machinery Controlled Above-Ground

  

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Processing Ore

  • Primary Crushing
     

  • Secondary Crushing
     

  • Grinding Circuit
     

  • Ore Processing
      - Heap Leaching

      - Solution Recovery
           - Carbon-in-Pulp
           - Merrill-Crowe Process
           - MacArthur Forrest Process
     

  • Filtering
     

  • Refining (Dore Bars)
     

  • Flotation
     

  • Dewatering
     

  • Heavy-Media Separation
     

  • Magnetic Separation
     

  • Hydrometallurgy
     

  • Bacterial Leaching
     

  • Smelting
       - Refining (Purity Fine)

 

 

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Old Mining Methods

  • Environmental Damage
     

  • The Cleaning Up Process

 

 

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Third World Problems

  • Governmental Control
     

  • Illegal Mining
     

  • Toxic Waste Discharge
     

  • Environmental Impact
     

 

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Mining Law Today

  • Rules and Regulations
     

  • Governing Bodies
     

  • (NGO) Non-Governmental Organisations
     

 

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Environmental Mining Today

  • New Mining Processes
       - Mining Permits
       - Milling and Smelting
       - Gas, Dust and Waste
       - Dealing with Tailings
       - Dealing with Toxic Waste
       - Dealing with Acid Mine Water
            - Old Redundant Mine Workings
            - Working Underground Mining Operations
            - Filtration & Purification
     

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Land Regeneration

  • Examples of Regeneration
     

  • Cost Associated with Regeneration
     
     

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Dealing with Environmental Disasters

  • Dealing with the Past (Redundant Workings)
       - Financial Cost & Clean-up Operations
     

  • Illegal Mining Operations
     

  • Local Communities
     

  • Environmental Damage and Wildlife
     

  • Who Bears the Responsibility?
     

  • The Clean-up Operation
      - The People Involved
      - Associated Costs
     

  • How Long Does it Take for Land to Recover?
       - The Breakdown of Toxic Waste in the Environment
            - Acid Mine Water
            - Arsenic
            - Cyanide
            - Heavy Metals

 

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Your Responsibility as a Shareholder in a Mining Company

  • How to be a Responsible Shareholder
       - Your Expectations of the Mining Company
            - Ethical Mining Starts with You, the Shareholder
            - How the Management Team Deal with this Issue
     

  • Leaving a Legacy for the Next Generation
     

 

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Direct Employment

  • Different Jobs in the Mining Operation
       - Finding Workers
       - Opportunities Offered
       - Average Salaries
     

 

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Indirect Employment

  • Local Industries Supported by a Mining Operation
      - Accommodation, Hotels, Car Hire etc

 

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Local Economy

  • Who are the Beneficiaries?
     

 

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Employment Opportunities

  • List of Employment Agencies
     

 

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