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Is grade king in gold mining?

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Commodities, Conferences, Mineral Economics, Mining, PhD, Publications, Recommended, Technical Paper Reviews

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Earlier in the year, I had the pleasure to be involved in some fascinating research that is of genuine use to the mining industry. The work investigated the linkage between economic geology and mine costs in gold mining in Australian and New Zealand, i.e. what are the geological characteristics that lead to lower or higher mining costs across the industry…
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An X-ray of Australian gold mining costs

- By: John P Sykes
Posted in: Blog, Book Reviews, Commodities, Mineral Economics, Mining, Publications, Recommended

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This weeks Strictly Boardroom column is co-authored by Sam Ulrich, Principal Consultant Geologist at Ravensgate  Mining Industry Consultants, and now a PhD student at the Centre for Exploration Targeting, The University of Western Australia. Sam will be researching the link between gold mining costs and the geological characteristics of gold deposits. Previous research has highlighted that the link between costs and…
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