Newmont Professional Development Short Course
I. Geological Inputs to Mine Planning
Friday September 25 – Saturday September 26, 2015 (as GEOS596B)
Friday November 6 – Saturday November 7, 2015 (industry offering, no credit)
Rooms given are for September course; may be different for November
DAY 1
Introduction: Role of geology and geologists in
exploration, resource development, ore control
Pieces of a mine plan: how geology fits into
business planning and mine operations,
translates into $/hr
Porphyry deposit geology
Break
Skarn deposit geology
Geology of other deposit types
Lunch break
Comminution and processing characteristics of
minerals and their effects on mine planning
Spatial variability and sampling
Byproduct and contaminant elements in
minerals
Waste and tailings disposal management
Break
Lab 1
8-8:30 AM
Gould-Simpson
1027
8:30-9 AM
Mary Poulton
Eric Seedorff
Ralph Stegen?
Rick Preece
9-10 AM
10-10:15 AM
10:15-11 AM
11-12:15
12:15-1 PM
1-2 PM
Eric Seedorff
2-2:30 PM
2:30-3 PM
Jaeheon Lee
Isabel Barton
3-3:30 PM
Kwangmin
Kim?
3:30-3:45 PM
3:45-5 PM
Mark Barton?
Mark Barton
Jaeheon Lee
Gould-Simpson
209
Mark Barton
Isabel Barton
TA
Gould-Simpson
209
Isabel Barton
Mark Barton
Mark Barton
Martin Lyders?
Jaeheon Lee?
Rick Preece
DAY 2
Recap of Day 1
Data of geology: bench mapping
Core and chip logging
Sample prep, chemical analysis, geomet testing
8-8:30 AM
8:30-9 AM
9-9:30 AM
9:30-10 AM
Mapping, drilling, and their role in design and
resource estimation
Break
Geological models – depiction of grade and
other characteristics
Block models
Assessment of uncertainty: reconciliation,
classification, planning
10-10:30 AM
10:30-10:45
10:45-11:30
AM
11:30-12
12-12:30 PM
Rick Preece
Rick Preece
Rick Preece
Lunch break
Ore control
Geomechanics, blasting, and slope stability
Lab 2
12:30-1:15
PM
1:15-1:30 PM
1:30-2 PM
2-3:30 PM
Mine planning based on block model
3:30-4 PM
Mine-to-mill optimization
4-4:30 PM
Risks to achieving business plan
Conclusion and capstone exercise
4:30-4:45 PM
4:45-5 PM
Gould-Simpson
209
Eric Seedorff
Moe Momayez?
Mark Barton
Isabel Barton
TA
Rick Preece
Tito Tenorio?
Rick Preece?
Tito Tenorio
Rick Preece
Isabel Barton