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11 August 2025  |  15 August 2025

MRM 4 - Introduction to Statistical Evaluation of Mineral Deposits

Applications accepted until
28 July 2025
Short Course Coordinator:
Sanele Mbambo
Accreditation:
Certificate of Competence
Course dates
11 August 2025 - 15 August 2025
Applications close
28 July 2025
Overview
This module is designed to allow the participant to answer the question "How much?" when this question is directed at the metal or mineral content of a mineralised zone. It begins by providing a strong basis in descriptive statistics and moves on to establish confidence limits and significance testing for the population parameters. Determination of the amount of ore available for mining and its average grade above cut-off using statistical means allows the participant to compile and draw a grade - tonnage curve.
Duration
Five Days
Format
Face-to-Face
Pricing
2025 Individual Module Rate - VAT Incl. = R23,580.00

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    The course content addresses the following topics:


    • Descriptive statistics
    • Inference from Normal distributions
    • Estimation of mean and standard deviation
    • Confidence levels on parameters
    • Hypothesis testing
    • Student's t and f - ratio tests correlation and regression methods
    • Tests of significance
    • Multivariate regression and trend surface analysis
    • Inference from lognormal distributions
    • Estimation of mean and confidence levels
    • Grade/tonnage curves and the Volume Variance Effect
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