Mining & Mineral Exploration
Fundamentals of mineral exploration and mining
An overview of the full mineral exploration and mining life cycle for newcomers to the mining sector and non-specialists who want to understand it. No technical background is required.
Overview
About the programme
An overview of the full mineral exploration and mining life cycle for newcomers to the mining sector and non-specialists who want to understand it. No technical background is required.
Duration
3 days
Training hours
18 hours
Delivery
Training hall · Virtual · At your premises
Language
Arabic or English
Objectives
What trainees will gain
- Provide a comprehensive overview of the mineral exploration and mining life cycle.
- Review the fundamentals of geology and mineral deposits, including gold and base metals such as copper.
- Describe the mineral exploration process, from prospecting, discovery and drilling through to completion of the mineral resource estimate.
- Identify the components of feasibility studies, resource and reserve estimates, and economic analysis for mining projects.
- Review the steps and decisions required to develop and operate an open-pit or underground mine.
- Discuss metal processing and recovery, and the social and environmental aspects of mining: environmental assessment, environmental and social governance, stakeholder engagement, and rehabilitation and closure.
Content
What the programme covers
Topics
- Fundamentals of geology and mineral deposits.
- Exploration stages: prospecting, discovery, drilling and resource estimation.
- Feasibility studies, resources and reserves, and economic analysis.
- Developing and operating surface and underground mines.
- Ore processing and the recovery of gold and copper.
- Social and environmental aspects, and mine closure.
Who for
Target audience
Anyone who wants to understand the mining sector without a technical background, professionals in government bodies and companies, oil and gas personnel wishing to move into mining, lawyers, accountants and financial executives, geologists and engineers who have not worked in mining, environmental consultancies, and service and supply companies.
Method
How it is delivered
Three training days of six hours each, with presentations, examples and case studies.
A programme tailored to your organisation
The duration and topics of the programme are adjusted to the organisation's needs, and it is delivered at its site, in a training hall arranged by the Center, or virtually.