SHORT COURSES

Level: Introductory

Facilitators: George McIsaac, G-MEC

This course is an introduction to mining and mineral processing.  Basics concepts will be presented along with many pictures, videos, and anecdotes so that the participants will have a better understanding of public information provided by exploration and mining companies.

The course content includes:

• The activities of a mining company

• Geology

• Resources estimation and reporting

• Open pit mining

• Underground mining

• Mineral processing

By the end of the course, the participants will have basics knowledge of

• how minerals are formed

• how we explore for them

• how we estimate how much there is in an orebody

• how we mine them

• how we process them

Short Course Objectives:

Aspects of Geology, Mining and Mineral Processing will be addressed in the context of the discovery, development and production of mineral deposits. This course will provide a basic introduction of the critical technical factors impacting on the success of mining companies.

Target Audience:

This course is intended for people who are interested in a broad overview of how the mining business works from a technical perspective.

About the instructors:

George is a mining engineer and a mineral economist, with 35 years’ experience in industry, research and development, consulting, and teaching. He specializes in the economics of the mine, combining design, planning, costing, and cash flow estimation, to optimize mine operations and exploration activities. He founded Geology & Mining Evaluation Consulting (G-MEC), a company providing services in strategic planning and economic evaluation to exploration companies and producing mines.