Risk Management in Evaluating Mineral Deposits

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Mining as a Complex and Risky Business -- Chapter 3. Expensive Decisions: What May Have Gone Wrong? -- Chapter 4. Definition and Public Reporting of Mineral Assets -- Chapter 5. Life-of-Mine Cycle and Risk Factors -- Chapter 6. Risk Assessment Using Monte Carlo Simulation -- Chapter 7. Decision Tree to Evaluate Multistage Projects -- Chapter 8. Modeling of Space- and Time-Related Variables -- Chapter 9. Risk Tolerance and Utility Function -- Chapter 10. Project Utility and the Triple Bottom Line -- Chapter 11. Variables Influencing the Three Bottom Lines -- Chapter 12. Geology and Deposit Characterization -- Chapter 13. Resource Modeling -- Chapter 14. Mining Engineering -- Chapter 15. Metallurgy and Process Engineering -- Chapter 16. Infrastructure -- Chapter 17. Management -- Chapter 18. Conclusions -- Appendix A. Application of Monte Carlo Simulation to a Copper-Gold Deposit -- Appendix B. Geostatistical Simulation of Gold Prices -- References -- About the Author -- Index -- Back Cover.