General mining

General mining

General mining related terms and definitions in minerals and related activities.

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Open-pit mine

Mining; General mining

An excavation for removing minerals which is open to the surface.

Kriging

Mining; General mining

A geo-statistical estimation method that gives the best unbiased linear estimates of point values or of block averages.

Mineral reserve

Mining; General mining

That portion of a measured or indicated mineral resource which can potentially be economically mined. It's usually proven by at least a preliminary feasibility study that includes adequate ...

A concentration or deposit of natural, solid, inorganic or fossilised organic material in the Earth's crust in such form and quantity and of such a grade or quality that it has reasonable economic ...

Heap leaching

Mining; General mining

The process of stacking ore in a heap on an impermeable pad and percolating through the ore a solution containing a leaching agent such as cyanide. The gold which leaches from the ore into the ...

Long hole open stope

Mining; General mining

A method of mining involving the drilling of holes typically up to 30 metres long into an ore body and then blasting a slice of rock which falls into an open space. The broken ore is extracted and ...

Total cash costs

Mining; General mining

It includes all direct and indirect operating cash costs related directly to the physical activities of producing metals, including mining, processing and other plant costs, third-party refining and ...