Geostatistical Methods and Practices for Specific Ore Deposits
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 654
Special Issue Editors
2. Faculty of Science—Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
Interests: geostatistics; resource estimation; geometallurgy; machine learning in mining
Interests: geostatistics; stochastic simulations; mineral resource estimation
Interests: mineral resource estimation; NI 43-101; JORC; risk analysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue welcomes contributions on topics of high relevance and practical significance in the mining industry. We are particularly interested in solutions derived from extensive hands-on experience with specific ore deposit types, which have proven effective in real-world mining operations. Submissions should offer approaches that are not only tailored to a particular deposit type—such as porphyry copper, epithermal gold, orogenic gold, iron ore, lateritic nickel, magmatic nickel sulfide, PGE deposits, chromite, REEs, bauxite, coal, uranium, lithium pegmatites, and kimberlites—but can also be adapted and applied to similar cases elsewhere. The goal is to share practical insights that have emerged from repeated engagement with these deposit types that can benefit broader applications across the mining sector.
Dr. Omid Asghari
Dr. Oscar Rondon
Dr. Abani R. Samal
Prof. Dr. Jeff Boisvert
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- geostatistics
- mineral resource estimation
- grade control
- ore deposit types
- geological modeling
- drilling strategy
- resource classification
- ore characterization
- sampling
- database management
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