INTRODUCTION – Chris Hinde

9.00-9.20am Overview of the mining and metals industry, with a schematic of the various participants

GEOLOGY – Ed Sides

9.20-9.40am Elements/minerals/metals; periodic table; grades

9.40-10.00am General geology; rock types; earth processes

10.00-10.20am Ore deposit types; classification; distribution

COFFEE

GEOLOGY (continued)

10.50-11.10am Exploration cycle; methods; 3D modelling

11.10-11.30am Resource and reserve definitions

11.30-11.50am Case history (from discovery to mining)

MINING – Chris Hinde

11.50-12.35pm Surface Mining Operations
Main mining methods and the influences on their design (metals and coal); equipment types and their function; example operations

BUFFET LUNCH

MINING – Chris Hinde (continued)

1.20-2.05pm Underground Mining Operations
Main mining methods and the influences on their design (metalsand coal); equipment types and their function; example operations

PROCESSING – Chris Hinde

2.05-2.50pm The main metallurgical processes, and the beneficiation of ore

COFFEE

INFLUENCES ON MINING – Phillip Crowson

3.20-4.05pm Economic Factors
Demand factors, including the role of prices and substitution;the supply of metals and minerals

4.05-4.50pm The Marketplace
Metals delivery and warehousing, pricing and sales mechanisms; metals prices and trends; ownership patterns, role of government