{"title":"Significance of the “cut off-average grade-tonnage” sensitivity analysis in mining projects","authors":"L. D. L. Torre, J. A. Espí","doi":"10.21701/BOLGEOMIN.130.1.008","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"espanolEl Analisis de Sensibilidad referido a la relacion ley-tonelaje en un proyecto de inversion minera resulta un paso reconocido en todos los estandares de calidad actuales. Sin embargo, despues de presentarlo, apenas se comenta ni critican los resultados. El trabajo analiza mas de 50 proyectos actuales agrupados por modelos metalogeneticos de cobre y oro, encontrando caracteristicas propias en las curvas de evolucion del tonelaje al variar la ley de corte. Ademas, al considerar las categorias de calidad de informacion en los recursos, los calificados como inferidos, suelen denotar la falta de esta calidad. Tambien, el trabajo trata de encontrar una explicacion de las diferencias que aparecen entre las tipologias que contienen un gran volumen de recursos y con variaciones no bruscas de sus leyes, con otras tipologias con anisotropias muy declaradas y fuertes controles estructurales. EnglishThe sensitivity analysis applied to the grade-tonnage relationship in mining projects is a recognized stage in all existing quality standards. However, once presented, the results are hardly commented on or criticized. This study analyzes more than 50 projects grouped by copper and gold metallogenetic models which find their own characteristics in the tonnage evolution curves by varying the cut-off grade. In addition, when considering the categories of quality in information regarding resources, those which are classified as inferred usually denote a lack of quality. This study also offers an explanation about the behaviour of ore typologies with important resources and non-abrupt grade variations, with other typologies with well-declared anisotropies and strong structural controls.","PeriodicalId":45458,"journal":{"name":"BOLETIN GEOLOGICO Y MINERO","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"BOLETIN GEOLOGICO Y MINERO","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.21701/BOLGEOMIN.130.1.008","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"GEOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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espanolEl Analisis de Sensibilidad referido a la relacion ley-tonelaje en un proyecto de inversion minera resulta un paso reconocido en todos los estandares de calidad actuales. Sin embargo, despues de presentarlo, apenas se comenta ni critican los resultados. El trabajo analiza mas de 50 proyectos actuales agrupados por modelos metalogeneticos de cobre y oro, encontrando caracteristicas propias en las curvas de evolucion del tonelaje al variar la ley de corte. Ademas, al considerar las categorias de calidad de informacion en los recursos, los calificados como inferidos, suelen denotar la falta de esta calidad. Tambien, el trabajo trata de encontrar una explicacion de las diferencias que aparecen entre las tipologias que contienen un gran volumen de recursos y con variaciones no bruscas de sus leyes, con otras tipologias con anisotropias muy declaradas y fuertes controles estructurales. EnglishThe sensitivity analysis applied to the grade-tonnage relationship in mining projects is a recognized stage in all existing quality standards. However, once presented, the results are hardly commented on or criticized. This study analyzes more than 50 projects grouped by copper and gold metallogenetic models which find their own characteristics in the tonnage evolution curves by varying the cut-off grade. In addition, when considering the categories of quality in information regarding resources, those which are classified as inferred usually denote a lack of quality. This study also offers an explanation about the behaviour of ore typologies with important resources and non-abrupt grade variations, with other typologies with well-declared anisotropies and strong structural controls.
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