Alignment of Resource and Reserve Classification Systems Russian Federation and CRIRSCO / Согласование систем классификации ресурсов и запасов Российской Федерации и CRIRSCO

Set up in 2006 by CRIRSCO and GKZ. Managed by PERC on behalf of CRIRSCO.

–Chairman: Mike Armitage

–Secretary/convenor: Steve Henley

–Members from GKZ, CRIRSCO, Russian and international mining industry

•Meeting: Moscow, 21-22 October 2008

–Between GKZ, CRIRSCO, and Russian industry

•Protocol signed 22 October 2008 by Niall Weatherstone (CRIRSCO chairman) and Yuri Podturkin (GKZ chairman) agreeing principles

•Detail to be included in a „conversion handbook‟ to be prepared during 2009