‘Orebody modelling and strategic mine planning’ are arguably the backbone of our industry and represent an intricate, complex and critically important part of mining ventures. They have a profound effect on the value of a mine, as well as determining the technical plan to be followed from mine development to mine closure.
It is most gratifying to introduce the second revised edition of this Spectrum Series volume on the above topic, following the depletion of all copies of the first edition within about a year of its publication.

The Global Optimiser used by Whittle Consulting has gone through three major versions to date. The first was based on the Milawa optimisation algorithm; it worked, but had many shortcomings. The second, known internally as ProberA, had a different approach to optimisation in that it used a series of random starting points and found the nearest local NPV maximum to each.

1. Beyond Naпve Optimisation 
2. Integrated Mine Evaluation — Implications for Mine Management
3. Using Real Options to Incorporate Price Risk into the Valuation of a Multi-Mineral Mine
4. Roadblocks to the Evaluation of Ore Reserves — The Simulation Overpass and Putting More Geology into Numerical Models of Deposits
5. Quantification of Risk Using Simulation of the Chain of Mining — Case Study at Escondida Copper, Chile
6. Integrated Strategy Optimisation for Complex Operations
7. Simulation of Orebody Geology with Multiple-Point Geostatistics — Application at Yandi Channel Iron Ore Deposit, WA and Implications for Resource Uncertainty

Рассмотрены теоретические основы и методы машинного моделирования рудных полей н месторождений. Охарактеризованы техническая база, математическое и методическое обеспечение автоматизированных обучающих систем. Приведены структурные схемы алгоритмов, тексты основных программ, инструкции по нх использованию, примеры моделей месторождений. Наиболее полно описаны автоматизированные обучающие системы по курсу "Геологоразведочное дело".

Для студентов, готовящих проекты по курсам "Геологоразведочное дело", "Методика опробования, разведки н подсчета запасов месторождений полезных ископаемых", "Горная геометрия".