General
introduction: Minerals contributions to economic development, economic
minerals, resources, reserves, new supplies, research demands, consumption,
recycling and depletion, ore reserve estimation and grades; mineral sales
prices projection and NSR , concept of time value of money, interest rate,
inflation, and cost indices, estimating cost of mine development and ore
production operation, and smelter schedule, cash flow construction, time
diagram, tax structure, and project viability, spreadsheet computer
applications, introduction to sensitivity and statistical analysis and review
initial feasibility reports
