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Mar 30, 2020

Recent research undertaken by Optiro's Director of Geology, Ian Glacken, shows there are a number of reports on resources being made to the market that are based on tenuous assumptions. This episode is part of a mini series on misinterpretations of the JORC code.

In this episode:

1:03 Is RPEEE hopeless?
2:08 What does...


Mar 16, 2020

Now that you've built up your resource model from the data it's time to submit it to the Bernard Schneider test. Optiro's Principal Geologist Mark Drabble explains some of the checks you need to perform to ensure your modelling is correct.

In this episode:

0:49 What are some of the key issues you've seen in...


Mar 2, 2020

Interpreting data can be a daunting task and 'good luck' probably isn't enough to get you through! So Optiro's Principal Geologist Mark Drabble shares tips on how to get to the right answers in your resource models. 

In this episode:

0:45 Five years before you could use a computer to model
2:11 Are graduate geologists...