Learning the Right Lessons: Myths and Realities of Resource Estimates at Busang

Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
Mohan R. Srivastava
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Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
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Publication Date:
May 1, 2007

Abstract

- OUTLINE - apologies and explanations - a quick bit of history - the wisdom of Wikipedia - ?Matheronian geostatistics continued to convert Bre-X?s bogus grades and Busang?s barren rock into a massive phantom gold resource?? - variogram analysis for Busang - would variogram analysis (or variance analysis) have revealed the fraud? - what went right, what went wrong
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APA: Mohan R. Srivastava  (2007)  Learning the Right Lessons: Myths and Realities of Resource Estimates at Busang

MLA: Mohan R. Srivastava Learning the Right Lessons: Myths and Realities of Resource Estimates at Busang. Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, 2007.

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