Mineral Reserves under Price Uncertainty

Evatt, G.W. and Soltan, M.O. and Johnson, P.V. (2012) Mineral Reserves under Price Uncertainty. Resources Policy. ISSN 0301-4207

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Abstract

National reporting organizations and regulatory bodies for the minerals and mining sector are requiring publicly reported Ore- Reserve estimates to take account of uncertainties. Whilst methodologies that account for physical uncertainty appear relatively well developed, methodologies which can take account of economic uncertainty appear much less so. To counter this shortfall, we present an efficient and general methodology which can quantify the effect of price uncertainty within reserve estimates, providing both the expected reserve size and the associated distribution (box whisker plot). This statistical information can be used by interested parties to understand precisely where the reserve risks lie, which we highlight in a worked example.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	MSC 2010, the AMS's Mathematics Subject Classification > 91 Game theory, economics, social and behavioral sciences
Depositing User:	Dr Geoff Evatt
Date Deposited:	26 Apr 2012
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2017 14:13
URI:	https://eprints.maths.manchester.ac.uk/id/eprint/1810

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