MAD 436 - Economical Evaluation of Mining Investments

Course Objectives

1 - To provide the concepts of basic mining economic
2 - To provide types of mining investment and analyses of their economic evaluation
3 - To determine mine investment risks and futures

Course Description

Basic Concepts of Economy, Revenue and cost concept, Cost estimation, Depreciation and amortization and their applications The time value of money and interest rates, Economic evaluation methods (Present, future and annual worth, internal rate of return, Hoskolt methods etc.), Types of investment proposal and properties of mining investment, Risk assessment in mining, Inflation effects on mining investment.