309991 (v.1) WASM Project Evaluation 381

Area:

WASM Mineral Economics Teaching Area

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

3.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

The principles and application of financial technical modelling to mining projects and financing are covered in this unit. Topics include the time value of money in nominal and real dollar terms, depreciation, taxes, royalties and other inputs to discounted cash flow evaluations. The financial technical modelling of mine operations. Introduction to economics, mineral economics and mineral supply processes. Commodity markets and marketing. Estimation of mine revenues for different types of mining operations. Project financing, role of debt, equity and joint ventures. The feasibility study process, reliability weaknesses, importance of reliable mining capital and operating costs. Project risks, resource and reserve risks, the JORC code, mining method risk, milling risks, failures of project integration. Identification and quantification of project risks, sensitivity analysis and simulation. Cut-off grades and project optimisation in the context of financial technical modelling. Evaluation of operation alternatives.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

081101 Banking and Finance

Funding Cluster:

02 - Accounting, Administration, Economics, Commerce

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Kalgoorlie Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External