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What is a Resource Assessment?

Satellite image of Afghanistan

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Potential Mineral Supply

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Potential Mineral Supply

Images from University of Otago New Zealand, Geology

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Potential Mineral Supply

Images from University of Otago New Zealand, Geology

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Environmental Planning

                                                            

Maps of arsenic concentration in soils (left) and water (right) in the Barewood wetland due to mining, New Zealand

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Land-use planning

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Economic planning

Gold and Copper Prices (per ounce)

Data provided by: www.lasallebank.com

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Mineral resource assessment procedure

Outline:

A) Obtain information

B) Exploration techniques

C) Resource systems

D) Commodity assessment

E) Product

Examples: Copper, Coal, Petroleum

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Afghanistan Geologic Map

Figure provided by Aims: Afghanistan Information Management Systems

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Faults

Quaternary

Paleogene

Tertiary

Cretaceous

Mesozoic

Triassic/Jurassic

Triassic

Permian

Carboniferous

Silurian

Ordovician

Cambrian

Paleozoic

Precambrian

Water

Oil and Gas Fields

Oil and Gas Fields and Generalized Geology in Afghanistan

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Afghanistan

Study area

Afghanistan

Study area

Afghanistan Aeromagnetic Maps

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Porphyry copper system

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Copper Mining

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Product: Mineral Resources Assessment

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Product: Mineral Resource Assessment

Figure: Gems and minerals of Afghanistan. Provided by www.gems-afghan.com

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Coal System

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Coal Mining

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Product: Coal Assessment

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Petroleum System

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Petroleum Assessment

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Petroleum Assessment

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Petroleum Assessment

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Product: Petroleum Assessment

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Review: What is a mineral resource assessment?

Involves:

1) Potential Mineral Supply

2) Environmental Planning

3) Land-use Planning

4) Economic Planning

Process outline:

A) Obtain information

B) Exploration techniques

C) Resource systems

D) Commodity assessment

E) Product