Re: Definitions from Wikipedia
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Nov 11, 2009 09:37PM
Creating shareholder wealth by advancing gold projects through the exploration and mine development cycle.
From: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_resource_classification
I would think that Kodiak will go for "Mineral resources" in their upcoming report.
Mineral resources are those economic mineral concentrations that have undergone enough scrutiny to quantify their contained metal to a certain degree. None of these resources are ore, because the economics of the mineral deposit may not have been fully evaluated.
Indicated resources are simply economic mineral occurrences that have been sampled (usually by drilling) to a point where an estimate of their contained metal and grade has been made. Generally this is very approximate and subject to sampling errors and other uncertainties.
Measured resources are indicated resources that have undergone enough further sampling that a 'competent person' (defined by the norms of the relevant mining code; usually a geologist) has declared them to be an acceptable estimate of the grade, tonnage and occurrence of the mineral occurrence.
Resources may also be portions of a mineral occurrence that are attached to reserves, but:
Mineral reserves are resources known to be economically feasible for extraction. Reserves are either 'Probable Reserves or Proven Reserves, in a similar manner to resources, above. Generally the conversion of resources into reserves requires: