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Practara's perspectives on commodity markets, mining strategy and industry trends.
Authorship, Expertise and Accountability: Who Should Sign a Mining Technical Study?
Modern mining studies are multidisciplinary, yet the major reporting frameworks place formal responsibility with Competent or Qualified Persons. We argue that authorship, specialist expertise, and CP/QP approval are related but not the same thing, and that the right question is not who wrote each section, but whether the allocation of responsibility enhances the reliability of the information presented to investors.
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Authorship, Expertise and Accountability: Who Should Sign a Mining Technical Study?
Modern mining studies are multidisciplinary, yet the major reporting frameworks place formal responsibility with Competent or Qualified Persons. We argue that authorship, specialist expertise, and CP/QP approval are related but not the same thing, and that the right question is not who wrote each section, but whether the allocation of responsibility enhances the reliability of the information presented to investors.
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Does the operating cost estimate deserve a contingency? A question worth reopening
Ask a room of estimators whether a life-of-mine operating cost estimate should carry a contingency, and you will usually get a quick "no." We think the rule is broadly right, but the reasons most often given for it are weaker than the rule itself. Follow the better reasons through, and you arrive somewhere more interesting than a simple prohibition.
The Easy Ore Is Gone. What Comes Next?
Rethinking how we determine economic viability as the mining industry moves into harder, deeper, and more contested ground.
Using ESG Data to Reduce (Not Add) Project Friction
Most projects don't stall because ESG issues exist, they stall because social and environmental risks surface too late to be priced, sequenced, or engineered into the feasibility case.