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Financing and Financial Evaluation of Mining Projects

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In the previous chapters a range of techniques to assess the essential characteristics of mineral deposits has been considered. In particular, the quantity, quality and distribution of the potentially valuable components of a deposit are fundamental elements without which a decision to exploit cannot be soundly based. However, the geological factors alone are insufficient to determine whether a mining project should be established.

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Hellewell, E.G. (1991). Financing and Financial Evaluation of Mining Projects. In: Mineral Deposit Evaluation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9714-4_6

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