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MINE-3624: Mineral Resource Project Management

Description: Applied and theoretical concepts in the valuation and management of mining and energy extraction projects. Project engineering, resource management, scheduling, and tracking. Estimation of capital costs, operating costs, and revenues for underground and surface mines, mineral beneficiation plants, and oil and gas ventures. Commodity sales contracts and price projections. Cash flow analysis, revenue-generating and service producing alternative selection, taxes/deductions. Quantitative risk analysis including stochastic simulation. Environmental, ethical, and legal considerations in project management.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: MINE-2504 and MINE-2564

Required By: MINE-4635

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 4

Average GPA: 3.30 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 28.13%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Christopher A Noble202245.3%30.8%19.6%4.5%0.0%0.0%3.182
Nino S Ripepi202366.6%33.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.581
Richard E Bishop202451.6%35.6%9.7%3.2%0.0%0.0%3.271

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W