Fractal/multifractal modeling is a widely used geomathematical approach to capturing different populations in geochemical mapping. The rationale of this methodology is based on empirical frequency density functions ...

Identification of geochemical anomalies is of particular importance for tracing the footprints of anomalies. This can be implemented by advanced techniques of exploratory data analysis, such as fractal/multi-fractal ...

Geometallurgical variables have a significant impact in downstream activities of mining projects. Reliable 3D spatial modelling of these variables play an important role in mine planning and mineral processing, in which ...

This work addresses the problem of the cosimulation of cross-correlated variables with inequality constraints. A hierarchical sequential Gaussian cosimulation algorithm is proposed to address this problem, based on ...

Hierarchical or cascade resource estimation is a very common practice when building a geological block model in metalliferous deposits. One option for this is to model the geological domains by indicator kriging and then ...

Geostatistical simulation has been widely used in mineral resource classification of metalliferous deposits based on international standards such as JORC code. However, the modeling process becomes challenging whenever the ...

The rock quality designation is an important input for the analysis and design of rock structures as reliable spatial modeling of the rock quality designation (RQD) can assist in designing and planning mines more efficiently. ...

Several geomechanical variables reflect the characteristics of rock masses and in recent years have been considered as the geometallurgical responses in the mining industry. These variables have a great effect on the ...