Certificate in Mineral Exploration and Mine survey Technology

Participants will learn how to perform economic resource evaluations from mineral exploration techniques, quantification of discovered mineral resources to performing market analysis for the discovered resources. They will learn how to collect and analyze geological samples, record information, and look after the practical tasks involved in servicing a remote mine field operation.

The main mining techniques will focus on surface and underground mining. The participant will gain a general understanding of the themes of stress and strain, constitutive behavior, rock properties, stress in rock and rock masses, as well as rock mass properties.

Upon successful completion, you will be prepared to pass the certification in order to work on a mine.

Learning Outcomes:-

Learning Outcomes of the course include gaining an overall understanding of:-

•                   After successfully completing this course, you will be able to comprehend and understand the general rock engineering principles and its application in solving real-world mining problems

•                   apply fundamental scientific knowledge, comprehension and understanding to predict the behavior of rock materials in real-world mining environments perform creative procedural design and synthesis of mine layouts and support systems to control and influence rock behavior and rock failure processes

•                   use engineering methods and understand the uses of computer packages for the computation, modelling, simulation and evaluation of mining layouts, and communicate,

•                   explain and discuss the reasoning, methodology, results and ramifications of all these aspects in a professional manner at all levels.

•                   Methods of Mineral Exploration

•                   Geophysics for Engineers and Geologists as tools for mineral exploration

•                   Satellite image interpretation and field mapping/Cartographic principles

•                   Mining Methods

•                   Mineral Processing & Metallurgy

•                   Mining Engineering Essentials

•                   Economic Resource Evaluation for Ores and Industrial Minerals

•                   HSE for Mine Inspection

•                   Field and ore deposit geology

Who should attend this course?

•                   Professional Miners

•                   Quarry Managers/Workers

•                   Small Scale/Artisanal Miners

•                   Construction Workers-Civil Engineering, Construction Supervisors working in Tunneling, excavations

•                   Environmental Professional

•                   Bankers and Financial analysts

Assessment:

After completing and passing the course successfully, you will be able to obtain an Accredited Certificate of Achievement.

At the end of the course, you will be required to do a real-life Project.

Your evaluation will ascertain whether you qualify for a certificate of Technical Competence.

It is important to note that some course assessments lead to the award of an accredited certificate by the Ministry of Education and Sports of Uganda.