Mineral Economics

How do you get the most out of the exploration targets? Now that the exploration program has unearthed the deposit you were looking for, what is best for the development? Carry it forward to full production, or only to the next step and sell off?

These are questions we all face as explorers and developers of mining projects. Gustavson has the gray hair expertise to help with those decisions. Our mineral economists have provided advice and solutions to over 200 property developers around the world.

Robust mineral deposits seem to be much easier to develop than those that are marginal. Gustavson Associates understands the need to work the mineral economics equation backwards. Defining what the investment needs to be in order to make the property profitable becomes the starting point.

The results are then scripted to provide the operational profits required to carry the project to the next step or to successful operation.