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Practice Based Competency Development: A Study Of Resource Geologists And The Jorc Code System, Jacqueline Coombes
Practice Based Competency Development: A Study Of Resource Geologists And The Jorc Code System, Jacqueline Coombes
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
The mining industry is a major contributor to the Australian economy. The value of mining and exploration shares traded on the Australian Stock Exchange are contingent on the estimates of mineral deposits, which are disclosed publically in accordance with a reporting code maintained by the Australasian Joint Ore Reserves Committee (the JORC Code). Expert resource geologists, known as Competent Persons, provide classified estimates of mineral endowment that underpin these public statements. The JORC Code requirements for qualifying as Competent Persons are membership of an approved professional association and a minimum of five years’ relevant experience. This research set out to …