RESEARCH ON MINERAL RESOURCE/RESERVE ESTIMATION SYSTEM IN CANADA

Canada has a long history of mineral resources and reserves estimation(MRMR).This trade was born,developed and matured with the appearance of a mining market economy in North America.It has become one solid part of the traditional mining culture in Canada but it is a new issue to establish an estimation system under a market economy for the Chinese mining industry which has been influenced deeply and permanently by a planned economy.This paper tries to outline Canada's estimation system of MRMR and its main elements though analyzing relative laws and policies combined with regulations,rules and technical standards in order to reveal its operational character,thus further providing a good experience for the establishment and development of MRMR system in China.