Preface • Definitions • RIDDLER, G. What is a mineral resource? • ARMITAGE, M. G. & POTTS, M. F. A. Some comments on the reporting of resources and reserves • JAKUBIAK, Z. & SMAKOWSKI, T. Classification of mineral reserves in the former Comecon countries • Data •GRIBBLE, P. D. Fault interpretation from coal exploration borehole data using SURPAC2 software • HATTON, W. INTMOV; a program for the interactive analysis of spatial data • NATHANAIL, P. Reserve assessment of a stratified deposit with special reference to openast coal mining in Great Britain • Deposit variability • NOTHOLT, A. J. G. Phosphate rock: factors in economic and technical evaluation • BELL, T. M. & WHATELEY, M. K. G. Evaluation of grade estimation techniques • DOWD, P. A. Optimal open pit design: sensitivity to estimated block values • SCOBLE, M. & Moss, A. Dilution in underground metal mining: implications for grade control and production management • SIDES, E. J. Quantifying differences between computer models of ore body shapes • Finance • GORMAN, P. A review and evaluation of the costs of exploration, acquisition and development of copper and gold projects in Chile • O'LEARY, J. Mining project finance and the assessment of ore reserves • Case histories • DOWD, P. A. The optimal design of quarries • AL-HASSAN, S. & ANNELS, A. E. Geostatistical estimation of manganese oxide resources at the Nsuta Mine, Ghana • ANNELS, A. E., INGRAM, S. & MALMSTROM, L. Structural reconstruction and mineral resource evaluation at Zinkgruvan Mine, Sweden • ARTHUR, J. & ANNELS, A. E. The application of geostatistical techniques to in situ resource estimation in the sand and gravel industry • CAMERON, R. I. & MIDDLEMIS, H. Computer modelling of dewatering a major open pit mine: case study from Nevada, USA • CRUMP, L. A. & DONNELLY, R. Opencast coal mining; a unique opportunity for Clee Hill Quarry • BARRY, J., GUARD, J. & WALTON, G. Database management at the Lisheen deposit, Co. Tipperary, Ireland • MITCHELL, C. J. Laboratory evaluation of kaolin: a case study from Zambia • O'LEARY, J. Cia Minera Los Pelambres: a project history