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Three-part quantitative assessment method Reconciliation in Material Flow Analysis Systems of reporting for mineral resources and reserves

Regional Heavy Mineral Sampling Geostatistical Estimates Major metals and their companion metals metallogeny. The so-called ‘by-products’ Mineral Resources and Reserves Estimation Mineral deposits of public importance: the MINATURA2020 Approach CHROMIC H2020 project website on mineral processing Conflict Minerals Raw Materials Scoreboard (European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials) 3D modelling 3D Modelling (Block) Mineral deposits groups and types Feasibility Study Strategic, critical, high-tech, rare, and minor metals Substitution: the CRM_InnoNet vision EU Knowledge data platforms

MINVENTORY MineralsUK Glencore - Resources and reserves 2015 EURARE Information Knowledge Management System (IKMS) NAEN reporting code - Russian Code Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) definiton standard [2010] Geologische Bundesansalt (Austria) International Reporting Template for the public reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves, (CRIRSCO) November 2013 SME guide for reporting exploration results, mineral resources and mineral reserves - 2014 The South African code for the reporting of exploration results, mineral resources and mineral reserves (SAMREC) Mindat Australasian code for reporting exploration results, mineral resources and ore reserves (JORC) Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC) reporting code 2012 South African Code for the reporting of exploration results, mineral resources and mineral reserves (The SAMREC Code) Pan-European Reserves and Resources Reporting Committee - PERC reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves standard 2013 Promine Committee for mineral reserves international reporting standards, International Reporting Template (CRIRSCO) Czech geological survey on line data portal United States Geological Survey : Mineral resource data system Minerals4EU-EU Minerals Knowledge Data Platform (EU-MKDP) Boliden Mineral reserves and resources 2015

SNL Metals & Mining ProMine portal USGS MRDS

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Mineral deposit groups and types Main/accompanying metals Resources and reserves

MINATURA2020 – Mineral Deposits of Public Importance (a) Mineral deposit models Largest Mineral Deposits of the World Techniques for solving industrial nonlinear data reconciliation problems The “chessboard” classification scheme of mineral deposits: Mineralogy and geology from aluminum to zirconium Geological characteristics and tectonic setting of Proterozoic iron oxide (Cu-U-Au-LREE) deposits MINATURA2020 – Mineral Deposits of Public importance (b) By-product metals are technologically essential but have problematic supply. By-product status: implications for reserve estimates.

Where can we find new deposits of a specific commodity in specific geographic area? What are new main primary and waste sources of In, PGMs, Ga, Ge? What is the mineral endowment of commodity x in Europe? How to launch an exploration campaign for a commodity X in an unknown region? How does the production of major metals affect the production of companion metals? What is the resource potential at EU/regional/national level in commodity X? What is the future availability of a specific metal? How much of commodity x will Europe be producing in year x? What is the estimated size of resources (economic, reserve base, ultimate earth crust) over the past 50 years and where are they located? Should the EU invest/investigate in getting more mines in Europe? What is the overall timeframe and cost associated with bringing a commodity to a user?

Theoretical exploration campaign description How to estimate the endowment of a certain commodity in Europe Major metals vs companion metals How to estimate the future availability of a specific metal? Main primary and waste sources of In, PGMs, Ga and Ge: some key documents, data and links to get an idea Estimated size of different mineral resources over the past 50 years and their location More mines in Europe? What are the possibilities of substitution for a given commodity and from where will we get the substitution material? Timeframe and cost for bringing a commodity to a user