Cookie Preferences

Building a Mine With Just a PEA

A PEA is a Preliminary Economic Assessment, one of the first steps in determining the economic viability of a mineral resource. Assuming positive results, the next steps in the evaluation process are the Prefeasibility and Feasibility. Sometimes companies make the high-risk decision to move forward with a project without any further analysis. This presentation will cover the best practices for technical reporting and cover some special scenarios where building a mine with only a PEA is not as bad as it seems.

Related Articles

North America: Hope Bay, Nunavut
SRK Alaska

Since 2002, SRK has worked at the Doris North mine on the 80 km Hope Bay Greenstone Belt in Nunavut, and has helped advance this gold project from the initial scoping study, through the detailed engineering and construction quality assurance phases.

Learn More

Australasia: Osborne Copper/Gold
SRK Global

In 2011, SRK prepared a series of Technical Reports in line with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 reporting standards, for mining activities for Inova Resources, formerly Ivanhoe Australia, at the Osborne copper/gold project in north-western Queensland.

Learn More