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In the authors’ opinion there is a scarcity of ment team, through to financing, procurement,
suitable textbooks and articles on the financial construction, and commissioning. Case stud-
aspects of mineral evaluation, and Wanless ies of mineral evaluation and related mine
(1982) remains a good choice. Aspects of the development are comparatively rare but prob-
financing of mineral projects were presented ably the best published is that of the Ok Tedi
in nine papers at a meeting “Finance for the copper-gold open pit mine (Pintz 1984) in
mining industry” under the auspices of the Papua New Guinea.
Institution of Mining and Metallurgy in 1987. For up-to-date information on environ-
MINDEV 97 was an AusIMM event presenting mental impact assessments, the reader is
the A–Z of “how-to” successfully develop a directed towards the bi-monthly publication
mineral resource project (Barnes 1997). Papers Environmental Impact Assessment Review
were presented by major mining companies, by Elsevier Science Ltd. Lord Rothschild’s
contractors, and equipment suppliers, covering (1978) short paper on “Risk” is a readable
the earliest stages of permitting, preparing and excellent introduction to this important
feasibility studies, and assembling the develop- topic.