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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">gscience</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Mining Science and Technology (Russia)</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Горные науки и технологии</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2500-0632</issn><publisher><publisher-name>The National University of Science and Technology MISiIS (NUST MISIS)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17073/2500-0632-2016-2-24-30</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">gscience-24</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>GEOLOGY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ГЕОЛОГИЯ МЕСТОРОЖДЕНИЙ ПОЛЕЗНЫХ ИСКОПАЕМЫХ</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Application of geostatistical tools to assess geological uncertainty for Sinquyen Copper mine, Vietnam</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Application of geostatistical tools to assess geological uncertainty for Sinquyen copper mine, Vietnam</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Mai</surname><given-names>Ngoc Luan</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Mai</surname><given-names>Ngoc Luan</given-names></name></name-alternatives><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Bui</surname><given-names>Xuan Nam</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Bui</surname><given-names>Xuan Nam</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Vice Rector</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">buixuannam@humg.edu.vn</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru">Curtin University of Technology, Australia<country>Австралия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en">Curtin University of Technology, Australia<country>Australia</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru">Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, Vietnam<country>Вьетнам</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en">Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, Vietnam<country>Viet Nam</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2016</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>22</day><month>07</month><year>2016</year></pub-date><volume>0</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>24</fpage><lpage>30</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Mai N.L., Bui X.N., 2016</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2016</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Mai N.L., Bui X.N.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Mai N.L., Bui X.N.</copyright-holder><license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://mst.misis.ru/jour/article/view/24">https://mst.misis.ru/jour/article/view/24</self-uri><abstract><p>Geostatistics-based estimators, i.e. ordinary kriging and simple kriging, are state-of-the-art estimation techniques widely used in the mining industry. However, the estimation result of kriging techniques is not able to cope with the well-known uncertainty of geological attributes in mineralization deposits. Moreover, the smoothing effect of kriging algorithms has led to over/under estimation in many circumstances. To overcome these drawbacks, the deterministic estimation result of kriging is usually followed by stochastic results provided by stochastic simulation. In this paper, the application of ordinary kriging and stochastic simulation are performed to build the resource model together with the uncertainty assessment of the Sinquyen copper mine.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Geostatistics-based estimators, i.e. ordinary kriging and simple kriging, are state-of-the-art estimation techniques widely used in the mining industry. However, the estimation result of kriging techniques is not able to cope with the well-known uncertainty of geological attributes in mineralization deposits. Moreover, the smoothing effect of kriging algorithms has led to over/under estimation in many circumstances. To overcome these drawbacks, the deterministic estimation result of kriging is usually followed by stochastic results provided by stochastic simulation. In this paper, the application of ordinary kriging and stochastic simulation are performed to build the resource model together with the uncertainty assessment of the Sinquyen copper mine.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Geostatistics</kwd><kwd>ordinary kriging</kwd><kwd>sequential Gaussian simulation</kwd><kwd>ore resource estimation</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Geostatistics</kwd><kwd>ordinary kriging</kwd><kwd>sequential Gaussian simulation</kwd><kwd>ore resource estimation</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Deutsch, C.V., &amp; Journel, A.G. (1998). 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