POSTA-GRADUATE COURSE SPECIALIZED IN GEOSTATISTICS (CFSG)

Mines ParisTech - Site de Fontainebleau

1st October - 30th June

Alternating language sessions French / English. Optional French lectures between July and September

CANDIDATES PROFILE

Mine engineers, geologists, reservoir engineers, geophysicists.

Professional experience and mathematical practice are required.

TEACHING PROGRAM - French sessions : 2011 ; 2013 - English sessions : 2012 ; 2014

1st term

- Introduction (2 weeks)

- Linear geostatistics (4 weeks)
Exploratory date analysis ; Global estimation of in-situ resources ; Local estimation ; Design of borehole surveys ; Design of homogenisation stockpiles ; Computation of confidence intervals ; Resources classification

- Computer application on mining data (2 weeks)

- Multivariate geostatistics (2 weeks)
Estimation of polymetallic orebodies; Use of ancillary information

2nd term

- Sampling and other workshops (3 days each)

- Mathematics (1 week)

- Non-stationnary geostatistics (1 week) : Dipping layers; Global and local tends

- Non-linear geostatistics (2 weeks)
Support effect ; Estimation of recoverable reserves

- Simulations (3 weeks)
Visualization of small scale variability ; Digital orebody models

3rd term

Student project (12 weeks)

DIPLOMA

Students who have followed the whole course receive a CESMAT certificate.

Successful students are awarded a national French diploma in geostatistics conferred by Mines ParisTech and the Ministry in charge of mines.

LIFE CONDITIONS

In order to get informations on life costs and conditions, please get in touch with the Supervisor.
You can find other informations on the web site CNOUS.

DELAYS FOR ENROLMENT

In order to get your enrolment in time, we insist that you consider the following critical parameters :
- Study of your candidature file and decision : 2 to 3 months
- Visa formalities : up to 3 months
- Financing your stay : variable (you have to ask imperatively)

COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATIONS

École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris web site

CFSG web site

TYPICAL STUDENT PROJECTS AT C.F.S.G.

All these projects are confidentials

OUEDRAOGO Soutongnoma Didier, BURKINA FASO - 2009
Geostatistical study of the Loulo Gold deposit, Randgold Resources

SIALLOU Kouakou Urbain, IVORY COAST - 2009
Geostatistical characterization and mapping of the altitude of the Mio-Plio-Quaternary formations footwalls in the Landes Triangle (Aquitaine Region, France).

CELHAY SCHOELERMANN Felipe, CHILE- 2008 (non confidential project)
Study of the uncertainty in the resources of the south open pit project – Codelco Chile – El Teniente..

SOPI MUHAMMAD MALIK HAKIM, INDONESIA - 2008
Multivariate estimation of nickel lateritic deposit: the case of Bahodopi Block

GRALA ROLDÃO Debora, BRAZIL - 2007
Simulation of an Iron Deposit of the Vale South System (Brazil).

QUIÑONES CONSTANZO Cristian, CHILE - 2007
Study of Molybden Distribution for the Nilo Project (North Chile). Estimation on the Sulphide Units.

YAPO Hugues, IVORY COAST - 2007
Geostatistical Modelling of Water Resources for a Bedrock Aquifer in a Sahel Alteritic Formation.

CORDERO FERRER Victor Hugo, VENEZUELA - 2006
Modelisation of Silica Grades in a Venezuelian Iron Deposit

DIAS OROS Cristian Antonio, CHILE - 2006
Estimation of Molybdenum on the Sur-Sur Tourmaline Breccia - Rio Blanco Cu-Mo Deposit, Chile

QUEIROZ PEREIRA Celeste – BRAZIL - 2006
Multivariate Geostatistics Applied to a Coal Deposit

KONESHLOO Mohammad, IRAN – 2005
Preliminary Study of Kaolinitic deposits of the Charentes’s bassin (France)

LOPEZ CARDONA Diego Andrés, COLOMBIA – 2005
Geostatistical Study of an Alluvial Gold Deposit in the Nechí, Antioquia (Colombia)

PEÑA ABREGÚ Robert Joel, PERU – 2005
Gold Estimation in a Polymetallic Orebody

GAMBIN Fernando, BRAZIL – 2004
Incorporating Uncertainty of Coal Seam Depth Determination via Seismic Reflections and Geostatistics

VALDEZ LLAMAS Patricia, MEXICO – 2004
Estimation and Simulation of the Cone Resistance (CPT) using Multivariate Analysis in 3D.

FARIAS VELIZ Francisco, CHILE - 2003
Study of Copper Resources in the Primary Sulfur Area. Deposit « Campamento Antiguo ». El Salvador, Chile.

OSORIO OROZCO Juan Carlos, COLOMBIA, 2003
2D Estimation and Comparison with Production for a Working Area of the Cominak Uranium Mine, Niger.

See also the bulletin des travaux de fin d'études.

CONTACTS

You can get in touch with the former CESMAT students through the directory.

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Supervisor : Mrs Gaëlle LE LOC'H
Asst. Supervisor : Mr Serge SEGURET
Secretary : Mrs N. DIETRICH

Mines ParisTech - École des Mines de Paris
Centre de Géosciences - CFSG
35, rue Saint Honoré
77305 FONTAINEBLEAU Cedex (France)

Tél. : +33 1 64 69 47 72 Fax : +33 1 64 69 47 05
E.mail : resp_cfsg@geosciences.ensmp.fr

website: http://www.geosciences.mines-paristech.fr