Assessment of the readiness of solid mineral deposits for commercial development
The recognition of deposits as prepared for commercial development is proposed to be excluded from the competence of expert geological examination of reserves limiting its scope to assigning deposits to explored or evaluated. A conclusion on the readiness of a deposit for development should be made at the stage of expert examination of design documentation for its development and implemented following the consideration of arguments based on the analysis of the impact of exploration errors on the completeness of the execution of design solutions.