Institut za rudarstvo i metalurgiju Bor

COMMITTEE OF UNDERGROUND EXPLOITATION OF YU ISSN: 1451-0162
THE MINERAL DEPOSITS UDK: 622
UDK: 550.8(045)=20
Dejan Sokolović * , Dragana Erdeljan * , Petar Popović *
TERMS AND METHOD OF SAMPLING FOR TECHNOLOGICAL
SAMPLE IN DETAILED GEOLOGICAL PROSPECTING WORKS
Abstract
The Ministry of Mining and Energy (MME), as the competent ministry, in accordance with the
Law on mining (''Official Gazette RS'' No. 44/95 and 34/08), issued the consent for taking samples
for technology probe on the approved area of geological exploration. This paper presents the
conditions for issuing permits for sampling the mineral raw materials for analyzing the technical
and technological characteristics during the exploration works, the amount that can be taken as a
technological sample, and analyses of compliances issued per years. The period of realized analyses
is from 2003-2009.
Key words: Ministry of Mining and Energy, simplified mining project, technological testing
INTRODUCTION
Addressing the requirements of companies
interested in detailed geological
investigations, the Ministry of Mining and
Energy issued the approvals for execution
the mining works for the aim of technological
sampling. During realization the
detailed geological investigations, the
works of technological sampling for industrial
and semi- industrial testing are also
provided. It is necessary to develop the
Simplified Mining Project (SMP) for the
works on technological sampling. This
project specifies the quantity and technology
of obtaining the raw materials.
The taken period for review the previous
approvals is from 2003 ending with
2009. For the period before 2003, the data
available to the MME are not reliable. In
fact, since 2002 the all the documentation
* Ministry of Mining and Energy
has been recorded in a digital form and the
data properly stored in the archive, while
for the period before 2002, the track of
documentation is harder or, for various
reasons, it is unavailable.
The approved quantities of material
that should be taken as a technological
sample are various and depend on the type
of tested mineral raw material and its industrial
use. Quantities also depend on the
way of investigation the technological raw
material; therefore it was necessary to determine
accurately the required quantity of
mineral raw material for implementation
the technological investigations. MME has
defined the exact quantities that are processed
by the Simplified Mining Project
and they are presented in Table 1.
No 1,2010. 7
MINING ENGINEERING