Education on the subject of mines and mining is essential in order to understand the operations of the companies in this sector. Novice investors can make bad investment decisions without a basic education on this subject and will struggle to understand reports, the significance of news reporting and the viability of deposits.

We want to see investors arm themselves with solid knowledge so that they can navigate themselves around the subject with some level of confidence and slowly develop a level of certainty. This section will assist you to understand modern exploration methods, field surveys, drill results, resource statements and be able to tell if a report is important or not.

Do not underestimate the importance of this type of homework, the new reporting standards are being introduced world wide as a best practice standard for good reason. Like most industries the vast majority of managers and company officials within the mining sector are responsible and ethical. These individuals deplore unethical reporting and desire a clean image for their industry.

They are not responsible for a lack of investor education however, this is up to you. Hint: in order to study a new subject it is essential to find out what the terms mean or nothing makes sense. To assist you with this we have included a Dictionary of Mining Terms.

In this section we will link new pages of content on the various aspects of the industry over the coming months. As we add new pages we will include a link below to the new page and subject and these subjects will include;
  

• The history of gold and silver in Australia
• The key mining districts in Australia
• Reporting standards in Australia, the JORC code.
• Ore types, major mines and other topics.

  
Australia is blessed with significant gold mining districts and holds approximately 10% of current known global in ground resources at 5,225 tonnes. Australia is currently the third biggest gold producing nation although supply is going backward just as it is in Africa. Other education on gold investing can be found on the Investor Education page.