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Garth Kirkham

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Garth Kirkham

2024

CIM Distinguished Service Medal

2017

CIM Fellowship

2013

CIM Distinguished Lecturers

2010

J.C. Sproule Northern Exploration Award

Past President of CIM (2015-2016)

Garth Kirkham is a prolific author of technical reports in support of projects from initial resource estimations, Scoping Study and PEA (Preliminary Economic Assessment) through to Feasibility Studies, as well as due diligence on both the buy and sell sides. 

He is a Past President of  CIM and Director-at-Large as well as Co-Chair of the CIM Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves Committee (MRMR). He has also served as CIM Distinguished Lecturer presenting NI43-101 and the International Regulatory Framework. He is currently the Chairperson of the Committee for Mineral Reserves International Reporting Standards (CRIRSCO) and Chair of Geoscientists Canada, Securities Committee.

Kirkham has created a short Course for students entitled “Your Career and Public Reporting—The QP Short Course for Students.” He is currently developing a short course for practicing professionals. Additionally, he has created and taught a full-term 3rd year engineering course for resource estimation at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT).

Distinguished Lecturer 2013-14

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NI43-101 Mineral Resource Estimation and CIM Best Practices

Mineral resource and reserve estimation has changed significantly in the past 30 years: use of primarily manual techniques is shifting to use of complex geostatistical techniques, which are becoming commonplace and continuing to evolve. Computational horsepower has revolutionized all facets of numerical modelling and has allowed for increasingly complex methods and techniques to be employed to solve geological and mining-related problems. With the introduction of NI 43-101 in the 90s, a prescribed format and detailed set of rules guide the reporting of resources. In addition, a set of basic principles or “best practices” has been developed and guides the practitioner in all aspects of mineral resource evaluation and estimation, from data management, data analysis, geological modelling and domaining, geostatistical analysis, estimation and classification, to mine design and material scheduling.