This course addresses the process of mine feasibility planning and project evaluation commencing from the resource assessment stage. It includes a brief introduction to in situ resource estimation methods, the use of geostatistical techniques in grade interpretation, ore body block modelling and reserves estimation. The implications of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves for quality control of these processes will be discussed. Other topics include the feasibility study process, mine planning methodologies and scheduling techniques, mine cost structures and cost estimation. The project evaluation component includes financial theory in relation to project evaluation, evaluation techniques, project financing, cost of capital, revenue assumptions, cost assumptions, risk and sensitivity analysis, institutional and corporate perspectives on project evaluation, introduction to financial modelling, practical exercises in financial modelling, intra-project evaluation, and financial modelling case studies.