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5th Session, Expert Group on Resource Classification

5th Session, Expert Group on Resource Classification

02 April - 02 May 2014
Palais des Nations, Geneva Switzerland

Meeting times:

  • The Expert Group meeting will start at 10am on 30 April and finish at 6pm on 2 May.
  • The UNFC Workshop will start at 10am on 29 April and finish at 6pm that day.
  • UN meetings run from 10am to 1pm and from 3pm to 6pm.

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Document Title & Symbol ENG FRE RUS
Report of the Expert Group on Resource Classification Fifth Session 
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2014/2
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Logistical Information PDF    
Detailed Timeline PDF    
Item 1: Adoption of the Agenda
Annotated provisional agenda for the fifth session

ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2014/1
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Report of the Expert Group on Resource Classification Fourth Session
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2013/2
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Item 3:  UNFC Workshop
(29 April, Salle VII starting at 10am)
Final Programme
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Item 6: Activities and priorities of the Committee on Sustainable Energy and any matters for consideration by the Expert Group      
Report of the Committee, twenty-second session, 21-22 November 2013
ECE/ENERGY/91
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Item 7: Mandate and Terms of Reference      
Expert Group on Resource Classification Revised Mandate and Terms of Reference as approved by the UNECE Executive Committee on 4 December 2013 PDF    
Item 8: Review of the work plan 2013–2014      
Work Plan for 2013-2014 as approved the UNECE Executive Committee on 4 December 2013
Annex III of ECE/EX/7
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Item 9: Technical Advisory Group      
Terms of Reference as approved by the Expert Group at its fourth session
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2013/5
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Item 10: Application of the UNFC-2009 to solid minerals      
Case study: Changes to CRIRSCO Template version 2006 to version 2013
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2014/3
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Item 12: Application of UNFC-2009 to nuclear fuel resources      
Draft Bridging Document between OECD NEA/IAEA Uranium Classification and UNFC-2009
prepared by the Task Force on Application of UNFC-2009 to Nuclear Fuel Resources
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2014/L.1
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Item 13: Application of UNFC-2009 to renewable energy resources      
Draft specifications for application of UNFC-2009 to renewables
Unofficial document EGRC-5/2014/INF.1 (English only)
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Item 14: Use of UNFC-2009 for classifying injection projects      
Report of Task Force on Application of UNFC-2009 to injection projects
Unofficial document EGRC-5/2014/INF.2 (English only)
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Item 16. Case studies and testing of UNFC-2009      
Case study: Application of UNFC-2009 to solid minerals
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2014/4 (English only)
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Case study: Application of UNFC-2009 to uranium resources in Argentina
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2014/5
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Case study: Application of UNFC-2009 to uranium resources in Argentina
Corrigendum
ECE.ENERGY.GE.3.2014.5.Corr.1_e
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Item 19: Education and outreach and activities of the Communications Sub-Committee      
Report of the EGRC Communications Sub-Committee on Education and Outreach Activities
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2014/6
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EGRC Stakeholders
Unofficial document EGRC-5/2014/INF.4 (English only)
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Item 21: Self-evaluation of the UNFC for Fossil Energy and Mineral Reserves and Resources 2009
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2014/7 (English only)
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Item 23: Adoption of Conclusions and Recommendations
Draft Conclusions and Recommendations arising from the EGRC Fourth Session
EGRC-5/2014/INF.3 (unofficial document in English only) - please note these draft conclusions and recommendations were developed by the Bureau of the Expert Group and are not intended in any way to prejudice the discussions but rather to provide a draft text which will be updated as the meeting progresses
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Document Title & Symbol ENG FRE RUS
Report of the Expert Group on Resource Classification
ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2014/2
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Presentation Title & Author ENG FRE RUS
29 April, UNFC Workshop Presentations      
30 April-2 May      
Agenda Item 9:
Technical Advisory Group
     
Update on Technical Advisory Group (ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2013/5)
John Etherington, Chair, Technical Advisory Group
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Agenda Item 10:
Application of UNFC-2009 to Solid Minerals
     
Comparison of CRIRSCO Template version July 2006 with version November 2013 (ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2014/3)
Roger Dixon, CRIRSCO 
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Implementing Social Policy Initiatives through Public Company Disclosures
Kathryn Campbell, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
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Agenda item 11:
Application of UNFC-2009 to petroleum
     
The latest Norwegian Petroleum Resource Accounts presented according to UNFC-2009 – Mapping Resource Estimates from the Norwegian Classification System to UNFC-2009 by use of the PRMS Bridging Document
Kjell Reidar Knudsen, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD)
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PRMS Update
Dan Diluzio, SPE
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Updates to the Chinese Petroleum Classification System (CPCS)
YANG Hua, PetroChina
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Agenda Item 12:
Application of UNFC-2009 to Nuclear Fuel Resources
     
Draft Bridging Document between OECD NEA/IAEA Classification and UNFC-2009
Hari Tulsidas, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)  
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Case study: Considerations related to the Application of UNFC-2009 to Uranium Resources in Argentina (ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2014/5 and ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2014/5/Corr.1)
Luis Lopez, National Atomic Energy Commission, Argentina
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Application of UNFC-2009 to Indian Uranium Deposits: Case Study
A. K. Sarangi, Uranium Corporation of India Ltd 
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Update on IAEA Consultancy on Preparing a Guidebook for Application of UNFC-2009 for Uranium and Thorium Projects
Hari Tulsidas, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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Agenda Item 13: 
Application of UNFC-2009 to Renewable Energy Resources 
     
Update on Work of Task Force to Apply UNFC-2009 to Renewable Energy Resources
Frank Denelle, Chair, Renewables Task Force
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Draft Renewables Specifications (EGRC-5/2014/INF.1)
Norbert Dolle, Renewables Task Force
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Case Study on Application of UNFC-2009 to Geothermal Resources
Gioia Falcone, Renewables Task Force & Clausthal University of Technology
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Agenda Item 14:
Application of UNFC-2009 to Injection Projects
     
Update on Application of UNFC-2009 to Injection Projects (CO2 storage) (EGRC-5/2014/INF.2)
Karin Ask, Chair, Task Force, UNFC and Recipient Reservoirs
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Agenda Item 16:
Case studies and testing of UNFC-2009
     
Case Study on Application of UNFC-2009 to Solid Minerals (ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2014/4)
Steve Henley, CRIRSCO and PERC
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Overview of the Chinese classification system on solid mineral resources and reserves
LI Jian, Mineral Resources and Reserves Evaluation Center, Ministry of Land and Resources, China
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Classification of Selected Hungarian Mineral Resources according to UNFC-2009, CRIRSCO Template, PRMS and the Importance of a Common Language for Mineral Resources in SEE Countries (SNAP SEE Project)
Zoltán Horváth, Zsolt Kovács and Katalin Sári, Geological and Geophysical Institute of Hungary  
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A Road Map for Transition to UNFC-2009 from UNFC of 1997 in India
Naresh Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines and Santosh Adhikari, Indian Bureau of Mines
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Progress on the Application of UNFC 2009 to Mineral Resources in Thailand
Kwanjai Yuangdetkla, Department of Mineral Resources of Thailand
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Status of the Harmonization of the Ukrainian Mineral Resource Classification to UNFC-2009
Georgi Rudko, State Commission of Ukraine on Mineral Resources
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Case Study - Application of UNFC-2009 in Malawi
Cassius Chiwambo, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Malawi
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Mineral Resources and Reserves in Serbia: Geological Exploration and Exploitation and Legal Aspects
Radoslav Vukas, Ministry of Natural Resources, Mining and Spatial Planning of Serbia
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Agenda Item 17:
UNFC-2009 E axis - Environmental and Social Considerations
     
UNFC-2009 E axis - Introduction to the Environmental and Social Considerations
Michael Lynch-Bell, Kazakhmys & Seven Energy
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UNFC-2009 E axis and Comprehensive Extraction
Hari Tulsidas (IAEA), Julian Hilton (ALEFF Group) and Roberto Villas-Boas (CETEM)
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Agenda Item 18:
UNFC-2009 delivering on the Sustainable Energy for All initiative
     
UNFC-2009 Delivering on Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL)
Scott Foster & Sigurd Heiberg, Petronavitas a.s.
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Agenda Item 19:
Education and Outreach Activities (ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2014/6)
     
Update on Minventory and other EU Projects and Activities of Relevance to the Expert Group
Slavko Solar, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission
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Update on Activities of the Communications Sub-Committee (CSC)
John Brooks, Chair, Communications Sub-Committee
     
Training and Institutional Strengthening in the Mining Sector of Latin America
Roberto Sarudiansky, San Martín National University, Argentina
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Update on CCOP Activities Related to UNFC-2009
Sim Caluyong, CCOP
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Standard Presentations on UNFC-2009
Jim Ross, Ross Petroleum
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Animated UNFC-2009 Presentation for Non-technical Audience PPSX    
Agenda Item 20:
Update on financial reporting
     
Update on Financial Reporting, including Amendments to Canadian National Instrument (NI) 51-101 and COGEH Resources Other Than Reserves Guidelines
David Elliott
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Agenda Item 21:
Self-evaluation of the UNFC-2009
     
Self-evaluation of UNFC-2009
Secretariat
     
SPE Swiss Section Lecture
Looking beyond Reserves: Resources other than Reserves

David Elliott 
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Evaluation Form online (Expert Group on Resource Classification Fifth Session, Geneva, 29 April -2 May 2014)