{"id":2525,"date":"2026-05-20T16:57:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/?page_id=2525"},"modified":"2026-05-20T19:37:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:37:38","slug":"robust-governance-processes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/fr\/robust-governance-processes\/","title":{"rendered":"Robust Governance Processes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Processus de gouvernance rigoureux pour assurer la fiabilit\u00e9 des r\u00e9sultats d\u2019exploration, des ressources min\u00e9rales et des r\u00e9serves min\u00e9rales d\u00e9clar\u00e9s <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Short Course Level:<\/strong>\u00a0Intermediate
Facilitator:<\/strong> Mark\u202fNopp\u00e9, The University of Queensland, Sustainable Minerals Institute\u202f<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Short Course Objectives<\/strong><\/p>

You will learn how a three-layer framework of assurance controls, including peer review and technical audit\/reviews, provides a robust system to support knowledge sharing, improve quality and confidence in outcomes, and provide the assurance to support good corporate governance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Target Audience<\/strong><\/p>

This course will benefit specialists, practitioners, competent\/ qualified persons, technical managers, company officers, internal reviewers\/auditors and directors concerned with the accuracy and transparency of generated and reported technical (geology,\u202fgrade,\u202fresource, reserve, life of mine plans, study results and forecasts, regardless of the size or maturity of the reporting entity).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What you will learn: 
<\/strong>You will learn how a three-layer framework of assurance controls, including peer review and technical audit\/reviews, provides a robust system to support knowledge sharing, improve quality and confidence in outcomes, and provide the assurance to support good corporate governance. The work and processes we carry out in data collection, resource and reserve generation and reconciliation are effectively the building blocks for the outputs, forecasts and reports we produce \u2013 technical assurance provides the mortar that supports these\u202f\u2018blocks\u2019.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Why should you attend: 
<\/strong>Learn why\u202fa clear assurance process including\u202fimproved peer review and audit processes for Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and\u202fMineral\u202fReserves are crucial in providing the necessary assurance to senior management, boards, invertors, lenders\u202fand other stakeholders.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

This course and workshop covers the importance of people, processes and risk management for reducing exposure to exploration, resource and reserve disclosure risk, and improving the quality and confidence in data, interpretation, estimate generation and internal as well as external, public reporting and disclosure.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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About the instructor<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Professor Mark Nopp\u00e9, MSc, MAICD, FAusIMM(CP) Director, WH Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre (The University of Queensland); CEO, JKTech Pty Limited (The University of Queensland); NED, Litchfield Minerals Limited.<\/strong><\/p>

Mark is the Director of the W.H. Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre (BRC) at The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) and CEO of JKTech, the technology-transfer company of UQ and the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) (JKTech Pty Ltd and SMI-ICE-Chile SpA). Mark is a non-executive director of Litchfield Minerals Limited and an AusIMM director (2021-).\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Mark has been applying geoscience knowledge in the assessment of developing resource projects and operating mines since 1985. He provides technical advice, mine and project reviews, technical assurance reviews and advice, due diligence and audits, process improvement studies, as well as training and mentoring in all aspects of orebody knowledge, from exploration reporting, resource definition and reporting, mine geology, grade control and mine reconciliation through to inputs into reserving and feasibility studies.\u00a0<\/p>

Mark\u2019s clients have included technical leads, management and Boards of resource project owners, as well as the investors, lenders and legal advisors to these projects. He has worked extensively in South Africa, Western Australia and Queensland, and consulted on a variety of projects and commodities in a range of international geological, mining and geographic settings. Previously, Mark was Group Chair of SRK Consulting\u2019s global Board and held prior Board roles within various consulting companies including as founding Managing Director of Xstract Mining Consultants and SRK Consulting (Australasia), and was Group Operations manager with Snowden Group.\u00a0<\/p>

Mark has held positions as Chair of the Southern Queensland branch of the AusIMM, the AusIMM Consultants Society, the AusIMM Awards Technical Excellence Committee, the Geostatistical Association of Australasia and Secretary of the Geostatistical Association of South Africa. Mark has an MSc in Exploration Geology from Rhodes University, South Africa, and is a Fellow and Chartered Professional (Geosciences) of the AusIMM and a member of the SEG.\u00a0<\/p>

He received the AusIMM Charles Marshall Award for Technical Excellence 2020. Mark mentors with the AusIMM, Australian Academy of Technology & Engineering\u2019s Industry Mentoring Network in STEM (IMNIS) and the International Women in Resources Mentoring Program (IWRMP).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robust Governance Processes to Provide Assurance on Reported Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves Short Course Level:\u00a0IntermediateFacilitator: Mark\u202fNopp\u00e9, The University of Queensland, Sustainable Minerals Institute\u202f Short Course Objectives You will learn how a three-layer framework of assurance controls, including peer review and technical audit\/reviews, provides a robust system to support knowledge sharing, improve quality and confidence in outcomes, and provide the assurance to support good corporate governance. Target Audience This course will benefit specialists, practitioners, competent\/ qualified persons, technical managers, company officers, internal reviewers\/auditors and directors concerned with the accuracy and transparency of generated and reported technical (geology,\u202fgrade,\u202fresource, reserve, life of mine plans, study results and forecasts, regardless of the size or maturity of the reporting entity). Abstract What you will learn: You will learn how a three-layer framework of assurance controls, including peer review and technical audit\/reviews, provides a robust system to support knowledge sharing, improve quality and confidence in outcomes, and provide the assurance to support good corporate governance. The work and processes we carry out in data collection, resource and reserve generation and reconciliation are effectively the building blocks for the outputs, forecasts and reports we produce \u2013 technical assurance provides the mortar that supports these\u202f\u2018blocks\u2019.  Why should you attend: Learn why\u202fa clear assurance process including\u202fimproved peer review and audit processes for Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and\u202fMineral\u202fReserves are crucial in providing the necessary assurance to senior management, boards, invertors, lenders\u202fand other stakeholders.  This course and workshop covers the importance of people, processes and risk management for reducing exposure to exploration, resource and reserve disclosure risk, and improving the quality and confidence in data, interpretation, estimate generation and internal as well as external, public reporting and disclosure.  About the instructor Professor Mark Nopp\u00e9, MSc, MAICD, FAusIMM(CP) Director, WH Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre (The University of Queensland); CEO, JKTech Pty Limited (The University of Queensland); NED, Litchfield Minerals Limited. Mark is the Director of the W.H. Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre (BRC) at The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) and CEO of JKTech, the technology-transfer company of UQ and the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) (JKTech Pty Ltd and SMI-ICE-Chile SpA). Mark is a non-executive director of Litchfield Minerals Limited and an AusIMM director (2021-).\u00a0 Mark has been applying geoscience knowledge in the assessment of developing resource projects and operating mines since 1985. He provides technical advice, mine and project reviews, technical assurance reviews and advice, due diligence and audits, process improvement studies, as well as training and mentoring in all aspects of orebody knowledge, from exploration reporting, resource definition and reporting, mine geology, grade control and mine reconciliation through to inputs into reserving and feasibility studies.\u00a0 Mark\u2019s clients have included technical leads, management and Boards of resource project owners, as well as the investors, lenders and legal advisors to these projects. He has worked extensively in South Africa, Western Australia and Queensland, and consulted on a variety of projects and commodities in a range of international geological, mining and geographic settings. Previously, Mark was Group Chair of SRK Consulting\u2019s global Board and held prior Board roles within various consulting companies including as founding Managing Director of Xstract Mining Consultants and SRK Consulting (Australasia), and was Group Operations manager with Snowden Group.\u00a0 Mark has held positions as Chair of the Southern Queensland branch of the AusIMM, the AusIMM Consultants Society, the AusIMM Awards Technical Excellence Committee, the Geostatistical Association of Australasia and Secretary of the Geostatistical Association of South Africa. Mark has an MSc in Exploration Geology from Rhodes University, South Africa, and is a Fellow and Chartered Professional (Geosciences) of the AusIMM and a member of the SEG.\u00a0 He received the AusIMM Charles Marshall Award for Technical Excellence 2020. Mark mentors with the AusIMM, Australian Academy of Technology & Engineering\u2019s Industry Mentoring Network in STEM (IMNIS) and the International Women in Resources Mentoring Program (IWRMP).<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"hide","_kad_post_layout":"fullwidth","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"unboxed","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"hide","_kad_post_feature":"hide","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2525","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nRobust Governance Processes - MRMR 2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/fr\/robust-governance-processes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Robust Governance Processes - MRMR 2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Robust Governance Processes to Provide Assurance on Reported Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves Short Course Level:\u00a0IntermediateFacilitator: Mark\u202fNopp\u00e9, The University of Queensland, Sustainable Minerals Institute\u202f Short Course Objectives You will learn how a three-layer framework of assurance controls, including peer review and technical audit\/reviews, provides a robust system to support knowledge sharing, improve quality and confidence in outcomes, and provide the assurance to support good corporate governance. 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Target Audience This course will benefit specialists, practitioners, competent\/ qualified persons, technical managers, company officers, internal reviewers\/auditors and directors concerned with the accuracy and transparency of generated and reported technical (geology,\u202fgrade,\u202fresource, reserve, life of mine plans, study results and forecasts, regardless of the size or maturity of the reporting entity). Abstract What you will learn: You will learn how a three-layer framework of assurance controls, including peer review and technical audit\/reviews, provides a robust system to support knowledge sharing, improve quality and confidence in outcomes, and provide the assurance to support good corporate governance. The work and processes we carry out in data collection, resource and reserve generation and reconciliation are effectively the building blocks for the outputs, forecasts and reports we produce \u2013 technical assurance provides the mortar that supports these\u202f\u2018blocks\u2019.  Why should you attend: Learn why\u202fa clear assurance process including\u202fimproved peer review and audit processes for Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and\u202fMineral\u202fReserves are crucial in providing the necessary assurance to senior management, boards, invertors, lenders\u202fand other stakeholders.  This course and workshop covers the importance of people, processes and risk management for reducing exposure to exploration, resource and reserve disclosure risk, and improving the quality and confidence in data, interpretation, estimate generation and internal as well as external, public reporting and disclosure.  About the instructor Professor Mark Nopp\u00e9, MSc, MAICD, FAusIMM(CP) Director, WH Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre (The University of Queensland); CEO, JKTech Pty Limited (The University of Queensland); NED, Litchfield Minerals Limited. Mark is the Director of the W.H. Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre (BRC) at The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) and CEO of JKTech, the technology-transfer company of UQ and the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) (JKTech Pty Ltd and SMI-ICE-Chile SpA). Mark is a non-executive director of Litchfield Minerals Limited and an AusIMM director (2021-).\u00a0 Mark has been applying geoscience knowledge in the assessment of developing resource projects and operating mines since 1985. He provides technical advice, mine and project reviews, technical assurance reviews and advice, due diligence and audits, process improvement studies, as well as training and mentoring in all aspects of orebody knowledge, from exploration reporting, resource definition and reporting, mine geology, grade control and mine reconciliation through to inputs into reserving and feasibility studies.\u00a0 Mark\u2019s clients have included technical leads, management and Boards of resource project owners, as well as the investors, lenders and legal advisors to these projects. He has worked extensively in South Africa, Western Australia and Queensland, and consulted on a variety of projects and commodities in a range of international geological, mining and geographic settings. Previously, Mark was Group Chair of SRK Consulting\u2019s global Board and held prior Board roles within various consulting companies including as founding Managing Director of Xstract Mining Consultants and SRK Consulting (Australasia), and was Group Operations manager with Snowden Group.\u00a0 Mark has held positions as Chair of the Southern Queensland branch of the AusIMM, the AusIMM Consultants Society, the AusIMM Awards Technical Excellence Committee, the Geostatistical Association of Australasia and Secretary of the Geostatistical Association of South Africa. Mark has an MSc in Exploration Geology from Rhodes University, South Africa, and is a Fellow and Chartered Professional (Geosciences) of the AusIMM and a member of the SEG.\u00a0 He received the AusIMM Charles Marshall Award for Technical Excellence 2020. Mark mentors with the AusIMM, Australian Academy of Technology & Engineering\u2019s Industry Mentoring Network in STEM (IMNIS) and the International Women in Resources Mentoring Program (IWRMP).","og_url":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/fr\/robust-governance-processes\/","og_site_name":"MRMR 2026","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CIM.ICM","article_modified_time":"2026-05-20T19:37:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1066,"height":1196,"url":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mark-Noppe.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@CIM_ICM","twitter_misc":{"Estimation du temps de lecture":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/robust-governance-processes\/","url":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/robust-governance-processes\/","name":"Robust Governance Processes - MRMR 2026","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/robust-governance-processes\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/robust-governance-processes\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mark-Noppe-913x1024.jpg","datePublished":"2026-05-20T16:57:04+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-20T19:37:38+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/robust-governance-processes\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/robust-governance-processes\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-CA","@id":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/robust-governance-processes\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mark-Noppe-913x1024.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mark-Noppe-913x1024.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/robust-governance-processes\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Robust Governance Processes"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/","name":"MRMR 2026","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-CA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/#organization","name":"CIM","url":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-CA","@id":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-MRMR-Conference-Logo-with-dates-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-MRMR-Conference-Logo-with-dates-1.png","width":1920,"height":705,"caption":"CIM"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CIM.ICM","https:\/\/x.com\/CIM_ICM","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cim.icm\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/CanadianInstituteofMiningMetallurgyandPetroleum","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/cim-icm\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2525"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2648,"href":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2525\/revisions\/2648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrmr2026.cim.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}