Introduction
1. The resources industry
2. A quick guide to financials
3. Feasibility studies
4. Commodity values and forecasting
5. Resource project considerations
6. Classification of resources and reserves
7. Mining and hydrocarbon recovery
8. Indicative capital and operating costs
9. hedging commodities and exchanges rates
10. Taxation, depreciation, royalties and accounting standards
11. Valuation methodologies
12. Takeovers and fair value allocation
13. Quantifying the risk
14. Cutoff grade theory
15. Share price performance and real options
16. Impact of esploration, development and expansion
17. Determining the appropriate discount rate
18. Dealing with inflation
19. Agricola Mining - a hypothetical example
20. Commodity profiles

Appendix
Glossary
Bibliography and references
Index