Mining Geology: (Mineralogy, Crystallography, economic geology, structural geology,

prospecting and exploration, reserve estimation)

Mine Surveying: (Distance measurement, leveling, triangulation and trilateration,
traversing, plane table surveying, curve ranging, the theory of errors)
Underground Mine Environment: ( Mine gases, heat, and humidity, air flow in mine
workings, airborne respirable dust, mine illumination, miner’s diseases)
Mining Machinery: (Transmission of power, compressed air, wire ropes, haulage,
statutory provisions)
Mine Development: (Surface and underground mining teams, explosives, types of
support, mine entries, sinking, primary and secondary development drivages in
underground mines)
Rock Mechanics: (Status of rock mechanics, stress and strains, rock mass
classification systems, determination of in-situ stresses, rheological models and
time-dependent properties of rocks, theories of rock failure, post-failure
behavior)
Mineral Processing: (Liberation and comminution, sizing and classification,
concentration methods, solid-liquid separation, plant practices)