In the mining world, the term PEA (English pron “pee ee ay”, not as per the leguminous vegetable) is often used to describe a specific document related to a mine project at a certain stage in its development. But what does it really mean? This question came up yesterday morning, was bandied about in the inbox of your humble scribe by a few reprobates known to him, then made its way to Twitter (Spanish pron: “tuiteh”) for further thoughts and polish.
As a result, several options were discovered. Feel free to choose your own fave, esteemed reader.
- Preliminary Economic Assessment
- Pre-Economic Assessment
- Praying (for) Economic Action
- Pecuniary Exaggerated Amusement
- Possible Economic Alternative
- Possibly Exciting Assholes
- Published (to) Entrap Amateurs
- Perfectly Executed Armwaving
- Presumably Emotional Articulation
- Probably Erroneous Assumptions
- Penis Enlargement Analogue
- Post Excrement Analysis
- Prematurely Ejaculated Analysis
- Pumping Event Arriving
- Placating Enthusiastic Anal-ysts
- Probably Envelope Art
[…] …and you’ll believe anything. For more information, look at the input prices that serious teams use for oxide operations in Chile. Start with Marimaca (MARI.to), who assume $3.19/tonne for mining and $4.95/tonne for processing in an easier and more accessible deposit with water. This PEA from WCU is a joke, Henk van Alphen is laughing at you and for more information please see “The Real Meaning of PEA“: […]