Course overview

No longer available to new students.

Understanding the valuation of mining projects and mining companies is complex. The knowledge of mining finance and analysis is important not only for finance professionals but also those working in the mining industry such as engineers, geologists and mining managers wishing to broaden their finance knowledge. 

Individuals who undertake this course are well positioned to gain advanced technical and specialist skills and knowledge in the mining finance industry.

Program structure and subjects

No longer available to new students.

The structure of the course provides an opportunity for companies wishing to provide career pathways by choosing a specialist qualification for staff in order to upskill, progress or retrain them.

The nature of the course also caters for those wishing to enter the field of finance by providing a clear progression pathway to higher degrees.

Graduates may be employed in areas of mining investment analysis, financial analysis, and financial risk management.

There are three compulsory subjects which provide an introduction to the key areas of the finance sector, and one elective subject taken from a selected group.

Three (3) core subjects:

• FIN101 Financial Markets and Economic Principles
• FIN205 Business Valuation
• FIN327 Natural Resource Equity Analysis

One (1) elective subject (choose one):

• FIN202 Fundamentals of Asset Valuation
• FIN206 Investment Management
• FIN338 Project Finance
• FIN351 The Derivatives Market

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Learning outcomes

No longer available to new students.

• Explain key economic principles and financial/commodity market concepts
• Explain basic geological processes, and the extraction and processing of resources
• Construct a valuation using a range of methodologies to forecast future project earnings
• Interpret key economic and financial data
• Apply valuation techniques to a range of mining and other related projects
• Analyse the results of a valuation of a mining or other businesses
• Evaluate the feasibility of a mining project in the context of the resources industry