Hansmann, Kathleen Marion2016-03-152016-03-152016-03-15http://hdl.handle.net/10539/20092A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Engineering. Johannesburg 2015Localised uniform conditioning spatially locates uniform conditioned grades, at a minable scale, within large mining panels. This non-linear estimation method is reviewed and a comparison is made between a normal and log-normal distributed synthetic deposit, to determine the preferred situation where this geostatistical approach would be applicable.enThesis