Start with the geological boundary
Follow the argument about why a concentration of value does not settle the history of a deposit.
Discontinuities concentrate value before they explain it.
Establish what the estimate claims
Read how samples and interpretation are joined into a resource statement, and what remains uncertain between observations.
A resource estimate is not the rock but a controlled claim about it.
Identify the physical system
A familiar name can conceal distinctions between an orebody, an operation and a mill. Make those distinctions before comparing production numbers.
A mine name can hide a different physical system.
Follow the record through the mill
Finish with the relationship between material movement, recovery and accounting.
Uranium accounting begins before yellowcake leaves the mill.