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grade ("assay") can be valued:
* assayed grade (also measured grade, in-situ grade) is the result of assaying of the ore body;
* head grade is the grade of the ore as removed from the mine (and delivered to the ore mill as feed grade). Head grade is lower than the assayed one, as the mining process frequently includes the wall rock (overburden) with the extracted ore (so

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