Larychkin F. D., Director, Doctor of Economic Sciences, e-mail: lfd@iep.kolasc.net.ru, Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science G. P. Luzin Institute of Economic Problems, Kola Science Center of Russian Academy of Sciences; Azim Ibrokhim, Head of Department, Candidate of Engineering Sciences, e-mail: geo_tj@mail.ru, General Directorate for Geology under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan; Glushchenko Yu. G., General Director, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, e-mail: zavod@rosredmet.ru, Research and Production Company “Russian rare metals”; Perein V. N., General Director, e-mail: mgrexp@com.mels.ru, “Murmansk Geological Exploration Expedition” Public Company; Khamzin B. S., Head of Department, e-mail: bshamzin@mail.krg.kz, State Institution “Central Kazakh Inter-regional Territorial Department of Geology and Subsoil Use of Ministry of Energetic and Mineral Resources of Republic of Kazakhstan”.

Analysis of normative-methodical documentation Importance, essence, improvement of the recommended principles, methodological approaches to substantiation of the basic standards’ parameters are considered as applied to the polycomponent ores deposits in the process of revision of the official normative-methodical documentation at the Government minerals reserves committee (GMRC). The main contradictions, documentation shortcomings are exposed. The conclusion about necessity of the more detailed broad analysis of the specialists’ all available proposals in deciding of the exceptionally complicated problem is drawn.

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