The feasibility report of "Deveci (Hekimhan-Malatya) Iron-Ore Deposit" was accomplished as a model
feasibility study in connection with one of the activities of a United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) project titled as "Strengthening the Feasibility Studies Department of the Mineral Research and
Exploration Institute of Turkey (Maden Tetkik ve Arama Enstitüsü "MTA") coded as TUR/77/002. One of the
other activities of this UNDP Project is another model feasibility study which was realized on "Madenköy
(Şirvan-Siirt) Pyritic Copper Deposit".
MTA holds the responsibility for all national mineral exploration programmes, carrying them to the
technical and economic feasibility stage and thereupon passing them to one of the State Mining
Organizations (ie Etibank, Turkish Coal Works, Turkish Iron and Steel Works) or to private enterprises.
The main objective of the project is to accelarate the exploitation of the country's mineral deposits,
especially those of key importance to the national economy, by providing for the expeditious preparation of
mining feasibility studies of a uniformly high standards by the MTA. Therefore the immediate objective of
the project has been choosen to provide advanced training and relevant experience to the personnel of the
"Feasibility Studies Department" and thus, in conjunction with related projects, to establish the MTA as an
organization capable of carrying out fully integrated programmes of mineral exploration ending with the
production of detailed mining feasibility studies of the highest international standard, and in the course of
the training operation, to carry out model feasibility studies on certain selected mineral deposits within
Turkey.