Overview and Essential Ideas of Mine Planning:
Achieving excellence in mine planning and design involves combining pertinent information into a single document that outlines the intended use of mineral resource.
The objective is to reach pre-established goals for production, unit cost, safety, health, and the environment.
Principles:
The integration of data:
Gather and combine data from mining, engineering, geology, geotechnical, and economics.
Rules and laws:
Make that the strategy satisfies all applicable legal, financial, and regulatory obligations.
Feasibility studies:
Perform feasibility studies for mines of any complexity and size.
Detailed design:
Produce intricate plans for both open-pit and subterranean mines.
Operational plans:
Draft open-pit mine operating plans.
Monitoring:
Keep an eye on the functionality and use of the machinery.
Technical Assessments:
Techno-economic analyses of mining projects for its viability.
New technology:
Implement and modify new technology for open-pit and underground mining.
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Interdisciplinary experts can offer a thorough, integrated approach to your due diligence examinations, economic evaluations, risk assessments, and viability studies (including scoping, feasibility, and prefeasibility) when you plan a new mine or project.
Seasoned international consultants provide technically sound judgements and workable solutions that consider related risks, all based on a deep comprehension of the underlying problems and professional judgement. Local project managers are knowledgeable about international disclosure requirements and are experts at organising and integrating data to evaluate technical difficulties in a business setting.
Unbiased, independent advice helps you maximise revenues, create value, and comply with legal and reporting requirements.
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Mineral Exploration
Add value to your project by using the latest exploration techniques and innovative technologies to design and implement your exploration programme
We review, assess, design, and implement exploration programmes to answer critical geological questions while adhering to exploration budgetary constraints.
Our geologists have expert knowledge of the mechanisms of orebody formation and distribution within a wide range of geological and tectonic settings. The exploration services we provide include target generation, field mapping and analysis, remote sensing and geophysics, geochemistry, mineral system modelling, exploration project management, audits and valuations, exploration strategy and governmental advice, health and safety guidance, and programme implementation.
We ensure effective application and interpretation of geology, geochemistry, and geophysics to generate and test exploration targets. Since “blind” orebodies are of increasing importance, we routinely use a mineral systems approach to assess prospectivity and are at the forefront of technological advances in remote sensing, hyperspectral logging, data management, and machine learning. All our staff are highly proficient in 3D visualization using software such as GOCAD, GeoModeller, and Leapfrog and in creating and working with advanced exploration databases.
Our specialists comply with CIM, JORC, and other internationally recognized best practices and reporting requirements. Our internal reviews and the independent technical reports we produce for worldwide stock exchanges, banks, and private investors are held in high regard.
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