Mine Planning and Design

• The mine planning and design function involves the process of converting resources into reserves which are economically viable to mine
• The mine design and planning make use of modern mining technologies and software including whittle, Surpac and MineSched. These are used to develop optimised mining production plans and schedules for short-, medium- and long-term plans

Mining Production Cycle

• Conglomerate deposits are hard rock and therefore follows a more involving mining cycle; drilling, charging, blasting, loading and hauling
• Drilling and blasting activities is done using high production drill rigs and blasting methods
• Hard rock loading and hauling is done using excavators and mining trucks.