Long Term Mine Planning – Online course
On-demand course as Inhouse training for mining companies.
Presenter: Matt Mullins – Head of Advisory EMEAA
This 2-day Online course will be presented as 4 x 3-hour training sessions over 4-consecutive days.
Course starting time each day is 08:00 am GMT.
Price: US$1,400 per person exclusive of taxes.
Presenter and Course Developer: Matt Mullins – Executive Consultant
16 CPD HOURS
This comprehensive 2-day course shows you how to plan and execute a long term mine plan. The course includes the organization of the inputs, development of the mining strategy, optimising the mine, and development of the mine plans and schedules.
This course is also available as Inhouse Online training for your team, on dates that suit your team. Please contact training@snowdenoptiro.com for a quote.
Course outline:
Data review:
What to review on commencement of a Life of Mine Plan, including topography surfaces, the block model, geological wireframes, existing/previous work/reports, covering the following disciplines:
- Geo-mechanics
- Climate, seismic
- Hydrogeology/hydrology
- OHS,
- Environment and community
Site visit requirements:
- What to look for in a site visit
- Documentation and site visit report
Mining operations strategy:
- Site layout review, location of haul roads, stockpiles and waste dumps
- Wet season mining strategy
- Stockpiling strategy, cut-off grades
- Equipment selection
- Mine to mill strategy including selection of the ore feed blend, including grade control, stockpiling, homogenising, and run of mine (ROM) pad sizing and management
Pit optimisation:
- Preparation of inputs
- The model
- Geotechnical parameters
- Mining dilution
- Recoveries
- Selection of financial parameters such as price and discount rates
Detailed design:
- Pit design
- Waste dump design
- Backfill
- Ramps and sumps
- Maximising grade in the early years
Life of mine schedule:
- Mining inventory estimation
- Life of mine (LoM) mining schedule, incorporating grade constraints, deposit sequencing, practicality, waste planning, backfilling, sheeting, weather and economics
- Haulage estimates
- Drill and blast estimates
Five-year plan and two-year budget:
- Mining inventory estimation
- Life of mine (LoM) mining schedule, incorporating grade constraints, deposit sequencing, practicality, waste planning, backfilling, sheeting, weather and economics
- Haulage estimates
- Drill and blast estimates
Technical reporting:
- Reporting of Ore Reserves according to regulatory requirements
Duration (in days)
2 days presented as 4 x 3-hour Online training sessions. Starting time each day of 08:oo am GMT
Prices in US$ and exclusive of GST/VAT
If you would like to register on this course or need more information, please use the links below.
Date
- May 23 - 26 2022
- Expired!
Time
- 8:00 am - 11:00 pm
Cost
- 1,400.00
Location
- Online
Organizer
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Snowden Optiro
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Email
training@snowdenoptiro.com

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