Lowest Cost Mine Option

The Challenge

To identify the lowest cost and construction risk pathway to develop a resource.

The Solution

• Appointed resource optimisation, drill and blast and equipment consultants

• Modelled the most efficient way to extract overburden and reach mineable deposit

• Modelled extraction and transport equipment, haul road paths and storage areas

• Optimised extraction plan and timing for equipment and resources for drill and blast, excavators haul trucks and roads and storage areas using NPV weighted for risk

The Benefits

Selected from a series of options the lowest cost per tonne extraction option.